American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-03-12
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

FEB. 2S.-The Senate adopted the confer
encs report on the Legislative. the Post office
and the Indian Appropriation bills The
House passed the sundry Civil Appropriation
the Indian and Post ONCE Appropriation bills.
Mr.. Regain Cd, Tex) moved to suspend the
ments to the River and Harbor bill. Agreed
to-l7t to 66. An attempt TO take up the Fund
consideration and no action was taken. Eu-
log1es upon the late Representative Fernando
Wood were delivered Mt the evening session.
MARCH LIN the Senate, Mr.. Eaton.
ported back sundry bills and resolutions rec
ommending the construction Of ship canals
or railways across the Isthmus. He said the
consideration of all these subjects, thinking
the time had not arrived when Congress
nnD1l1 on a op he In neat any
the committee was complied with.
The senate agreed to the conference f reports
Appropriation bills. In the House, a letter
sns sS Of Wa Ftea tne
vas referred to the Committee on Commerce.
A report was made and adopted confirming
tested case of the Third Louisiana District
The conference report on the River and Har
cupied the attention of the House for
the most part Of the session. Mr. Tucker
nd shs.fs of the s
renee in the Senate amendments, which was
carried: after consider,bie flibusterins on
Gessrs: Anderson Bsiford. Cannon. Dick,
Dunnell, Taylor (O.), and Washburn voted
with the Democrats in the affirmative, while
the Greenbackcrs voted in the negative with
then endeavored to secure consideration Of
various amendments in order to send the bill
voted down. The House took q recess until
Wednesday, the Funding bill thereby main
tanning its precedence over all other business
MARCH 1.-The Senate took up the sundry
Civil Appropriation bill. afr. Beck said the
Senate Committee added 8. ll9,OO0 to the bill
as ft passed the House. An amendment APP
propr1nting $40 TO reimburse the President
ne aaa lds % mr
which separate vote had been requested by
Mr.. Conkling. was considered, and gave rise
letters addressed to the House Committee on
Appropriations by Secretary Sherman, stating
vanced by the First National Bank Of New
York City. and giving an itemized list of ex-
Iss sasa t IF sne IL
reply to Mr.. Maxey the appropriation If made.
would not be in pursuance Of any law as there
ever. it would look like a small piece of bust
ness to refuse to make this provision. He had
having been unsuccessful, did not propose
now to take vengeance upon him or to stick
might be avoided, as this might endsnger. by
delay. the whole bill. Mr.. Bailey also favored
phy1nR the cla MI. COnkl1ng. after some
sarcastic remarks, in which the Commission
ers were styled "the tourists said If the
amendment was adhered to he would deem it
his duty to enter into a political discussion,
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,
70 avoid further debate and save time. moved
to lay the committee's amendment on the ia
BILE. Mr.. Thurman said he would renew the mo-
ton, because he wanted to adjourn the fight
over to the next Congress. He wanted his
friend from New York (Conkling) to meet face
to face his (TlIurrnan's) successor (sherman),
a member Of President Hayes's Cabinet under
which. according to his friend from New York,
this great crime was perpetrated and to dis
cuss the prepriety of the thing with Sherman.
He did not feel called upon to
defend this Administration its modes. or
the way IL 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 motion to table the amendment
was then agreed to without division and with
but dissenting voice. The bin then
passed.. The House met in continuance of
The previous days session, and the Funding
bill was passed without division. The Def
cheney bill. the last of the appropriation
bills, also passed.
MARCH S.-The Senate passed the Appro-