New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-15
yIyTru CONGREss--IIID SESSION


REGULAR REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
sur posr orrIcs APPROXIMATIONS BILL DEFEATED
IN THE SENATE, AMENDED AND PASSED fiNn...
80, Tive DAY IN THE HoUsE--APPno-
PIRATE ACTION on THE DEATH OF FEhNANpo
WOOD. 100,
rhe credentials Of Senators reelected,
.,...rs Francis NJ Cockre of Missouri. and Henry L.
n.vea Of sachusetts, present. read ana nieo.
An extraordinarily large number Of petitions from
temperance organizations Of many Of the states ior
to pronO,t the The
pesons took the usual course ana were reierfo1 "
EN- Wers Reported from committees follows:
BY Mr. DAVIS en vaaFsyorsp nsns ss1 70 be- in
bill ass ceplsnns Celebration Of battle on
Groton Heights aud for other purposes H'"'0" 'A
By Mr. SAUNDERS (Rep. eb.l-Favora6ly with n n6
smendmeut establishing the TERRITORY Oh ,r accom-
panied with written report the subject CalenasT
By Mr. BOOTH Rep.. Cal-From the Approprdasttm'
nas T,se senate bill Of
money e o sDsy o. ys sas ia ise
Sy special report on the subject and odonted with
RESOLUTIONS were offered as follows anu auOp'e" WILL
on az %r MoiR ep the secretory
MISSION 10 the Customs Office at New York approved nv
the President March g. 1879. and january So 1sSO;
na such abatement nf the proceedings under the sam
NAV show the practical effect of the operation of said
fus NJ PEATT @Rsp Conn -Direcnc the Committee
on Post oces and Post Roads to inquire whether t1e
practice Of the Post Once M ,s mails II TO
VINO though the lowest bidders therefor 40 NOT lnenu
or tSe pprposs Of speculation accordance
with public policy. and, any wnat means can DC oG
Sised 70 prevent the same; and report ny OIL OF
TMsssrs whers Eaton and Blaine were constituted I
tns notion By Mr. WALLACE Dem, Pennl to take up
the Postal Appropriation bill prevailed-yeas 40 nays
To lost prOCeeueu
WITH the question being upon Mr. Moreans m p
ss s %ss ruled out
tion Of order-yeas, 1S; nays. 81. .s .no o,.r,
nal to provide that the American steamers
eha he of either iron or steel Agreed TO- ac,-,n. ~
s,samsbsp subsidies Which he construed taking Of
public money for private as Identical with commu'
ns% Mo mSRen% ad that after che efforts had made
o. tns So Ee 10 be- told that
it would take money from the Treasury for use
% Il h demo mould d ssG be
earnest and jealous protest aRans the amendme ;
uoSD Which h. aS
was the adequate provision for ocean mall anspofta
Mr. WHITE said that subsidy in ,be g1ss Of add
ona postal facilities %s wss 70 H H denied that there was
any such difficulty with our foreign postal system az
tse Tressury No reason had been behalf Of
Mr. Roach 10 support Of the proposition rs tnao
making money the carrying trade or that the present
facilities in that direction Tsrs r na1eqnaE o,o NJ
MAXEY fDem Text, Mr. TELLER tRep.. Coll moved
to Jay the amendment on the table to avoid further DIS
The motion was agreed to-yeas, 81 nays IA
The Committed of the Whole then reported the Dill 70
the Senate when the amendments were agreed 10 ana
the bill passed dDally A., ,..,.
MT WiTHERs Dem. Va.), from the Appropriation
Committee, reported with amendments the District
Appropriation bill. Placed Oh the calendar. ,
The House Funding bill was taken up and informally
laid over as the regular order OF business tomorrow
The Cattle Discusses bill was then taken up ana n S
a1oy of
tTHJTRMAN lDem Ohio) criticised ;hc machinery to be
created bv IL rs complicated and cumbersome.
Al this point a message from the House announcing
the death Of Representative Fernando Wood, OF New
York was received and read.
respect for the memory Of the deceased man, the Schae
at s O'Clock, ad ionrned.