Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-18
CONGRESSIONAL,
Conclusion of Yesterdays Prooeedint
sENATE.-After our report closed


Conclusion of Yesterdays Proceedings.
SENATE-After our report closed
Various amendments reported by the COM
| m1ttee on appropriations 10 the sundry civil
| appropriation bill were agreed to, among
them the following: Appropriating slOl,0JO to
| purchase OF the present owners back volumes
| OF the Congressional Globe, stereotype plates
&c, and the two story fire proof building in
| which they are stored allowing the commits
=, nerS OF NE District of Columbia to spend
| $1,000 for the Children's Hospital in Washing
| ton, ID. e; $4,000 for the purchase of two ad-
| dl'lonal fire engines and one hook and ladder
| truck, with buildings for them; striking out
OF the House bill the clause providing for a
| DlStllcI bureau OF charities, and that for
| bidding the District commissioners from re
| ducing the salaries of the officers and priyates
OF the Metropolitan police force; increasing
| appropriations for the public buildings at Chi
| ESQ Cincinnati. st. Louis Philadelphia aud
| Ia Sto1 from 5000 to 100000 each; that for
TIE post office at Harrisburg. Pa. from $4,000
| to 5000: apprOpriating 900 for the pur-
CHASE of The Freedmen'S Bank building in
Washington, DC, and 5000 to fit up the
| lover story for the Court of Claims: appro
priating unexpended balarce to the credit of
| tie Bureau of Engraving and Printing of the
treasury Department for the erection of a
| building for said bureau, the total cost of
Which shall not exceed $}0U,00.
!, The committee on appropriations reported
| tie following amendments:
| For expenses and compensation of the
| commission appointed by the President to 90
TO LOUISIANA, S6oO' OF SO much thereof as may
| Gt necessary
| Mr.. COnkling demanded the yeas and NAYS
| on the amendment, and said he would vote no.
| Mr.. Blaine declared that the governor of
! louisiana sat in his seat TO day on account of
| having been placed there by mob.
| MIR. Sargent moved to lay the amendment on
| the table. Agreed to-yeaS %, nays %
other amendments were agreed to, as fol
! lows. Appropriating $1,000 for the purchase
o. relies of George Washington from the Lewis
| family, of Clarke county, Va; $4,000 to defray
ADDITIONAL expenses necessarily incurred by
| Af1lrC
| IaIls exposition in erecting special building
| 1ol agriculture, machinery and products; APP
| prop1latlng $4,000 for repairs and erection of
| barracks at Fort Monroe, Va: appropriatiug
| tie nCces' airy amount to pay Capt. Eads for
| work at the South Pass of the Mississippi river
| IL. accordance with contract
| Mr. Ferry, from the conference committee
| or the revenue item in the post route bill, re-
| turned 10 the Senate by the House, reported
that the committee had been unable to agree,
| aid new conference was ordered.
| The Senate then, on motion of Mr.. McPher-
| son, went into executive session, and when
Il e doors were reopened, at $50, took recess
| III til o'clock p. IN.
! The Senate resumed the consideration of the
| Snndry civil appropriation bill.
Proceedings at the evening session are re
| ported on The first page of this paper
| HOUSE.-Atter our report closed
| he internal revenue bill was ordered to be
| engr0SSed and read third time, after which
the House took a recess.
GEN. BUTLER AND SENATOR MATTHEW'S
| AT the opening OF the evening session Mr..
Butler, from the select committee on the
| Presidential election, made a report ON the
| subject of Senator MatthewS'S refusal to obey
| the subpoena of that committee and to give
| testimony before it. After recitng the steps
| already taken by the committee on the matter,
| the report goes on to state that Mr.. Matthews
had tailed to appear In answer to the sum-
| mons that may be because his duties as Sena-
| tor, and the eXigencieS of the public service
| require his presence in his place as Senator
and it ends by resolving that the House do
send the following message to the Senate in
| that behalf: The House of Representatives
! requests the Senate to give leave to the Hon.
| Stanley Matthews, Senator from the state of
ONO, TO attend before committee of the
House, row charged with the Investigation of
| frauds in election in the states of Louisiana
and Florida, to give such evidence of facts
concerning the subject matter of said invest-
| cation as may be in his knowledge or posses
sion as he may be required to do" The reSO-
luton was adopted.
Mr.. Cannon reported that the conference
committee Oh the post route bill had been I'm
able to agree. new conference was ordered.
| Mr.. Harris, from the committee on elections
reported that Robertson, of Louisiana, and
| Fam, OF Louisiana, 1.-THE sitting members IN
| contested election cases. are entitled to their
| seats, and that IN the Alabama contested cleo
| tiOH case of HARRISON and Shelley additional
| testimony may be taken. The reports We're all
The House again took up the tobacco bill
Ire Glil was then paSSed-yeaS 80, nays los
| pacco tax TO 10 cents pound. and il is 10 go
| Into operation on The lst of september, if the
Senate should pass and the President approve
Mr.. Crapp, from the committee on foreign
! a1iairS, reported a Till placing five and a-haIf
million dollars in gold coin under the direction
eminent of her Britannia Majesty the amount
awarded by the fisheries commission lately as
sempled IN Halifax, in pursuance of the treaty
| OF Washington. Immediately on Conclusion
| OF the reading of the bill points of order were
| raised by Messrs. Cox, Butler and others. but
were 0verruled by the Speaker, who declared
| That the bill was an International one and that
| II was his duty to promote its passage.
Mr. Butler made renewed attempts to get
| nearing, but met With no better success. He
| faced The storm (Which was strongest on the
| republican side of the Housed. and asserted
that it was one of his privileges to be heard.
| Inc speaker, however, diSSented from that
| view and informed him repeatedly and severe
| ~ tnat ne was not Id order aud must take his
seat, and then, as Mr.. Butler paid no attention
TO the order, The Speaker called upon the Ser
geant alarms to do his duty.
| That functlonary without his mace of office)
stepped up TO MIR. Butler who, with arms fold
ed. was dehantly facing the storm, and the
| omcer aId the Representative had an appa-
! rently friendly coll0quy, and soon Afterwards
the Speaker notified the Sergeant-at- Arms that
| he might retire.
The vote was finally taken on suspending
the rules and passing the bill.
Inc motion was reJected-yeaS 49, nays 81
not The necessary twothirds in the affirma-
| tive.
-, The Speaker appointed Messrs. Harris (Va).
| wilson (W. Fa), and Blair (N.H), the con
ieIees on The part OF the House on the Mex
| lean awards bill, and MeSSrs. Cannon. Carlisle
| and Waddell the new confereeS on the poSt
route bill.
The House, by a vote of 103 to l27 decided
not TO consider at present the contested cleo
| ton case of Richardson against Rainey from
| South Carolina
Subsequent proceedings reported on the
| first page of this paper.
AN ATRoC1OCs MURDER was committed
saturday evening i'll the Chicago suburban
A Ia nv nm lnp.yr chn
vain, a brother of his (Cary's) divorced wife.
Infticting wound which proved fatal i'm about