Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-05-30
The Senate Still Hammering aWay at the
Legislative, Judicial and Executive
Appropriation Bill, Consideration
Of which is Frequently Inter-
rupted by Other Business.
The River and HarbOr Bill Set for Con-
sideratiOn in the Senate on Friday
Other Business Of Interest in
Both HOuses-AdjOurnmen
TO Friday.
I'm the House.

In the House.
| WASHINGTON, May 20 Immediately af
ter the reading of the journal, Mr.. Woo
called up the senate adjournment resolution
l and moved to postpone its further considera
ton until June 9Th. The yeas and nays wert
| ordered There being a number of vac2n
| seats on the Democratic side, Mr.. Reagan
asked If it was in order to have call of the
house. To which the speaker replied that he
| thought there was quorum. Mr.. Wood
| for the purpose Of ascertaining whether there
was a quorum present, moved that the house
| adjourn.
| Mr.. Hale-Does the gentleman want to fl
| iouster on his own motion?
| Mr.. Wood-No, sir; but | want fair and
square vote on the proposition.
The yeas and nays being taken on the mo-
| ton to adjourn, it was defeated.
A vote was then taken on the senate reso-
| luton for final adjournment, and resulted
| yeas, 127; nays, Isl, SO the resolution was de-
teated. The Democrats who changed their
| votes from their former variance with their
| own side and voted with the party, were
| Bell Harlenbergh and Landers.
Mr.. Wood then moved to make the date of
adjournment the twenty fourth of June.
Mr. CiYmer moved an amendment to make
it the seventeenth. This amendment had a
| majority on a standing vote, but the ayes and
nays We're called, which resulted-yeas, 1884,
journment, as amended to take place On the
seventeenth of June, was then adopted.
The vote was then taken on the motion to
postpone the consideration of the resolution
for final adjournment until June Sth, and it
was defeated-yeas, 124; nays, 1872. This
was a party vota, with the exception of
Messrs Aiken, Bell, Bland, Bouck Buekner
Cutler, Fuller, Hardenbergh, Landers, Nor
gan, Morse, Pridemore, Rea, and Willis n.
\. |, who voted with the Republicans, and
the three Kansas members-Messrs. Haskell,
Phillips and Ryan-who voted with the DEM
ocrats.
Mr.. Wood then moved to lay the senate
resolution on the table.
The question being taken on the motion to
lay the senate resolution on the table, it was
reiected-yeas, 125; nays, 13l. This vote
was the same as the preceding one, with the
exception that Messrs. Buckner and Bland
this time voted with their political associates.
The resolution now goes back to the SEN
ate, and that body may either concur at once
IN the amendment this virtually changes the
question:, or 1t may abstain from any action
until within day or two of June, when it
will be able to judge whether either from
public or from party considerations it will be
necessary to extend the time or to adjourn on
that day.
Mr. Singleton made a conference report on
the consular and diplomatic appropriation
house made the appropriations less by $101,
600 than the like bill of last session; that the
senate had increased the appropriations by
$S4, ZOO; that the senate conference had
yielded to an amendment of 81, 500, and
the house conference to $39, 900, and that
the bill as it now stands approprIates SCI 900
less than the bill of last session. The report
was agreed to. Under the bill as 1t now
stands the salaries of ministers to Great Brit
ain, France, Germany and Russia remain at
$1,000, instead of 600 as voted by the
house, and those of ministers to Spain, Aus
tria, Italy, Brazil, Mexico. Japan and China
at $4,000 instead of $4,000. The mis-
snds s snd Belgium se Argentine time l npthd5
were restored to the $500 class. The salary
of the minister to Hayti is put back from
$4,000 to $500, and that Of the minister to
Liberia from $500 to $4,000. Provision Is
made for charges d'GfairS at Denmark,
Paraguay, and Uruguay combined, and
Switzerland, at $4,000 each. The salary of
the consul general at Cairo Is restored to
$4,000; consuls general at London, Paris,
Havana and RIO de Janeiro, to $4,000; of
consul general to Melbourne, to $4500; of
consul general at Berlin, to $4,000; of con-
suls- general at Vienna, Frankfort, Rome and
Constantinople, to $4,000 each; and the ap-
preparation for the salaries of consuls, vice.
consuls, commercial agents and consular
clerks, is increased from $290, 900 to $780,
600.
Mr.. Atkins, chairman of the committee on
appropriations, reported bill approprlatlng
twenty thousand dollars to defray the ex-
penses of the select committee on the Presi-
Dental question.
On a point of order made by Mr. Conger
the bill was referred to committee of the
whole, and then the house vent into commit
tee of the whole, Mr.. Caldwell Tenn. in
the chair.
Mr.. Atkins moved to set aside the bills now
before that committee, and the members of
the Republican side interposed,t to impede &C
ton, by requiring each of such bills to be
read in full.
This went along until the bill was reached
which regulates the granting of pensions on
account of death or wounds or I'M urles re-
ceived or diseases contracted III the service of
the United States since March, 1861, and for
the payment of arrears of pensions, and to
restore to the pension-roll the names Of such
as have been struck off far disloyalty, and as
there was objection to setting this bill aside,
Mr.. Atkins moved that the committee rise,
stating that the block appeared interminable,
aud that he did not desire to do anything
that would retard business.
Mr. Rice, who reported the bill, opposed
that motion, but it was agreed to-90 to "a
and the committee rose, leaving the appro-
rri6tion bill for the select committee, at the
loot of the calendar.
Mr. Reagan called up the bill to regulate
internal State commerce by railroads, but
a question Of consideration being raised, the
house refused to consider it now.
Mr.. Burchard next called up the bill to
amend the internal revenue laws.
Mr.. Cox y. y. raised Il question of con-
sideration, desiring to get up his bill for life
saving stations, but the house voted TO take
up Mr.. Burchard's bill-90 to 75-and pro-
ceeded to its consideration as IN committee
of the whole, Mr.. Carlisle in the chair.
After the consideration OF three pages the
bill went over without action.
Mr.. Bragg introduced a bill to secure the
most efficient arms for the use Of the regular
army and militia. Referred.
The house then took recess. The even
ing session is to be for debate only. When
the house adjourns tonight it will be to meet
Friday next.
Senator Hamlin gave notice that as soon
as the senate should dispose of the legislative,
judicial and executive appropriation bill, he
would call up the bill reported by him yester-
day from the committee on foreign relations
In regard TO the payment of the fishery award
He said that the bill must receive the con-
slderation of congress at the present session,
and thus avoid the necessity of an extra ses-
sion.
Senators Dorsey, Ingalls, and Barnum we're
announced as the conference committee on
the part of the senate on the bill providing a
permanent form OF government for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Senator Sargent, from the committee on
naval affairs, reported without recommended
ton the testimony taken in regard to the dis
missal OF Alex. Warner from the Brooklyn