Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-14
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
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Internal Revenue BIIl-Wind In
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WASHINGTON, July 13.-The President
to-day made three nominations of interest
to Georgia and Florida, all Of which have
been predicted in the specials to the NEWS
They viii not be confirmed by the Senate
before the final adjournment. The three
nominations in question are as follows:
F. NJ. Wicker to be Collector Of Customs at
Key West, Fla, and r. D. Locke and s. A.
Darnelle to be Marshal and District Attor-
neY respectively of the new judicial district
In Georgia.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, Mr.. Rollins, from the Com
mittee on the District of Columbia, reported
back adversely the bill authorizing the
Washington and Point Lookout Railroad
Company to extend its road into the District
OF Columbia. Indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Voorhees, offered a resolution direct
ing the Committee on Library to INQUIRE
into the expediencY OF purchasing, editing
and publishing the unpublished manuscript
papers Of Andrew Jackson. Adopted.
d lOAub ACcO1OblOn WAS pd5bSu
ing fifty thousand dollars to enable the
United States to take part in the Inter
national Fishery Exhibition, to be held in
London in May, 1888.
The House has also passed this resoIu-
ton.
A discussion then sprang up as to the
order of business.
Mr.. Morrill, antagonized all other meas
ures with the internal revenue BILL while
napnnarotf0 rnaunharc fncfcfod
other measures upon the calendar be-
ing taken up and disposed of. They
took the ground that the revenue bill
as 1t stands affords relief from taxation to
only few of the very classes of people
who are best able to stand taxation, while it
affords no relief to the poorer majority, and
that 1t is a delusiou and snare.
Messrs. Butler, Bsyard and Morgan were
among the principal opponents of the
proposition to take up the bill out of its
order.
At two o'clock Mr.. Morrill, moved to
postpone consolidation of all pending orders
until one week from to-day.
Mr.. Salisbury expressed his surprise at
the change which had come over the spirit
of the dream of the Republican party. His
friends on the other side seeing the blunder
they had made, finding themselves face to |
face with the fall campaign, and becoming
alarmed as to the result, came in now, and
in order to save themselves from defeat |
were endeavoring to throw the RESPONSE
biIity of any delay in reducing the tariff |
upon the Democratic side, because it de- |
sired during the morning hour to proceed |
to the consideration of other important |
measures.
Mr.. Vest expressed his willingness that |
the Senate should stay in session until fall /
and until after the election in order to re- |
duce taxation, while Mr.. Williams declared |
hat nsx q 1kn 4,,
Washington through the dog-days and until
next December.
After further debate Mr.. MorTill's motion
wss agreed to, and the Senate, at 10 p M,
proceeded to the consideration of the in
ternal revenue tax bill.
Mr.. Morrill, briefly reviewed and defended
the measure, and was followed by Mr..
Voorhees, in long speech in opposition to
tr on the general ground already stated.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Voorhees, re-
marks Mr.. Bayard obtained the noor, and
then the further consideration of the bill
went over until to morrow.
The Committee on Appropriations re-
ported back the naval appropriation bill,
and It was laid over and ordered printed,
Mr.. Hale giving notice that he would call 1t
up for action on Saturday or Monday,
The Senate then went Into executive ses-
sion. When the doors were reopened the
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The morning hour having been dispensed
with the House, at lilo, went into commit
tee of the whole (Mr. Kasson, of Iowa, in
the Chain on the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill.
The item authorizing the payment to
thirty contestants and contestees for seats
in the House various sums, aggregatfng |
about $46, 600, was amended so as to increase
the total to about $4,000. and was the
agreed to.
Mr.. HIscock offered an amendment ap-
$4,000 for the salaries and
expenses Of the commission to negotiate a
commercial treaty with Mexico. Adopted.
Upon an amendment appropriatiue =
6150, 900 to enable the President to carry out '
civil service reform a debate arose, partly
political and largely personal, which con- {
;umed much time to little purpose.
The committee then rose, and the bill and
5he amendments were reported to the
House. All the amendments were con-
cured in The bill was then passed-yeas
1873, nays 40. ,
The Senate amendments to the deficiency ,
bill were reported, and were !
'everallV non concurred In.
Adjourned,
COMBINATIONS,
The Senate, in executive session TO-DAY. =
confirmed the following nominations: Lewis {
W @AoSO 40 GuNOy GATaOEuIuaTV aQQ Mil |
ster PlenipotentiarY to. Turkey; Henry G. /
Hall as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
9lenipotentiary to Central America;
John A. HsldemaD, of Missouri,
IS Minister Resident and Consul General
o Siam N. K. Sawyer, of Florida, as Con- :
ul at Turks Island ]. P. Wickesham, of =
pennsylvania, as Minister Resident and :
Jonsul General to Denmark NJ. j. Cramer.
II Kentucky, as Minister Resident and Con-
ul General to Switzerland s. B. Axtell, of
)hio, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
or New Mexico; J. A. Mckee, to be Mar
hal for the Northern District of Texas
7. 9. Bigger, to be United States ATTORNEY 1
or the Northern District of Texas, and S
I. A. Dean, to be Postmaster at Winchester,
1irginia.
NOMINATIONS.
The President to-day nominated to be j
collector Of Customs, Frank n Wicker. for I,
be District OF Key West, and William g. h
henderson, for the District of Pearl River.
1iss., and Richard D. Locke to be Mar
bal and s. A. Darnelle Attorney of the q
nited States for the Southern District OF d
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