New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-18
HoUsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

In the House to-day, the following bills,
etc. were in. reduced and referred:
Requesting the President to communicate to the House
all spOndeDce in regard 70 the prescription OF Jews
by the Russian Government
To tax and regulate the manufacture OF glucose VI
ERendne from June 80, 1880 to July 1. 1885. the
time for thing claims Tor additional bounty 1870,
Proposing q constitutional amendment prohlDiilhg
Congress from passing bill appFOpIaEnG more than
$4,000, except by voCe Of majority Oh the members
elected. - :, A., ,, ,,,, o, ,
on the motion to suspend tho rules and pass the Dill
providing for an Increase OF the Metropolitan Police OF
The Republicans aud several Democrats voted against
tie motion and it wac defealsGyeis s mas III
The bill aUpropri2tiDg S22.Z1l 10 pay hiram JOhnson
and other certain war claims wac passed. ., ,
A. mr. nS,t,ea on Sysmmerce moved 10 suspend tue
rules and pass the River and Harhor Appropriation DIE
Fhe reaIIine OF tup bill in full which Is generally dis
pen ed with, was demanded and proceeded with;
the reading OF :he blu having been cohcuu3d' INC
House secOndcd-yeas 14s, nays 20-the motion TO sus
The thirty minutes debate psrmt.eG under the rple
who opposed the bill The money spent by the Govern
mem IN int 81 Of navigation Of the nsrsm
East Rivers had injured rather taan improved the nay
art ncial diniculties had been substituted.
Mr.. cox (Dem NJ " opposed the bill II was made
psrSal protest The bill merely took money from one
man aud locality, and gave II TO snOtner 10 was
fem ptng bait which the best Congressman could not
Mr.. CHALMERS (Dem.. Mss.l, opposed the bill. The
seventeen appropriations were made for those creeks
The people vlcksbarg seeing their property de
stroyed and eDgncers had estimated that $3OOOOO
would be necessary save that D9rbor anu yet tue
committee came with pitsble 500 for that pur-
pOse, and the same time gave S2O,OOO 10 Cheese
Greek, N. ]. No couid tell where that creek
was unless IL was district Of tho omber from
Sey,Jersey who in the Committee on Commerce. A
pitul appropriation OF 100000 had been made to re-
move obsructions from the MssiHSppi River, while the
same had been gwen TO the RarItau RIVER also
IN New-Jersey. ~ ,.o
Dem Texas and KESSA lDena., W. Va.) the motion
10 suspend tue rules aud the hill was agreed to
MI DAVIS (Dem., n. O. under instructions OF tbe
Committees on Banking and Currency moved TO sus-
mend me rules and pass the bill authorizing N1tIobAl
hanks 10 ms ke loans MORTGAGES OF real estate.
The Houee refused second the demands for q sus-
peps,op only thirty ve members voting In favor OF It.
The rules we're suspended and several bills or minor
The SPEAKER laid before the House message from
the President IN regard the alleged outrage on Amer
han cifizeus at Bay in Newfoundland. together
with report from the Secretary OF Stats on inc subject
In the message the President says: "In trans
hitting this correspondence and report, re-
Spectfully ask the immediate and careful at
feption OF Congress to The failure OF accord be-
tween the two Governments to the Interpretation
and execution OF the fishery articles OF the treaty e.
wsshington Disclosed In this correspondence anc
eucidated by the exposition By the Secretary OF state
In the opinions OF the report as - the measures
proper % be taken by this Government"
Tne House. at Ais, adjourned.