The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-03-04
Last NIGHTS Dispatches.
XIV CONGRESS.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-After an ex-
ecutive session, non-concurrence in the
river and harbor bills was announced. The
Senate insisted, and conference was or
dered
The census bill was agreed 20 With the
House amendments.
Senator Davis uiLl, called up the bill
for the relief Of the totally blind soldiers,
which passed
The conference report Oh the forti6ca-
ton bill was agreed TO, and the bill passed.
Senator Mcmillan called up the bill ap-
prOprlatiug for the payment Of claims re.
ported by the Southern Claims Commits
sion. Passed.
Senator Window submitted the confer
ence report on the sundry civil BILL but
Senator Edmuuds objected to the present
consideration, aud it was temporarily laid
aside. The Senate then took a recess un-
| til p. n.
k,vENING SESSION. Tho Senate took
up the report of the Committee on Con
ference on the disagreeing amendment to
the sundry civil bill and after debate
agreed to the conference report-Yeas 35,
nays q.
, Senator Allison made report from the
Committee of Conference on the disagree
| ing amendments to the river and harbor
| bill, and 1t was agreed to.
HOUSE.
| WASHINGTON, March 3.-The Speaker
refused to recognize Mr.. Conger, who
moved to refer the Seward impeachment
case to the Judiciary Committee.
Tho rpnnrt of tho aToritv NJ tho {lcp,
mittee on Expenditure il the State De-
pgrtleu, was then read. It presents sew,
Eeateen articles of impeachment against
Geo. f. Seward, and concludes with reso.
latiQus directing that the said Seward be
lmpeachcd for high crimes and misde
meanors while in Office, and providing fol
the appointment Of seven members to pro
ceed immediately to the bar OF the Senate
: and there impeach the said Seward in thg
I name Of the House aud poap.e of tha
, United States. ald tor the appointment o
{ tsetaQ tI4uagers TO maintain aad suDp0r
= the inpca aebment proceedings in the Sen
t Esre. The views Of the minority recite tn
> c thc0tties of the position Of the Shaugha
o consulate in the early years of Seward
. ADMINISTRATION of the Office. when be va
o young aud inexperienced, TIE sns1eQuac
- of the clerical sezYioe l1rnisAed him, aut
his appropriation OF Certain consular tee
ito pay Ior additional clerical work. Will
the minority do not mean 10 approve tha
II method, they said that it bad been know
ID to, and received the unqualified approvs
le Of the government. They recommen
le that the whole subject be referred to II
to Judiciary Committee,
lg Mr.. Bcrdy, Il whom the minority r,
I'd pogt was prepared, addressed the Houl
r in advocacy Of it. lie yielded the floor
or Mr., Atkins, who presented the cOnferent
Ve report on the sundry civil appropriate
m bill. He said the total estimates for iten
Us on the bill was about $32 100000. II
J., bill, as it passed the House, sppr6pTiatt
r. $4,000, ,0Q0; the Senate added 81 10000
making tAe amount now about 81 $4,000
he as against $26, 10000 last year, 1t co
p tained no approprion for deputy Marsha
tor pay, SAC, 900, bad been appropriated
new telegraph lines in Texas, Montana q
oil Dakota, $300,000. for. arrears due la
he grand railroads, S20,C04 each TO the liza
RS den, Powell, aud Wheeler surveys to clt
20: Iup business, and $3.50 600 for a naser
ee- for articles given this government ut
close of the centennial by other natiol
lh- Mr. Blackburn objected to the pro
EFT sion for sinking fund for IS bonds
ges the District of Columbia lie aai3 eli
ties millions of these boadz we're void and il
the ssi, ara the Objectionable provision v
loD inserted at the instance of the First Nati
al Bank OF New York, which held
'ort large amount of these bonds.
$50 Messrs Atkins, Hale aud others Office
to this statement, and denied its tyu
pay The report was fualI agEeed 20 by
10 107--the negative yotes being mo;
md Democratic.
Oh The Seward Impeachment case ag
ire came up, Mr.. Butler insisting upon !
ned senting the judiciary report upon
subject of Seward holding back certain c
sulate books, and Mr.. Springer insist
on the question of impeachment.
ees. The speaker sustained Mr.. Springer
the Dir. Butler claimed his report vas
the the highest order of privileges, involy
avs: the privileges Of the House. Mr. Bu
pes- said the judiciary Committee had instr
mart ed Kim to report that Seward was JUST
the in retaining those books, yet the fact
the bis retaining them had beea made
con- ground for one of the articles OF inpei
,ani- meDt,
arty Mr., Springer said he had been instr
ed to withdraw that article.