The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-18

pass a funding bill of some kind before ad-
journing.
House.
Washington Feb 1.-THE house remain
ed in committee of the whole on the river
and hsrbor bill until 2;l5 this morning, when
the reading of the bill was finally concluded,
Mr.. Updegrafl moved TO strike out all after
the enacting clause and insert an appro-
priation of $50OO,OO0, TO be expended under
the direction of the secretary of war in the
improvement of rivers and harbors. The
committee reported the bill to the house,
The previous question was seconded and the
main question ordered, and then at 2.20 a. m.
the house adjourned. thus terminating the
legislative session Of Tuesday.
Dir. Field, Of Massachusetts,, from the com
mitee on elections, submitted u report On
the contested election case from tho second
district of North Carolina, declaring Kitch-
ing, the sitting member, entitled to his seat
Laid over for further action
Mr.. Martin, of Delaware, for the COM
mitee on accounts, reported resolution
authorizing tho payment Of $500 to Mr..
Frank Hurd, of Ohio, in full for al costs,
expenses and fees to date, as counsel in tho
case of Hallet Kilbourn ys. Messrs. j &.
Thompson, j. Nj. Glover, and others. After
a brief discussion the resolution was
adopted.
THE REGULAR ORDER
having been demanded, tho speaker an
nounced the regular order to be the consid-
erstion Of the amendments to the river and
harbor bill, which were agreed to in grsss
MrfRohospn, of Now Jersey, moved the
coHilis Q 4Df tho bill to the committee .on
judiciary, with instructions to report it back
with an amendment confining expenditures
therein appropriated TO river, harbors and
streams within the maritime and admiralty
jurisdiction of the United States. Tho mo-
ton was defeated; yeas, So; nays, 152. The
bill was then passed; ayes, 1872; nays, IS.
Under cali of the committee the following
reports we're made: By Mr.. Phelps, from
the committee on ways and means, relative
to bonds to be given by cigar manufactur-
ers.
Committee of She whole-By Mr.. johnson,
of Virginia, from the committee on military
affairs, granting the use Of certain land at
Fortress Monroe for hotel purposes.
Committee of tho wholc-Ry Mr..
Gunther, Of Arkansas, from the commit.
tee on private land claims, ior he re-
lief of VIM. M. McGsuag .aa OL -. private
calendar.
The house then reiumel consideration Of
the apportionment bill. After remarks by
Messrs Finley, Of Ohio, Steel, of North Car
oina, Rothwell and others, the bill was tenn
porsrily laid aside.
The speaker laid before tho house mes
sage from the epresident recommending tho
adoptIdn ota measure to secum representa-
tion OF this country in the proposed inter-
national monetary conference.
The funding civil appropriation bill which
was reported to the house this morning and
recommitted, has been ilually adopted By tho
commi tee. Among itl items arc the follow
ing for public bui dinga: At Austin Tex,
$4,000; Now Orleans, $4,000; Nashville,
Sl50O0 Memphis, Sl0,OOO Montgomery
$4,000: for coast survey, S522 00); geo
logical survey, $4,000; completing tho
teHth census, $500 900; United States courts,
etc, $4,000 900; public printing, 1876, 900
Sl,7O0000, for lighting Savannsh river be-
tween its mouth and the city of Savannah,
$4,000; for the fish commission 1924 900; for
the purchase of private papersof the late CON
fedeTate generals Bragg and Polk, $4,000;
for expenses Of the Mississippi ri, er CON
mission and continuation of the navy, $780,.
600; for the national board of heallh S75,-
O00 for aid to local quarantine stations and
local and state boards of health, 81 900, COO.
Tho total amount appropriated by the bill
Is $l9,9DL205.
Mr.. Mcpherson said he was not di5posed
to vote on the question tonight, nor till ii
was thoroughly understood.
Mr.. E,ton said; "Then we might as we'll
adjourn. (Laughter)
Mr.. MCPHERSON: Then he did not under
stand some of the propositions of the COM
miltee, and he waited on them to explain
before voting on them
After rrther remarks the amendment WAS
rejected ayes, II noes, 45.
The vote was then taken on the amend
ment of the committee fixing the interest
rate at 81 instead of per cent, as fixed
by the house, and the amendment
was rejected, ayes %, noes 33,
The next amendment of the constitution
Masking bonds payable semi.annually was
agreed 10 without objections.
The next amendment was to create q 5.l0
instead of n $40 loan. A motion TO amend
so us TO make II q $50 loan was not agreed
TO, ayes 81, noes 43. The pending amend.
meuI then prevailed without objection.
Amendments substituting time treasury
notes for certificates rs applied to short loan
system, the words note preceding before the
amount Of S80O,0O0,0OO of such notes
and providing for their issue in
denominations Of $40, and some multiple of
that sum exceeding $4,000, were agreed to
without an informal vote.
The next amendment WAS to fix the inter-
est rate of the l-l0loan at not exceeding three
and Une.half per cent, instead of the three
per cont rate passed by the house. The
amendment was lost ayes 81, noes "a.