The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1882-02-22
FORTY.SEVENTH CONGRESS-.
Senate,

Mr.. Teller, from the committee on pensions,
reported an original bill as q substitute for the
one on the subject, granting to Lucretia r.
Garfield, Sarah Childress Polk and Julia Gard
her Tyler, widows of x-Presidents, life ZEN
sions OF SIS, 900 per year from September 10,
iS81-that of Mrs. Tyler to be IN lieu OF the
pension heretofore granted her. Placed on the
calendar. .... Mr.. Hoar reported from the COM
mittee on privileges and elections the Senate
bill fixing the day for the meeting OF electors
OF President and Ticc-President, providing
for and regulating the counting oil the votes for
President and Vice-President, and the decision
OF questions arising thereon. he said the bill
was identical with the one reported by MIR:
Edmunds from tho judiciary committee and
passed by the Senate in 1878. Ordered to be
printed. 80. On motion of Mr.. Logan the Senate
bill for tho distribution by the national board
of health of pure vaccine virus to the people
wns taken by unanimous consent. The COM
mittee amendments were adopted and the bill
was passed %. Tho Sherman three per cent.
funding bill was passed as amended by . vote
of 1888 yeas to 10 nays.
Petitions for woman suffrage were presented
from various STATES and by MIR. Hoar from
citizens of Massachusetts for civil service re-
form. Mr. Hawley alao presented one on this
subject. . Mr.. Ingalls, resolution declaring
that the pension arrears law ought not to be
repealed was discussed without action IA
bill was introduced by Mr.. Harrison defining
the powers and jurisdiction Of the Mississippi
commission; authorizing the appropriation OF
land and material for improvements OF the
Mississippi and its navigable tributaries, etc.
I'LL. Grape, chairman of the committee on
banking and currency, reported q bill to enable
national banking associations to extend their
corporate existence. MIR. Buckner presented
the minority report which, with the report OF
the majority, was referred to the House calen-
dar. . Mr.. Ryan, from the committee on ap-
preparations, reported the Indian appropriation
bill, and it was referred to the committee OF
tho whole. (It appropriates 81, 800, 2O3. which
is 500, $40 less than the estimates and $751;
GOO greater than the amount appropriated for
the current year. The number OF agents is
reduced from slxty.seven to sixty.)
NJ. Hoar presented o protest from the
National Woman Stuff age association OF Mas.
sachiistits against any law d;sfranchising the
won.o, of Utah. unless tho men Of that Terri
tory be also disfranchised. ...M Mr.. Miller and
Mr.. Dawes presented petitions Tor a constitu-
tionpl amendment to prohibit any abridgement
Of the suffrage on account Of Sex. Mr.. Vance
%rcportcl adversely from the naval committee
the Senate bill prohibiting ministers OF q do
nomination having already six representatives
on tie active list from being appointed az
c!rai.laina in the navy, and providing for four
aid tional chaplaius. Indefinitely postponed.
A petition was presented by Mr.. Pendleton
signed Ly judges OF the supreme court, OF
Pennsylvania, 10y many public officers, and by
$500 leading men of all classes and PROFESSIONS
in the cities Of Philadelphia ana plttsours,
as. ing that appointments to subordinate e1-
ecutiyo Offices, with such EXCEPTIONS as may be
expcdicnt, shall DO made by competitive e1-
animation, and that removals shall not be made
on PARTISAN grounds. -. Eulogies upon tho late
Representative 'O'Conor, OF South Carolina,
wcro delivered by Messrs. Butler, Bayard,
Jones and Hampton, and appropriate roso-
lutions passed.
Bills and resolutions introduced: By Mr..
Springer, q resolution calling on the President
for information as to the right or authority
under which the republics of North and South
America were invited to send commissioner
to q peace congress to be held in Washington
in November, 1882. BY Mr.. Grape, prescrlb-
ing that the penalty for embezzlements OF the
funds of national banks shall be imprisonment
for not less than five and not more than ten
years. BY Mr. Van Aernam, to prevent the
Introduction Of contagious or infectious dis
eases. BY Mr.. Robinson, resolution directing
tho attorney general to communicate to the
House his opinion vi SoScIdl 4uoosloho ASA"Sit'o
to tho legality Of the imprisonment by the
British government of American citizens.
On motion of Mr.. Harrison the Senate bill
for tho delivery Of $50 pieces OF condemned
bronze cannon to the Society OF the Army OF
the Cumberland for q Garfield statue in Wash
myron was considered. The committee
amendment substituting q provision for tho
payment by the secretary Of war to tho rociety
of 81, 500 out Of tho proceeds Of condemned
ordinance was agreed to, and the bill as amond-
cd passed.
The tariff commission bill was reported from
the committee OH ways and means BY MIR. has.
son, and it was referred to the ommltte OF
;Gc Whole. liz stated that he would ask for its
consideration at az early a day as the business
of the House would permit-probaoiy wlthln
ono week. Mr.. Morrison stated that the report
srbnitted by Mr.. kas.on was not the unanl-
nous report OF the committee, but as the ma.
jority had presented no reasons why the Dill
should pass, the minority had not thought II
necessary to submit their views. MIR. randall
gave notice that 10 would, at the proper time,
offer an amendment providing that the
commission shall consist OF " senator's,
three ltcplcsc ~niatives and four experts. Un,
Ger the call Of committees MIR. Lacey subinitteo
s. report to establish a postal savings depository
ss a branch of tho rostofice department. he
committed. The House passed tho bill au-
tl!orizing tho postmaster general to adjust the
claims of postmastcrs for l:sses by burglary,
fire or other unavoidable casualty, after limit.
ing the Jurisdiction of the acknowledgement
TO claims which may arise hereafter or which
havo arisen within the past fifteen years.:
tributes Of respect were paid to me memory Of
tho late Representative NJ. r.. O'Connor, OF
South Carolina, by Dibblc, Randall, Bowman,
Maginn,s, Lindsey, Bclizhcover, Ellis, Robin
son, OF New York, and Evans.