The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-07-20

giving notice that he would call II up II
action Saturday or Monday.
The senate tllen went into executive SCI
sion.
When the doors we're rcopencd senate nc
| journed.
HOUSE.
Inc morning hour having been dispense,
wit h the house At 1910 u. invent into CON
mittec of The NhOlc, kasson, OF Iowa, II
the chair, on the sundty civil appropriation
bill.
The item authorizing the payment {
thirty contestants and cOntestees for seat
in the house various sums aggregatinl
about SAC, 600 was pmcOded so as 10 increatI
the total " about $4,000, and was ther
agreed TO-
HiscoCE Offered an amendment appfopr.'
ating s ZOO for salaries and expenses OF Z
commission to negotiate commercial
treaty with Mexico. Adopted
Upon the amendment approprlatlng
900 10 enable the president 10 carry out
civil service reform debate, arose
partly political and largely personal, which
consumed much time to little purpose
The committee then rose and the bill and
amendments were reported to the house,
All amendments were concurred in. The
bill was then passed-yeas, l30; nays, 40.
Senate amendments to the deficiency
aDDrOpluliOll Dill were TCpOIJtu ulld hNIC
severally none oncurred in.
Adjourned.
NOMINATIONS.
The president to-day nominated to be
collector of customs: Frank w. Nicker,. dis
trict of Key West, and William G. Hender-
son, district of Pearl River, Massachusetts,;
and Richard d. Locke to be marshal, and
S. A. Darneil attorney of the United States
for the southern district of Georgia.
CONTRIBUTIONS.
The senate in executive session to-day
confirmed the following nominations ;
Louis Wallace, envoy extraordinary. and
minister plenipotentiarv to Turkey; Henry
II, Hail, envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary TO Central America john
A. Halderman OF Missouri, minister IT sldent
and consul-genecal to siam; n. X. Sawyer,
of Florida, consul at Turkistan; j. p. Wick
ersham of Pennsylvania, minister resi-
DEM and consui-general to Denmark; n. j.
Cramer, of Kentucky, minister resident
and consul-general to Switzerland; 3. ID.
Axtell, of Ohio, chief justice of supreme
court of New M exico; A. NJ Mckee to be
marshal of the northern district OF Texas; j.
C. Bigger to be United States attorney OF the
northern district Of Texas; j. H Dean,
postmaster at Winchester, Va.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, July 14.-Mr. Rollins called
upon the resolution for the daily meeting
of the senate at II a. m., after Monday
next. Adopted.
Mr.. Logan, from the committee on APP
preparations, reported the pension appro-
priation bill, and it was ordered printed and
laid over for future action.
The committee on appropriations recon-
mended the adoption Of several amend
ments, the most important of which are
those prohibiting the, payment :, OF
double. pensions, and directing the
secretary of : the interior TO
transmit annuallyNa list to congress to-
gcther with the amount paid to each.
The senate then devoted ha'f an hour to
the consideration of pension bills, &.number
of which were passed. Among them one
increasing the pension OF Elizabeth {. Gus
ter, widow Of General George Gus
ter. to $50 per month, and one
(house bilD granting a pension of $50
per month to Bette Taylor cambridge,
daughter of President Taylor The house
pension bill was amended by the adop-
ton of the general provision prohibiting
the payment of double pensions.
All 2:l5 the senate resumed consideration
of the tax bills, the floor being accord I'd to
Mr.. Bayard.
At tie conclusion of Mr.. Bayard' S speech
the bill was read for amendments.
Mr.. Beck offered an amendment
reducing ten cents per pound the tax on
manufactured tobacco. Pending discussion,
the motion went over for the day..
The presiding officer announced the APP
pointment of Hale, Allison, Cockrell us
conferees on the general deficiency bill.
Mr.. Jones, of Florida, gave notice of an
amendment to the sunsry civil bill appro-
priating $4,000 for continuing the i'm
proyements of the Pensacola navy yard.
After an executive session the senate ad-
iourned until tomorrow.
HOUSE.
Page, of California, moved to take from
the speakers table for the purpose of non
concurrence, the senate amendments to the
appropriation bill, but McCook stated that
he would raise the point of order that these
amendments must first be considered by
the committee. Page thereIpon withdrew
his motion.
The morning hour having been dis
pensed with, the house proceeded to the
Of the remaining senate
TO the general deficiency APP
bill, which had not been
in on yesterday. n large
majority of them were non-conCurrCd
in and few of them gave rise to any discus
sion, except that appropriGtinS $4,000 Tor
the payment of mileage to senator's who at
tended the special session Of the senate
convened on the 10th Of October, ISL.
Townsend, of Illinois, characterized this
amend ent as n little salary grab, ana
hoped that the house conlerees, when APP
pointed, would not yield TO the senate on
that point. =
Hiscock, of New York, for the purpose of
testing the views Of the house, moved
to concur in the amendments, and this mo-
tion having been voted down by heavy
majority, stated that the committee OF con-
fertes would take that vote rs an instruc-
lion that II should never yield the point.
Never" was repeated by several men,
bers, but Robinson, OF Massachusetts, pro-
tested against any such construction being
placed upon the vote. 80 the amendment
was non-concurred IN.
The last amendment in the bill was that
board OF audit,
consisting Of FIRST and second
Of the treasury and treasurer
of the United States, 10 whom shall be re-
ferred all claims aud the determination OF
all allowances 10 be made growing out OF
the illness and burial Of the late President
James A. Garfield. An attack was promptly
made upon the amendment, led by Black
burn In a long speech, in which he declared
that all claims embraced in this amend
nent should be settled through
the probate court. When so set
lied, he blackburn was willing to
any amount that might
be needed TO reimburse the Garfield estate,
and whatever sum was required 10 pay
Them. Amer q long debate, the house By
vote Of Is 10 - non-cOncurred in the sen
ate amendment. -
The bill TO pay Mrs. Garneld 50 VOO less
he amount paid 20 her husband on ac-
count of salary, was introduced by Taylor,
Df Ohio, and by unanimous consent was
passed.
Bowman, OF Massachusetts,, called up the
bill reported from the committee on civil
.eryice reform some months ago, 10 refer
an claims and demands against the govern
ment to the court Of claims Tor inyesiiga-
ion. and il was passed. The house took a
recess until O'Clock.
CONFIrMEn.
The senate confirmed e1 Senator Jones
A. West. OF Louisiana. 10 be commissioner
IF the District Ct Columbia.
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