The Portland daily press., 1882-07-17
XLVIIth Congress list Session.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, July 15.
hlr. holnrs s introduced an amendment to the
naval appropriation bill appropriating $3.50 ,000
Ior the manufacture or purchase of the neces-
safy .ools or plant Tor the construction of iron
or steel vessels and their armament in the ap-
proprlate navy yard appropriations.
Mr. anthony introduced bill repeating SO
nucn pi tne army appropriation bill as pro-
woes 1or the retirement of Gen. Sherman and
Lieut. Gen. Sheridan. Referred.
Mr. wilson offered resolution calling on
Ine rPsideut for copies of the declarations of
Luwafd Lytton Bulwer and Mr.. Clayton upon
the rahncatlon of the Cayton-Bulwer treaty,
ana lG anJ other documents referred to in the
instructions OF Secretary Frelinghuysen to Min
lster Lowell, dated May 8, 1882. Adopted.
w motion OF Nj. Van Wyck, resolution
was taken up directing the Secretary of the in
leriorfo withhold action on the payment of a
double pension to Gen. Ward b. Burnetc until
tne resident shall act upon the bill passed
yestetsay, which contains provision prohibit
ing ttH. payment of double pensions.
Messrs, Voorhees, and Blair opposed the reso-
ntionI which was advocated by Messrs. Van
Wyck and Groome.
Mr.Williams thought that it an extraordin-
ary proceeding for legislative body to serve
an ihlanction on gallant old soldier in order
10 resraln aim from collecting his Just dues
from NE government, and he opposed the reso-
luton
Peniing further discussion the morning hour
expired and the matter went over.
Ihe Senate proceeded to the consideration
OF lne pension appropriation bill, the internal
On snus ~ bill having been laid aside informally.
sommistee t amen fdheTi 4dfifJeFrh unPP lesvgiesahs
olthe Interior to annually transmit to Con
gress & list of all pensions borne on the rolls
was struck from the bill.
Mr. Beck offered an amendment requiring
the Commissioner OF Pensions once In eacn
year tocause list of all pensioners and appli-
cants or tensions for each county in the
United States to be published in at least one
newspaper in such county.
Messs. Plumb, Logan and Platt opposed the
amendment, and it was finally ruled out upon
a point of order raised by MIR. Anthony. Inc
bill wa then passed.
On notion of Mr.. Mcmillan the Senate in
sisted upon its amendments to the river and
harbor appropriation bill, and o conference
committee was ordered, consisting OF Senators
Mcmillan, Jones of Nevada, and Ransom.
The Senate then at 30 adjourned to Mon
day.
Mr. Cannon of Illinois, from the committee
of conference on the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill, reported that the
committee had been unable to agree. Mr..
Cannon explained that the first matter in dis.
pute touched the salaries OF the House and
Senate employees.
Mr.. Atkins of Tennessee ana Mr.. Holman of
Indlana insisted that the House should main
tain its position upon the subject, and even
were the bill to hang FIRE for a long time should
hold to the doctrine that, as coordinate
branch of the legislative department, 1t had
right to determine what the salaries OF COVER n
ment employees should be-.
Mr.. Holman declared that he would rather
see the bill fail than have the House yield up
on this question.
Mr.. Robinson OF Massachusetts, suggested
that in all legislation there must be concession
and he did not think that any one seriously
maintained the idea of staying in Washington
simply for the purpose of making light with
the Senate over matter which involved only
$5000
Mr.. Blount of Georgia argued against maxi
ing any compromise with the Senate, whose
action, he said, was not courteous to the
House.
Mr.. Cannon of Illinois, one of the conferees,
referred to the action of the House few days
since in putting in the sundry civil bill an
item giving a months extra pay to tho House
employees, and said it was worse than folly Tor
the House to claim to be more virtuous than
the Senate. He said that another point OF dis
agreement in conference was as to the transfer
of records pertaining to pensions to the adJu-
tant generals office. Another was as to
placing records for safe keeping on the top
floor of the new state department. building.
After long discussion the House voted to in
sist on its disagreement with the Senate, and
to ask for a further conference. MeSsrS.
Cannon, Hiscock and Atkins were reappointed
as conferess on the legislative bill, and Messrs.
Hiscock, Robson Of New Jersey and Cox OF
New York were appointed conferees on the de-
fciency appropriation bill.
On motion of Mr.. Burrows of Michigan
resolution was adopted referring to the com
mittee ON civil service reform the question OF
inequ alities- of ealaries between the Senate and
House employees, providing that no salaries be
increased.
Mr.. Williams of Wisconsin reported back
from the committee on foreign affairs the re-
solution offered by Mr.. Cox of Now York re-
questiDg the President to communicate any in
formation in possession of the state depart
ment in reference 10 any change or moditca-
tion in the stipulations under which the
French Gable Company was permitted to land
its cable on the shore of the United States, to
the effect that it would not combine with other
companies to raise the rates, with view to
Congressional action to prevent consolidation.
Adopted.
The House went into committee of the
whole on the Senate amendments TO the river
and harbor appropriation bill. The first IL
amendments were non-concurred in. The
Hennepin canal amendment gave rise to dis
cussion, in the course of which Mr.. Hutchins
of New York expressed the hope that the
House would give such an emphatic condemna-
tion to the scheme that it would never show
its head again. The amendment was ad-
vocated by Messrs. Henderson and Springer.
the amendments were non-concurred in in
gross, the whole number being 100. The cam
mittee then rose, and the House non-concurred
in all the Senate amendments. An unsucceSS-
full effort was made to have an hour spent in
hearing requests for unanimous consent, and
then, al $50 p. M, the House adjourned.