The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-06-29
XLVIIth Congress-1St Session.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, June %.
The morning hour was devoted to routine
business. The Senate then resumed the con-
sideration of the legislative. executive and jul
dicial appropriation bill and devoted to it the
remainder of the day session.
Mr.. Window, from the foreign citations
committee, reported the Senate bills allowing
the widows of Ministers Hurlbut and Kilpat-
rick the balance of one years salary. Passed.
Mr.. Blair, chairman of the committee on
education and labor, reported substitute for
the resolution directing an investigation into
the labor strikes. The substitute enlarges the
scope of the proposed investigation.
Conference reports on the consular and dip
lomatic appropriation bill were submitted and
agreed to.
The Senate then resumed the consideration
of the legislative, executive and Judicial APP
preparation bills. The remaining committee
amendments up to page "a of the bill were
agreed to and the bill was temporarily laid
aside.
The House bank charter bill was received
with the information that the House had
agreed to some and disagreed to other Senate
amendments.
A motion by Mr.. Beck to refer the bill to the
finance committee in order that the new pro-
visions might be inserted, was after some de-
bate rejected.
The Senate refused to concur in the action
of the House and referred differences to
Messrs. Allison, Morrill, and Beck as con-
ferees.
The House revenue bill was received and
referred with several proposed amendments to
the finance committee.
Adjourned.
Mr. Orth of Indiana, from the committee of
foreign affairs reported resolution requesting
the President to communicate to the House ad-
ditional correspondence called by a resolution
of the 25th of April and not heretofore COM
municated to Congress, and also any other in
formation relative to the subject.
The previous question was ordered notwith-
standing the objection of Mr.. Robinson of New
York, who desired to offer an Eamendmcnt. He
was called to order by the speaker who finally
ordered the sergeant-at-arms to see the gentle
man seated.
row move to impeach the Minister at London.
That was privileged question and he had
right to be heard upon it.
Mr.. Wilson of West Virginia, member of
the committee on foreign affairs supported
resolution which he proposed to offer when the
pending one was disposed of. His resolution
requests the President forthwith to demand OF
Great Britain the reason for imprisonment of
American citizens in Ireland, and if it shall
appear that such imprisonment is wrong and
in violation of the rights of American citizens,
he is authorized to demand their release and if
it is delayed or refused he shall resort to such
means as he may think proper for their re-
lease.
for seven minutes, but he contemptuously de-
clined to make use of them. He said hs had
documents by him by which he should bring
blush of shame to the face of every American.
He could show that for a hundred days the
President had been on his knees before Lord
Granville and that Granville was splitting in
his face and insulting the nation by refusing to
listen to his prayers. There was all kinds of
garbage and nonsense sent to Granville to tell
him that the House was not in earnest, and ex-
o+of fI,o Mo- Erihr traa
able as everwere spawned fromlthe vermin that
Washnton hunted in 1776, including the an
cestor of James Russell Lowell, who was
Tory, and had been sent to Granville telling
him that the House was not in earnest He
expressed his contempt for the milk and water
resolution of the committee, declaring that
the House had not sufficient courage to adopt
a resolution which would show whether the
British lions tail should be wrenched or the
American eagles neck wrung. The resolution
vas adopted. g
Mr. Wilson offered the resolution of which
he had given notice, and it was also adopted.
Mr. Kasson of Iowa, from the committee on
civil service reform, reported back bill to
charge the court of claims with certain duties
in contested election cases. Calendar.
The House then went into committee OF the
whole on the naval appropriation bill.
Mr.. Robinson in charge of the bill briefly re-
viewed it general features
The committee then arose informally in Or
der to fix somelimitations upon general debate.
1t was finally agreed general debate should
close tomorrow at two o'clock. The commit
tee resumed its session on the naval appropria-
tion bill.
Mr.. Atkins expressed himself in favor of
many provisions of the bill and said reforms
proposed therein would save the government
many millions.
Mr.. Whitthorne opposed the bill and made a
violent attack upon the ERobeson administra-
tion of the navy department asserting that
during that administration over $54 1000 900
had been squandered
Mr.. ONeill objected to many provisions OF
the bill and more especially to that which
lodged in the secretary of the navy power to
close certain navy yards or at least take work
from one yard and transfer it to another.
Mr.. Bowman opposed the legislative features
of the bill but in SO doing declared no inter-
tion of rejecting on the gentleman from New
Jersey.
Mr.. Harris, chairman of the naval affairs
committee argued in favor of finishing the
monitors and pending his remarks the COM
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