The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-06-01
xLvIth CONGRESSES Session.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, May 81.
A bill to increase the police of the District
of Columbia was indefinitely postponed
Mr.. Dawes reported favorably bill for the
relief OF the Poncas. II was placed on the
calendar. The report of the investigations re-
garding the Poncas was ordered printed.
There will be minority report ON the subject
Mr.. Davis, of West Virginia, chairman of
the committee on appropriations, stated Chat
the committee thought the business was not in
such state that day could be safely fixed
upon for adjournment, but the committee
hoped it might be practicable for Congress to
adjourn about the 10th or 10Th of June.
The House joint resolution requesting nego-
tiations with France, Spain, Austria and TIA
ly with view to the removal of restrictions
upon importations of tobacco into said coun-
tries was passed.
A House bill was passed providing for the
times and places of holding the circuit court
in Iowa, and for other purposes
Bill was laid aside and bill granting pensions
to certain soldiers and sailors of Mexican and
other wars was taken up.
The Yorktown monument joint resolution
passed.
Resolution asking whether any census super
visors appointed by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate have been removed by
the President and successors appointed by him
OF with his consent, was adopted.
Bill to authorize a compromise of the claims
OF the United States under the will of Joseph
Lewis was passed.
The Eaton tariff commission bill was re-
sumed.
After debate the bill went over.
Bill to permit Boudinot of the Cherokee ma
ton to sue for damages by seizure of his to-
bacco factory for alleged violation of revenue
laws was passed. Adjourned.
HOUSE
A bill was introduced to enforce the eight
hour law.
A bill was introduced calling for information
whether the requirement that census enumer-
ators be chosen without regard to party afila-
ton had been adhered to in the second district
of Maryland.
A conference report on the District of Co.
lumbia appropriation bill for printing was
agreed to.
The general deficiency appropriation bill
was reported back and referred to the commit
tee Of the whole.
The House resumed consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation bill.
The amendment increasing from 1916, 900
to $3OO,0OO the appropriation for survey of At
lantic and Gulf coasts was adopted on yea
and nay vote of So to 81.
Paragraph appropriating $1oo, GOO for storage
of coin was stricken out.
Mr.. Downey's amendment to pay the appro-
priations of this bill in lawful silver was
agreed to.
Amendment appropriating $3.50 GO for the
pay of marshals and their general deputies ex-
cept for services of the latter at elections was
agreed to. Other amendments were then
agreed to and the bill passed.
The negative vote was cast mainly by Re-
publicans
Mr.. Atkins reported back the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bill with
Senate amendments with recommendations
that some of these amendments be non-con-
CURED in. Agreed to.
Senate amendments to the agricultural APP
preparation bill were non-concurred in.
House went into committee of whole on the
general deficiency bill but rose without faction
and adjourned.