Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16

| and sinking fund would absorb the revenues
 for the next ten years, and it was unwise tt l increase the rate of interest for option we l could not use.
 MT. Beck believed the holders of 5 and { l per cent. bonds had endeavored to convince l foated when they did not themselves believe l it, in the hope that an attempt would fail. He | favored 8 3 per cent. bond if it could be 1 foated.
 Pending vote the Senate adjourned.
 HoUsE.-Mr. Blake, of New Jersey, called up the bill to regulate the collection of taxes on weiss beer, which provides for a tax of three cents on the gallon. Mir. Conger raised 8 point of order against an amendment of fered by Mir. Townshend, of Illinois, which gave rise to a long wrangle which was not
 finished at the expiration of the morning hour.
 The House at I:45 went into Committee of
 the Whole and resumed consideration of the
 river and harbor bill, Mir. Carlisle in the
 chair. Amendments were offered by Messrs.
 Updegraf, of Iowa, Cox, of New York, and
 others. MT. Cox proposed 8 proviso that the
 money appropriated by the act should not be
 used for any stream where any corporated
 companies or State collected tolls on boom
 age, and in his speech said that in many States
 heavy tolls were levied on commerce passing
 over the rivers. MT. Townshend, of Illinois,
 favored MT. Cox's amendment. A vote was
 taken and the amendment rejected.
 The question arose on the amendment by
 MT. Updegrafk kwhether the bill was general appropriation bill as contemplated by the rules. After discussion, the chair (Mr. Car Hsle) ruled that it was not. Messrs. Upde- graf and Vanvoorhis were the main oppo- nents of the bill, and offered repeated amend ments. They were interrupted by cat calls and demands for vote. The chair suggest nd not o1x hr such demands. Pending one amendment, and while MT. Updegraf was speaking, Mir. Will son, of West Virginia, called for a vote, when MT. Vanvoorhis raised the point that Wilson was out of order. Wilson said he did not think it worth while to notice the remark of the gentleman from New York, for he had been more offensive than any other man on the floor.
 At 6:3O the Committee of the Whole found itself without 8 quorum and the roll was called. The members of the Commerce committee gave notice that they would in- sist upon pushing the bill After the roll had been called and the committee had risen MT. Reagan said there was but a short time left and there were two appropriation bills yet to be reported. He hoped that majori- ty would insist upon having a quorum and either pass the bill or defeat it.
 Mir. Page said he did not think further fac tious opposition would be made to the bill tomorrow, and he therefore suggested that they adjourn and sit it out tomorrow. There was much dissent from the proposition, and it appearing from the roll call that quorum was present the House again went into Con- mittee of the Whole. In few minutes again it found itself without a quorum and rose, when a call of the House was ordered. After wasting time until o'clock MT. Atkins suggested that no good could be accomplished and sug- gested recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow When the question was put the obstructionists made the point that no quo rum had voted, but on the roll call the re- cess was taken at D. m. As result of the days work only eight of the forty-one pages of the bill were completed. and if the same tactics of obstruction are pursued tomorrow if will fake all day to comnlata tha bill