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Congress In Brief

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26
Month
October
Year
1888
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WAsniuïTON Crrr, Oct. 18.- There were just eight Repubiican and ten Democratie senators present yesterday when the senate carne to order. Sorue routine committee business was transacted, and then the bill granting right-of-way to the Aberdeen, Bismarck & Northwestern railway through the Sioux reseivatiou in Dakota, was passed. George asked and obtained leave of absence for the remainder oí the session. Teller and Morgan made speeches on the senate tariff bill. Allison offered a concurrent resolution for a reeess of congress from tbe 19th of October to the same date in November. Cockrell proposed that adjournment sine die, aud uo Christmas holiday, would be better, and Hale, Reagan, and Saulsbury agreed rvith him. Allison said he wanted to show that the Republicans were in earnest in their dcsire to pass the tariff bill, and demauded immediate cunsideration of the resolution, but Morgan objected, and it went over. The senate then adjouraed. In the bouse the speaker presetited thirteeu vetoes of pti vate peusion bilis. Cox of New York denied a newspapar charge that he had abused the franking privilege by using it to mail campaign matter. The matter had been sent uuder frank, but the frank was a forgery, and had so been decided by a postoffice inspector. Cox said the postmaster general had written him that unfrankable matter had been mailed under f ranks of three Republicans, oue of whom, Hovey of Indiana, had written that the use of his frank was unautborized. Several Republicans expressed tueir belief in Cox's honesty and the matter was dropped. The adjournment resolution was referred to the ways and means committee and the house adjouraed. Washington Crrr, Oct. 19. - A memoria' was read in the senate yesterday from 500 citizons of all classes of Counecticut favoring the Mills bilL The resolution for a recess to Nov. 19 was taken up, amended to make it for adjournment sine die Saturday, and passed, a majority of the Republicans voting nay. A resolution instructing the Indian affairs committee to investígate the alleged purchase of convict made wagons for the Indian service gave rise to a sharp ■debate, but an objection sent the resolutio over. A recess was taken for half an hou n expeetation of a message from the president, butnone arriviiig the resolution forthe printing of 400,000 copies of the agricultura] report was passed. A debate on the tariflt ensued, and on its conclusión the house re.olutiou to pay employés of both houses their full salary for October was passed. The senate theu adjourned. Cox presided in thebouse and upona point of order in relation thereto decided that the speaker was the one to approve the Journal, not the house. The point made was "no quorum." The adjournment resolution passed by the senate was presented and cheered and promptly passed, as was a bilí to prevent army musieians coming in competí tion with uivilians. A somewhat acrimonious tariff debate occupied the rest of the time of the session and at its conclusiou the house adjourned. Washington City, Oct. 20.- The senate began business yesterday with only four seutors in their seats. The flnanoe comtnittee was autborized to continue during adjourn ment the hearings on the tariff. Teller witbdrew his resolution for an investigation of the purebases of prison made goods. Cockrell spoke against free alcohol to use in the arts, declaring that fraud was inevitable. Allison said England and Gerraany had no trouble on that accoun:. A recess was taken to wait for messages from the president, and at 12:30 several were received, whereupon the senate went into executive session, and at 3:05 adjourned. The house ref used to do any business, everything brought up being objected to on the ground that there was no quorum present, and at i p. m. the house adjourned. Washington Citt, Oct. 23.- The most important matter brought bef ore the senate before it adjourned sine die Saturday was the minority report of Hale's civil service committee. It is a general denial of the allegations of tbe majority report, which latter, it says, are supporced by proof that would not be accepted in court. It complains that the committee refused to go into an iuvestigation of Republican administration;refers to the "HubbeU" circular, declares the investigation a campaigu matter and finally insists that the president has faithfully carried ouc the law, whether iC was wise or not. The senate did nothing else except pass a resolución authoriziug the government exhibit to rernain at the Cinciunati exposition till Nov. 6. and then wait for the hour to adjourn, iippointing the usual committee to wait npou the president. Ingalls, at 1 p. m., made a short addrcss, tbanking the senators for their courtesy, the usual resolutions of compliment to the presiding offluer were passed, and adjournment sine die was declared. There were few present either on the floor or in the galleries, and the proceedings were void of the usual scènes attending the adjournment of congress. The house passed the Cincinnati exposition resolution reforred to above, also the customary resolution complimeutary to the presiding offleer, and adjourned without noticeable incident, excepc that the eorrespondents in tlie gallery, in the exuberance of their j'oy, broke out with: "Praise Gtod from Whoni All Blessings Fiow," wheu the gavel feil. There were few poople present eitber ou the door or elsewhere. So ended the first session of the Fiftieth congress.

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