Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-12
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

FEB. 2S.-The Senate adopted the confera
ence report on the Legislative, the Post office
and the Indian Appropriation bills. The
House passed the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill and agreed to the conference reports on
the Indian and Post office Appropriation bills.
Mr.. Regan o., TeX.) moved to suspend the
rules and non concur in the Senate amend.
mehts to the River and iIarbor bill. Agreed
to-l7t to &C. An attempt TO take up the Fund-
ing bill was met by objections TO It's present
consideration and no action was taken. Eu-
l0gies upon the late Representative Fernando
Wood were delivered Mt the evening session.
MARCH LIN the Senate, Mr.. Eaton.
from the Committee on Foreign Relations re-,
ported back sundry bills and resolutions rec.
ommending the construction of ship canals
or railways across the Isthmus. lie said the
committee asked to be discharged from the
consideration of all these subjects, thinking
the time had not arrived when Congress
should express an opinion i'll regard to any
particular , route. The request of
the committee was compiled with
The Senate agreed to the conference reports
on the River and Harbor and the Fertilization
Appropriation Dills......ln the House. Il letter
from the Secretary of War, transmitting the
report of the Mississippi River Commission,
was referred to the Committee on Commerce,
A report was made and adopted confirming
the right of Mr.. Acllen to his seat in the con-
tested case Of the Third Louisiana District.
Dor bill was agreed to. The Funding bill oc.
cupied the attention of the House for
the most part of the session. Mr.. Tucker
o., Na.), who had charge of the bill,
demanded the previousquestiOnu concur
renee in the Senate amendments, which wns
carried, after considerable filibustering on
the part oi certain Republicans, led by Messrs.
Conger and Robson, the vote being ll9 to 60.
Messrs Anderson, Belford, Cannon, Dick,
| Dunnel, Taylor (0), and Waslburn voted
! with the Democrats in the affirmative, while
| the Greenbackers voted in the nelatiVe with
the Republicans. The opponents Of the bin
then endeavored to secure consideration of
various amendments in order 10 send the bill
back to the Senate. but they were uniformly
voted down. The House took n recess until
| Wednesday, the Funding bill thereby main.
| tanning its precedence over all other business.
MARCH 2.-The Senate took up the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill. Mr.. Beck said the
Senate Committee added S2 10000 to the bill
as it passed the House. An amendment ap.
| propliating $3.50 to reimburse the President
| the amount paid for eXpenSesOf theL0uis.ana
! (McNeigh) Commission of April, II, upon
| which separate vote had been requested by
| Mr.. COnkling was considered, and gave rise
| TO quite an interesting debate. Mr.. Beck read
! letters addressed to the House Committee on
Appropriations by Secretary sherman, stating
| the President had paid the amount ad
vanced by the First National Bank of New
| York City, and giving an itemized list of eX-
! penditures of the Commission, aggTegating
the total of the amendment. He admitted in
reply to Mr.. Maxey the appropriation, if made,
| would not be in pursuance of any law las there
was no law to warrant it. He thought, how.
ever, it would look like small piece of busi-
ness to refuse to make this provision. Hehad
endpavored to defeat Hayes at the polls but
| having been unsuccessful, did not propose
now to take vengeance upon him or to stick
pins int o him. He hoped political discussion
might be avoided, as this might endsnger. by
delay, the whole bin. Mr.. ha!ley also favored
| nnNy ha nlo n Mp HI inn nff m
sarcastic remarks, in which the Commission
ers we've styled "the tourists" said ii the
amendment was adhered to he would deem it
his duty to enter into political discussion,
so far as such discussion was needed
to solve the question of the propriety
of making an appropriation which, In his be-
lief, would be worse than unlawful Mr.. Beck,
to avoid further debate and save time, moved
to lay the committees amendment on the ta-
Bile. Mr.Thurman said he would renew the mo-
ton, because he wanted to adjourn he fight
over to the next Congress. lie wanted his
friend from New York (Conkling) tomeet face
to face his (rhurmans) successor (Sherman),
q member of President Hayes's Cabinet, under
which, ,accordingto his friend from New York
this great crime was perpetrated, and to dis
cuss the propriety of the thing with sherman
He did not feel called upon to
defend this Administration or its modes, or
the way 1t got into power, but his successor
could do il, and he (Thurmanl would wait till
the men who had inaugurated and executed
this wrong were able TO be heard in their own
defense. A melton to table the amendment
was then agreed to without division and with
but one dissenting voice. The bill then
} passed.. The House met in continuance ol
the previous days session, and the Funding
bill was passed without division. The Def
cheney bill, the last of the appropriation
, bills, also passed.
FEB. 3.-The Senate passed the Appro'
: priation bills and the Japanese Fund bill.
resolution of thanks to Vice President Wheel
, er was unanimously adopted. President
Hayes's message Vetoing the Retunding bill
was received by the House and, by vote o
1876 to ll6, ordered printed AMI laid on the ia
BILE, which signifed there would be no further
: action taken on the bill by the presen
, House. Mr.. Cox d., n. W moved to suspend
the rules and pass the Apportonment bill OF
; the basis OF S0I. This meeting with Opposi
! ton on the Republican side, Mr.. Coz
so amended rs TO bring up for consid
Grafton the Apportionmpt blu, and .,
have votes taken on the numbers 322, 3l9
SIS, 30T, and when the majority shall agree ol
: any number to have the bill, with the secont
and third SECTIONS OF the original bill, put OF
passage without debate. No further objection
.! being made=the House first proceeded to vot
, upon 81. ReiecteQ-yeas, ll9; nays, 1872.
4 vote was then taken nSl9. This number wa
agreed to-yeas, 1885, nays, l2S. The resul