| Show The Senate WAsnrxoTox February 10 Consideration Con-sideration of the bill to present the unlawful un-lawful occupancy of public lands was resumed This is the bill known as the antifencing bill It passed with a slight amendment The Sepate bill called up bv Dors heimer for a settlement of the accounts of the Mobile d Ohio railroad company was objected to After a long debate the pension appropriation ap-propriation bill passed substantially as it came from the Senate committee all legislative measures foirided on the bill as it came from the House relating to compensation of pension attorneys etc being struck out the Senate having already al-ready passed a special bill containing those provisions The bill now goes to the House for concurrence or noncon currence in the Senates action in striking strik-ing out the provisions referred to The Senate then took up and resumed consideration of the House bill repealing repeal-ing the preemption and timber culture lawsAfter some debate Dolpli proposed an amendment providing that all entries en-tries heretofore made under the preemption pre-emption laws on which final proof and payment have been made to which there are no adverse claims and which have been sold to innocent purchasers I shall be confirmed and patented upon I presentation of satisfactory proof to the I proper department office Sherman thought this required careful care-ful consideration It might operate to deprive the United States of the right to recover lands originally obtained from them by fraud Without decision on the amendment the Senate adjourned Before adjournment Butler presented the credentials of the reelection of Senator Sen-ator Hampton The Home WASHINGTON February lOrhe House met in continuation of Saturdays Satur-days session and immediately went into committee of the whole on the postoffice appnfpriation bill Bingham criticised the action of the committee in cutting down below the estimates the appropriation for the letter let-ter carrier service Dingley advocated a more liberal policy in compensation to American steamships for carrying the mails At 315 on motion of Townshend the House resolved itself into committee of the whole for the further consideration considera-tion of the postoffice appropriation bill and Dingley concluded speech Holman discussed and advocated the proposed change in the manner of compensating com-pensating railroads for mail transportation transporta-tion The bill was then read by paragraphs para-graphs for amendments Horr moved to increase the appropriation appropri-ation for the compensation postmasters postmas-ters from 12300000 to 13000000 Lost Horr moved to increase by 200000 the appropriation the compensation posfoffice clerks Lost Pending further action the committee commit-tee arose Phelps from the committee on foreign affairs reported back the resolution requesting re-questing of the President copies of all correspondence in the hands of government govern-ment relative to the case of C A Van Bocken the American citizen imprisoned im-prisoned at Port au Prince Hayti Adopted and adjourned |
