Connecticut western news., 1880-05-26
UNITED STATES CONGRESS-.

MT. Booth made some remarks as to the advantages of the Nicarag1an canal route over all others. MT. Bayard's bill providing for the appointment and pay of marshals' deputies was reported. The Post Office Appropriation bill was taken up, and after adiscussion the House pro- vision for the reletting of Star route con- tracts was struck out, but the provision in regard to the closed Australian mails was retained. The other committee amendments were adopted and the bill passed. A message from the President was laid before both houses accompany ing the correspondence in regard to the injuries inflicted upon American fisher men at Fortune Bay, and recommending compliance with Secretary Eyarts' sug- gestions- duties be reimposed upon the products of Canadian fisheries, and that an estimate of the injuries suffered be computed for future use.
 MT. Bayard was unsuccessful in his attempt to induce the Senate to act up- on the bill regarding deputy marsha1s. The House adjournment resolution was discovered to be joint, instead of a con- current resolution, and it will have togo back to the House, where the contest over it is likely to be renewed. The bill to detail retired instead of active army off cers for instructors at colleges was dis cussed, and Messrs. Salisbury and Mor- gan made speeches in favor of seating MT. Spoford.
 The Senate referred the House ad- journment resolution to the Appropria- tions Committee, only two of the Demo cratic members of which favor its adop- tion, one of these even conditioning his | support of it upon the passage of several important bills before May 31. MT. But Ter made 8 speech against unseating MT. Kellogg and the debate on MT. Bayards bill regarding deputy marshals was be- gun, Messrs. Conkling, Carpenter and Edmunds offering such objections and amendments as they could think of. The Senate passed the bill to authorize retired list for non- on-commissioned army officers, having first rejected all the of cadets to West Point and adopted one commissioned officers to be second in favor of unseating MT. Kellogg, and MT. Kellogg made speech in favor of retaining his seat. A motion by MT. Bayard to lay aside the Kellogg matter and take up his bill regarding deputy marshals was. resisted by the Re publicans, but carried by 8 party vote, and that bill will therefore be regularly before the Senate until disposed of. HOUSE.
 The House adopted by 121 to 90, the resolution reported from the Ways and Means Committee for final adjourn ment on May 21, but 8 caucus of Demo crats in the evening adopted a resolution declaring that in the. present condition | of business the action of the afternoon ought to be reconsidered.
 | The House passed the River and Har- Dor bill by 179 to AT under suspension of the rules, and after Messrs. Cox, Chalmers and Lounsberry had protested against the measure.
 | The House passed the Pension Def. ciency bill and bill regarding the pen sions of colored soldiers. Mr. McLane made 8 personal statement concerning J. A. Georges Texas Pacific charges and the Agricultural Appr ropriation, bil
 was discussed and amended. At tn, evening session the bill to establish
 court of pensions Was under considera
 tion.
 A report refecting severely upon tn,
 conduct of the receiver of the Oceal
 Bank was presented to the House ant
 the Agricultural Appropriations bill wa
 amended and passed. The remainder o
 the session was spent in an attempt t,
 reach action upon the tariff bills, unti the hour of adjournment arrived, al though majority vote was secured flo ) the consideration of the Tariff bill The House passed the District Munic ' ipal Code bill and bill relating to tn : Osage Indians and, after contest ove
 the order of business, took up bills re ported from the Public Lands Commit tee, spending most of the time over on f in regard to trespassing on the pubi domain. At the evening session MI 1 Wright made speech in support of hi } bill to lend $500 to any person takin advantage of the homestead laws, but 7 was laid aside in Committee of the Whol
 to be unfayorably reported to the House