Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-21
F0RTY.sIxTa C0H6REss.
SATURDAY. June 2l,

FORTY-SI1TH CON6REss.
SATURDAY, June 81.
SENATE.-The President pro tenn. laid before
the Senate communication from the Secretary
of the Navy in answer to Senate resolution,
Transmitting the report Of the board Of naval
engineer off1cers appointed by him to examine
plans and specifications Of retrigerating ships
ana PaIa machinery y, referred to by the National
ana 6oa1a ta OF heaitn. ordered 70 lie on the table
Mr.. Bayard, from the committee on finance,
IepOIteo joint resolution authorizing the Sec
!ler not exceeding So 500 for services as chemist
~ the prosecutions Of the evasions of duties on
sugar; and 1T was passed
MT Whyte, from the committee on printing
reported favorably on concurrent RESOLUTION
authorizing the printing OF $4,000 extra coolies
O. tne reports and proceedings of the Paris
lho! etary CONFER ence; which was adopted.
Mr.. Davis, QlL) by request, introduced bill,
auih r1zing the state OF Illinois to Commence
al ana prosecute suits against the United States
In the United States Supreme Court. Referred
10 the committee On the Judiciary.
MI. Mcdonald submitted resolution CALLING
on tne secretary OF the Treasury to report to
the national board of health in relation tn re.
1rfgerating. and disinfectfng apparatus. Sc
Placed on the calandar.
Mr. Hiil lGa) submitted a resolution au.hor-
Hlng the committee On privileges and elections
10 set during the recess to continue the tnyeStI
cation OF the Spofrord-Kellogg contest.
".
The resolution heretofore submitted nv Mr.
Walker, calling On the President for informa.
ton as to lives and property lost in certain In
dian wars was taken up and adopted
Consideration of Senate bill to provide office
rooms for the national board of health, and for
the publication OF its reports and papers, and
to authorize 1t to erect necessary Quarantine
buildings and acquire title to real estate was re-
sumed and the bill passed.
The conference report on the judicial expenses
bill was called up by Mr.. Wallace.
MIR. Window demanded the yeas and nays on
the adoption OF the report, which resulted
yeas 81 nays Ia party vote.
Mr.. Maxey, from the committee on military
afairs reported bill to provide for filling va
which was considered and passed. TIT is the
same as one Of the amendments to the army
appropriation BILL adopted in committee of the
whole and non-concurred In last night by the
The resolution reported yesterday by Mr..
SaulsDury, from the committee on privileges
AID elections, authorizing an investigation OF
the Ingalls, election cases, was adopted.
Mr.. Kellogg introduced bill to provide ocean
mail steamship service between the Unit ed
States and South America. Referred to CON-
The bill regulating intercourse with Chinese
subjects was taken up, and Mr.. Slater read
long speech thereon.
HOUSE.-Mr. Covert asked leave to offer re-
solution for the appointment OF select COM
mittee to Investigate the conduct Of the ship.
ping commissioners Office at the port Of New
Mr.. Conger objected,
Mr.. Ellis introduced bill for the return OF the
"TW1g" sword to ROwena Guedella. Referred.
MT COBB, & rising 81 to question Of personal
an extract from the Indianolis Journal OF the
18th inst, charging him with having repeated q
threadbare lie about Massachusetts regiment
interfering with voters IN indianapolis In Octo.
ber 1864.
he also had read extracts from other papers
and letters received BY him In corroboration of
the statement which he had made in hisspeecn,
and again reiterated the charge that the elec-
ton referred to had been inteHered with by the
Massachusetts regiment.
Mr.. Warner, who had been stationed at In
dianapolis In october, 1864, stated that 1t had
officially come to his knowledge there had been
interference at the election.
Mr.. Browne denied the truth OF the statement
Massachusetts, regiment had been quartered at
Indianapolis was that conspiracy had been
unearthed, having as its object the subversion
hs to sne fHs He e nss
that it was q democratic conspiracy, but all the
persons who had been tried and convicted had
been Pee @ democrats, an and !. not single republican
Mr.. Cobb asserted that republicans had been
connected With that conspiracy.
Mr. Bal er also denied Mr.. CObb's statement
party with the Knights Of the Golden Circle.
He regretted to see that his friend from OHIO
(Warner) had so far forgotten the lofty fnspi-
rat1Ons with which he had been instigatc1 In
1853, that now, In order to get himself on terms
OF good fellowship with those whom he had
fought against, he had got to hurl his darts
over his shoulder at the men whom he had then
commanded.
Mr.. De La Matyr uttered his earnest protest
against uncovering the dead. He had given
three years to the war-three earnest years.
He had been fighting q ghost ever since He
despised and 1oathed this fighting OF ghosts,
(ApplauSe on the democratic side
MI. Kenna, from committee on enrolled bills,
reported the army appropriation BILL and Ii
was signed by the Speaker.
The House then resumed, In the mOrnfno
hour, the consideration OF the bill prohtbitinS
political assessments.
Mr.. Warner, after great deal of noise
confusion, obtained the floor In order to reply
to the remarks of Mr.. Baker. He repudiated
the statement that he stood on different
ground now from that on which he had stood
In 1854.
Mr.. Baker thought that the gentleman from
Ohio was In the condition OF q political Rip
Van Wrinkle, who had gone to sleep on the van
guard OF liberty In the ranks OF the republican
party, and had walked up on the other side.
[Jee rs on the democratic Side.l
The matter was then dropped.
Mr.. HO6tetter withdrew the demand for the
previous question, moved to refer the bill to the
committee OF the whole, and on that motion
demanded the previous question.
The republicans then, Notwithstanding an
fnttmation from Mr.. Springer that the bill
would not be taken up for consideration at the
present session, refrained from voting, thus
leaving the House without quorum.