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Solons At Washington

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June
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1888
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Washington Citt, May :'A.- The session of the senate yesterday was notable only for its brevity, the whole tune oecupied, including a secret session, being only au hour and twenty minutes. No business of much interest was transacted. A joint resolution was referred providing for medals for three months men of 1861. An executive sessiou was held, and when the doors reopened the senate adjourned to allow members to attend the funeral of Mrs. Senator Sawyer. ïhe house put in the day principally on the postofflce appropriation bill. It appropriates $80,035, S40, or an increase of $4,341,190 for the current fiscal year, made necessary by the enlargement of the service. Of this sum $650,(507 is appropriated for light and fuel at third class offices; an increase of $550,000 for clerks in postofflces, and an increase of 8777,500 for the f ree delivary service. Two or three amendments were voted down, and, after several pages of the bill had been disposed of, the house adjourned. Washington City, May 25.- The Indiac appropriation bill and the bill fora deficincy appropriation for collecting the revenue were reported to the senate yesterday, and then Stewart made a long argument in favor of a constitutional amendment making a simple majority sufflcient to override a veto. He expressed. the fear that if the growing power of the "Man of Destiny"- President Cleveland were not curbed it would require a revolution to unseat liim, and gare figures showing that he had vetoed more bilis than the total number vetoed by previous presidenta. Conference report on the pension appropriation bill was agreed to, a secret sessiou was held and the seuate adjourned. Severál public building and bridge bilis were disposed of by the house, and the posfcoffice appropriation was then resumed in committee of the whole. The bill was debated at length, the Republicans- western members especially - denpuncing the "inefficiency" of the postal service, and the Democrats declaring that it was wel! conducted. The bill flnally passed, the only amendment bieng one increasing an item f rom $900,000 to $950,000. Next on the list was the legislativo, executive and judicial appropriation, and this was made the occasion of a political debate on the admission of Dakota. The committee rose without action on the bill, and the house passed the bill providing for a maritime conference to revise the "rules of the road," etc., at sea. The conference report on the pension appropriation bill was agreed to, a resolution passed authorizing an inquiry into the conviction' in England of J. C. Kent, an American citizen, for alleged dynamite conspiracy, and the house adjourned. Washington City, May 26.- Blair introduced in the senate yesterday a joint resolution, which was laid on the table, proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the making or maintaining by any state of iaws respecting the establishment of . religión or free exercise thereof, or the appropriation of any money to any school or institution where any ruligious doctrine peculiar to any sect is taught. Cullom intro.luced a bill for the reconstructiou of the dam at the Rock Island, 111., arsenal. The Indian committee was instructed to ascertain whether there was any way to collect the money on state bouds in which Iiv lian funds a invested. The appropriation for the deficiency in the money to collect the customs duties was passed, and the senate went into secret session, when the question of debating the fisheries treaty in public was considered without action until 5:45 p. m., when the senate adjourned until Monday. The house debated in committee of the whole the legislativo, executive and judicial appropriation bill, and spent the whole day, rejectiug all amendments voted on. The debate was largely partisan. One or two public building bilis were passed, and recess was taken until 8 p. m, when private pension bilis were considered and thirty-eight passed, after which the house adjourned. Washington City, May 28.- Saturday in the house was devoted entirely to the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill. McComas' amendment providing for one additional clerk for the civil service commission was adopted. A point of order was sustained against a provisión in the bill appropriating but Í3,6OO for the salary of first auditor of the treasury, while the law fixes the salary at $4,000, and at 1 :05 p. m. the house adjourned. Washington City, May 39. - Frye announced to the senate yesterday tbat the river and harbor bilí, as araended in senate committee, carried an aggregate appropriationof 821,388,788, or $1,783,000 more than when it leLt the house, but the report would not be ready f or a week or so. Jones and land patente in the west, Jones attacking the Stewart had a discussion on the setting aside of governnient and Stewaft defending it. The senate went into executive session, where Morgan and other Democrats discussed the fisheries question, and finally it was resolved to proceed to the consideration of the treaty. The doors were then opened, and the senate - still in executive session- adopted a resolution removing the injunction of secresy from the debate and proceedings on the treaty. This actiou settles it that the treaty will be considered and acted upon in open session. The senate then adjourned. In the house Cheadle of Indiana introduced a bilí retiring on half pay after twenty-one years' service iii the civil service all woundec ex-soldiers, and Plumb a bilí to refund the debt by a new issue of bonds. Thompson of Ohio made a minority report from the pensions committee in which he advocated the limitation of payment of arrears of pension to those who have applied up to the passagu of the bill. In committee of the whole tha legislativo bill was resumed and some progress made, but most of the time was occupied in a discussion of the comparativo honesty of the two parties in executing the cívl service law. The committee rose, the army appropriation bill was reported, and the house adjourned. Washington City, May 30.- The senate received a message from the president yesterday, vetoing the bill for a public building at Youngstown, O., on the ground that there was no present necessity for it, and Sherman said in effect that the president was too f ree with his vetoes and that cougress should proceed to sit down on some of them, as it would be abrogating its power and surrendering its authority to submit. A bill to revive the grade of general in the army was reported and immediate consideration asked, but Berry objected. The feature of the proceedings than took place. The senate went into executive session with open' doors. The subject of consideration was the fisheries treaty, and Frye made au uncompromising speech against the treaty. After he had concluded the bill to revive the grade of general was taken up and passed, the only votes against it being Berry, Coke, Harris, Reagan, Saulsbury, Vanee and Wiison of Maiyland. The further consideration of the fishry treaty was then postponed til June 11, to enablo the Democratie members to attend the St. Louis couvention. A motion was made by Morgaii to postpone the treaty to December next, and tlns motion is the pending one. Some routine executive business was then transacted, and the senate adiourned until Thursday. The house considerad me legislative bill to a conclusión in committee of the whole and reported the bill .vithout important change to the house. Holman called f or a separate vote on the amendment giving the civil service commissioners an additional clerk, but no quorum voted, and the house adjourned until Tbursday.

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