Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-02-08
XVI C0NGRsss-seCoaD SESSION
WASHINGTON, February Z.
SENATE.

! SENATE.
On motion of Mr. Morgan. Senators
Hamiin and Thurman were appointed tel
lers for the Senate in the electoral court
| meeting.
On motion of Mr.. Butler the subject o;
aiiesed census In South Carolina was taken
M, and the letter of the Secretary of the In.
terror IN response to the Senate resolution
for information concerning the subject was
| read.
MI Butler. replying to the language con-
tanned in speech by Mr.. Conkliug during
the campaign, said that although the evil
| denee OF the correctness Of the census figures
was conclusive and overwhelming the author
OF the charges had not had the honesty TO
make amends for the dishonest peryersions
of the fact.
| Mr.. Conkling thought Mr. Butler had
taken long time 10 reply, but for the va
poring of the Senate he had no concern.
| Mr. Butler said the staggering insolence
OF the Senator from New York had no con-
Germ for him.
| Mr.. Conkling rctortcd. the Senator is a
person with whom do not choose to handy
words with here or elsewhere: least of all
here. The subject was then droppcd
| Remainder OF the dav was passed in con-
| sideration of the pension BILL but without
| final action, adjourned.
iloUsE.
After personal explanations by Sper and
| Hammond of Georgia, relative to remarks
made by the latter Saturday, the Speaker
| called the States for bills. ctc
The Speaker announced that Messrs
| House of Tennessee and Crowley Of Newark
| are teliers on the part of the House To make
| list of votes declared Tor Presiicn, and
Vice President Wednesday next.
Mr.. Bowman presented n long report on
| the proposition for a reciprocity treaty with
Canada, and moved to suspend the rules and
pass joint resolution for the appointment of
| foreign mission 20 ascertain and report the
basis for such treaty. There was a long
contest whether the report should be read
| requiring three hours. The House finally
| refused to hear it read.
Mr.. Aiken moved to suspend the rules and
pass the bill for the creation of department
| of agriculture.
The motion to suspend was defcated-veas
46, nays IS.
Mr.. Reagan moved to suspend the rules
and pass the river and harbor appropriation
bill.
Among the bills introduced was one in
| relation TO the Transvaal republic. 1t re-
quests the President to convey forthwith TO
| the British government the good wishes of
| the United States in regard to her colonies :;
| their hope that no blood would be she'd and
| that she may see fit To accord to the inhab-
| itants of the Transvaal republic their in
dependence if she finds they had no desire 10
surrender the same to her.
The Senate bill amending the laws relative
| to the seizure and forfeiture of vessels for
breach OF revenue laws passed. II provides
| that no vessel used by any person or corpora
| ton in Yr,n g
| their business, shall be subject to forfeiture
by force of title "a of the revised statutes un-
less 1t sappears that the owner or master of
| such vessel at the time of the allegal act of
| the consenting party or pri"v thereto.
motion 10 suspend rules and pass the
| river and harbor appropriation bill was. after
brief debate rejected, the necessary two
| thirds vote being wanted
bill appropriating Sl75, 900 to the search
| tor the Jeanette was introduced and appro-
priatelv referred, and the House then ad-
journed