Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-21
FOrty-Sixth Congress.
WASHINGTON, April 20.


 sENArE.-The Senate concurred in the House bill for international exhibition in New York in 1ss3
 At the 3 expiration of the morning hour the Geneva the snate He argued that the real question at issue to the companies. Reading from the treaty he said it plain that it claim of the United ernment for acts of certain rebel cruisers He pro cesdsd to this point and held that the party United States. Out of this money the Government has already paid what it ought to have paid.
 MT. Thurman then took the floor and argued that the insurance companies particularly recognized by the Geneva tribunal He said this question lay in isfacon of those claims that produced the award til all settled then if there is surplus, that
 Mir. Blaine had read letters and telegrams from Messrs. BarAd x shatuck. of Boston, to show that
 Panding further consideration the Senate at 5:3o journed.
 HoUsE.-The House wasted the whole day in hlibus- tering. Mr. McMahon, who has charge of the Special Deficiency bill, moved to go ints Committee of the Whole and to limit general debate to five minutes. The Republicans wanted an hour and half or two hours, which refused, whereupon they withheld their votes and this left the House without quorum.
 After there had been several roll calls, MT. Ai.cook, of New York, said the Republicans would flibuster until they got the time for debate asked
 eal days almost exclusively by the gentlemen Republican side. He only wanted to say that any ed the public business by breaking the quorum He for one had become tired of being detained by the norty having majority submit to their dic- tation, would sit here two weeks rather than yield this point. Applause among the Democrats and calls to order by the Republicans)
 After there had been several other roll calls Mir Mo Mahon said that half hour ego he offered the gen. tiemen on the other side one hour, provided they would give twenty minutes Of that time to his col- league, General Garfield The Republicans did not to relish this proposition It vas understood on the floor that Garfield would speak in favor of the principle involved in the marshas clause of the b publicans under the lead of Messrs Conger and Bis cock, wsnted an hour for members of their party, ciuding Garfield, the object being to compel MT. McMahon to yield him of his time that would appear that he had spoken the time of the Democrats and not on that of the Republicans. Mir. Garfield had previously spoken to MT. McMahon for time, but the latter did not to yield the time that allotted to the Democrats. Some of the Demo- crats objected to yielding at all to the demands of the other side. There good deal of caucussing on both sides while the rolls being caed but impossible to come to any agreement.
 Finally st 4:25 p. the House took recess until debate the Democrats must yield the proceedings of to-day will be repeated tomorrow.
 The session of the House tonight was for the pose of considering private pension claims. There good deal of opposition, especially to granting arrears There also opposition to special cases, being contende1 that general bills should be passed and not special 1hs opposition to the bills created 8 somewhat excited discussion between the members of the Committee on Pensions and the be-s who opposed the bills. About 8 dozen of the bills passad in Committee of the Whole, and when they were reported to the House the point made that there vas quorum, and cal1 of the members appearing the House at l1:15 adjourned.