Show CONGRESS by TT C to lh feo resolutions of the legislature to spotford were introduced and printed logan from the military committee presented a minority report oh the bill for the relief of fitz john porter tabled davis spelt en tho bill ra living the court commissioners on alabama claims davis said of the 15 by the geneva tribunal remains in tho U S treasury iio argued eliat by the principles of the marine insurance law the under waiters who have indemnifier indemnified the owners of vessels for the losses bc come entitled to all proceeds after ward recovered whether from bea from capture or from justice of foreign states from properly on which the was paid edmunds wished to express his admiration for the very exhaustive and ingenious argument ator from illinois davis in favor of insurance companies but he hoped every senator would examine the subject on all its sides before reversing the former action of congress excluding insurance claims except the losses exceeded tho war profits which action was taken after a full and careful consideration of the subject blaino desired to protest in in the name justice on the very threshold of discussion of this subject against the passage of this bill he saw no logical basis of justice on which it rested tho men who had gorged themselves on profits from the misfortunes their countrymen were now to be authorized to trust their hands into tho treasury in order that their gains already exorbitant may be extravagant and frightfully so out of money that can be paid them only by repeal of a statue enacted after most elaborate discussion and mature consideration thurman asked why tho principle now applied to underwriters could not with equal justice be applied to vessel owners who in shured themselves os the is if a vessel made aine successful trips and was lost on the tenth why not deny his claim for damages on the ground that he made more by nine trips than he was obliged to present a balance sheet showing net profit on all bis war business he liopas the senate would not refuse justice to insurance companies simply because they were rich corporations the senators oaths required them to do justice to rich and poor alike the bill was then laid aside and the special order being the bill to authorize the secretary of the interior to ascertain and certify the amount of land located with military warrants was taken in order to have I it before the senate tomorrow to morrow after executive session j bills kelly the iss urance of new bonds in place of the by speer to prevent general legislation on tho appropriation bills by young creating a department of manufacturers mechanics and miners bliss offered a resolution giving the new national in the smithsonian grounds washington to tho national democratic convene tion referred after some wordy skirmish between conger and the speaker about the rights of individual members to bring motions ryan from the committee on public laabs moved to suspend the rules aid to ass a bill creating an additional land district tho south western in kansas passed thomas from the committed tea on the revision of laws moved to suspend tho rules and pass a bill to regulate the practice in suits brought to recover damages for of ed parents agreed to and bill pas there was a long discussion on bill bus without action adjourned chinese labor in cuba is permitted by a new treaty between spain and china tho french radical senator arc is seriously ill with an attack of bronchitis new whispers of social scandal among several prominent members of congress sixty houses burned at abet near coir france the people are in great distress in cordova argentine republic a great comet has been observed passing thos a northward diorec tion russia has tent out a ship to gather commercial information with regard to the united states china and japan the austrian delegation voted the credits for of the bosnian occupation and the relief of bosnian rol president is reported as favorable to the preyed of making the inter oceania canal a american enterprise loos ici alum and nahomed juns call upon their tribes to renow the attack upon the british an d are ready two dioro arrests jn lucan ont in connection with the donnelly murder france haa had 91 members in the different departments of tho cabinet sinco 1871 |