Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1888 — CONGRESSIONAL. [ARTICLE]

CONGRESSIONAL.

Work of the Senate and House of Representatives. Mr. Teller informed the Senate that he was not able to speak upon the fisheries question on the 17th, and the Senate then proceeded to the consideration of tho bill to place John C. Fremont on the retired list as a major general of the army, Mr. Reagan and Mr. CcckLti opposed the bill. T e Fitz-John Former case was resurrected during the debate, but finally the bill was passed—29 to 21. On motion of Mr. Plumb the Senate receded from its amendment to the postoffice bill, known as the subsidy amendment. The Senate then resumed consideration of the bill providing for the adjustment of accounts of laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by the Government under the eight-hour law. The bill passed. The 6undry-civil appropriation bill reported to the Senate has been mcreased by the Senate committee from $25,300,000 to $27,300,000, but is still $6,500,003 less than the estimates. It exceeds last year's bill by nearly $5,000,000. The bill increases or makes new provisions for public buildings as, follows: Bay City, Mich., $100,000; Chicago (Custom House), $8,000; Chicago (Marine Hospital), $5,000; Denver, Col., $60,000; Helena, Ark., $37,000; Lincoln, Neb., $10,030; Portsmouth, O., $30,000; St. Louis (Custom House), $4,000; Springfield, Mo., $50,000; Texarkana, Ark., $53,000; Vicksburg, Miss., $50,000; Wheeling, W. Va., $27,500. The following are the more important miscellaneous items of appropriation in the bill: To establish a first-class station at Neosho, Mo., $13,000; for international survey of Mexican boundary line (work to bo done by army officers), $100,000; public library building, Washington, $1,000,000 (the Library Commission is abolished and the work is placed under the practical charge of the Chief of Engineers); water-power pool, Bock Island arsenal, . $25,000; Denver military posts, $100,000; Fort Robinson, Neb., $50,000; Fort Niobrara, Neb., $50,000; Fort Mead, D. T., $5,000. The House in committee of the whole resumed consideration of the Mills tariff bill. The internal-revenue feature was pending. The date upon which the bill shall go into effect was fixed as Oct. 1, 1888. Owing to the fact that Mr. Teller was again not well enough to speak on the fisheries treaty the 18th, the matter went over. The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of the Senate bill for the formation and admission into the Union of the State of Washington, to be composed of the present Territory of Washington and part of Idaho Territory. A substitute for the bill confiy ng the area of the now State to that of the present Territory ot Washington was offered, and evoked discussion, but no action was taken. The following nominations were confirmed: V. M. Babcock, receiver of public moneys, St. Croix, Wis. Postmasters: A. Elson, Unionville, Mo.; C. Horwickholst, Hays City, Kan.; W. Marshsll, Farmington, 111. ; D. H. Vanell, Cobden, 111. - ; W. Swint, Boonville, Ind.; J. R. Williams, Danville, Ind.; P. H. Wilson, Worthington, Ind. ; C. Cronin, Kalkaska, Mich,; E. R. Savage, Mancelona, Mich.; C. F. Kalk, Cumberland, Wis. ; J. R. Matthews, Menominee, Wis.; F. Swain. Washington, Wis. The Mills tariff bill was again taken up by the House in committee of the whole. On motion, primuline was stricken from the free list. The first paragraph, which hod.been passed over informally, (that placing _cotton ties or hoops on the free list) was then considered, resulting in an amendment being adopted placing on the free list all iron and steel hoops not thinner than No. 20 wire gauge. The existing rates of duty were restored on cement and whiting and paris white. The duty on paris green was fixed at 12)£ per cent, ad valorem. The pottery schedule, which had been passed over, was then taken up for consideration. The duty on china, porcelain, earthen, stone, or crockery ware was increased from 45 to 50 per cent, ad valorem. The next paragraph called up was that relating to green, and colored glass bottles, and the duty was made 1 cent instead of % of a cent per pound. The question of the duty on import, d tobacco was next taken up and pending action the House adjourned.

The nomination of Samuel J. Bigelow for District Attorney of New Jersey was rejected by the Senate the 19th. Senator Blair introduced a bill declaring that hereafter no alien shall be admitted to naturalization until after he shall have been a resident of the United States during the five years immediately preceding the application for inaturoiization papers, nor until he shall prove by two reputable witnesses that during these five years he has behaved as a person of good moral character, and shall also, in the presence of the Judge, speak, read, and write the English language with such intelligence and facility as to prove that he has the capacity to transact ordinary business in that language, and by fts use to become well informed in the principles of the Constitution and the duties of an American citizen. No naturalized person, the bill provides, shall exercise the right of suffrage for one year after receiving his naturalization papers. Judges are forbidden to try more than twenty naturalization cases per day, and false swearing in such cases is declared to be sufficient cause for tho forfeiture of the person’s right to suffrage. The following bills were taken from the calendar and passed: The Senate bill amendatory of the yet of June 18, 1888, as to. postal crimes, declaringnou-mailable all matter on any part of which, exterior or interior, indecent. lewd, defamatory, or threatening delineations, epithets, orlanguago is written or printed. The House bill supxileuientary to the Pacific railroad acts, with amendments. This is the. bill passed by the House on the 3d of March requiring the Pacific Railroad companies to construct, maintain, and operate telegraph lines and to afford equal facilities to all connecting telegraph lines. The amendments merely strike out the word “construct” where it occurs. The House disposed of a little minor business, and then went into committee of the whole on the Mills tariff bill. The pending amendment was that offered by Mr. Mills restoring the present rate of duty on tobacco. It was agreed to without division. On motion the present rate of duty was restored on pipes, pipe-bowls, and all smokers’ articles not otnerwise provided for. The next paragraph taken np for consideration wits 1 that .imposing a duty 01 30 per cent, ad valorem' on’bonnets, hats, and hoods composed of ; hair, whalebone, or any vegetable material. After considerable discussion the bill went to committee of the whole, and was leported to the House with favorable recommendation, amid hearty applause. The evening session was devoted to the consideration of bills reported lrom tho Committee on Military Affairs.

The bill was reported and placed on the Senate calendar the 20th for the erection of a publio building at Chicago. Mr. Dolph called np the bill to prohibit the coming of Chinese laborers into th.e United States, and pending discussion the Senate adjourned. The first business before the House was the bill appropriating $250,000 to aid State homes for disabled volunteers, which ,was passed. Mr. Blanchard (La.) submitted the conference report on the river and harbor bill. Agreed to. It increases the total appropriation from $19,902,783 to $22,277,116. The Senate receded from its amendment striking out the appropriation for the purchase of the lock and dam on the Monongahela River. The Senate amendment for the purchase of the improvement known as the Green and Barrel River improvement was agreed to. The Senate receded from its amendment providing for the purchase of the Portage Lake Canal and the Lake Superior Ship-Canal Railway and Iron Company Canal. The Senate amendment for a survey of a canal from Lake Michigan to the Illinois and liesplaines Rivers was agreed to. Also the Senate amendment providing for a survey and location of a canal from the Illinois River at or near the town of Hennepin to the Mississippi River. Also the Senate amendment for a survey of a canal connecting tho waters of Lake Michigan with the Calumet River. But tho Government is not to be deemed committed to these projects, nor, indeed, to any other project for which a survey is ordered in this bill. The present bill really carries appropriations for two years, making the amount for each year a little over $11,000,000. At the evening session private bills were considered. Take a common glass, put it in a little satin bag, made full and tied round the top with a bow of satin ribbon. Fasten by means of wire passed round to a satin background, any desired shape, and fasten to the wall. In this plant ivy, or some pretty climbing vine, which falls down gracefully over the satin bag. Hyacinth glasses can be used in this way and look very pretty.