Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-21

down on the last day of the session result would be reached one way or the other.
 Gight applause from the ladies in the gal leries.
 Mr. Davis. of West Virginia, thought the
 Senate should go slow in creating new com nittees. The proposition involved room At,d clerk. H@ moved the reference of the bill to the Cofnridittee on Rules, which wis
 agreed torsysas 26, nays 23,.; :i
 The Senate procseded to the consideration
 of bills on the calendar to which no objection
 was made, and the bill for the relief of Ben-
 iaunin A. Hampton and the bill to provide for
 the better care and protection of quartermas-
 ters' stores were passed.
 The bill to provide for attachment of lands
 to the Indians on various reservations, and
 to extend the protection of the laws of the
 States and Territories over the Indians and
 for other purposes, came up as the regular
 order. MT. Coke advocated the bill and said 1t had the support of the Secretary of the h. terior, the Commissioners of Indian Affairs and every man connectsd with the adm1n1s- tration of Indian Affairs, as well as the ln- dians themselves,
 Mr. Vest moved an amehdment to the seV- lenth section which exempts the entire Indian Territory from the operations of the bill limit ing the exemption to the five civilized na- tions.
 Without finishing the bill the Senate, at 4:15 p. m., went into executive session, ana when the doors were opened adjourned.
 HousEZMr Carlisle succeeded to-day in securing an evening session tomorrow for consideration of Senate bills on the private calendar. There are about eighty of such bills on that calendar. The majority of them are for pensions. The passage of these bills will very materially relieve the pressure of the calendar
 On motion of Mr. Atkins the morning hour was dispensed with and the House went into Committee of the Whole on the naval appro- priation bill, MT. Cox, of New York, in the chair. Mr. Atkins said the bill recommend 1 ed $14, ,461, ,O37.55, which was .$55, ,239.s5 l fiscal yeaf While some of the items have l been decreased the increase was much larger. 1 The heaviest increase was an item of $125, 135 for the pay of the navy.
 Mir. Reagan, of Texas, inquired how manly l ships the navy had sfoat. Mir. Atkins | thought there were about forty-three ln com | mission. MT. Reagan said he had asked this | question because he wanted to call attention | to the vast number of officers provided for l this navy There was an immense pay list l and he did not believe there was a necessity | for so many officers
 Mir. Atkins suggested that the law fixed the number of officers and it was not for this App committes to say how many l should be appropriated for.
 Mr. Reagan said the committee could have | suggested reasons why the number of em- ployes should be cut down.
 MT Atkins replied that the whole history of the Appropriation committee since the Democratic party came into power in the House was a living argument that there were too many officers in all branches of the gov 
 Mr. Whitthorne, of Tennessee, called at sention to the fact that the number of off ,ers was fixed by law. It was true that there were but few ships in commission, but off ,ers could not be on parlor duty all the time. Some officers were on detached duty and oth- srs on leave necessarily. He believed that he incoming administration should recognize he fact that we have no navy, and commence from the bottom and build one up, and then perhaps we would not have so much top 1eaviness in the naval service The Com nittee on Naval Affairs has repeatedly made sforts to reduce the number of officers, but heir suggestions have failed to meet the in- lorsement of the House.
 Mr. Atkins said MT. Reagan jurist md was in the habit of examining the laws, md he should have known the law fixed the lumber of officers. Why did not the gentle nan bring in bill to correct the evil
 Mir. Reagan replied that he would have lone so if he had been on the committee to which this matter properly belonged.
 Mr. Atkins said 1t did not belong to the Appropriation committee to bring in such a ,ili.
 The bill was read by clauses for amend nent Mr. Hiscock moved to increase the for the bureau of steam engi- ieering to one million dollars. The bill rec $SOe,000
 Messrs Blount and Atkins both conten ded hat the $500, 900 recommended by the bill vas ample.
 After discussion the amendment of Mr. Iiscock was rejected. An amendment to in rease the appropriation for the marine orps was also rejected, and the bill was a ew minutes later reported to the House without further amendment and passed.
 The contested election case of Boynton vs. 1oring from the Sixth district of Massachu- etts then came up. All the members of the Committee on Elections except Weaver re- orted in favor of Loring retaining his seat. Weaver reports in favor of Boynton. It Yas agreed that the discussion of the case hould be confined to two hours and half. IT, Loring was first assigned the floor and coupled an hour and a half. His speech ' 7as learned production in defence of the l olicy that Massachusetts had pursued with | :, egard to education and suffrage, but it had O bearing on the case under consideration. l IT, Weaver obtained the floor, but pending { urther discussion the House. at 4:35 D. m., i ook recess until 7:3O in the evening. :,
 The evening session was devoted exclu- ively to business reported for the District Columbia committee.