Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-20
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

In the Senate on the 11th the river and har.
Dor appropriation bill was debated without
| reaching Il vote.
The proceedings of the House were devoted
| to the sundry civil appropriation bill.
| In the Senate on the 18th, the credentials
of Mr.. Lamar as Senator-elect from Mississip-
pi, for the term beginning March 4, 1883, were
read and fled The river and harbor appro-
priaton bill was then taken up, and the various
amendments having been agreed upon, the
| bill was finally passed and the Senate adjourn
ed.
The House, in committee of the whole, con-
si(ered the sundry civil appropriation bill, and
after completing all but one page, adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th, a resolution was
adopted directing the committee on library to
enquire into the eXpediency of purchasing, ed
iting and publishing the unpublished manu-
scripts, &C.. of Andrew Jackson. a joint
resolution, which has already passed the House,
appropriating 900 to enable the United
States to take part in the international Exhl-
bition in London, in May, 1SS3 was passed.
On motion of Mr.. Morrill, all pending orders
were postponed for one week. The revenue
tax bill was taken up, but after short speeches
by Messrs. Morrill, and Voorhees--the for
mer in favor of the bill and the latter in oppo-
sition to it, further consideration Of the bill
was postponed.
In the House the s,lndry civil appropriation
bill was passed. Among the curious appro-
priations agreed to is one of Sl5,0O0 to enable
the President to carry out civil service reform
Another item apprOpriates S7O 600 for the pur-
pose of paying various sums to thirty contest
ants and contestees for seats in the House.
In the Senate on the 14th, the pension ap-
preparation bill was ordered printed and laid
over for future action. a number or Speclal
pension bills were passed-among them one
increasing the pension OF Elizabeth Z. custer,
widow of General George A. Custer, to fifty
dollars per month, and one "a House bill)
granting a pension of fifty dollars per month
to Betty Taylor cambridge, daug liter of Presi-
dent T.ylor The House pension bill was
amendai by the adoption of Il general provis-
ion prohibiting the payment of double pen
sion. The discussion of the internal revenue
tax bill was resumed, and pending the consld-
Grafton of an amendment offered by Mr. Beck,
reducing ten cents per pound the tax on man
ufactured tobacco the matter went over FOR
executive session.
In the House the general deficiency appro-
priaton bill, us amended by the Senate, was
taken up. The last amendment in the Dill
was that constituting board Of credit con-
sistine of the First and Second COmptrollels
of the Treasury and the Treasurer of the Uni
ted States, to whom shall be referred all claims
and the determination of allowances to be
made growing out of the illness and burial OF
the late President, James A Garfield. An at
tack was promptly made upon this amend
ment, led by Blackburn in a long speech, III
which he declared that all claims embraced in
this amendment should be settled through the
Probate Court. When so settled Blackburn
was willing to appropriate any amount that
might be needed to reimburse Garfied's friends.
After a long debate the House, by vote OF Is
TO So. non-concurred in the Senate amend
ment. A bill to pay Mrs. Garfield S3O,OO less
the amount paid her late husband on account
of salary, was introduced by Taylor Of Ohio
and. bv unanimous consent, was passed.
In the Senate on the 18th, after some I'M
important proceedings, the consideration OF
the pension appropriation bill was proceeded
with. the internal revenue bill having been
laid aside informally. After several amend
ments were offered, discussed and voted down,
the bill was passed.
In the House, Cannon of Illinois, from the
committee of conference Oh the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation Dlll, re-
ported that the committee were unable to
agree. Cannon explained that the first mat
ter in dispute touched the salaries of the
House and Senate employees. Atkins OF len
nessee and Holman of Indiana insisted that
the House should maintain its position on the
subject. and, even were the bill to hang fire
for long time, should hold to the doctrine
that, us a coordinate branch of the Legislative
department, it had the right to determine
what the salaries Of government employees