The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1882-06-24
XLVIIth Congress=1st Session.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. June %.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, June 23
Mr.. Breck offered a resolution reciting that
it is alleged that the directors of some national
banks in Richmond, Va, have been permitted
to file in the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency a modified oath. The resolution di-
reets the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish
certified copies of all oaths which were
mond which were on file in the Comptroller's
office during the years 1880. Adopted.
Mr.. Frye called up the rule recently reported
by him from the Committee on Rules, allowing
the President pro tenn. of the Senate, when
temporarily absent, to designate in writing the
Senator to perform the duties of the chair for
the day and during such temporary absence
until tie Senate shall otherwise order.
Mr. Garland moved substitute.
Various suggestions we're made to remedy the
of the presiding officer for the day, and after
some discussion the whole subject was referred
to the Committee on Rules.
Bills were passed granting condemned can
non to certain organizations at Portsmouth, n.
H., and Augusta, Me-, and the House bill to
establish a uniform system of bankruptcy was
taken up.
Mr. Hoar moved to substitute for the bill
measure substantially identical with the Low
ell bill, and discussed the respective merits of
the two plans proposed.
Mr.. ingalls,, replying to Mr.. Hoar, remarked
that it was sufficient answer to the eulogies
of the Lowell bill to say that it was based on a
theory when tried in the United States had
been followed by disaster and desoation, in
which estates were consumed in extravagant
payment of fees and salaries to vast number
of unnecessary officers.
The bill was then laid aside until Monday.
AT $40 the House resolutions commemora-
tive of the late Representative Allen of Mis-
souri, were received, and after impressive re-
marks upon the services of the deceased by
MncG akrii no and UOct fho
usual mortuary resolutions were adopted and
the Senate adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE
Mr.. Townsend of Illinois gave notice that if
the committee on ways and means did not at
an early day report resolution for final ad-
journment of Congress he would himself make
a motion to that effect.
Mr.. Kelley chairman of the committee stat
ed the matter would be brought to the atten-
ton of the House after the next committee
meeting.
Mr.. Kasson of Iowa from the committee on
ways and means reported back the bill so
amending section 1913 OF the Revised Statutes,
that duties paid on sugars shall be assessed on
the quantity delivered from instead of the
quantity entered into bonded warehouses. Re-
ferred TO the committee of the whole.
The House then went into committee OF the
whole, Mr.. Camp of New York in the chair,
and resumed consideration Of the bill to re-
duce internal taxation it being agreed that
general debate thereon should close at 3 p. M,
at which hour eulogies upon the late Thomas
Allen of Missouri will be delivered.
Mr.. Stephens of Georgia said the bill was
right as far as it went, but that it did not go
nearly as far as he would have wished. He
thought that the entire internal revenue sys-
tenn ought to be abolished.
Mr.. Kasson favored the bill in brilliant
speech, and the debate was participated in by
Messrs. Wilson, Wells and Hewitt, the latter
making o long speech in which he referred to
the large number of strikes throughout the
country, Sand Ethought if legislation of any
kind by Congress could settle the differences
between capital and labor itcould not be ac-
complished too quickly.
Messrs. Scales, Holman, Cabell, Armfeld
and Millard opposed the bill as being in the in
terest of banker, but containing no relief for
workingmen from the burdens of taxation.
After further debate the committee rose and
eulogies were delivered upon the life and char
acter of the late Thomas Allen of Missouri.
After addresses by Messrs. Robinson of Mas
sachusetts. Hewitt of New York and Hatch
and Frost of Missouri the house out of respect
to the memory of the deceased adjourned until
tomorrow.