The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-06-12

amendment approprating S25. 900 to the daugh-
Ter ana granddaughter Of the late President
Zachary Taylor was adopted. After debate on
other amendments the committee rose Ad-
Journed.
WEDNESDAY, June 2.-The house went into
committee OF the whole. on the general deticien-
cy. appropriation bill, the pending paragraph
being that apprOprlatIug $40. 900 10 enable the
secretary Of the treasury 10 provide storage for
SILVER coin. a substitute by Bland and large
number Of amendments were rejected. Warner
offered the following substitute for the Oririna !
paragraph ana il was agreed TO: "To enable
tie secretary # the treasury to provide more
secure andif needed beaddlti0nal vault room for
com, -2u,bNu- The amendment was adopted
approprlatIug deficiency -. 500 for detecting
persons guilty Of violating internal revenue laws
Adjourned.
THURSDAY, June "A joint resolution appro-
pratng C5J,UUO for monument to mark the
birthplace Of George Washington was agreed to
unaumously w. The committee on WAYS and
means reported resolution for the final adj
Journmcnt Of congress at noon on the 10th
Iust....ILe general deficiency bill was then
taken up. Townsend CIu.) offered an amend.
ment ~tI1llng out the paragraph appropriating
$4,000 to enable the secretary Of the treasury
y provide more secure vault room for coin and
bullion. Itcjcctcd-yeas IS NAYS So. Page
offered an amendment aPpr0priating -. 600 To
pay SPECIAL deputy marShals IN California at the
32-a party vote. Tie next vote was taken on
the amendment adopted in committee proyid-
ing that no part OF the appropriation made for
the payment Of marshalS shall be paid to auv
general or special deputy marshal for services
rendered at elections. The action Of the CON-
nlttCc was concuTrtd Iu-ytas o. nays 49, The
bill was then passed. The house then cuu-d-
cred the amendments TO the pOstOtliCc appr0-
pnauOn bill. The senate amendment lucrcas-
ms from SS5o,0o0 TO 100000 the appropria-
ton for inland transportation bv steamship
/ routes was cOuCmTed III. The senate amend
mcnt increasing the appropriation for inland
mani transportation -3JU. 600 was HOn-cOuCurrci
IN. The senate amendment striking ont the
provision for rclettng Of contracts on all star
routes on which pay for expedition of schedule
shall exceed fifty per cent. of contract price
before such expedition. was concurred in.
After the Introduction Of a petition for the pas
sage Of the bill granting lands in scyeralty to IN
dams the house adjourned.
FRIDAY, June THE senate amendments to
the house bill granting condemned cannon for a
soldiers monument at Marietta, Ohio, were
cOncurrcd n... .OumOtl0uthc senate bill passed
for dI,po-iug Of Fort Harkcr military reserya-
ton. The speaker stated that the regular
order was the motion to lay on the table the
motion to reconsider the vote by which the
| house yesterday concurred in the senate amend
mcnt to the postofiicc appropriation BILL striking
Out the prOyl,O relative to the relettIng of the
star routes. The motion to table was agreed
to-ycas 81, nays 72-so the proviso was stIicl-
On from the llll which now goes to the senate
for its action in regard to the amendments non
concuTcd III by the house. The house then
calendar, but after considering three pension
bills, the committee found itself without q
quorum. After the passage Of several pension
bills the house adjourned.