The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-03-30
|.XLVIIth Congress-lst Session.
Senate.

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WASHINGTON, March 90.
Mr. Cockrell present resolution of the con-
trail council of the Land League Of st. Louis,
reciting the arrest and confinement in British
jails without trial of a number of citizens OF
the United States and requesting the interven-
ton of the representatives OF the State in be-
half of such citizens He offered resolution
directing the Secretary of State to inquire and
ascertain whether citizens of the United States
have been arrested and were now held in con-
finement in Ireland, and,i SO for what length
of time and for what cause, and If charged
to secure speedy trial, and if not charged
with crime what steps if any have been taken
to secure their release, and to report at the
earliest time practicable. Adopted.
Mr.. Pendleton from the committee on the
civil service, reported favorably with amend
ments which are merely verbal, the bill origi-
mated by him to regulate and improve the civil
service.
Mr. Dawes of the same committee stated
that the minority would hereafter present
views in favor of q civil service plan different
from that of the bill. The bill went to the
calendar.
Bills were introduced as follows:-By Mr..
Rollins, donating cannon and cannon balls to
aid in the construction of soldiers monu-
ment at Portsmouth, N. III.
Mr.. Pugh read as his contribution to the
recent tariff debate series of resolutions in
declaration OF what he believed to be the true
constitutional American system OF the tariff.
The resolutions were tabled temporarily up
on Mr.. Pugh's request.
Several minor bills on the calendar were
passed. At 2.30 o'clock the bill to regulate the
Presidential Count came up as unfinished bus
iuess and by unanimous consent, but was laid
aside temporarily when the senate bill to estab-
lish the eastern judicial district OF Kentucky
was passed.
The Indian appropriation bill was then TAX
en- up, and Mr. Dawes, chairman of the sub
committee in charge of the bill stated that es-
Inmates for the service for 1883 amou nted to
So, 841, 1881; amount of appropriations last
year, including deficiencies, was So 900, $3.50.
the House was 81 1929. 203.91, but additions
made by the Senate committee increased the
amount $3.50, $780, making. the total as reported
to the Senate S. 100 003 81, this being sos, 1884,
II In excess of the bill of 1882.
In committee Of the whole, Mr.. ingalls, in
the chair, the reading the bill (Which covers 56
pages) was proceeded with and the committee
amendments with one or two exceptions on
which votes were recorded was agreed to as
reached.
Upon the bill having been gone through with
Mr.. Hoar moved as substitute for the COM
mittee amendment appropriating $4,000 for
Indian children at schools other than those
provided for, an item as follows:
The Secretary of the Interior is further autboriz-
ed and directed to provide for the care support and
education in OF the States OF all Indian children
dwelling west of the Mississippi and not belonging
to the five civilized tribes In the Indian Territory,
or as many thereof as may be practicable, under a
regulation approved by the Presidents att cost not
ex eeding 5000 per annum for each child; and for
this purpose there shall be appropriated 50 100000
or SO much thereof as may be necessary.
Tho Senate at 4.25 went into executive ses-
sion.
Adjourned.
On motion of Mr.. House of Tennessee, the
Senate amendment to the House bill granting
pension of So, 900 year to Lucretia r. Gar
field was concurred in. The amendment in
cludes within the provision of the bill the
names OF Sarah G. Polk and Julia G. Tyler.
On motion of Mr.. Manning of Massachusetts,
resolution was adopted calling on the Post
master General for information as to whether
an order has been issued by his department for
bidding the payment OF any postal money
order or the delivery OF any registered letters
to M. A. Dauphin or any other agent OF the
Louisiana Lottery Co., and If SO whether that
order was enforced.
Mr.. Kelley of Pennsylvania, chairman of
the ways and means committee, reported q
bill to reduce internal revenue taxation Re-
ferred to the comm ttee of the whole.
Mr. Stephens of Georgia submitted resolu-
tion reciting that as the appointment and remov
al for cause of an official reporter OF the House
is invested in the Speaker, and that in the
correspondence which is quoted In full be-
by the latter that he has not been removed "for
cause" therefore resolved that the committee
on judiciary be instructed to make full in
quiry into the facts and report without delay
at any time what is the legal tenure OF official
reporters and whether Mr.. Hayes has lawfully
ceased to be an officer of the House; also to
make such investigation in the matter as the
committee may deem proper Referred to the
committee on judiciary
Mr. Townshend of Illinois, from the commit
tee on judiciary, reported bill defining the
duties of reporter of the U. S. Supreme Court,
fixing his compensation and providing for the
publ, alton and distribution of the reports.
Referred to the committee of the whole.
Mr.. Townsend of Ohio, from the committee
on commerce, reported back bill originally
sailing vessels the same privileges in loading
eargoes as steamships. Calendar.
The House then went into committee of the
whole, Mr. Robinson OF Massachusetts in the
chair, on the tariff commission bill.
Mr. Carlisle of Kentucky resumed his argu-
ment contending that the protective tariff was
not the cause of increase in the price of labor.
Mr. Speer said the question of tariff and in
ternal revenue were one and lnseparabla and
should be considered together, and the bill
which came from the Senate acknowledged the
truth Of that proposition. The time had come
for the people of this country to rid themselves
of this excise system as rapidly as possible.
Mr.. Russell said though he had opposed tho
bill in committee he would vote for it in the
House as it afforded the speediest means of
bringing about revision of the tariff. He
then proceeded with an elaborate argument in
favor of protective tariff as opposed to free
trade principles.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Russell's speech the
committee rose
Mr.. Butterworth from the committee ON ap-
preparations reported back the army appropria-
ton bill. Referred to the committee of the
whole.