Omaha daily bee., 1880-05-07
WASHINGTON.
The Bourbon Majority Tumb'
ling Into the Trap Pre-
pared by Themselves.
The President Determined to Sc
cure Pay for the Marshals at
the Cost of an Extra Session.
The Result of Fourteen Months
Labor of a Democratic
Committee.
. PAY OF

A OF MARsHALLs.
Special Dispatch to TIE BEE.
CHICAGO, May Ga p. m.-Th'
Journals Washington special says
Edmunds told your correspondent to
Gay that if the democrats adjourned
congress without making provision
for the pay of marshals the presiden'
would undoubtedly call congress to
gether again in an extra session
even though it be, il
midsummer. The democrats, b,
said, cannot escape the responsible!
Of their acts and they are not going tt
be allowed to 60 to their homes ane
let the marshals go without their pay.
WINDOWS SURPRISE.
Window perpetrated a surprise or
the democrats in the senate to-day BY
moving an amendment to the bill ap'
propriating money for the govern
ment printing Office, sppropriating
5000, 900 for the pay of marshals. The
democrats became greatly excited and
a wa1n debate followed, participated
in by the leading members of both pc.
litical parties. WINDOWS amendment
was deteatsd-22 to 80. The bill then
passed. ss'tt sal"7
VIC THE ELECTORAL COUNT.
About fourteen months ago the
democrats in the senate appointed
q committee to take into consideration
the election of president and vice.
president, and to-day for the Fl st
time the committee was called to.
gather. Two bills are + re the
committee ono intrt due d BY
Sena.o. Edmunds and the other by
Morgan. The meeting wss for tn.
purpose of consultation ouly, and No
no action on either bills was ia en-
During the fourteen months of iGls-
ness the committee ha, had a clerk on
full pay.
THURMAN IN THE CHAIR.
Vice. President Wheeler has left for
the north, not to return again this ses.
sion. Thurman will act a. president
during the remainder Of the session.
THE NEW TARIFF.
The ways and means committee fin
ished the tariff bill with the exception
of sugar, which will be taken up and
decided on Saturday. 1t is thought
now that sugar will be taken entirely
out of the general bill and made a
separate measure. If it is it will be a
big victory for sugar importers and
re6ners, who desire such q course.
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE.
SoeciL Dispatch 10 The Bee.
WASHINGTON, May 6, 4 p. MIN
the house the conference report on
the Indian appropriation bill was sub
mitted and agreed to.
The house then went. into commit
tee of the whole on the postofice ap-
preparation bill.
Mr.. Scales, chairman of the commit
tee on Indian affairs, reported back
the bill ratifying the Ute agreement.
IL was made the special order for
Thursday next.
The pending question was upon
striking out the proviso in relation to
the intended transportation by s'star"
routes. After some discussion of the
motion to strike out the proviso it was
adopted by q vote of "a yeas to II
nays. This was another defeat for
the appropriation committee, and left
the clause as simply appropriating
81, 1876, 900 for inland transportation
by s'star" routes and without any con-
ditions.
Mr.. Money offered an amendment
that all 'star" routes shall be r%e-let, |
after thirty days advertisement as
n~owprovided by law, on the first day
of Oct. 1880, on which pay for expe-
ditions aud schedules ordered during
the fiscal year 1879 or 1880 shall ex.
coed 30 per cent. of the contract price
for such expeditions, provided that
this proviso shall not prevail when the
contractor desires to continue the con.
tract when ordered. Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Davis the amend
ment was adopted, which provides
that the postnastsr general be author
ICED to remit in favor of the colonies
of New Zealand and New South Wales
60 much of the cost of overland trans
portstion of Australian mails as he
may deem just.
The committee then rose, and the
bill as amended was reported to the
house aud the previous question on it
wa seconded, without taking action on
the amendments of the committee.
The house at 4:55 p. m. took . re-
cess till 1880 3. m. tomorrow.
Senator Hoar submitted a resolution
the judiciary committee to
report a bill providing compensation
for all persons whose ships were
destroyed by confederate cruisers dur
ing the late rebellion, from moneys
received under the Geneva award.
Laid over under the rules.
The senate resumed consideration
of the bill providing for the expenses
of the District of Columbia. The
afternoon was taken up in the
of an amendment to pur-
chase a building to be used for the po-
lice court. The place nov cccuDied,
and which it is proposed to purch Sc.
is o building formerly used IS
church, the congregation of which
have recently erected q new church
In the course of the discussion Sem
ator Conkling refsrsed to Senator
T%hurr'au's candidacy for the presi-
dency, and said that his sympathies
were entirely with this congregation,
whom he had understood had erected
Q beautiful new church edifcs next to
the mansion of the senator from Ohio
In choosing this location
they had acted wisely, for they had
chosen missionary ground. laugh.