Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-30
FoRTY.slxTH CONGRESS.
TUESDAY. March 30.

SENA1E.-hT. Logan, HUul tnc CuIniilGlet oh
military affairs. reported favorably on Senate
bill authorizing the President to restore Dunbar
r. Ransom to his former rank IN the army.
Placed on the calendar.
MIR. Burnside. from the committee on military
affairs reported bill to amend section 4 $50.
Revised statutes, In relation to retention OF
pensions of inmates OF the Soldiers Home.
Placed on the calendar.
tary affairs. reported favorably on the bill au-
thorizing the Secretary of War to adjust and
settle the account for arms between the state OF
United States. Placed on the calender.
Bills were introduced and referred as follows:
BY Mr.: Groome-To prohibit the oostructing
OF entry, or the impairing OF the navtgability
thereof. By Mr.. Ingalls-Authorzing the Pres
fdent to prescribe certain regulations for the
government OF the various Indian reservations,
and to provide for the punishment OF the crimes
of murder, manslaughter, arson rape and bur-
glary on Indian reservations.
Mr.. COckrell moved that the bill introduced
by him by request yesterday, to provide for the
opening Of direct trade between the states of
the Mississippi valley and Brazil via the West
Indies, and to authorize and establish steam
ship mail service and express thereto, and
which was referred to the committee on COM
merce, be withdrawn from that committee and
referred to the committee on pest Offices and
post roads. He had not read the bill at the time
he introduced 1t, and did not express any opin-
ion as to its merits now, but thought it prop
erly subject to consideration by the post Office
Mr.. Mcmillan objected, believing the part of
the bill referring to mail service Incidental to
the commercial question involved.
Mr.. Hereford took the same view.
Mr.. Beck said that disguised as it might be
this was another form Of the question whether
a subsidy should be given to steamship line in
discussed. and nothing was clearer than that it
principally effected commercial interests. To
subsidize particular line was an injustice to
all competing lines.
The motion was defeated.
MI. COckrell moved to take up his motion re-
Gently entered to reconsider the vote by which
the resolution authorizing the employment OF
an assistant librarian for the Senate was
passed.
Mr.. Edmunds objected. saying the question
OF what could be done to make the library more
useful should be considered by the library COM
mittee before any further action should be
taken.
The House bill for the protection Of the Poto-
mac fisheries and for the preservation of shad
and herring in the Potomac river was passed
The Geneva award bill was temporarily laid
aside, on motion of Mr.. Eaton, and the tmme-
date deficiency bill was taken up.
The Senate adopted the committee amend
ment reducing the appropriation for public
printing from 500, 900 TO 100000, and proceeded
to discuss the appropriation for internal rev.
enue expenses.
HOUSE.-Mr. O'Neill presented resolutions
passed at meeting held March 23d, 1888, at the
Third Reformed church Of Philadelphia, Rev. A.
r. Van Nest, pastor, asking for the protection
Vi lut peISOu duu property vi Uut AlutTlCdu
Indian, the assignment to him OF lands In fee
simple, and for the immediate passage Of law
for the return Of the Ponca Indians to their
lands in Dakota Referred.
Mr. Brewer presented petition Of 5000 ladies
praying for the appointment OF a commission to
inquire into the subject of the alcoholic liquor
traffic. Referred.
Mr. stephens presented memorial Of 5000
scientists on the subject OF the metric system.
Referred.
on motion of Mr.. Gcode, Senate amendment
IN ono fOr$ hn inf mo If n 0notS
sion to inquire into the present condition OF the
double-turreted monitors was concurred in.
Mr. Morton presented memorial of Grunnell,
Mintton Co, Brown Bros. a Co., Moses, Tay-
lor Co., Havemeyer Elder, David, Dows q
Co., and other mercantile and banking houses
of New York, praying for an amendment of the
shall be assessed upon the quantity delivered
from, instead of upon the quantity entered into,
bonded warehouses. Referred.
Mr. F. Wood gave notice that when the diplo.
matte and the Indian appropriation bills shall
have been disposed of, he would call up the
finding bill for consideration.
The House then-the morning hour having
been dispensed wtth-at 12:40, went into COM
mittee OF whole (Mr. Convers in the chair ON
the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill.
Several amendments were offered and re-
jected.
The committee then rose and the bill was
passed-yeas 1871, nays 15-tn the exact form In
which it had been originally reported from the
committee on appropriations.
The negative vote was cast by MeSSrS Aran-
field, Atherton, Blackburn, Caben, Clark of
Mo-, Dibrell, Ellis, Kitchen, Lounsberry, Love-
Mcmillan. Phester, Sparks, o. Turner, and T.
Turner.
Mr. Clymer, from the committee on approprI-
ations reported the army appropriation BILL
and 1t was referred to the committee OF the
whole.
Mr.. Blackburn, from the same committee, re-
ported back the star service deficiency bill with
Senate amendments thereto. and 1t was referred
to the committee Of the whole, Mr. Blackburn
stating he could call the bill up for considera-
tion tomorrow morning after the reading OF
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