The Newtown bee., 1880-06-23
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
Senate

The bll for the erection ot lighthouse on Whale rock, Narragansett bay, was passed.
 Inc bill to reduce the price of public lands within railroad limits from $2 60 to $l .25 per acre was passed.
 A communication was received from the secretary of the interior transmitting in re- spOnse to 8 resolution of inquiry report ol the commissioner of education upon the state of technical and industrial education in the United States. Referred.
 Mir. Beck, from the committee on appro- priatQns, reported with amendments the sumdry civil appro, riation bill.
 The House bill prohibiting government suits against timber uespassers on public lands prior to March l, 1879 and enabling defend ants in suits now pending to settle them by acquiring title to the lands under existing laws was advocated by MT. Jones, of Florida. The section reducing from $S2 .5j to $Sl.25 Dur acre lands whose price was raised more than tM enty years before the passage of this act on account of g ants ot alternate sections for railroad purposes was stricken out on motion of Mir. Ingalls,. AS thus amended the bill was passed.
 The Senate concurred in the House amend ments 10 the deputy marshals bill, and 1t went 10 the President.
 Mr. Jones introduced joint resolution ir- structipg the secretary of the navy to take the necessary steps to secure adequate naval sta tions and harbors for the use ot the navy at proper points on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts ot Central America and the Isthmus
 The bill exemptDg James Monroe Heiskell from tho operation Of the law prohibiting the appointment to the army of those who have served in the Confederate army was take1: Up and passed by party vote.
 The House resolution dec]aIing eight hours to be days work Of government employees was laid on the tuble
 The conference report on the sundry clvil approDl ttiOn b Il was agreed to.
 A message was received from the President vetoing the bill to regulate the pay o1 special deputy marshals. The -Prosident says in the message that all existing laws relating to cleo tiOns and the supervision thereof are sufficient, and that the bill which he vetoes is unc0nsti- tutional. HeQuotes at lengtn from supreme couit decision as to the duty ot n.arshals to keep the peace at the polls, which he fa5s shows the wisdom of the existing law, and iusti11es him in his indisposition to sec it changed.
 On the last day of t.le session the chaplain's s ? ayer contained an allusion to the approach in., close ot the session and invoked tie divine uardianship of Senators during the vacation. Alter transaotpg some unimport- ant business and refusing to take up the Prt sident's message vetoing the bill 10 regu- Ete the pay ot deputy pecial marshals, the Senate wont into executive session and then a. jouI ned without day.
 House.
 After long discussion the deputy marshals appropriation bill was passed by party vote 10 ll5 to o5.
 MT Blount submitted the conference report on the sundry civil bill The bill, as t passed the House, appropriated S2l, ,556, GAY. The Senate amendments anounted to $l,740, 764, irom which the Senate receIed to the amount of S773, $40. Ihe bill as agreed to appro- priates S22, ,523,S7l. The clause directing the secretary of the treasury to pay the money in S lver coin is stricken out, md clause added nppropriating $l0,000 for the expenses ot the Indian commission. The report was adopted Mir Dibrell submitted the conference report on the agricultural appropriation, 6lIa. aa , Inc bill as agreed to appropriates $25l 800. The report was adopted.
 The conference report on the general de- nciency appropriation bill was agreed to. The Speaker laid before the House a com munication from E. E. Lewis, ot Alabama, i stating that he had rendered his resignation as q member of Congress to the governor ot 1 Alabama to take effect on the first of Octo- 1 Der. Laid on the table.
 On the last day of the session in tho House he Senate bill repeating certain laws relating to permanent appropriations was made a spe- l cial order for December.
 I Mir. Cox, of New York, said that for two l months he had been trying to get up the Irish relief bill; but he was unable to do anything | with it.
 1 Mr. Carlisle submitted the report of the I committee to inquire into the charges of alleged bribery in the Minnesota contested ection case of Donnelly against Washburne. and asked that, with the minority report, it 1 be printed. So ordered. MT. Carlisle said l further that it was the unanimous opinion of the committee that the anonymous letter sent l to Mir Springer, 6 member ot the committee, in regard to purchasing his vote, had been written 1 by Mir. Finley, the attorney ot Donnelly, but l so far the majority IS concerned it does not find that Mr. Donnelly had any knowledge ] whatever ot the letter. Mr. Manning then submitted his report, signed by five members, l declaring that Donnelly and not Washburne, was entitled to the seat. MT. Keiter sub- mitted report, signed by seven members, l Is entitled to the seat.
 l A committee which had been appointed to wait on the President reported that he had no l further communications to make. Then every member was on his seat, wildly gesliculating 1 and trying to obtain recognition. Amid the l excitement the hour of l2 arrived and the l speakt r, commanding order, said: The hour ] fixed by the resolution for the final adjourn ment of the two Houses has arrived, and now, with an ex pression of goodwill toward every member and delegate on this floor, and with 1 q hope for their safe return to their homes, declare tn 8 House, i'll its second session of l the forty-sixth Congress, adjourned without l day. l -