National Republican., 1882-07-12
sENATE AND HoIsE,
The River and Hnrbor and the sundry
civil RIIIa Discussed.

NtNtl ohhcUahcus
The conference report on the bank charter ex-
tension bill was presented and agreed TO.
resolution to fix the daily hour Of meeting Mt
II o'clock was discussed but postponed until Mon
day next in Difference 10 the wishes Of members
of the Appropriations Committee, who contended
that they should be allowed TO utilize oil the time
available TO them during the present week In per-
fco,iug the remaining appropriation bills.
The consideration OF the river and harbor bill
was resumed, and Mr.. Harrison advocated an
amendment striking out the 100000 appropriated
for the reservoirs at the headw0ters of the Misss
sippi river, and inserting $4,000 for continuing
observations and surveys for the reservoirs.
Messrs. Mcmillan, Cameron Of Wisconsin, and
Window opposed, and Messrs. Williams and sauls'
bury favored the amendment; which, afler long
and tedious debate, was rejected by-yeas, q
nays, 80.
sundry items occupied the remainder OF the Gay.
These we're almost invariably successful, aud the
% vS,t Of The 6 mere sr%ay 81
for Cumberland Sound, in Georgia and Florida,
appealed to the instincts Of selfprcservation OF
Senators generally to prevent the lOndtng down OF
the bill to such an extent as to make It's defeat IN
evitable.
Mr.. Butler, in moving an adjournment, said the
fact seemed to be apparent that the Senate did
not expect to get away from Washington before
late in August The motion was voted down;
preeedeG deG"tS Hnacr the he Ave- rne and was
subsequently continued upon a motion to post.
| ponc the bill indefinitely, which was made TO
| afford the Florida Senators an opportunity Tor
| further remarks. A controversy then arose as to
| an alleged understanding which some Senators
asserted had been had that the five minute rule
was to apply pending the motion, and in order to
settle the question the official stenographeTs were
referred to- The notes o! Mr.. Theodore F. Sherey,
| upon being read, were accepted without question
MS to their accuracy and as settlement of the
| controversy The Increase for the Cumberland
Sound improvement was WAS then rejected: %. mn
was inserted for the harbor of New Rochelle, N. Y
After dsposing of various additional amend
the bill VA was SeTred 10 the edss rSm verne @s
requested upon some of the amendments.
Mr.. Ingalls, thought the changes had been So
numerous that no member could tel the exact
status or total of the bill lie would therefore ask
| that all the amendments be reporcd to the Senate
| separately He denounced the measure as the
annual shame, scandal, aud disgrace OF American
Mr.. McMillan-Upon that there is difference
Mr. Ingalls, (contempluously)-No whatever
Mr.. Mcmillan then stated that the present
amount of the bill was 500 02I7,575, aud that the
| total of the item added by the Committee of the
Whole was s763GO lie insisted upon proccedi nG
with the Lil, but (at 7:O5 without further action
an adjournment prevailed-S to 26, and the SEN
ate adjourned until to-day.
House of Representatives.
Immediately after the reading of the journal the
| House went into Committee of the Whole (Mr
| huSsOll CHulIl VII tuc SiNli uppiOPtA
| alton bill.
The portion of the bill relating to the survey o
the public lands being under consideration, Mr.
Anderson offered an amendment which, after
| long discussion, was ruled out upon point of or
| der raised by Mr.. Hazleton.
Mr.. Atkins offered an amendment reducing the
price to be paid for the survey of the public lands
to SIS per linear mile for standard and meande
lines, Sc for township. and 81 for section lines.
On motion of Mr. Valentine an amendment wa!
adopted authorizing the establishment of an in.
dustiia Indian school OH the Pawnee reservation
i'll Nebraska.
An amendment offered by Mr.. Atkins for thC
purpose of continuing the preparation of n geo
logical map of the United States gave rise to al
extended discussion as to the propriely OF extend
ing the geological survey into the States, or o
limiting 1t to n survey of the public lands.
The amendment was finally agreed to.
Mr.. Willis moved to increase the appropriate,
for the geological survey from sl2O0O0 10 S22O0O0
Adopted.
A long debate arose upon the proposition Of tn
bill to reduce the salaries of the teachers In tn
Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb AM
Messrs. Randall, Kasson, and Springer advocated
an amendment offered by Mr. Randall fixing tn
salaries at their present rate, while Messrs. Black
I burn and Cannon defended the provision of tn
bill. The amendment was lost. After completing
the consideration of sixty. eight of the cghty-fiv
pages of the bill the committee rose, and the Hous
| at Cos adjourned.