National Republican., 1880-04-22
The National Legislature.

In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Withers intro.
duccd bill to incorporate the Washington
and Georgetown Junction Steam Railway
Company, and it was referred to tho District
Committee. Tho bill is tho same as hereto.
fore introduced In the House q fow days
since.
After the usual business of the morDin Q
hour, the Geneva Award bill came up, and the
amendment proposed by Mr.. Hoar to strk @
out the fourth section of the bill, providing
for the paying of the claims of the under
writers, WAS adopted by vote of 3S yeas to
ID nays. Several other amendments were
acted upon, and the bill was finally indefinitely
postponed, and motion by Mr.. Blaine to recon
! slider the vote laid on the table. This, there
fore, kills the bill for tho present session.
The Army appropriation bill was then
taken up, on motion of Mr.. Withers when
tho Senate went into executive session and
soon after adjourned.
In the House Senate resolution to print
15,500 copies of tho report of the Smithsonian
Institution was agreed to, as was also rcso-
luton to print the report of the Fish aud
Fisheries Commission for 1879.
On motion of Mr.. Geddcs, night session
was ordered for Thursday night of next week
to consider the bill to establish q court of pen.
siOns
The morning hour was dispensed with, and
Mr.. MCMahon moved to 70 into Committee of
the Whole on the immediate deficiency bill,
and pending that, that tho time for general
debate be limited to five minutes.
Mr.. Conger moved to amend by extending
the time to two hours. This and motion
to limit the time to an hour aud fifty minutes
were rejected by party vote.
Mr.. McMahon then demanded the previous
question on his motions.
The vote being taken on secondlng the de.
n,and, the Republicans refrained from voting,
and il became evident that filibusterinR was
TO DO the order.
Mr.. Lowe moved the whole matter be re.
ferrcd to the committee on common sense with
orders to report immediately.
Mr.. Reed said that would be q partisan COM
III ittco, rs tho members all belonged to this
(the Republican, side. Laughter.
After efforts for compromise had again
failed, Mr.. McNlahon withdrew both his mo-.
tiOns, and on motion of Mr.. Springer. the
House proceeded TO the consideration of bust
ness oil the Speakers table Several House
bills with Senate amendments were referred or
passed by, and the Senate amendments to the
House bills to lcgalize the Health ordinances
of the District of Columbia were concurred in.
A resolution of the Senate that the com.
mittees of the two Houses on agriculture make
an investigation of the general subject of agri-
cnlture came up in order, and Mr.. Reagan
offered M amendment to include tho subjects
of protective tariff and internal revenue
tax in their relation TO agriculture, in the in.
qUiry He then proceeded to make a free
trade speech to the House.
Mr., Kelley followed in speech In defense
of a protective tariff in the course of which he
said that the single city of Philadelphia pro-
duced more manufactured articles than were
imported into the country from all the parts
of tho world.
At 4;3O the House took recess till 7:30, tho
night session being for the consideration of the
District code.
At the evening session tho District code was
considered.
Mr.. IIunton briefly stated the object and
character Of the legislation proposed.
Thirty eight pages Of the bill were consid-
cred. The only material amendment made
was in relation TO taxation Of church and
school rroperty--wlich Is now wholly OK
empted--the bill us reported only exempting
such church property as is actually used for
religious worship and such school property as
is used for free education
An amendment to continue the exemption
of property Of Masonic and oddFellow organ
izations was rejected.