Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1882-07-01

made to levy and collect assessments
for political partisan purposes from
any employees of the government in
Washington whether the same be
under the guise of asking voluntary
contributions or otherwise, and to re-
port to the Senate by bill or otherwise
in its discretion. In the House the
same matter was discussed at some
length.
Amendments TO the tax reduction
bill repeating the taxation on bank capt.
tai, were voted down in the House, as
were also others exempting tobacco and
and fermented liquors from taxation.
1T is rumored that the President
will protect government employees in
their refusal to pay political assess.
ment.
A resolution introduced by Mr..
Belmont in the House asking the Presi-
dent to call an international conference
to establish prime meridian, was lost,
% to So.
The House passed a resolution to
adjourn on the 10th of July.
The House bill to enable national
banks to continue their corporate exist
ence came up as regular business in the
Senate on Thursday. A number of
amendments were offered, one TO com.
pei the national banks to receive as
deposit silver certificates and to compel
depositors to receive from the banks
these certificates in payment of their
checks. This was rejected by a vote o.
II yeas to % nays. Mr.. Vests sub
stitute directing the issue of Treasury
notes in exchange for national bank
currency and forbidding the creation of
new national banks was voted down by
IL to 81, and the bill passed by a vote
of 81 yeas to IS nays.
The Senate in executive session
confirmed all of the Presidents nomina-
tions for members of the Tariff Com
mission. The final vote on the question
of confirmation was 81 yeas against 81
nays. Four or five Democrats voted
with the body OF the Republicans in the
affirmative, and one Republican (Mr.
Van Wyck) voted in the negative.
Mr.. Hawley, from the Military Com
mittee, made unanimous report to the
Senate in favor of the House Joint
resolution authorizing the Secretary of
War TO erect at Washington's Head
quarters in the city of Newburg, n. Y.
memorial column and to aid in defray-
ing the expenses of the centennial cele.
bration TO be held in that city in 1883.
| The bill was passed.
| FOREIGN
The English War Office on Monday
Issued orders for 10000 arms and ac-
coutrements to be ready in four days to
go to Egypt, with the view, it is be-
lieved, of calling out the army reserve
within three days.
Engineer Melville, having DOM.
pleted his search for the missing PEG.
pie of the Jeanette, has reached va.
kutsk on his way home. He telegraphs
that he has searched the entire coun.
try between the rivers Alanck and Jana
for traces of Lieutenant Chips party,
but found nothing.
Thomas Magahey, a constabulary
pensioner, was shot by masked assassins
at Klkeelan, near Athboy, county
Meath. His wounds are believed to be
fatal.
Correspondence now at Alexandria
telegraph that the situation is growing
hourly worse. A water famine i
threatened.
"A serious discussion is going on in
China upon the course to be pursued
respecting America s anti Chinese action
One party is said to welcome il as
affording an opportunity for severinc
all relations with the United States.
The majority propose to await further
developments; but all agree in declaring
that China's rights have been ruthlessly
dlsregarded, and that the American
Government has made itself liable tc
retaliatory action.