Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-02-26
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
FEB. 14.-The Senate further considered

FEB. 14-The Senate further considered
the Postal Appropriation bill The subsidy
clause was laid oil the table, by vote of 81 to
u. and the bill passed. The Cattle Diseases
bin was taken up and considered at some
lcngth..... In the House Mr.. stephenson pre-
sented resolutions of the Illinois Legislature,
urging the passage of such measure Ms will
relieve the commerce of the country from UNI
just discrimination by railroad corporations,
and protect inter State commerce by law.
The Speaker announced the death of Repre-
sentative Wood, of New York, and the House
adjourned ont of respect to his memory.
FEB. 15.-The Senate took up the Fund
ing bill, and Mr.. Bayard explained the amend
ments of the Senate Finance Committee, aiid
advocnt, d the three and one.h half per cent.
rate and a 500 bond. -. The House further
considered the River and Harbor bill in Com
mittee of the Whole The desk recently oc-
eupied by Fernando Wood was draped in
black and decorated with handsome basket
of flowers.
FEB. 16.-The Senate Committee on For
eign Relations reported q resolution declar-
Ing that the consent OF this Government is q
necessary condition precedent TO the con.
struction of any ship canal or other maritime
highway across the 1sthmus of Darien. The
Funding bill was further considered. A com
munication was submitted from the Auditor
of Railroad Accounts setting forth certain
facts and figures which in his Judgment
require amendment of the Sinking Fund act;
so far MS it relates TO the amount required from
the Central Pacific Railroad Company so that
80 per cent. net earnings of this company may
be applied 10 the payment of Its debt to the
Government, instead of 25 per cent. asnow re-
quired by law, Secretary SchurZ, in transmit
ting this communication from Auditor French,
SAYS: 81 concur in the views set forth in his
letter, and commend them to the favorable
consideration OF Congress" Referred. Mr..
Pendleton reported bill to regulate and i'm
prove the civil service of the United States.
Placed on the calendar. Mr.. Mcdonald ad-
dressed the Senate upon the subject OF equal
ity of taxation. His remarks were devoted to
an elaborate discussion of the tariff, illustra-
tive of the alleged inequalities of taxation
engendered by protective SYSTEM.
The House nett continuation of the previous
days session, an intermission only having
been taken, and no adjournment. Cons dera-
ton of the River and Harbor bill was con-
tinued; the bill was completed In committee,
reported to the House, the previous question
was seconded and the main question ordered
when the House adjourned.
FEB. 1.-THE Senate perfected the Fund
ing bill in Committee of tho Whole. The
amendment of the Senate Committee, fixing
the interest rate at 81. instead of per cent,
as fixed by the House, was rejected-yeas, % /;
nays 80. number of minor amendments
were adopted. The River and Harbor Appro-
priatiof bill was received from the House and
! read a first time..... The House passed the
River and Harbor bill-yeas, 1883 nays. .S4-sub.
stantay in the form reported from commit,
tee. The amount Appropriated is $40, l49, 500.
The Pension Appropriation bin passed.
FEB. 1S.-The Senate passed the Funding
bill, the vote beihg-yeas, 43; nays, 20. The
. bill now goes to the House for concurrence in
the senate amendments=nameiy, a 500 in.
stead ofb-10 bond, compensation of l2 in tead
of a Of per cent. for placing the loan, n
provision for popularizing the loan In the
sense of having it taken by the people, and
several verbal alterations. The House
! considered the Agricultural Appropriation bill
| in Committee of the Whole.