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at O'Clock, called attention to the absence
OF quorum and moved TO adinnrn

| OF quorum and moved TO adjourn.
| After resolutions To adjourn were mega
tived, the last resulting to ~, and the t,,rt
peihS OBVIOUS that quorum could not he
secured, MIR, Morrill, reluctantly consented
70 adjournment and the senate, at 7:I5 adj.
journed until TO morrow. " '''' wv"
| HOUSE.
Hutchins, of New York. offered n raso,u.
ton proposing constitutional amend.
| neht provluing that it shall take two.
| thirds OF the members elected to each house
OF congress to pass a bill over the presi.
dents VetN, instead OF two-thirds of the
members young, as at present. Referred
Inc conference report on the legislative
executive ana Judicial appropriations bill
was presented agreed TO.
hooeson, OF New Jersey, presented the
| conference report upon the naval appro-
piia'ioh pi'i, stating that agreement had
been reached on all points of disnnte cy.
oept that relative to closing navy wards. He
explained the provisions of the bill as far ms
| agreed upon. The substantial difficulty
| met by the committee, was the item aboI-
| ishing the grade of commodore, which had
| peen stricken out by the senate. Compro.
| mise had at last been accepted by the adon-
| tion OF provision that hereafter only one
| naif OF the vacancies in the various grades of
| the line OF the navy shall be filled by promo
| tioh until the number of officers shall have
oeen reduced to the following points: Rear
aunilrMs, U commoodores, To- captains, 45;
Commanders, 50; lieutenant. commanders
| a; lieutenants, $50; masters, rs; ensipns 75
| The next substantial difference was In rela.
tion to the sale of old material and sbips
.he senate having adopted a provision that
tne amount OF such material must be re-
ported TO congress. The committe nro
| Viued that old material should not be re.
| ported, but that before any old SHIN is
| sold, 1t shall be examined and appraised
| oy the nayal boards and the facts reported
W congress; The amendment giving dis
creuoh 10 tile secretary of the navy to close
certain navy yards, was insisted on by the
MOUSE coi'erees, and was the only mater
IN dispute.
| Peele, OF Indiana, inquireLas TO the differ.
ence IN the amount appropriate by the
OIL as agreed upon by the conference com
mlttee, and the amount AS il originally y
passed the house. ''''''''
Robeson replied that the bill as it passed
the house had been reduced $500 O0t and
tliat us IL now stood IL appropriated Sl75..
wv less Than the bill OF last year.
hewitt, Of New York, expressed gratiG-
catioi that the house conlerces had insist
eu on tle clause relative TO navy yards,
put pointed ouI the fact that it gave the sec.
l - tNN haN biotItlluu WHICH nlNnt
pA exercised in a political and partisan
manner, He did not believe the present
secretary OF the navy would do so. but he
(HewltD wished to give notice that should
ne DO SO, lie would be held to account by
the country. ~
The report was agreed to and another con.
ference ordered.
The house proceeded to consider the SEN
ate amendments to the sundry civil ap.
preparation bill. Matters ran very
smoothly Tor q while and amendments
were concnrrred in or nonconcurred in, nc.
corning 10 the recommendation of the
committee on appropriations. The first
stunfblins block encountered was the
clause relative TO the national board of
health; the amendment increasing to the
amount Oh $iS'UO appropriations made for
1nat BODY. Dunn, OF Arkansas, Reagan, OF
lexas, and Manning, of Mississippi. adyo-
cated concurrence in the amendment, But
terworth, of Ohio, Cox of New York argued
IN layor Of rejection. The latter declared
ms beliei that there was plot on foot Ia
work up yellow fever scare in order that
the salaries OF the board might continue
hiscocK' OF New Iork-"There is no: a
doubt about it,"
Cox rc'errea to m article in Now Or.
leans paper to show that the national board
OF health had attempted to get up u yellow
ieVer scare over II case which alterward
turned out TO be Il case of jaundice, and
Salu IL was by such means that the board
hoped to perpetuate its salaries and its
inutility. If the board were given power
TO oupturn local quarantines the government
would nave stupendous institution that
would do nothing but interfere with COM
merce ana bring trouble upon the country.
manning sad there was not any plot In
I.h nns. Al
| tle BOARD, and dwelt uDon the importance
OF maintaining that board ut the highest
| degree oi efficiency
Reagan referred to the senate amend.
mepts and deplored the fict that the house
| shoulu engage il contemplate higgling or
| Squa1blini over $4,000, which was not The
one-thousandth part of the sum which
would 'bc lost should another yellow fever
epldemic spread throughout the south. lie
| Sylticised position taken By Cox, OF New
iorE, declaring that that gentleman would
os willing to see people die constitut onaly
us wen as to see the country devastated
ship.
hiscock opposed concurrence in tbe
| amendment, and in the course of his re-.
marks said that sixty days ago the scare
| hau commenced, agents of the board had
Ocen sent everywhere and the force and
power OF patronage had been brought into
requlsiuon IN order to carry this matter
though the house. Hewou,d not, for the
SAKE OF creating paltry patronage, Tor the
sake of securing appointments Tor the pur-
pose OF giving employment to another
army to feast on the treasury, vote for any
measure, even though his vote was invoked
III the sacred name Of humanity.
The argument was continued in support
oil the amendments by Lynch and Singleton
OF Mississippi, Tucker, of Virginia, aud
Lord, OF Michigan. Blount, OF Georg q, and
Robeson, of New York, con,ended that the
provisions made for the board IN the
original house bill were ample, and hoped
the senate amendments would be reiec ed.
Ihe amendments were finally concurrod in.
The remainder of the afternoon was con-
sumed in tue dull work of concurring or
non eoncurring in senate amendments, the
proceedings only once or twice being diver
sliled by noisy, but brief and unimpoItant
discussiens upon some of the items. II
was nearly o'clock when the amendn ents
were all disposed of and the bill was sent
to the senate.
Hiscock moved tho house adjourn, but
the speaker stating that If the house re-
mained in session u few minutes longer the
legislative bill could be recalled, tie mo-
tion was withdrawn.
The house disagreed TO the amendment of
the senate to the bill providing for the
printing Of the agricultural reports for 1881,
ANA conference wns ordered.
Az 6:l0p. m. the house took recess for
nall an hour, In which time the legislative