Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-17

Senator as the other Senators who took this position What was the use in the tribunal taking uP vessel a order to ascertain the total damages? If the award as the Senator said not made fer injuries Mr. Jones-Ths treaty is it's own best explanation He read an article which prescribed she rules of cruiser if 1t had violated the rules the international code and if such violations were proved The award was made in gross for each violation. MT. Conkling-For what, wounded homer?
 Mr. Jones-It does not say. The duty of the trib1- The award was q trust placed in the hands of the United States to be given out to the actual was it rscognizsd The whole claim of the under. writers is based on directions of subrogston There tnned in advocacy of the theory that the award vas discretion Congress- He favored the claims of the war premiums, in opposition to thoSe or the h. surance companies.
 MT. Carpenter took ths floor and said he would at tspt to show that the award paid for and on ac count of private claims of individual citizens of the Unfed estates and for nothing else, that the claims were specifically stated to the tribunal upon which the award WIS made He went ou ts show from pspeEf can arbitrator 1nd the judgment of the tribunal that tne war premiums were expressly excluded before the tribunal and formed no basis for the award. This certainly ends with all honest and intelligent men the He defended tha action of the tribunal against the charge that the award made without regard to the House of Representatives, who undoubtedly re- ferred to Adams when he gave the opinion that the claims of the underwriters formed the basis of the award at Geneva.
 At this point MT. Carpent.r yielded to motion to consider executive business.
 At 4:25 p. the doors were shut. When they opened the Senate adjourned until Monday.
 HoTsE.Lon motion of Mir. Singleton of Missiasippi, she Consular and Diplomatic bill with the Sanate amendments was taken from the spsaksr's table and referred to the Committee Appropriations.
 The House then went into CoEamittee of the Whole on the Indian bill, Mr. Whithorne in the chair The pending question vas the motion by MT. Ryan, of Kansas to 90 amend to require that the contract supplies for the Indian bureau shall be made some suitable point in the Mississippi or Missouri valley and against which Mr. Blount tha point of eYdsr that 1t changed the existing law The Chair sustained the point of order and the amendment not enter tained.
 Mir. Hooker moved to strike out the clause making appropriation for the board Indian Com ers After discussion MI. Hooker modfsd his amend
 ent by adding to the motion to strike out the clause motion to repeal all laNs authorizing the appoint ment of an Indian Commission. and as modified the motion agreed to.
 On motion of Mr. Ryan, of Kansas, an amendment was adopted providing for advertising six weeks before supplies purchased except in of ex- gency.
 Mir. Wellbcrn, of Texas, offered an amendment which adopted, prohibiting any officer of the army or any agent from granting permission to Indian on their reservation to go into the State of Texas der any pretsxt whatever except cases of special decision by the President, any officer violating this provision to bs dismissed.
 Er. Downey, of Wyoming, offered an amen iment to provide that after June 30 18S0 the should be distributed pro Tata among the States with view of clvl11zng thsm Ruled out on point of order.
 MT. Hooker ofersd an amendaent to transfer the control of Indian affairs to the War department hrs that it was not reported by any committee ond, that 1t not germane to the b because it did not propose thst the transfer should take effect ter June 80, 1881, while the pending bill the current fscal year third, thst the amendment was the substance of other bills pending in the Houne and fourth, that it dia not rstrsnch expenditures.
 Pending consideration of the point of order tae committee roee,
 The House at 5:18 adjourned until tomorrow.