Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-10

day. the Republicans standing ont Tor SIS
Representatives. while the Democrats were
willing to concede 3l5. The number proposed
by the bill is 307.
FEB. 26.-The Senate, after aprotracted
session, passed the River and Harbor bin, the
vote being 80 yeas to u nays. Those voting
nay were Messrs. Bailey. Bayard, Blair
Dawes, Eaton, Harris, Jones (Nev.), herman
Logan, Pendleton, salisbury and wallace -.
preparation bin In COMMITTEES 81 the Whole.
and then took q recess till Monday without
taking vote. The bill for the relief OF set.
passed both Houses. The conference com.
mittee on the Apportionment bill did not
come to an agreement. = -
FEB. 2S.-The Senate adopted the confer.
ence report on the Legislative, the Post offics
and the Indian Appropriation bills; Thu =.
the Indian and Post -office Appropriation bills
rules and non concur in the Senate amend.
ments to the River and Harbor bill. Agreed
tO-174 to g. An attempt TO take up the Fund.
ing bill was met by objections to its present
consideration and no action was taken. Eu.
iogies upon the late Representative Fernando
Wood were delivered at the evening session
MARCH lin the Senate, Mr.. Eaton.
from the Committee on Foreign Relations, re.
ported back sundry bills and resolutions rec
ommending the construction of ship canals
or railways across the Isthmus He said the
o at to bee i
the time had not arrived when Congress
should express an opinion in regard to any
the ''' Committee ''' was ne complied with
The Senate agreed to the conference reports
on the River and Harbor and the Fertilization
from from he Secretary Of War. transmitting thu
report Of the Mississippi River Compassion
A report was made and adopted confirming
the right of Mr.. Acklen to his seat in the con
tested case Of the Third Louisiana District
Dor BIZ 6H was agreed TO- The FINDING Bill &C
cupied the attention of the House fol
d. Vas. Who Who had charge of the bin
demanded the previous question upon concur
renee in the Senate amendments, which was
carried, after considerable tilibustering ON
the part of certain Republicans, led by Messrs
Conger and Robson, the vote being 119 to go
penneil, Taylor io.S. and washb"rn 1ot ea
with the Democrats in the affirmative, while
the Greenbackers voted in the negative with
then endeavored to secure consideration
various amendments in order to send the bill
voted down. The House took a recess unit
Wednesday,, the Funding bill thereby main
tanning its precedence over all other business
MARCH 1.-The Senate took up the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill. Mr.. Beck said the
Senate Committee added 50, l19, 900 to the bill
as it passed the House. An amendment ap
the amount paid for expenses of theLOuisans
(Mcveigh) Commission of April, ", upor
which a separate vote had been requested by
Mr.. Conkling, was considered, and gave rise
to quite an interesting debate. Mr.. Beck reaG
letters addressed to the House Committee OF
appropriations by Secretary Sherman, statins
the President had paid the amount ad.
vanced by the First National Bank of New
York City, and gbisi1g tented list Of sn
the total of the amendment He admitted IN
reply to Mr.. Maxey the appropriation. if made
v,or
was no law to warrant it, He thought. how
ever, it would look ike a small piece of bust:
endeavored to defeat Hayes at the polls, but
having been unsuccessful, did not propose
now to take vengeance upon him or to stitch
might be avoided, rs this might endanger. by
delay, the whole bill. Mr.. Bailey also favored
paying the claim. Mr.. Conkling. after some
ers were STYLED "the tourists" said II the
amendment was adhered to he would deem i,
his duty to enter inter into political discussion
to solve the question. of the propriety
Of making an appropriation which, In his be
to avoid further debate and save time, moved
to lay the committees amendment on the ia.
BILE. Mr.. Thurman said he would renew the mo.
ton, because he wanted to adjourn the fight
over to the next Congress. He wanted hi.
friend from New York (Conkling) to meet face
a member of President Hayes Cabinet, under
which, according to his friend from New York
this great crime was perpetrated and to dis.
cuss the propriety of he thing with Sherman
He did not feel called upon tc
defend this Administration or it's modes, OF
the way it got into power, but his successor
could do it, and he (ThnrInan) would wait till
the men who had inaugurated and executed
this wrong were able to be heard in their OWE
defense. A melton to table the amendment
was then agreed to without division and with
but one dissenting voice. The bill then
passed.. 1.-The House met in continuance OK
the previous days session, and the Funding
bill was paSsed without division. The Def
cheney bill, the last of the appropriation
bills, also passed.