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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Census Report-A Disgusted
MidSy-The Legislative Programme
for The Week.

WASHINGTON, July 15-In the House,
Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, from the commit
tee of conference on the Legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill, reported
that the committee were unable to agree.
Mr.. Cannon explained that the first matter
in dispute touched the salaries of the House
and Senate employees. Messrs. Atkins, of
Tennessee, and Holman, OF Indiana, insisted
that the House should maintain its position
upon the subject, and even were the bill TO
hang fire for long time should hold to the
doctrine that as a coordinate branch of
the legislative department 1t had right to
determine what the salaries of government
employees should be.
Mr.. Holman declared he would rather see
the bill fail than have the House yield upon
this question.
Messrs. Cannon, Hiscock and Atkins were
reappointed conferees on the legislative
bill, and Messrs. Hiseoek, Robson and
Cox, OF New York, as conferees on the de-
fieiency appropriation bill.
A resolution was adopted referring to the
Committee on Civil Service Reform the
question OF inequalities of salaries between
the Senate and House employees, providing
that no salaries be increased.
The House went into committee Of the
whole on the Senate amendments to the
river and harbor appropriation bill. The
first sixteen amendments were non con-
Cured in.
On the seventeenth amendment, being
that for a survey for a ship canal to connect
the Chesapeake and Delaware. bays, Mr..
Carlisle, OF Kentucky, desired to have a
special vote so as to emphasize the opposi-
tion of the House to it.
After some little discussion a separate
vote was taken on this amendment, and It
was non-concuTed in.
The Hennepin canal amendment gave rise
to a dis eussion, in the course of which Mr..
Hutchins, of New York, expressed the hope
that the House would give such an emphatic
condemnation to the scheme that It would
never show its head again. The amend
ment was advocated by Messrs. Henderson
and Springer. 1t was non-concurred in.
The remainder of the amendments were
non-concUrred in, in gross, the whole
number being $50. The committee then
rose, and the House non-concurred in all
the Senate amendments.
An unsuccessful effort was made to have
an hour spent in hearing requests for unani-
nous consent, and then, at $3.50, the House
adj burned.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
After some uuimporant proceedings the
Senate proceeded to the consideration of
the pension appropriation bill, the internal
revenue bill having been laid aside infor
mally. After several amendments were
offered, discussed and voted down the bill
was passed.
The Senate insisted on its amendments to
the river and harbor appropriation bill, and
a conference committee was ordered, con-
sisting of Messrs. Mcmillan, Jones, of Ne
vada, and Ransom. Adjourned.
THE TENTH CENSUS.
Printing, to-d,y reported to the Senate a
bill to provide for the publication Of the
report of the tenth census. The bill provides
for printing ten thousand copies of a COM
plete series of separate reports, twenty
thousand of the report on population,
twenty thousand copies Of the report on
agriculture, and ten thousand copies of the
report on manufactures and merchandise.
and appropriates 1886, 461 for this purpose.
RESIGNED.
Cadet Midshipman H. l.. Tillebrowne, of
the United States Navy, has rendered his
resignation, on the ground that the pro-
visions of the present naval bill would pre-
clude his promotion until he had reached
the age OF 50 years.
THE COMING WEEK IN CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, July 16.-The unfinished
business to be laid before the Senate to-
morrow as the regular order, is the House
bill to reduce internal taxation, together
with the Finance Committees amendments,
proposing sundry important changes in the
tariff laws. There is some talk of laying
this measure temporarily aside tomorrow
in order to bring forward the
naval appropriation bill, but the
consideration Of the tax bill will probably
be considered for day or two, and then be
interrupted by the naval bill, which will,
doubtless, in that event be passed on
Wednesday or on Thursday. 1t is also
highly probable that the tax bill will again
be laid aside when the sundry civil sppro-
priation bill reaches the stage of readiness
for the Senate's action, there being very
general concurrence Of opinion that the two
remaining appropriation bills should be given |
precedence both IN order to afford proper
amount of time for their consideration by the |
committees of conference prior TO their ul-
timaie enactment as a means of really has
tening action upon the tax BILL 1t is ar
gued, with apparent force, that the prior |
passage Of all appropriation bills, and |
the consequent possibility of an ear
ly adjournment, would have the |
effect Of inducing Senators to make |
comparatively brief speeches upon this |
measure. and to confine themselves mainly |
to the offering of and voting upon amend |
ments instead of launching out upon the |
boundless sea Of discussions. On Tuesday |
the Republican maj 1rity in the House ex-
pect to call up he South Carolina contested |
election case of Smalls VS.. Tillman, and to |
follow It up with the Alabama case Of Smith |
VS.. Shelley.
The consideration OF these cases with &C.
casional Interruptions to admit of action |
upon the conference reports or the Senate
amendments to the appropriation bill will |
probably occupy the remainder of the week !
except in the contingency of a failure of
the Republicans TO secure the attendance Of
quorum of their own number, In which
event the time will be utilized by proceed
ing to miscellaneous business on the Speak
er's table and on the House calendar.