The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-15
WORK IN CONGRESS.
BEHIND FIN ALL IMPORTANT BILLY
PROBABLE Resembling OF THE
ADJOURNMENT RESOLUTION.
Conference on the River and Harbor
BilI-Barataria Ship CanaI--NO At
tack on Hayes Title Gar ahan's
Ouietus Woman Suffrage Defeated.
The senate.


WASHINGTON, June 14-Mr. Wadleigh; from
the Committee on Privileges and Elections,
reported adversely on the resolution pro-
posing an amendment 10 Jne consIltuIloni
granting suffrage to the women. ordered
printed and placed on the calendar OF pflVaCe
bills. SO reported and placed on the calen-
Mr.. Dawes. from the Committee on Public
buildings and Grounds, reported the House
hill contemplating $4,000 for the construc-
tion ~ a barge Office for the use Of the GUS
forn4bouse at New York. Passed.
Mr. Mcdonald called up, and the Senate
passed, the House bill to legalize head money
already collected.
authorize the Barataria Ship Canal Company
to construct and operate q ship canal from
New Orleans to the Gulf OF Mexico, was
taken up and passed. -
the pension of pensioners who have lost both
faet both hands. or the sight OF b0th eyes, 10
S22 per month, was taken up and passed as
It came from the House. -,
The sundry civil appropriation bill was re-
,ceived from the House at u AS p. m, and was
at once referred to the Committee on APP
preparations and ordered printed
Mr. Window offered q concurrent resolution
postponing the time OF final Adjournment 70 e
noon on Thursday, June 20, and said that it
would be impossible to get through with the
augmentation bills by Monday noon. He Of
Tered the resolution now, as Senators might
be preparing to leave on Monday, and would
The SENATE then took up the resolution OF
the House asking an Investigation OF the
case Of Edward 0. NJ. Condor, and 1T was
agreed to.
1louncinp It's non-concurrence In the Senate
amendments to the river and harbor bill.
Mr.. Sargent moved to recede from the
Senate amendments and pass the bill as 1t
came from the House. The motion was re-
iected-yeas %, nays 36-and Messrs. Spen-
Ger. Mcmillan and Ransom appointed con-
ferrees on the part OF the Senate
The post route bill, which was returned
from the House, with It's objection that 1t
trenches upon the rights of the House In the
matter Of raising revenue, was at once taken
up.
ference be asked.
Al lengthy discussion ensued relative to the
rights of the two houses, and the question
was finally settled by the adoption OF @ re5o-
tuition for committee of conference to con-
fer with a like committee OF the House ooucn-
Ferry, Kirkwood and Ma4ey were appointed
such committee
The following bills on the calendar were
disposed of: The bill in relation to the Kansas
Pacific Railroad, known as the Kansas IA
ciflC Railroad funding bill; the bill authoriz-
ing the construction of a first class light
house on Tillamoc Head, Oregon; the bill to
amend section 1886 of the Revised Statutes
postmasters.
Mr. Window, from the conference commit
tee on the legislative appropriation bill, re-
ported the Encouragement OF the conference
committee. He explained that there could be
an understanding reached on the proposition
in relation to clerks In departments by mutu
al concessions and compromise, each meeting
the other half way. In the matter OF the
Fourth and Fifth Auditors, the House would
concur. The main difference was whether
the Senate should exercise its Judgment In re-
lation to the number and compensation OF Its
own employees.
Mr.. Thurman emphatically indicated his
intention to insist upon the Senate amend
ment in relation to its employees.
Mr.. Bayard was surprised that after the
elaborate and protracted discussion OF this
question in 1876, it should have ever beer
raised again.
Mr.. Anthony also supported the amend
rnent and thought 1t due to the dignity Of the
Senate that the amendment be insisted on.
Mr. Window asked for the yeas and nays
on the motion to insist that the conference
committee might know the feeling of tht
Senate. The Senate insisted on it's amend
xnents; yeas SO, nays MesSrS. Coke and Nc
Creery, 2, anda new conference was then or
dered.
The bill to create a. board to be known as
the Board of Pacific Railroad Com missioners
gave rise to prUtracted debate, but was
finally amended and passed.
Mr.. Oglesby, from the Committee on Pub
De
William McGarrahan, with the recommends
tion that the petition be denied, and that the
committee be discharged from its further
consideration, with leave to write out anc
submit It's report hereafter. so ordered.
Mr. Matthews entered a motion to recon
slider the vote by which the eight hour Law
was postponed until the next session.
On motion Of Mr.. Sargent, the Senate, al
5:55 p. M, went into executive session, and
when the doors were again opened, adjourned
After the journal had been read Mr. Reagan
moved to take up the Senate amendments tC
the river and harbor BILL and refer them to q
committee of conference.
Mr.. Waddell, of North Carolina, antagonized
this with resolution to take up the post
route BILL He couldn't understand why Mr.
Reagan could be recognized, and he should
not He had been trying to get the floor, and
he did not think that Mr.. Reagan was the
next on the list.
The Speaker said that Mr. Reagan had
made q motion which was in the interest Of
Mr. Waddell thought that the post route bill
was as much In the interest Of the public as
the other bill.
The regular order having been demanded
the Speaker said that the real regular order
was the consideration OF the business which
came over from Tuesday night, which was the
bill for the relief of the heirs of the late Rear
Admiral Dahlgren The latter bill was passed
Mr.. Reagan wanted it for the river and
harbor bill.
AS against the other motions, Mr.. Mills
moved to go to business on the private calen-
.dar.
Mr.. Waddell again said that Mr.. Reagan
was not on the list to move to suspend the
rules.
The Speaker, however, recognized him, and
the bill was referred to conference commit
tee by vote Of 40 to 25.
Mr.. Mills motion to go on with business
on the private calendar was then defeated.
Yeas 102, nays 1874.
Mr.. Waddell then moved to take up the
post route bill, and refer it to a committee OF
conference.
~ Mr.. Eden rose to parliam entary inquiry,
and wanted to know whether the Brazilian
Subsidy was not in that bill.
Mr.. Waddell dnterrupting) said that was
not parliamentary request.
The Speaker said he had not heard the
gentleman sufficiently to know whether it
was question of order or not.
Mr.. Waddell (sarcastically): was not
aware before that the Speaker was deaf.
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