Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-27
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Tsx Bill splaced-RObesOn's
Steal Taken UP-mF. Van Wyek
Grows FaeetIOus-VarfOus Capital
Topics.

WASHINGTON, July 26.-In the Senate, as
soon as the routine order OF business was
disposed Of, Mr.. Hale moved to postpone
all present and prior orders Qncluding the
revenue bilD, and to take up tfe naval ap-
preparation bill. A long discussion followed,
in which the motion was construed on both
sides of the chamber as having the effect to
dispose of the subject Of revenue aud taxa
tion for this session, and to facilitate a
probable adjournment in the course of
few days.
In the further progress of the debate the
position OF the friends Of the revenue bill
was commented on as a virtual abandon
meUt of it. A vote was finally taken, when
a motion to proceed with the naval appro-
priation bill prevailed-Veas "a NAYS 26.
Messrs. Hale, Hosr, Ingalls,, Kellogg, McDin
aud Plumb were the Republicans voting
with the Democrats In favor of the motion.
The negative vote was entirely Republican,
except that of Messrs Malone and Davis of
Illinois. wro also voted "no."
Mr.. Van Wyck offered the following:
WHEREAS, The Tariff Commission, from
their headquarters at Long Branch, have on
public for information, and no response has
been made thereto, and, after inviting into
| Its presence manufacturers, importers and
| traders, 1t Is now wrestling with the serious
| question whether the gentlemen 80 invited
can relate their experiences and explain
| their theories without taking an oath duly
administered, to tell the truth evidently
with laudable desire to protect itself from
| imposition.
Resolved, That the Attorney General, as
soon as in his judgment he can prudentlY
withdraw his personal attendance from the
/ star route prosecutions, and can fully satisfy
| the President and his Cabinet that the mem
| bers of Congress are not officers of
the government, and as to the legality
OF political assessments, be directed to
proceed to Long Branch to aid said COM
mission In determining the above important
and intricate question, and he shall advise
what to him may seem proper to protect
/ said commission from imposition by men
wise in matters of trade and revenue either
| by stringent oaths or other pains and penal
| ties.
Numerous objections to the consideration
Of the resolution were made simultaneously,
and 1t went over without action.
The Senate took up the naval approprIa-
tion bill as in committee Of the whole (Mr.
Harris in the chair, and Mr. Hale, in charge
| of the bill, addressed the committee.
Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, Chairman
of the Naval Committee, at the instance of
that committee, moved to recon-
NIT the bill with instructions to
| the Appropriations Committee to
eliminate all OF its provisions relating to the
reorganization Of the navy. Passing over
! the merits or dement's OF these provisions,
| he protested against the usurpation by the
| Appropriations Committee of the function
which legitimately belonged to the Naval
Committee.
This proposition brought on general de-
bate, which was still pending when the
| Senate went into executive session, and
soon after adjourned.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, Mr. Hiscock, of New York,
| presented the conference report on the
| general deficiency appropriation bill, stating
| that the conference committee had been
unable to agree upon the only matter in con-
| troversy, the payment OF mileage to Senators
| for attendance at the extra session.
Mr.. Hiscock moved that the House recede
| from Its disagreement to that. Though he
was opposed to 1t, he did not desire that the
passage of the bill should be endangered or
| delayed.
After discussion, the motion was lost, and
| a new conference committee appointed.
The conference committee on the legis-
latiVe, executive and judicial appropriation
| bill reported another disagreement. The
/ House insisted upon it's position, and
| ordered another conference.
The House then voted-yeas ia, nays N
to reconsider the vote by which 1t yester-
| daV refused to agree to the conference re-
port on the river and harbor bill. The con-
ference report was then agreed to-yeas Ill,
nays 50
The aoor was granted the Committee on
| India Affairs, and debate on the first bill
| talr nm 10 sail If ~ ho
| Omaha Indian reservation, occupied the re-
mainder OF the day. Adjourned.
CAPITAL NOTES.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized the Peoples National Bank, of
| LYnchburg. Va, to commence business
| with capital OF 500, 300 He has also de-
clared a final dividend Of 13 per cent. TO the
| creditors Of the National Bank, of Vicks-
burg, Miss.
Geo. B. Tower, Supervising Inspector of
Steam Vessels for the New York district,
was recently asked by Secretary Folger to
| resign. He has refused to do so, and will
be removed as soon as his successor has
| been selected.
The subcommittee of the House Judicia-
| ry Committee have satisfied themselves that
the papers upon which they reported that
Nebraska was entitled to additional repre-
sentation In Congress were fraudulent.
turn for 1874 was altered to
make 1t appear to have been that Of 1872,
and this was substituted for the genuine
paper submitted by the Secretary of State of
| Nebraska. The fraud was discovered in
time to pre- vent the success of its object,
but the committee seem unable to fix the
responsibility for the fraud upon any per-
son as vet.
The President nominated j. w. Kinds, of
Alabama, to be United States Marshal for
the Northern district of Alabama, and the
following to be Postmasters: Louis Des-
WARES at Opelousas, La Henry L. Sander
son at Clarksville, Texas; Robert NJ. ! in
dali at Okolons, Miss
The Senate In executive session confirmed
the nomination of Merritt L. Joslyn to be
Assistant Secretary Of the Interior.