The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-07-15
XLVIIth Congress -1st Session.
SENATE

WASHINGTON, July H.
Mr cameron OF Pennsylvania introduced a
JOINT resolution making it misdemeaDor
punishable by fine of $500 and dismissal
from office for any officer OF the United States
government civil, military or naval, to make
any discrimination in favor of or against any
school or medical practice or its legal diplomas
or It's duly graduated members in the examin-
ation and appointment of candidates for the
medical service in any department of the
government. Referred
t,Mr. Rollins called up the resolution for the
daily meeting of the Senate at II a. m. on and
after Monday next Adopted.
Mr.. Logan from tho committee on appro-
priatiens reported the pension appropriation
bill and 1t was ordered printed and laid over
for future action. The committee on appro-
priations recommend the adoption of several
amendments, the most important of which are
those prohibiting paying of double pensions
and directing the Secretary of the Interior to
transmit annually to Congress a list of persons
on tho pension rolls with amount paid each.
A number of pension bills were passed,
among them one increasing the pension of the
widow OF Gen. Custer to 500 per month and
one granting a pension of $50 per month to
Betty Taylor cambridge, daughter of Presi-
dent Tyler.
The Senate resumed the consideration of
the tax bill, the floor being awarded to Mr..
Bayard who spoke at some length reviewing
and eriticising the prc7ent tariff system. At
ments
Mr.. Beck offered an amendment reducing
ten cents per pound the tax on manufactured
tobacco. Pending discussion the matter went
over for day and the, Senate adjourned till
tomorrow.
Mr.. Page of California, moved to take from
the Speakers table for the purpose of non-con-
currence in Senate amendments the river and
harbor appropriation bill, but Mr.. McCook
ofof f<.I hkax int
IF order that those amendments must first be
considered in committee of the whole. Mr..
Page thereupon withdrew the motion.
The morning hour was dispensed with. The
House considered the remaining Senate
amendments to the general deficiency appro-
priation bill which had not been nonconcurred
in yesterday. A large majority of them were
nonconeurred in. Few gave rile to any dis
cussion except that appropriating $33, CD for
payment of mileage to Senators who attended
the special session of the Senate convened oc-
tober 1st.
Mr.. Hiscock OF New York moved to concur
in the amendment, but it was voted down by
a heavy majority. The last amendment in the
bill was that constituting a board of audit
consisting of the first and second comptrolers
of the Treasury and the Treasurer of the
United States to whom shall be referred all
claims and the determination of all allowances
to be made growing out OF the illness ana
burial of the late President James A. Garfield.
Alr, BlacKDufn OIL AeQluCKy OppO5ou buo
Senate amendment. He claimed that the
charges were exorbitant. There was no proof
before the select committee that either of the
doctors in the case had shown any extraordin-
ary skill in its treatment. There was not even
an atom of proof that either of them ever laid
eyes upon thePresident from the day he was
shot to the day he died.
Mr. Blackburn wanted all these claims for
services sent to the probate court and there
adjudieated aud then he was willing to vote
every dollar necessary to clear the estate of
President Garfield of all such claims.
Messrs. Page, Hiscock and Dunnell advo-
Gated settlement of the claims by the House.
Several others participated in the discussion
and various amendments were proposed and
rejected. The Senate amendment was finally
non-concnrred in-yeas rs, nays S3.
Mr. Taylor then asked and obtained
unanimous consent to report a bill directing
the Secretary to pay Lucretia Garfield $50CS0
less any sum paid him on account of his salary
as president. The bill was read and passed
unanimously.
The House went into committee on the Sem
ate amendments TO the river and harbor bill
but as the amendments were not printed the
committee rose and they were ordered printed.
Mr.. Bowman called up the bill reported from
the committee on civil service reform some
months ago to refer all claims and demands
against the government to the court of claims
for investigation, and it was passed.
The House then took recess till s, the
evening session to be for the consideration of
pension bills.
AT the evening session pension bills to the
number of forty or more were passed, includ-
ing the Senate bill granting an increase of
pension to Mrs. Custer. The House also
passed bills granting seyanty-five condemned
cannon for monumental purposes. Adjourned.