The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-04-27

FRIDAY.-The Senate was not in session
day next.
Ia the House, Senate amendments 10 The
Dill 70 prevent the introduction Of coniaeiops
and infectious diseases in the United State
we're concurred in and the bill passed. The
further consideration of Senate resolution for
mai adjournment on the 10th of June was
postponed until the 18th Of May bv vote ot
yeas 10, nays ll3. A bill was passed in
ereasing the pension of Gen. James Shields
from $50 TO 500 per month. Speaker Ran
dali made a personal explanation, DENYING
as utterly without foundation a statement in
the Washington Star that he had verbally
requested Dir. Glover, chairman of the com
mittee OF expenditures in the Treasury De
Partment, to investigate the Office of sergeant
alarms of the House.
SATURDAY.-In the House. Mr.. Thicker
from the committee on ways and means. re-
ported the bill relating to the tax on tobacco.
incomes and other internal taxation. Mr..
Ulover made personal explanation DENYING
charge IN New York newspaper that the
sergeant-at-arms had loaned s., 900 from the
House funds to a member and could not get
it back
MoNDAY.-In the Senate Mr.. Voorhees, gave
notice of an amendment 20 the bill renor,ed
as a substitute for House bill to repeal the
resumption act, making the clause of the bill
Which authorizes the payment of customs
duties IN legal-tenders after October l. read
after the passage of this act Mr.. Blaine
ohered resolution declaring any material
S en- OF the tariff at this time inOpportune
The bill to extend the time for the connie
ton of the Northern Pacific railroad was
advocated by MeSsrs. Mitchell. Window and
Lamar.
In the House, Dir. Blair's resolution, pass
ed by the Maryland Legislature, reopenine
the presidential question, was referred to the
judiciary committee without division. Mr..
Buffers bill, providing for the issue of green.
backs of the denomination of ones, twos.
threes and fves, and also the issue of postal
currency, was defeated--yeas 40 nays I24.
lhe river and harbor appropriation bill was
Passed-yeas l66 nays sc. Mr.. Cox pre-
scented protest against the passage of the
Dilii signed by twenty-eight members, but
pending its reading the House adjourned.
IuEsDAY.-In the Senate, House bin to
prohibit the coinage of twenty-cens pieces of
silver was passed. The bill to extend the
time for the construction and completion of
the Northern Pacific railroad was taken IN.
slightly amended and passed without division.
The House consumed almost the entire ses-
SION IN discussion on the point as to whether
Mr.. Cox protest against the passage of the
river and harbor appropriation bill presented
question of privilege, and the question was
hnally decided IN the negative-yeas 80. nays
$50. The Indian appropriation bill. which
appropriates 81, ,575, was reported.
EDNEsDAY.-In the Senate, Mr.. Morrill,
reported from the committee on finance bill
to encourage and protect the shipping inter.
est aud to revive American commerce. A
large number OF bills on the calendar, mostly
OF private character, were passed.
In the House, bill was reported from the
Judiciary committee for the distribution of
the unexpended balance of the Geneva award
The naval appropriation bill, as amended by
the conference committee, was reported back.
ana passed. The Senate funding bill in re.
gard to the Pacific railroads was called nm.
and after long debate, in which Mr.. Butler
vigorously assailed its constitutionality, II was
passed by the decisive vote of 243 TO ?. An
evening session was held, which was devoted
to debate.
THURsDAY.-In the Senate, a bill was mass.
ed establishing the rank of the senior inspee.
tor general of the United States army as
brigadier general. The conference report on
the bill to provide for deficiencies in the an
preparations for the service of the govern.
ment for the current and prior fiscal year.
vas ecu 10 yeas oOi nays 1.-THE Senate
receding from the appropriation Of ST.. 900
Tor the public schools Of the District Of Co
lumbia
In the House the session was spent in con
slder1ng the bill for the repeal ofthe bankrupt
law, which finally passed by a vote of yeas
ZO6, nays 30. The bill provides that such re-
peal shall not lnvalidate or affect any case in
bankruptcy instituted and pending in anv
court prior to the day when the act takes eff.
feet, but as to all such pending cases and all
future proceedings therein and all penal ac
tons and criminal proceedings arising there.
under the acts repealed by the bill shall con
tinue IN full force and effect until the same
shall be fully disposed of in the same manner
as # said acts had not been repealed. As the
bill was slightly changed from the form in
which It passed the Senate it will 90 back to
that body for concurrence.