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|, posed to offer to tho clauses Of the buiear
Reconstruction and repairs and steam en-
, gineering. The committee then rose.
On motion of Tucker, of Virginia, the
bill TO repeal so much of section $3.50 OF
the Revised Statutes as imposes taxes on
tobacco was taken up and passed.
The speaker laid before the house mes
sage from the president returning without
his approval the bill TO regulate the
, carriage of passengers by sea.
While expressing his entire sympathy
with the objects OF the bill he points out
three serious defects in it: riIst, the use
ofthe words "uppermost decks" emitting
entirely all reference to the spar deck, with
which almost all large modem vessels are
seven clear feet of ffeight between
decks, and the third is the require,
ment of list of passengers furnished
before vessels clear. This would be implac-
ticabe in the case Of steamers,-new pas
seugers coming on board up to the last mo-
ment. The practical result OF the law
would be to subject all ocean steamers to
great loss, and to restrict immigration.
good bill OF The same character correctly
passed would receive prompt assent as
public necessity and blessing.
The message went over as unfinished
business.
NoMIYAToNs
The president sent the following nomina-
tions to the senate to-day: James II. West,
of the district of Columbia, to be commits
sioner of that district; Lewis Wallace, of
Indiana, envoy extraordinary and minister
pleuipotentiary to Turkey; Henry G. Hall,
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo-
tentiary to the Genital American
states; John A. Halderman, of
Mississippi, minister resident and
consul general to siami John N,
Francis of New York, minister resident
and consul general to Portugal; j. II.
| Wickersham, of Pennsylvania, minister res
ident aud consul general to Denmark, and
Michael j. Kramer, of Kentucky;
minister resident and consul general
to Switzerland; James r. Weaver, of
West Virginia, .secretaly of lega-
ton and consul general to Vienna;
Louis Richmond, OF Rhode Island, secre
tary of legation and consul general at
Rome; John Trebizon, of Tennessee, United
States consul at Beirut; A. 7. Sharp, of
Kansas, United States minister at Manila;
| Loring A. Lathrop, of Nerada United
States consul at Bristol; James Viasca,
| United States consul at Lapaz, MeXico
Lieutenant Colonel Gustavns Aderway
artillery; Francis M. Darby, to be assistant
treasurer of the United States at
Baltimore, Maryland Thomas Henry to
| be collector of customs, district of Pamlico,
North Carolina; d. Bennett, collector of in
ternal revenue, seventy-eighth district of
| Kentucky.
| Virginia; James Atkins at Greensboro
Alabama; James =. Chlds, Marion, Ala
bana; Fannie d. Porter, El Paso, Texas;
! Gabriel j. Penn, Wayahachie, Texas.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
| The senate, in executive session to-day.
confirmed the following nominations
Rollin NJ. Dagga;t TO be minis
ter resident in the Hawaaiin Islands
George -, p. p ptOm%eTioy, %sioy, i;e agent p,'1U1 and
consul at Tpinidad % Posmasters- U g
Ware at Washington, Georgia; Lawrence
Taliatferro, Fredericksburg, Virginia
Fanny d. Porter, El Paso, Texas.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-The chair submit
ted petition from the president and secre-
| tary of the independent labor party of the
city of New York, praying congress TO raise
| the capital tax on immigrants from 90
cents to ST. per head. Referred to the COM
mittee on commerce.
Senate bill applopriating $4,000 for
public buildings at Ashville, North Caro-
lima, was called up by Mr.. Ransom and
passed.
Mr.. Morgan called up the senate bill to
encourage and promote telegraphic con-
munication between America and Europe.
| 1t. constitutes Robert Cprett, William Il.
aud their associates n com
pany to lay an ocean cable
! from any point on the American side to
| some point on the European coast
The bill passed with an amendment ex-
| tending the time within which the company
shall begin laying the cable TO two years
from the passage of the act.
Gpia ;at;o
was proceeded with, and TIE committee
amendments agreed - as read. Senate
| committee Iepoi ted the amendment consti-
tuting the first and second
comp rollers of the treasury
| and the treasurer of the United States
board of auditors to hear and determine all
| questions arising out of claims and pro.
posed allowances growing out of the illness
and burial of the late President Garfield
| and providing the method of auditing them,
appropriating $1,000 for the payment Of
awards and limiting the amount to be Ger.
tilted and paid for us medical services to
So, 500. 1t is further provided that
aud allowances made before January lst,
1888, and that aggregate OF the awards
shall not exceed the amount appropriated
| Mr.. Vest raised several points of order
against the amendment, but the senate by
a vote of 20 to 10, helS that it could be en-
tertained und>< Dee rules.
uiIS Davis tbs Of ddmaS@s;. IiHGs voted 9o NO,
then opposed the proposition with
much earnestness. lie said it was we'll
known fact that the late president, if not
butchered, was unquestionebly victim of
NAL practice in his last illness OF eighty
DAYS.
lanced, while the bullet that was eating
! lafa far
clme under the attention of the
physicians. From a medical or scientific
| d pint of view the fees were grossly enor-
mCus, and would not be sustained by a
conrt In any ordinary case. If Garfeld's
/ life had been saved there would have been
l some reason for the liberal outlay on the
part Of the government for medical services
/ but none existed.
Mr.. Vest then referred TO the newspaper
| charges made during the presidents illness,
! that while the public bulletins were giving
| favorable reports the presidents physicians
were telegraphing in cypher to all stock
brokers information exactly the reverse of
that which was being published. He
thought il was. due to the country that an
investigation into that charge should even
yet be made. He regarded the charge OF DR..
Bllss Of SS,O 900 for eighty days attendance
as eKorbitant, and had read at the clerks
desk a statement by Dr. BOyDtOn TO the
effect that on or about August, 1881, he
was informed by the late president that DIR.
Bliss was a volunteer in the case. In this
connection the testimony given by DR.
] Bliss that be vas sent for BY the secretary OF
/ war was also read. After further remarks
I by Messrs. Van Wyck, Blair, PeDdleton
and saullsbury' an amendment Of
ducing the appOrtiOnment from $4,000
! 10 $500, and the amount for medical ser
vice from So, 900 20 s55 900 was agreed to
yeas, p, nays, p.
Messrs. ingalls,. Rollins, Saunders, Sher-
man and NanWyJk voted with the demo
crats: Davis, OF Illinois, and Jones, Of
FLORIDA, voted no with the republicans.
On motion Of Mr.. Hoar q prUviso was
added requiring the a.mauts TO file a re-