The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-05
Last NIGHTS Dispatches.
XLvI CONGRESS.
SENATE.

| WASHINGTON. May 4.-By Mr.. Morgan
a bill requiring the President of the Sen
ate to submit to the House and Senate tn
electoral returns.
| Mr. Cameron moved to consider th,
Ben Holiday bill Agreed to-26 to 27
| Pending debate the morning hour ex
pired, and Mr.. Vest spoke in support o
the Spoford-Kellogg resolution.
The bill authorizing claim convention
with Nicaragua was again taken up ano
the doors closed for its consideration
After the doors were opened MIR. I'D
| munds moved as substitute for the bill
resolution requesting the President L
urge the government of Nicaragua tc
| agree to another for the settlement of the
claims 10 question. Rejected: the bill was
then read the third time and passed.
After an executive session, adjourned
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, MAY 4.-Mr, Orth made
| personal explanation relative to his con
nection with the CLAIMS against Venezuela.
He concluded by abiding to the action OF
the investigating committee of the Forty
fourth Congress and criticisiag severely
the conduct of Mr.. Springer in making
two reports, one to the House and the
other to the country.
Mr.. Springer stated the discrepancies
between the reports, at the requestsof Mr.
Orth's friends, and asked and obtained
consent to reply to Mr. Orth at some
future time,
The Speaker then laid before the House
the PRESIDENTS message vetoing the special
deficiency bill and it was read. The veto
message was referred to the Com mittee on
Appropriations and the bill must be called
up by the House.
Mr.. Reagan, chairman of the Committee
on Commerce. reported the river and
harbor appropriation BILL Ordered printed
and recon mitted,
Mr.. Wells. from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported back the Indian
appropriation bill with tie Senate amend
ments, with the Recommendation that some
of the amendments be concurred in and
some non coucurred in. The report was
agreed to.
The internal revenue bill was then con
sidered.
The amendment leaving the law in re-
gard to ten cent stamps as it stands at
present was repealed-yeas So. nays IS.
The amendment striking out the leakage
clause of the bill was repealed-yeas Sc,
nays 127. The bill was then passed-yeas
1873, nays 67.
Mr.. Hooker asked leave to report from
the Com mittee on Indian Affairs the bill
to transfer the Indian Bureau to the War
Mr.. Conger objected.
The house then went into committee of
the whole. Mr.. Carlisle in the chair, on
the postofhce appropriation bill. The bill
$3S &c. ,42O, being sl,294.-
500 below the estimates, $94O.00O above
the appropriation Of last year There
was no general debate and the bill was
im ediately read by sections for amend
ment.
Mr.. Shelley submitted an amendment
$4,000 for the purchase of
card cancelIing and postmarking machines.
Adopted.
Mr.. Money moved to increase the ap-
preparation for mail transportation on
railroads $5OO,O00. Rejected.
Mr.. Cannon submitted an amendment
providing that of the $9.500,000 appropri
may be used FOR securing necessary and
out on point Of order.
Mr.. Dunnell moved to increase the
appropriation to SO, 100000.
Mr.. Black burn opposed the amendment
aud quoted from the report Of the postof-
fee department to show that in the first
two quarters Of the current fiscal year the
expenses Of the railroad mail service had
been but $4,0OO,000 The vote on this
resulted, yeas IT, nays 81.
No quorum.
The committee then rose and the house
adjourned.