The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-03
NATIONAL NEWS.
The Proceedings in Congress
Last Night.
Both Appropriation and Fund
ing Bills Passed.
Political Complexion of
the Next Senate.
Miscellaneous Matter.

Miscellaneous Matter.
WASHINGTON, March 2, 1ssI-A
member of the Senate Judiciary COM
mittee said today that nothing would be
done with the nomination of Matthews and
Billings. The Democratic Senators will
organize n COMMITTEES Immediately after
the new Senate meets and will act prompt
ly on all nominations.
THE EXTRA SESSION.
The extra session of the United States
Senate will adjourn before the vacancy
from Wisconsin can be filed, and that will
leave the Senate Democratic until the
forty-sevsnty Congress meets anyhow.
Prominent Democrats in the Senate say
there will be no opposition to any OF Gar
fields nominations.
The Chinese treaty will probably be
brought before the extra session.
PRESIDENT ELECT,
President-elect Garfield and wife called
on his neither at the Executive Mansion
this morning where she is the guest of
President and Mrs. Hayes. A large num-
bcF of callers were reosived by the
President-elect to day. Blaine and Gar
field were in consultation about half an
hour. Representative Levi p. Morton,
Senator Cameron, Wm. e. Chandler and
the bon. Marshall Jewell also called
Everyone who asked for the President
elect was shown to his apartments until
IL o'clock. when he went out for a drive.
This morning the general dined with
Representative Chittendon. of New York,
and afterwards attended q card reception
st that gentleman's residence. Many
prominent Democrats were presented.
The guests included President Hayes, Vice
President Wheeler. Viss President elect
Arthus, Gea. Sherman, Secretaries Shsr-
man. Evarts. Ramsey and Attorney Gen.
eral Dsvsns.
The Senate Special Committee on
Inauguration. composed of Pendleton.
Bayard and Anthon waited on Garfield
to-day and informed him Of the pro-
gramme, and it was accepted and agreed
to.
President Hayes and family will losve
Washington for Fremont on Saturday
next.
It is evident now that the funding bill
will pass. but there is a report, traced to
the White House, that the President will
veto it. An inmate of the White House
closely connected by official relation with
the President informed a Michigan mem
Der of Congress to day, that the bill will
DO vetoed, This is not entirely credited.
because it is known that Secretary Sher
man advised Republican Copgressma an
not to flebuster against the bill.
THE FUNDING BILL.
The following are the provisions of she
supplemental funding bill passed by the
House:
Section provides that the last sentence
of section OF the original Funding bill
oil all read as follows: 1t shall be the duty
of the Secretary of the Treasury, under
such rules and regulations, as he may pre-
scribe, to authorize public subscriptions
at not less than par. to be received at al
repositories of the United States and al
all National banks and such other banks
az he may designate, tor bonds and for
Treasury notes, here provided for, for
thirty days before he shall CONTRACTS for OF
award any portion of seid bonds er Treas
ury notes to any syndicate Of individual
or bankers, or otherwise than under such
public subscriptions. III it shall happen
that more than the entire amount OF bonds
and Treasury notes or OF either of them
has been subscribed within the said thirty
days, he shall award the full amount sub
scriDed 10 all persons who shall have made
bona tsds subscriptions IN the order of the
time of said subscriptions az rates most
advantageous to the United States.
Section amends section of the same
bill SO as 80 authorize the Secretary Of ths
Treasury to use IRON time to time not sx.
ceeding CSC. 900 at any one time of stand
ard gold and silver coin in the Treasury
for the purpose mentioned in said section
Section amends section Of the ssm,
bill by adding thereto the following
And, provided further. nothisg in thi
act shall be so construed as to repea
modify or in any manner affect section
5,220, 8, ,221, 6. .222. 5, 223. and S ,224 revised
statutes of the United States.
THE SENATE
The civil appropriation bill was taker
up in committee of the whole, and III,
amendments Of the senate committee were
acted upon as reached.
The amendments 10 enable the Score
tary of the Treasury tC procure Informa q
ton concerning and to make inspection o
neat cattle shippers from any port OF th'
United States to any foreign ports, so as Il
enable him to cause to be issued to til
shippers Of such cattle certificates shew
ing that such cattle are free from pleure
pneumonia, Wa5 increased to $4,000
The amendments having been agreed
to with few exceptions. on which seper
ate votes we're reserved. and bill goG
AuIouku WitHS ME. DdgAIu W Auo'A ~~sa0S'
of the finance committee moved 10 ament
by adding the following as an addltiona
section.
That the Secretary of the Treasury MAJ
at any time apply the surplus money II
the Treasury not otherwise applied. O.
such thereof as he may consider proper Il
the purchase or redemption OF Unitee
States bonds. provided the bonds 81
purchased or redeemed shall constitute
no part Of tie sinking fund, but shall be
cancelled.
PASSED.
The amendment was adopted wi;hou
debate or objection. Mr.. Bayard casually
Iemarking. in reply to Messrs Logan and
mcdonald. that without this provision
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