Morning journal and courier., 1882-12-14
Forty-Seventh Congress.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13


 SENATE.-Several petitions were presented in crease of pensions to one-armed and one-egged sol
 MT. Morrill,, Of Vermont, asked obtained 1esve for ths Finance committee to sit during the sessions of the Senate.
 MT Ingalls,, of Kansas introduced, by reqrest, a bill to compel the prosecution of proceedings in bankruptcy to final decree Referred to the Com Mr.Platt excused from further service chair m sn Of the Committee on Pensions At the close of the morning hour Mr. Beck of Ken lucky, called up his resolution for investigation Mr. Edmunds to refer it to The Civil Ssrvice committee MT. Beck said after conversation with content to have the resolution and suts ite sent to that committee to make the best of them. After . little debate between Messrs. Hale West Virginia the resolution and substitute referred ed. MT. Hawley delivered a set speech in favor the bill and after he had concluded his speech Mr. shall be practical in their may be relate to matters which will illustrate the fitness the duties of the service to which they desired to be Pend ng the discussion of Mr. Allison s.amendrnent authorizing the President to appoint three commits sioners to be known as the United States Civil Ser vice Commission at salary of $4,50o each um the senate at 4:25 went into executive session and ad journed ct 4:50.
 HoUsE-On motion of MT. Springer, of Illinois the Senate joint resolution passed authorizing the payment of portion of the virginius indemnity l to tho mother of General w. A. c. Ryan. The Congressional library bill then as unfinished business, the pending question being on
 
 lay upon the table the motion reconsider the vote by which the House decided to recommit the bill with I instructions. Th4 motion to reconsider then tabied-yeas 115, nays 0. This vote has the effect of recommtting the bill with instructions to the committee to report back bill for the erection library ground belonging to the United States in l Washington.
 1 Ths House then at 12:4O, went into Committee ot l the Whole the agricultural approp riation bill Considerable discussion paragraph in the bill which appropriates 100 for getting satsti bearing upon agriculture: Messrs Cannon Cox, ,Hol- and others opposed this holding that the bureau of statistics is the proper department for gather | such information. Mesers Williams (Wis) Ander- SOB, Valentine and others urged the value of purely agricultural statistics, saying that buresu would furnish this information unless specially created fol this purpose. MT. Cox (N. Y.) otfersd resolution l that the information should not be published in the 1 interest of any partisan economy standpoint claiming that many bureau reports distorted and l turned to partisan The resolution however | defeated.
 The agricnlt .ral appropriation bill wa3 finally passed without amendment
 MT. kas his feet immediately the purpose of calling up his civil service reform bl but the Speaker announced the prior claim of the military academy appropriation bill. Mr. Kasson asked for assurance that his bill should before the House tomorrow but he was informed by Chair man Hiscock that the Committee Appropriat would press the posofce bill believing it to be bet ter plan for the House to take the Senate bill when it shall have passed the basis for their action civil service reform. Mir. Kasson notice that he should push his bill against tha- of MT. Hiscocks committee tom. rrow.
 The military academy bill was then passed ported
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