The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-06-14
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CONGRESSIONAL. PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE.

| SENATE.
Washington, June 13.-Windom said
the house legislative appropriation bill
was incomprehensible. He preferred
the form Of the vetoed bill, and to test
the sense of the senate moved to recon-
nit the bill that the committee might
be able to report the bill in the usual
| form.
Houston opposed the motion on ac-
count of the delay it would cause.
The army appropriation bill was read
second time and referred to the COM
mittee on appropriations.
Allison supported and Davis West
Va.) opposed Windom's motion. A
long discussion took place, although y
quorum was not present.
The house supplemental post route
bill was amended and passed.
Allison said he could not understand
why bill which had been agreed to
twice by both houses during this ses-
sion should not be passed again without
the disputed political clauses.
Blaine severely criticised the form of
the bill AS it came from the house it
actually appropriated nothing at all,
and the senate committee had to amend
by inserting the necessary appropria-
tion clause. 1t was little short of dis
grace for congress to send such thing
out as an appropriation bill. He caused
laughter by reading parts Of the bill,
saying the people would think it came
from some joke book. A good motion
would be. to kick the whole thing under
the table.
Conkling also derided the bill.
The motion to recommit was lost
yeas %, nays 32, a party vote, except
that Davis ILL., voted yea.
Beck explained substitute he had
prepared, but said as the committee had
not reported it he would stand by the
committee.
Window approved Beck's substitute
because it showed just how much each
clause appropriated, while the other
bill showed nothing.
Blaine complained that the bill could
not be amended.
Beck thought it could.
Blaine then offered an amendment to
substitute SO, 600 for SO, 800 for wagons
for transporting senate mails.
There was laughter and confusion,
nobody being able to find such pro-
vision in the bill, and Blaine would not
tell where it was. Some democrats
protested against this obstruction, and
Blaine withdrew the amendment and
the reading of the bill proceeded. This
sort of thing continued until Salisbury
denounced this captious criticism, say
ing any man with legal acumen who
attempted to consider bill would be a
jackass if he could not understand what
congress meant by it..
Laughter and good humor followed
this.
Bailey's amendment appropriating
$4,000 for statistics to be collected
by the bureau of education, was then
adopted.
The bill was reported to the house
and the committee amendments were
agreed to.
Beck assured Blaine that the bill had
nothing affecting the disputed political
questions.
Blaine said he could not find out him.
self what it did not contain. The bill
then passed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Morrison, from the committee OH
ways and means, reported the bill
authorizing an allowance for loss by
leakage, or casualty to spirits with
drawn from distillery warehouses for
expectation. Referred to committee of
the whole.
Young, Tenn. from the committee
on public buildings and grounds, re-
ported the joint resolution for the CON-
pletion of the foundation of the Wash
ington monument. Passed.
Morton reported, by unanimous con-
sent, bill to allow any telegraph CON-
pany to land ocean cables on the coast
of the United States. This bill was re-
ported by Fernando Wood in the last
congress, and is intended to cut off all
class legislation. The bill is subject,
however, to the terms Of such grants as
have been heretofore made by congress
for laying and maintaining telegraph
cables. The bill passed.
Adjourned.
Petition-Rayard.
Washington, June 13.-At the cabi-