The Newtown bee., 1879-03-11
 CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
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 CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. | Senate.
 l The bill to prevent the introduction of con- tagious diseases into the United States and to establish bureau of public health, was passed. The Vice President, by request, laid before the Senate telegram from the Cali fornia constitutions convention, thanking Congress for the passage of the bill restricting | the emigration of Chinese and declaring that the Senators and Representatives in Congress who supported it will receive the lasting grati- | tude of tha people of California. Upon Mir. | Hoar's point of order the chair decided the telegram could not be received. After adopt | ing suitable resolutions in honor of the late Representative Welch. the Senate adjourned.
 MT. Edmunds, of Vermont, from the com
 mittee on the judiciary, reported, in accord ance with resolution recently adopted by the Senate on his motion, a bill further to protect the constitutional rights of citizens and to punish violations of the same. It was placed | on the calendar The conference report on the internal revenue bill was agreed to. By l it's provisions the tax on tobacco has been reduced, and the tax on lucifer matches re- | tained .. The consideration of the deficiency appropriation bill was resumed, the pending | question being on the amendment appropriat- | ing $250, 900 for court expenses and for ex; penses incurred under the enforcement act
 and, after debate, it was agreed to, and the bill passed. At the evening session a large number of relief and pension bills were passed after which the Senate adjourned.
 The majority of the Teller committee of in- vestigation into alleged election frauds pre- sented their report .... Mir. Merrill reported | from the finance committee an amendment to the bill making an appropriation for the pay ment Of arrears in pensions, which provides for the issue and sale of four per cent. bonds | to the amount of SIS, 900, 000 or in lieu there of the issuing of government certificates of de- posit .... 300,000 copies of the agricultural re- I IX11x. Ao Ia l. making appropriation for the payment of pen l sion arrears was taken up. An amendment was agreed to, providing that pension agents shall receive for their services thirty cents for every payment, and appropriating $30,000 to meet such expenses also that the pension ar rears act shall extend to pensions granted by special act of Congress. Resolutions in honor of the late Representative Douglass were adopted Adjourned.
 The census bill, with the House amendments, was reported to the Senate, with the recom- mendation that the provision added by the | House be non-concurred in. Consideration of | the question was postponed. The Vice-Preg- ident laid before the Senate letter from David T. Corbin, withdrawing his claim to the seat now held by Senator Butler, of South Carolina. The consideration of the bill mak- l ing an appropriation for the payment of ar rears of pensions was resumed The first eight sections of the amendment, providing for the appointment Of pension surgeons and clerks, were rejected. The next section was amended so that pensions shall begin from the death or actual disability of the person On whose account paid, and adopted. Mir l Merrill then submitted his amendment for the | issue of four per cent. bonds, the proceeds thereof to be applied to the payment of arrears of pensions. Pending discussion, recess was taken till P. M. After recess Mir. Morrill'e amendment was rejected, and one offered by Mr. Shields, making the act granting pensions to soldiers of the war of 1912 applicable to the Mexican war veterans was adopted. The bill was then passed. :. Mir. Windom called up the sundry civil appropriation bill, and it's consid- eration was proceeded with.
 l After passing the sundry civil bill, at mid- night, the Senate proceeded to consider the | legislative, executive and judicial appropria- I tion bill. Several amendments inserted by the | House were stricken out, and at A M. the | bill was passed. A recess was then taken till P. M. Sunday, at which time the river and harbor appropriation bill was taken up, and a large number of amendments agreed to. The | bill was passed at a late hour. The vote by 1 which the pensions arrears bill was passed was reconsidered after some debate.
 During the Sunday night session of the Sen ate debate occurred on the pensions arrears appropriation bill, the vote by which it was | passed having been reconsidered. MT. Hoar ! offered an amendment excepting Jefferson Davis from the benefits of the clause providing pensions for Mexican war veterans. Agreed | to by 23 to 22, and the entire clause pension | ing Mexican war veterans was rejected, after which the bill was passed. =. The post route bill was taken up and passed. The committee connection with the Louisiana count made 8 report exonerating him. :. At TAO A. M. 8 re- cess was taken till 1 P. M. On reassembling l the Teller committee was authorized to sit during the recess. ... The House amendments to the census bill were agreed to, and the bill passed. Conference reports on the fortifca- tion and deficiency appropriation bills were submitted and agreed to, after which the Sen ate took recess till P. M. At tue evening session the conference report on the sundry civu bill WAS taken up and adopted.
 House.
 Efr. Monroe moved to pass the bill provid. l ing for the payment of arrears of pensions. Ii | provides that the act ' to authorize the issue of certificates of deposit in aid of refunding the public debt Y be so amended as to author ize the secretary of the treasury to apply such portion of the proceeds of the sale of certif- cates of deposit provided for in said act as may | be necessary, not exceeding $40 000, GOO, for ! the payment of claims for arrears of pensions. | Mr. Atkins called attention to the fact that the I House had already passed bill appropriating l $26, ,000, ,000 for the payment of arrears of pen l slons, and MT. Monroe replied that his bill was | to provide the ways ana means. Mr. Monroe'f I motion was defeated by 125 to 1I6.. The | House went into committee of the whole on ! the legislative appropriation bill, the pending amendment being the one repeating the law | creating supervisors of elections. A long de- I bate took place, at the conclusion of which the amendment was adopted by 143 to 3, the Re l publicans abstaining from voting. The bill
 was then passed-yeas, 143; nays, IF. Ad- I journed.
 The national census bill was passed without 3 division The bill provides that the enum- eration shall begin on the first Monday in June, 1880, and the returns shall be forwarded | to the supervisors on or before the 1st of July following and in any city having over 10000 inhabitants the enumeration shall be taken within two weeks from the first Monday in June. The President, by and with the consent of the Senate, is to have the appoiatment of the super yIsors of the census, whose number is limited to 150, and who are to receive & compensation 1 of $500 each. The sum Of @3, COG, GOO ($250.. 900 of which ia appropriated by the bilD if limited as the maximum cost of the census After discussing the sugar bill and the internal l revenue bill, the House adjourned.
 Speaker Randall, calling Mr. Gsrlisle to the chair, rose to 3 personal explanation. He 1 quoted from letter printed in the Philadel phia Ledger, signed by Special Agent H. L I Williams, in which 1t IS said that appropriation warrants were illegally signed to get money to l continue operations of tho l,ureau of printing 1 and engraving, which was directly in the inter I est of Mir. Randall, who was said to be stock. l holder in the paper mill which supplies the I lute denia1, and offered rBsolution for the ] appointment of select committee to inquire I into tba facts Of the accusatiSns. The xe5olu- I ton WAS adopted .. Tho conference report on I the internal revenue bill wal adcpt6d The Seward oontefnpt c&ee Was fhen taken ap, and. after much opposition the rRolutions fdr the I arrest Of Minf6t6r Geok&e F. fyaW6rd, n ool- tsazns cioua Witsxsss 8resd tos AI even.