The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-14
CONG RE s $40 NAL
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, June IA The house bill
appropriating $4,000 for new barge
Office in New York passed.
The house bill legalizing the collection of
head money already paid upon immigrants,
passed.
The committee on contingent expenses
of the senate was authorized to set during
recess.
The committee on elections reported
adversely to the joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the constitution forbidding
dlsfranchisement of persons on account Of
sex. Hoar will submit tle minority
report; the reports were ordered printed,
and the joint resolution was placed on the
calendar.
Window submitted resolution asking
the secretary of the treasury for iDtorma-
ton as to the amount expended by the
United States for various public works in
each state and territory together with the
expenditures of government iu aid Of canals,
wagon roads, and railroads, since June
30th 1878; agreed.
Window, chairman of the committee Oh
appropriations, submitted a concurrent
resolution to extend the session until noon
of Thursday next; laid over until to-
morrow. Window expressed the opinion
the session could not be closed on Monday.
| Consideration was resumed of the bill to
create a sinking fund to pay the indebted
ness due the government by the Kansas
Pacific railroad. After brie,' discussion
the bill passed
The house joint resolution asking au
investigation iu the case OF Edward o NJ
Cougdon, now confined III an English
| prison, was agreed to.
Mcdonald introduced bill providing
an additional fund for the repayment Of
monies advanced in aid Of the Unior
Pacific company, so that it shall turn into
the United States treasury, to De credited
on account of government aid to the con
struction of the road. all monies hereafter
paid the company for additional subscrip
tons to its capital stock made under the
provisions of section two Of the act o
congress, approved July ID 1864; referred
10 the Judiciary committee.
HOUSE.
| WASHINGTON, June l4.-Reagan moved
to take trom the table the river and bar
ber bill for the purpose Of noDcoucurrln
lu the house amendments agreed to in tn
conference on the legislative appropriation
bill which reported disagreements as t
the senate's right to fix the compensate
of its own employees at higher rates tha
those of the house.
Waddell moved to suspend the rule
and D0nconcur in the post route bill.
: Eden said be understood the bill con
tanned important new Legislation on th
E Brazilian subsidy, and suggested if it g0e
to u conference committee it would be pu
Gu its passage without discussion. Wad
+ delI's reply was lost in the confusion,
! Cannon rising to question of constl
: tutlonul privilege" offered a resolutlo
: directing the post route bill with the sen
ate amendments to be returned to tn
e senate, as portions of these amendment
were in the nature OF revenue bll
!, Among the Objectionable items are til
t, Brazilian steamship subsidy, proyisio
e for carrying books through the mails unde
the postal union treaty free Of duty, an
other matters. Cannon asked tn
+ house to adopt his resolution
# vindIcate its rights, and send th
! bill back TO the senate with lntormatlo
that that body had not the right to trenc
upon The prerogatives of the house. Attt
# discussion the resolution was adopted, ye;
$ l68. nays 6S, and the bill was sent back
v the senate.
v The speaker announced Reagan, kenr
and DunnelI, conlerees on the river al
A harbor bill.
d Burchard moved to suspend the ru
y and adopt the resolution reciting that Il
e 44th congress on joint motion declare
r. B. Hayes and w, A. Wheeler respec
/. lively elected president and vice presiden
declaring that no subsequent house (
" congress has the power to revise tn
b action, and that any attempt to annul
r disregard such action or title of the pre-;
II dent based thereon is revolutionary al
I hereby disapproved by this house.
The motion to suspend the rules al
n, adopt Burchard's resolution was agre
rs to-yess 2l5, nays 81. The nays We
II Il Black kburn, Bliss, Boone, Bragg Cook
re Cox, Eam, Fuller, Hamilton, hafdl
n bergh, Hiukle, Henry, Hewitt, OF n ]
Mayhau, Phelps, pridenore, Robertsu
a, Smith, Goat, Springer, Southard, a
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