Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-07
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
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mission The Clayton Bulwer
Treaty.

WASHINGTON, June 6.-In the House, or
motion of Mr.. Kelley, Of Pennsylvania
Chairman Of the Committee on Ways and
Means, the resolution offered by Mr. White
Of Kentucky, relating to the passage of the
bill extending the bonded period for dis
titled spirits, was ordered printed and laid
on the table.
Mr. Rinuey, Of Massachusetts,, from the
Committee on Elections, submitted its re-
port upon the contes' ed election OF Wither-
spoon VS.. Davidson, from the First Congress
sional district OF Florida, granting the con
testsnt leave to withdraw his contest. Laid
on the table.
Mr.. WashbuFn, OF Minnesota, from the
= mmlrtee on Commerce, reported a bill
authorizing the New o leans aud Northeast
eTn Railway Company to cnnstruct bridges
a.ross Pearl river and Lake Ponchartrain.
Placed on the II ruse calaudar.
Mr.. White, of Kentucky, asked immediate
Means Committee on his resolution
in regard to Commissioner Raum and the
whisky bill. He characterized the report as
whitewashing aft air, denounced the Ways
ard Means Committee and Chairman Kelly,
ard became involved in a dispute with the
5 eaker as to his (Mr. White'-) right to the
| floor, which resulted in the Speakers
| ordering the Sergeant at Arms to see that
| that gentleman did not again interrupt the
orderly conduct of business. The Speaker
| decided that 1t was not in order at the pres
ent time to consider the report of the Com
mittee NJ Ways and Means.
The House then. at 1910, went into com
| mitfee of the whole on the general dPfioipn-
cY appropriation bill. The item OF $32, 1923
tn meet liabilities incurred by the York; own
/ Centennial Commission was objected to by
m hnr hn nrfk
trsvagance OF the entertainers OF our for
eign guests, and defended by others, who
| declared 1t was an unseemlY thing for Con-
z SIS to stand and criticise the expense of
the paltrY entertainment offered TO the rep
resenta'ives OF the French people.
Mr.. Cobb, of Indiana, sent to the Cerk' g
desk and had read the hill 'or wines, lfuu0rs
aud cigars used, amounting to Sc. 52o, which
he condemned.
Mr.. Dingley, OF Maine, opposed the sp-
preparation, and charged thai a free bar had
been kept IN the boat which carried the
| visitors 10 Yorktown, and protested in the
| name of his constituents against sadiling
on the tax payers Of the country OF bills
like the one read incurred under the form Of
extending a welcome to twenty OF the re-
presen'stives Of France.
Mr.. Tucker, of Virginia. thought # un-
seemly that Congress should higgle and
| quihble over the payment OF bills con
tracted for the entertainment of our foreign
guests. The gentlemen of the commission
were gentlemen of established character
SuppOse a guest had asked one OF them for
some champagne, would it. have been hos
pitsble to reply, tive can't give you arv more
the appropriation Is exhaus'e We are in
the habit of drinking whisky, and IL you
want TO drink champagne you can go
| home"
Mr.. Robinson, OF New York-Does the
gentleman mean TO say that sll the cham
psgne WIS swallowed by the guests?
Mr.. Tucker-No, sir; and II we bad LET a
| Frerohman drink alone without drinking
bis health we would have been b'ackguards
and not gentlemen. Laughter and ap
plausa My friend seems to be jealous for
fear thst some representative of the British
flag took drink Laughter
Mr.. R1binsOa-I believe that T. was
turned into British saturnalis and the fl ,g
that we thought we had buried from
memory Ia the time OF Corn rallis was dug
u2 A. put IN the place In which the Ameri-
can flag ought to have waved.
Mr., Tucker-l thir l. It was time when
an American and Rri'isher ought 70 have
wine across the bloody chasm. l do not
keep up sentiment of hate for one hundred
years In conclusion he appealed to the
House TO make The appropriation without
any further quibbling.
was disclosed that the bill referred to had
already been paid, Mr.. Cobb moved to strike
out the clause. Rejected.
After considering sixty-three pages OF the
bill the eommittee e rose.
Mr. Kassou, OF Iowa, offered a resolution
declaring that Congress, in connection with
the people of the United States, received
with profound grief the tidings OF the re-
cent death of the italian patriot, Garibsldi,
expressing the high appreciation of his 10y
atty and unselfsh patriotism, his love of
human rights and his devotion 10 principle,
svowing the sympathy of the United States
with the friendly nation which has been
thus beresved, and requesting the President
20 cause copy of these resolutions TO be
cOmmuui 9ated TO the Government Of Italy.
Adopted unanimously.
The House then took recess till eight
O'Clock.
EVENING SESSION.
After the recess, on motion Of Mr.. Null
drow, Of Mississippi, the Senate DILL was
passed dividing the State OF Mississippi into
| two judicial districts.
The House then resumed. in committee Of
the whole, the conside' ation Of the general
deficiency appropriation bill.
Action was confined TO minor amend
ments. The House remained in session
until 1905 without d'sposng OF the bill.
line House G0e0 au1OuTu6u.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate the Chair submitted a mes
| sage from the President, transmitting from
the Secretary of State copy Of the instruc
| tions OF Nav Ssh to Minister Lowell, respect
| ing a modification of the Clayton Rulwer
treaty. Referred to the Committee on
Foreign Relations.
The House amendments to the bills pro-
yiding for the erection Of public buildings
| at Pensacola. Fla, and Concord. n. H., re-
duciug the appropriation $50 900, were con-
CURED in.
Mr. Sewell presented and had read at the
| Clerks desk resolutions of the New Jersey
| Legislature recommending the purchase of
the Temple farm and the Moore House at
| Yorktown. Va.
Mr Butler called up the bill appropristing
So, GOO for a court house and post office
| building at Greenvlle, s e. Passed.
The Senate passed the bill 10 increase the
endowment OF the University of Alabama
from the public lands of thst State. The
| bill provides for the sale OF 46 0S0 acres and
the application OF the proceeds to the re-
building OF the library, etc, OF the Univer-
| sity destroyed by fire.
The army appropriation bill was again
considered, the question being on the COM
puls0ry feature OF the retir ment clause.
The morton excepting Generals Sherman
and Sheridan from the operations of this
| CLAUSE was voted down, and the clause was
agreed TO without a formal vote. The re-
naming committee amendments we're
agreed to, except the one striking cut the
| appropriations for ammunition, tools, etc,
for target practice, For the purpose SlQ,O 600
was appropriated.
Mr. Logan moved the insertion of an item
approprIating 800 600 for the erection OF an
| army and navy hospital on the government
reservation at Hot Springs, Ark. Adopted.
Another effort to except Generals Sher-
| man and Sheridan from the operations of
| the compulsory retirement clause failed,
and the bill passed-Vess AZ, nays Ii.
The Senate then adjourned.
THE CLAYToN-BULwER TREATY.
A ccpy OF the dispa'ch from Secretary
Frelinghuysen to Minister Lowell on the
C'ayton Bulwer treaty was received by the
Senate to-day. The dispatch acknowledges
the recent, through Mr.. SsekVile West, of
two dispatches from Lord Granville In re-
gard 10 the treaty, and states that he has
been instructed by the PRESIDENT to trays
NIT the opinions entertained In this country
regarding the traditional continental policy
of the United States In connection
with the treaty, which are that
canal across the isthmus for vessels
of all dimensions and every character
would expose our western coast to attack
and destroy our isolation, thus obliging us
to increase our defenses, and possibly CON-
pel us, contrary TO our traditions, to fake an
active interest in the affairs OF European
nations.
Lord Granville, in his dispatch of Novem-
her 10, 1881, says that the position OF Great
Britsih and the Uuited States in reference
= .ba oaDol 'ts Satarpfped nv the CIavton-