Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-25
FOrty-Sixth Congress.
WAsH1Seros. Feb. "A.


 SENATE.-Mr. Bayard, from the Committe. on Finance. reported a resolution authorizing 1 a committee composed of two members of tht Senate, and two from the House Committee or Ways and Means to investigate the matter o losses to the revenue by evasion of payment I articles.
 MT. Edmunds objected to joint committed and the resolution went over. Mir. Edmunds offered bill for the relief o1 l those persons whose names were not filed ir time before the Alabama claims commission. Referred to the Judiciary Committee. MT. Butler presented the report of the com. l mittee on civil service giving the results ot 1 their Investigations into the alleged civil ser vice abuse in Rhode Island, and asked that the report be printed and recommitted to the committee.
 MT. Teller stated that if Mr. Rollins, q member of the committee, was present he l would probably offer 8 minority report. The Senate took up the resolution in relation to | the death of Representative Lay. Eulogies were pronounced by MT. Oockrell and others The Senate at 1:5O adjourned HoUsE-The Speaker laid before the House 6 communication from the President with q letter from the Attorney General in relation to compensation of United States marshals for the current fiscal year. The letter of the At- torney General asks an appropriation to pay
 
 that the last Congress and the present Con- gross at it's first session made no appropriation for these officers. In his annual report he had called attention to the condition in which these officers were left by this fail ure. Since the first of last July they have carried on their office without an appropri- ation. They have not only been without an appropriation, but have advanced money in order that their official duties may be faith fully performed. Many have about reached the end of their capacity to advance money. If no appropriation is made there will be 8 failure to execute the laws of the United States. He thinks these officers deserve great credit for the manner in which they have performed their duty, and hope Con gress will show that the confidence of these officers that they would be paid has not been misplaced. He asks the President to urge Congress to the prompt disposal of the matter. Referred.
 The House went into Committee of the Whole on the rules MT. Carlisle of Kentucky in the chair. The pending question was an amendment offered by Oscar Turner to the twenty, fourth rule on Friday, which allowed q member offering bill, resolution or other matter to recall the same from 8 committee which fails to report in sixty days in the long session and thirty days in the short one, and to have it referred to one of the calendars
 MT. Garfield opposed 1t, saying that it's pur- pose was to take the tariff financial measures rom committees ana bring them directly be- fore the House for action.
 MT. Wright, of Pennsylvania, opposed 1t for the same reason.
 MT. Cox of New York advocated the amend ment.
 Mir. Turner's amendment was rejected, 80 to 1O8.
 MT. Stevenson, of Illinois, offered what was Mir. Oscar Turner's amendment, but made it apply only to revenue bills, He said it was his purpose to get that sort of bills before the House.
 MT. Weaver, of Iowa, moved to amend the amendment by making it apply also to bills relating to finance. He wanted the House to have an opportunity to act upon . bill which the Banking and Currency Committee refused to report. MT. Weaver's amendment was adopted, IT to 71, and then thesamendment as amended was rejected 75 to 101.
 Other amendments were offered of no par tioular interest and were rejected, and with out disposing of the rules the committee rose.
 The House at 4:3O adjourned.