Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-03-04
THE EVENING STAR.
Ior.SDAh March Z. 1879.
CONGRESSIONAL,
Conclusion of YeSfrrauv,s p,n

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| Conclusion Of YeSfrraav,s p,n...<
| APPROPRIATION BILLS PASSED ny r1E 49,.
| ShNA1 E--After our report closed S =
Mr.. Morrill, called up the bin providing fo-
| taking the tenth and subsequent cenS,l.aS r.,
| amendments of the House were agr,aat IN ma
the bill was passed.
: NeSsrs. Harris, Rollins aud Nerrlmon ware
| appointed the conference committee on the hin
| concerning street railroads In the District OF
columbia
| Mr.. Davis called up the House bili for the re-
lief OF soldiers and sailors becoming ally blind
| in the service OF their country. Passed.
Mr. Window, from the conference committee
! on the fortification appropriation Ill. sub
mItted a report, which was agreed 20. aud the
| bill passed.
| Mr.. Mcmillan called up the bill making ap-
| preparation FOR the payment OF claims reported
! by the southern claims commission. which was
! discussed and passed.
Mr.. sargent submitted a resolution 10 pay the
committee clerks, pages, and other employees
| OF the Senate their per diem compensation for
thirty days after the adjournment of the session.
| Agreed 10.
Mr., Allison. from the conference committee
| on Ihe deficiency appropriation bin, subnitted
| report; but MIR. Edmunds objected 10 its pres
| ent consideration. and stated that he wanted
| time 10 examine it. subsequently he Withdrew
ms oolecuon- and the report was agreed 10.
Inc senate then. al hVe O'Clock pm. on mo-
| Uon or MI. Conkllng, took a recess untn eight
| O'Clock.
EVENING SESSION
On motion al Mr. Sargent. the senate took I'D
| the report OF the committee OF conference on
the disagleeing amendments 70 the sundry civil
| BILL ~
A brief debate occurred. in which Messrs Ed
muEiS, indom, Allison, Dawes and Davis Ii3
| participated ''
| The Senate agreed to the conference report
| yeas, SS. nays "a
The Senate took up and naSSad the UouSn hiIl
! 10 promote the education OF the blind
Mr. Allison mace report from the commit
! Tee OF conference on the diSagreeing amend
ments 10 the river and harbor BILL and 1t was
| agreed 10.
on motion OF Mr.. Bruce. chairman OF the com
! nlttee on Mississippi LeVees, the Senate took
| up the House bill reported by him from that
! committee. providing for the orga nizatton OF
me Mississippi Improvement commission, the
deepening OF that river, and the protection Of
the ailuvial lands. 1t appropffateS $3.50 a0a for
| the payment of expenses and for surveys The
work Is to be executed from time 10 time as
! appropriation may be made for the purpose.
| The bill was debated at length and Mr. Ed
munds, al fifteen minutes To twelve O'Clock
Sa SAC. IL was necessary that there should be a
| bfief executive session, and he made a motion
accordingly, but it was disagreed TO. '''''
Inc bill under consideration was f,lrther
| amended, but further action upon il deferred
| subsequent proceedings reported Oh ist pare
| THE HOUSE PASSES THE sCNDRY CIVIL BILL.
| RIVER AND HARBoR BILL, ETC.
| H0USE.-After our report closed
| Mr.. Atkins presented the conference repoyt
| on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
MI. atkins then proceeded TO give some in
| formation on the subject He said thai the fo.
tai estimates for the items In the bin were about
| S52,0o0,000, and that the bill as il passed the
House appropriated about 81 ,0OG.0bl and that
the Senate had added on about St,5o0,ag0. max
ing the amount OF the bill now about SIS 500. 600
Inc like Dill OF last year was about $40 eo9. Ve0
| MI. Hooker inquired whether the bill con-
tanned any appropriation for paying deputy
| Mr.. Atkins replied in the negative
M reagan inquired as TO the provisions for
| the District OF Columbia.
Mr.. Atkins replied that the senate amendment
| appropriating Sl,l55,5SS for the interest and
sinking fund on the g. Go District bonds had been
| retained He himself had not favored it. but he
! had been overruled by the majority OF the House
confereeS, and. OF course, by the majority OF the
/ Senate conferees. He was not willing to defeat
| the bll simply because OF that feature in it, La
| regard TO some details OF the bill he said that
| $4,000 each to the Hayden, Powell and Wheeler
| surveys and $3.50 GOO TO build a museum for the
care or property given 10 the government by
various nations in 1876, at the close OF the CEN
| tenDiaI Exposition, had been appropriated. Tie
| question of surveys had been left in the bin
! precisely as 1t had passed the House, except
| that the provision Tor publication had been
! struck out.
Mr.. Blackburn called attention TO. and on
! posed the provision for sinking fund for the
! 800 ponds, coDtcnding that as 10 sS,0hH.oa0 OF
I these bonds they had been issued in defiance OF
J law and without consideration. and that these
! bonds tln the hands OF purchasers with notice.
! were not only Yoldable. but actually void as
/ against The government. He asserted also that
the provision had been inserted ar the inst ancp
! or the First National Bank OF New York the
IRIS ntiIndtlOn was repealed by MeSSr>. Al
! hiBS and Hale doth or whom denied the exist
/ ence q any Influence within their observation
! except one bpStie 70 the proyiSiOnl. and the
| Cher assertions Of Mr.. Blackburn were com
baItea oy hessrs. Hewitt iN.fD, Mayhem, Hen
| dee ard Buckner.
| Finally the House proceeded tn vota nm tho
| adoption OF the report and il was agreed to-
sens las. nays l07, (the negative votes most V
coming Ifota the democratic sde,)
| Inc CONSIDERATION OF the Seward tnnaaca
| Z IN bflfy
! terupted by report from the judiciary com
mllee' which Mr.. Butler was prepared to ma Ie
| on the subject OF Mr.: Stewards withh0idln . Ger
| tain books OF his consulate
| NJ springer insisted that the matter before
the house (being question Of privilege could
MOI oe thus SET aside, and the Speaker sus-
tanned him IN that position.
| Arguments on the point were made by
| MessTs. Butler and Banks claiming that the
question involved in the report was one in re.
gard to the privileges OF the House, and was
| therefore OF the highest order OF precedence.
a long debate enSued.
| The RIVER AND HARBoR BILL PASSED.
| Mir. Reagan, at 5:20 presented the conference
| report on the river and harbor bill and alter IL
| had been read, he proceeded to make some ex-
planatlon of it. He estimated tnat the aggre.
gaze amount appropriated in the bill was about
S.,oGo,opo IL also contains provision TO nav
| $4,000 10 Captain Eads for the ietties at the
mouth OF the mississippi river. and made some
| aiteraCon IN the terms OF the contract with
| MIN, requiring the same depth as the original
! contract required, but not the same width. and
atso pay ing nun Tor each loot or depth, instead
OF each two feet.
lie was questioned particularly about the
Eads matter, and made a long explanation on
! the subject.
Mr.. Hanna demanded the yeas and NAYS on
| The adoption OF the report, remarking that that
! was the only mode that members had OF record
| ing their protests against the BILL
! Inc yeas and nays were ordered and taken
| ana tesulted-yeaS, 10l; nays, 90. So the report
was agreed TO. The House then, at hair-past
/ SIX, TOOK a recess Till nine O'clock
EVENING SESSION
Inc Senate amendments to the post route blu
were taken from the Speakers table and con-
| cured in.
Mr. Sparks asked leave to have the Senate
| amendments 10 the arrears of pensions bill
taken from the Speakers table aud concurred
! in.
Mr. Roberts objected
The Seward impeachment case was then
| taken up, and Mr. Bundy presented an argu,
| ment against the Springer report.
THE DEFICIENCY BILL PASSED.
Inc discussion was agai n Interrupted to allow
M, Blount 10 present the conference report on
| the deficiency bill. The report was read. and
| was, without explanation, agreed TO.
THE SEWARD IMPEACHMENT CASE.
MI Garfield represented to the demo cratic
.SiQe OF the House the utter imnraptic nj