National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-06-10
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
nils Passed In Both Houses-Mr. Atkins
ON PcnaiOna.


Mr. Morrill, reported from the Finance Commit
tee, with amendments perfectlng details, the
House bill admitting free Of duty articles dor the
exhibition of art and industry at Boston in 1888.
Passed number Of bills were introduced and
referred.
An order for an adjournment from yesterday
until Monday was adopted.
The bill to pay the Delaware Indians the
amount awarded to them for stolen stock, under
the treaty Of July a. 1866, was advocated ,Dy MI
Slater, aud opposed by Messrs; Cockrell and
Sherman, who contendod that all the facts had
not been developed. A call for further iniorma-
ton was ordered, and action on tho Dill mean
The Joint resolution to reapproprlate aud apply
the $4,000 appropriated by the act of March j.
1877 to pay certain Southern mail contractors, was
advocated by Mr.. Maxey and MIR. Garland.
The bill was laid over upon al objection with
The Senate Joint resolution relating to the re-
funding of certain internal revenue taxes ille-
paIly ASSESSED against and collected from the De-
trojt House Of Correction, Michigan, was passed.
Mr.. Van Wyck introduced the following resolu-
ton:
=, Resolved. That In considering the question: VIII
the Senate advise ana consent to the nomination of
the persons named by the President to be members
OF the Tariff Commission, rule 90 be suspended so
s S sad 9ssoS sH &c IN open session
Mr.. Mcmillan rcserv, d all points of order on the
resolution, which was laid over until Monday,
finished business the japanese indemnity fund
bill.
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without action, and the Senate at N:2O) afer a
short executive session, adjourned until Monday.
House or Representatives.
Immediately after The reading of the journal the
House went into COMMITTEES OF the Whole (Mr.
Robinson, of Massachusetts,, In the chair) on the
legislative, executive and judicial appropriation
BILL all general debate being limited to an hour
and half
Mr.. Atkins formerly Of the confederate army, a
member OF the Committee on Appropriations,
spoke in explanation OF the provisions Of the
pending bill, which aggregated in appropriations
The sum OF Sl0727 900. This was s2,72G,DOO larger
than the amount appropriated for the same pur-
that large part of that increase was due TO the
fact that tile pending bill provided for an in
creased clerical force in the Pension Bureau, on
the superstition that Congress would appropriate
SlOO,WOOOO for the payment uf pensions for
the next fiscal year. This seemed TO him like
commended that II would have been better
for the Committee on Appropriations to have first
brought In The persion appropriation bill for con-
sideration. He had no disposition to deny pen.
soners their rights Or their claims; but he argued
(withOut intending to reflect upon tile Commits.
sOner of Pensons) that there was much fraud eX-
listing in the payment OF pensions, and said he
had 10 doubt that 10 per cent OF all the pensions
were fraudulent. The bill was read by sections
for amendments, and n long discussion ensued
upon a proposition made by Mr.. Burrows, of
Michigan, to equnliZc the salaries of House and
Senate employees by II reduction In the salaries OF
the latter The proposition was agreed to--69 to 3.
After long discussion on District Of Columbia
matters the House took recess until evening.
HOUSE EVENING SESSION.
The House at its evening session passed twenty
five pension bills, and then lat 1885 p. m) ad
IOurned until to-. dny,