The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-03
Last Nights Dispatches.
HOUSE.

HOUSE.
WASHINGTON. Feb. "A eommunica
tion from the secretary OF the interior trans
mltting the Ute commissioners repert ane
correspondence with tho governor of Colo
rado concerning the Utes, was ordered
| printed.
| Dir. Neal offered an amendment, which
was adopted. authorizing the treasurer O
the Uaited States TO purchase any OF the
funded indebtedness OF ths District o.
Colum bia for the sinking fund authorized
to be created for the redemption and pay
ment oil the Indebtedness OF the district as
in his opinion may be for the best inter =
ests of such district.
| The committee then rose and reported
the bill to the house, whan it passed, yeas
l49. nays "a.
| MIR. Atkins, chairman of the com mittee
on appropriations, reported the legisla
tive. judicial and executive appropriation
bill. Ordered printed and ommitted.
1t recom % ends the appropriation OF ST.
$4,000.
A struggle then ensued as to the pcs.
session of the floor, Mr.. Reagan demand
ing the regular order and the further con
sideratlon OF the inter state commerce bill.
Mr. Cox, of New York, asserting his right
to call up the apDortioument till as q
privileged question, and Mr.. Sparks
| antaRoniZing both propositions with a
motion to proceed to business on the
| calendar for the purpose. as he stated, of
| calling up the Fitz John Porter bill. The
question of consideration being submitted.
tho house. by vote of yeas 9S, nays l50,
refused to consider the inter state CON-
merce bill,
Pending further action the Speaker
| laid betore the House message from the
President transmitting for consideration
aud appropriate action BY congress q
| letter from the Secretary of the Navy
| recommending an appropriation Of 5000,
900 Tor the establishment OF naval stations
on the Amerieani isthmus. The message
was ordered printed and referred to the
committee on appropriations.
The House then proceeded to the con-
! sideration OF the appertionment bill.
without limit being placed on the debate.
Mr.. Cox explained and advocated the
provisions of his bill. Under it the old
slave states would gain eight and lose two
| mem bers, the middle would lose three and
the Western states would gain ten and lose
two. The old slave states would make O
| net gain OF ak Representatives. while the
rest OF the states made net gain of two.
| That is the West would gain eight while
New England. New York, Pennsylvania
would lose six II any one complained
that that was sectional or partisan be
might calculate the net gains North and
South from the numbers 900 to 3l9, and
| the South had a Eet gain over the
| North. Under the last census the gen
sral increase of the country had not
| differed from ante. beium times mora
than thirty per cent. Ii might not be
accurate to say the Southern states had
increased more than the Northern, though
practically they had done so, owing to the
defective census of 1870 Whether true
| or not such divisions of the North and
South had lost their significance in any
event. The North continued to exceed
| the South in Congress, In the Electoral
College. in the Senate and In population,
but the wonderful increase of FIVE states
west OF the Mississippi vas q feature OF
the census. In twenty years they had
doubled their nun bers, lespin2 from ones
tenth OF the whols population to one-ffth
These FIVE states had increased eighty
seven Ter cent, No state east of the
| Mississippi had attained TO fifty per cant,
| while the Pacific states had gained fifty
eight per can't during ten years. The orb
of power might be departing from the
East, but yet with its radiance full it was
the star OF the empire holding is western
way for new conGuests, Along with it
arose above the horizon the Southern
cross to add its symbolic cluster to the
| constellation,
At the conclusion of Mr., Cox's speech
| which was loudly applauded by both sides
OF the House, and for which he received
congratulations, of the msmbers, the
house without further action adjourned.
SENATE.
WAsaINaToa. Feb. 2. The President q
PencaE message was read.
| Mr.. Hoar commended the Presidents 8
done thestribe during his administration
as most manly and magnanimous utter.
ance
The following reports were made:
| By Mr.. Mcpherson, from the committee
ou naval affairs. favorably. bill appropriat'
ing 500. 900 to be used under the direc
tion of the Navy Department to prosecute
the search for the steamer Jeanette. o
1.-THE Arctic exploring expedition.
| by Mr.. Davis, of l!lirois trom the judiciary
com mittee a substitute for the!bil to amend
section 989 of the Reversed Statutes, SO al
to extend its provisions to ell officers o
the United States in the performance o.
official acts 10 which the United States i:
party or has an interest,
By Mr.. Whyte. from the committee or
Yorktown celebration. favorably. for ths
purchase of sword formerly belonging .e
George Washington.
By Mr. Burnside, from the committed
Oh military affairs, favorably. fthe Hous,
bill for the relief of citizens of Montana
who served with the United States troop,
10 the war with Nez perces. and for tn,
relief Of the heirs of ssuch sas were killet
in said service.
On motion of Mr.. Morgan the Seuate
took up his electoral count resolutions @
the previous day. and at Mr.. Morgan
lsuggsstion they were amended 10 mino
details SO as to make them concurrent, ant
to provide for two tellers instead of one o.
the part of the Senate. MIR. Morgan, il
advocating the adoption Of the resolution
as plan by which a peaceful. orderly ant
regular count would De secured, remarke,
that they followed precedent in forme
instances and were 10 accord with prece
dents running back to 1887.
| Mr.. Edmunds said a. the plan propose
avoided any disposition of or decision up
on disputed questions. he desired. upol
such understanding, to have the cercmon.
proceed, He then moved an amendmen
for the assembling of the whole house il
1.-The Senate Chamb Der instead of the Hal