Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-02-18
F0RTY-sEvENTH CONGRESS.

SENATE.
In the United States Senate the three per
cent. Funding bill was taken up, the question
being on Mr.. Plumbs amendment to apply
the surplus revenue over 100000, 600 to a
reduction of the public debt. On motion of
| Mr.. Bayard, it was amended to require that
the Sl00, 600, GOO to be retained in the treasury
shall be Of standard coin value. Mr.. Plumb's
amendment was then rejected by vote of
rs to ~. The only Republicans voting for it
were Messrs. Ingalls,, Plumb and Teller, and
Mr. Davis of Illinois, independent; and the
| only Democrats voting against it being Messrs.
Bayard, Jones of Florida and Mcpherson.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Hoar, declar-
| ing that the bonds bearing three and a-half
per cent. interest to which the bills refer, was
adopted, after slight amendment by Mr.. In
| gals, by vote of 43 to 10. Mr.. Voorhees,
obtained the floor, when the Senate adjourned.
In the Senate of the United States number
| of petitions were presented in favor of woman
| suffrage and civil service reform. bill was
reported favorably for the purchase of freed
mems Bank property at $25, 900; also bill for
| the retirement OF Brevet Major General Meigs,
with the rank and pay of retired major gen
| eral. concurrent resolution was introduced
for reciprocity treaty between the United
| States and Mexico, and bill was passed ap-
| propriating SO 600 for the base and pedestal
of a monument to the late Admiral Dupont.
In the Senate OF the United States bill was
introduced directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to settle the accounts Of certain
/ states and the city of Baltimore growing out
of the war of 1872. A resolution was intro
duced directing the Secretary of State to
institute negotiations for reciprocity treaty
with the states of Central and South Amerlcaa
An appropriation of 144 was made for
draining and filling up the grounds south of
the Capitol in Washington. The resolution
declaring that the Pension Arrears bill ought
not to be repealed was taken up and iscussed
In the Senate of the United States the bill
to retire General Megs was favorably repor-
ted. A bill was passed directing the Secretary
of War to pay the Society of the Army of the
Cumberland $1,000 out of tho proceeds of the
sale : f condemned ordnance, for Garfield
statue. Senator Coke, Of Texas, made four
hours speech in favor OF tariff for revenue
only.
In the Senate of the United States the re-
port of the pleuro-pneumonia cattle commits
sion was called for. The bill to place Gen
eral Grant on the retired list came up, but
was informally laid aside. The bill was
passed to designate classify and fix the sal
aries of persons in the railway mail service
bill was reported to appropriate $40, 900 for
a statue of Chief Justice Marshall. Senator
Frye made speech in favor of the Morrill,
taTi crit IL. ,7n,..a s..4o. .n... NJ n,
presented numerous petitions in favor of
civil service reform. The Senate refused to
pass resolution appointing Neil s. Brown,
Jr., to act as chief clerk OF thb Senate. The
resolution declaring that the pension arrears
laws ought not to be repealed was further
debated, after which eulogies on the late
Representative O'Conor, Of South Carolina,
were delivered.
The House did nothing of note except to
discuss the Postofice Appropriation bill in
committee of the whole.
In the House of Representatives resolu-
ton was adopted calling upon the Department
of State for the letters of Jacob r. Shepherd, |
of the Peruvian Company, tearing date June
I'd August 49, September % and November Is,
1881, and the replies. A resolution was intro
duced asking the President by what authority
an invitation was extended to the South Amer
lean republics to hold congress in Washington
during 1882. A bill was introduced to estab-
lish fast mail ocean steamship line between
this country and Great Britain, and the resolu-
ion for the appointment Of commission on
the alcoholic liquor traffic was passed.
In the House of Representatives resolu-
ton was adopted directing the Postmater Gen
eral to furnish such information as he NAV
have concerning the custom of sub-letting
contracts for carrying the United States mails |
The Indian Appropriation bill was reported. |
The gross amount appropriated is 81 $50, 203, |
which is 1921, $40 less than the estimates, and |
1851, 800 greater than the amount appropriated |
for the current year. The number of agents |
is reduced from 81 to 60. The Apportionment |
bill was taken up and multitude of amend |
ments offered, fixing the number of Congress-
men all the way from 319 to 1855. The bill was |
under discussion when the hour of adjourn
ment was reached Committee on Postofices |
and Post Roads have agreed to report bill |
to create postal savings banks-The House |
Committee on Banking and Currency reported |
bill extending the charters of 393 national |
banks. Two hundred and ninety clerks were |
discharged from the Census Office.
In the House of Representatives the Tariff |
Commission bill was reported, also q bill to |
re-establish the Court of Commissioners of |
Alabama Claims, and distribute the unex- |
pended moneys of the Geneva award. A bill |
was reported to establish postal savings de- |
pository as branch of the Postoffice Depart |
ment The bill empowering the Postmaster |
General to adjust the claims of postmasters |
for LOSSES by burglary, fire or other unavoid-
able casualty, was passed. Consideration of
the Appointment bill was resumed, and the |
House subsequently suspended business to
hold memorial services in honor of the late |
Repre- sentative O'Connor, of South Carolina; |
after which it adjourned out of respect to his
In the House of Representatives a bill was
passed authorizing the President to restore