The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-02-18
The Senate Passes a Bill Introduced by
Mr.. Coke. ApprOpriating $780,
900 Toward Improving
Galveston Harbor...
Nominations.
Mrs. Garfield Says She Cherishes No
Malice Toward Guitcau and His
Family, but Desires to be Left
Alone With Her Sorrow.
The House Finally Passes the Appor.
pOrtiOnment Bill...FixiAg the
Number at 1926.
A Terrible Explosion at Chester, Penn.
...LOSs of Life.
The New York Future and Stock Mar.
kets...Failures.
Other Domestic and Foreign News.
Other Domestic and Foreign News
Forty-Seventh Congress.

WASHINGTON, February 17.-Mr. Coke re-
ported favorably from the committee on
commerce, bill introduced by him on the
previous day, appropriating 100000 to i'm
prove the harber at Galveston, Texas, and
urged its immediate consideration.
Mr. ingalls, insisted upon the regular or
der but, later in the morning Mr.. Coke re-
iterated his appeal and the bill was consid-
cred and passed.
Mr., Jones, of Florida, reported from the
committee on public buildings bill to au-
thoriZe the secretary of the treasury to
erect public building at Key West.
bill authorizing the payment of as
signees of claims of census bureau employees
out OF the recent deficiency appropriation
was passed
Bills were INTRODUCED as follows
By Mr.. kellogg-Providing for the follow
| ing appropriations: For the improvement
of the river in front of New Orleans, 500
900; Ouachita river, $50, 600, Red river, above
| Shreveport, $50,0OO Bayou Lafourche, $75,-
900; Bayou Teche, $4,000; Calcasieu river,
sac, 1000; deepening the channel of the Atch-
afalaya river 100000; building lock at
the mouth of Bayou Plaquemine, $25O,O00;
| post-otlice and courthouse at Shreveport,
| S25O,OUO; courthouse and post office at Ope-
| lousas, $3.50, 1000; custom-house and post
office at Morgan City, $l50,0O0
The calendar was then proceeded with.
Two bills for relief of individuals were
| passed, when, at lao the doors were closed
| for executive session.
The time spent by the senate in exeCu-
| tive session to-day was mainly consumed by
| discussion of the nomination of Major Ro-
| chester to be epaymaster-general. The nom
nation was at length confirmed by large
majority.
At 4;3O the doors were reopened, when
the pension arrears resolution was taken up
and laid over as unfinished business, and
the senate adjourned until Monday.
| HOUSE.
Owing to the great confusion which eX-
listed at the close of Yesterdays session,
there were several corrections made of the
Congressional Record, after which, the
speaker announced the regular order OF
business, the motion submitted at
the close of yesterdays session by
Springer, of Illinois, to reconsider
the vote by which the house rejected the
amendment offered to the apportionment
bill by Colerick, and providing that in case
the legislature OF any state whose represen-
tation IS changed, shall fail to redistrict the
state before the time fixed for the election
OF representatives the governor shall be
authorized to call a special session.
| A motion to table the motion to recon-
slider was carried-yeas, 1870; nays, III.
| The question then recurred on the substi-
tute for the whole bill submitted by Cole.
rick, and which fixes the representation at
3l6.
Cox demanded the yeas and NAYS, and
tellers on yeas and nays having been or
dered, the speaker appointed Cox and Pres
colt as tellers, but Cox declined to serve in
that capacity with his colleague.
The substitute was relected-yeas, 81
nays, l5i.
The Substitute offered by Joyce, of Yer.
mont, providing for 3l5 representatives was
rejected
The question then recurred on the substi-
tute offered by Page, of California, pro-
viding that the house shall be composed of
$40 members. This Page desired 10 with
draw, but as ii was the number favored by
the democrats, objection was made. 1t was,
however, reiected-yeas, 80; nays, liS
The previous question was then ordered
on the final passage of the bill, and II was
passed without division.
The text of the bill is as follows:
lie it enacted, ETC., That after the 81 of
March, 1883, the house of representatives
shall be composed of 325 members, to be
appcrtioned among the several states as fol-
| lows,