National Republican., 1880-05-26
CURRENT CAPITAL TOPICS.
Another Party Measure Before the
Senate.
Effort to Neutralize the Supervisors Law
Pension Bills Passed-The Sundry Civil
Bill In the House-What the Com
missioners Say About Paying
for United States Courts
Cabinet Meeting.
Congress Yesterday.

In tho senate yesterday Mr.. Burnside, from
the military committee, reported bill grant
ing condemned cannon to tho Fairmount Park
Art association for bronze statue to tho late
General Meade. Placed on the calendar.
After some further morning-hour business
tho senate proceeded 10 consider pension bills,
and some twenty-five or thirty were passed.
Among them wero pensions 10 the widows of
Rear-Admiral HoT Rear.Admiral Colds.
borough and Commodore McCauloy.
The house joint resolution authorizing the
loan Of flags, etc. to the Grand Army Of the
Republic of tho District Of Columbia for use at
Arlington on decoration day, was passed.
Tho morning hour having expired, Mr. Bay
ard moved TO postpone all pending aud prior
orders, and take up the supervisors bill.
Agreed to on a division.
The bill WAS read rs follows: "Be il enacted,
otc., that tho term Of office of chief supervisors
of election provided for in section 2025, re-
vised statutes, shall be two years. Such term
shall begin OH the LIST day of May in ench oven
numbered year. The terms of those now in
office shall expire on tho LIST day of May, 1880,
and their successors shall be appointed from
among the qualified electors of the proper
judicial district by the president of the United
States by and with the advice aud consent of
the senate" There was an animated poiti-
cal discussion of the bill, which took wide
range, and at times became somewhat personal,
and which was not concluded at q o'clock. when
the senate ad iourned.
IN tho house Mr.. Lapham, from the ju.
dietary committee, reported bill to allow
Elias G. BOudinot to bring suit in the court
OF claims for damages arising from the seizure
ofhis tobacco factory in tho Indian territory,
and il was passed.
Mr.. Hunton introduced hill for tho heirs
OF DIR. Cornelius Boyle, ofthe District of Colum-
bia, and it was passed.
The house then went into committee of the
whole on the sundry civil appropriation bill,
| tho question being on the amendment TO in
Grease the appropriation for Il public building
| at Evansville, Ind, from $4,000 to S25, 600
on which no quorum voted on the preceding
day. The amendment was rejected.
Amendments for public buildings at Jack.
son, Miss, and Leavenworth. Kan, were
offered by Mcssrs. Hooker and Anderson and
| ruled out on points Of order.
At IL o'clock Mondays session terminated
and Tuesdays was begun.
On motion of Ar. Clymer, tho senate bill fol
| the erection OF II statue to Joseph Horny, late
| secretary of tho Smithsonian institution, was
taken up and passed.
The morning hour was dispensed with and
| tho house went into committee OF the Who'll,
| on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
| The following amendments 10 tho bill were
agreed upon Making the S1G,3 for the repairs
| OF the pOstoliice department building immedi
ately available; striking out the clause repeating
the law which allows compensation to collect
ors tor services rs inspectors Of lights or dis
/ bursting agents aud inserting an appropraiioi
of S75, 900 for their payment; Increasing th'
appropriation for the survey of the Atlantic
coast from $275, 600 to S300,O00; increasing th,
appropriation for the Pacific coast from 36l ,00t
to $4,000; striking on. the appropriation o
100000 TO enable the secretary Of the treasury
to provide proper storage for the accumulation
| of silver coin.
Mr. King moved to increase the appropria
ton for tho national board of health from
$75, 1000 to 100000. This was under discus
sion at 4;30 p. M, when the committee ros
and the speaker declared recess under I
previous order of tho house till 1880 p. M.
Tho evening session was devoted to the con
sderaton Of the steamboat bill, without flna
action being reached