The National tribune., 1882-12-07
House OF Representatives.
MONDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

! *. X. HIT, OF Illinois, 10 succeed MT. HAWK ,
| seaborn Reese, of Georgia, to succeed Mr.. Ste
| phens; Charles NJ Shelley of Alabama, to sue
ceed himself Mr.. Calkins Ind.) presented by
request memorial against the swearing in of
! Mr. Shelley, but asked for no action beyond the
reference of the memorial to the Committee on
! Elections, which was done. Mr.. Moulton (Ill.)
presented petition from John P. Caine, claim
ing to be elected a Delegate from Utah. Re-
ferred to the Committee on Elections.
The usual committees were appointed to
notify the President and Senate that the House
was ready for business On motion of Mr..
MeIley Pa the report of the Tariff Commits
sion was referred to tho Committee on Ways
and Means and ordered to be printed. The Indian
appropriation bill was reported and referred to
the Committee of the Whole Among the bills
introduced were the following: Prohibiting
the levying Of political assessments by office
holders; incorporating the Yellowstone Park
Railroad reducing internal revenue taxa
ton; regulating the civil service; creating
an agricultural commission; inquiring into
the alleged consolidation Of the Union Pacific
Railroad with other companies; reducing post
age to two cents abolishing the offices of assist
ant secretaries of the War and Navy; TO pre-
serve the purity Of the ballot and punish ofenses
against it; to amend the shipping laws to au-
thorize American citizens to purchase foreign
built ships; to encourage ship-building and en-
ployment Of apprentices in merchant ships; to
regulate consular fees; to establish depart
ment of commerce and navigation also reso-
lutions calling for information as TO the amount
of the river and harbor bill remaining unex-
pended and the report that the revenue cutter
Corwin had recently sheled two villages in
Alaska. A resolution was adopted changing
the daily hour for tho meeting of the House to
y o'clock. After the reading of the Presidents
message the testimony taken by the special
committee on the Mississippi river improve
ment was ordered to be printed, and announce
ments having been made by Mr.. Herbert (Ala)
of the death of Mr. Lowe, and by Mr.. Taylor
lO.) of the death of Mr.. Updegraf, the House,
out of respect to their memory, at $40 p. m
adjourned.
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS
In the House, on Tuesday, Mr.. Kelley, from
the Ways and Means Committee, reported bill
to abolish the internal revenue tax on tobacco,
snuff cigars, and cigarettes. Itwas referred to
the Committee of the Whole, and the minority
was granted leave to file minority report.
Mr.. Kasson stated in explanation that the
tax was taken off tobacco in all its forms, to
take effect in July next, and that a strong ma
jority dissented from the provisions of the bill
The bill TO repeal and amend certain acts
pertaining TO the shipment and discharge of
seamen was then taken up and passed.
1t repeals the provision for the payment of
three months extra wages to seamen, and pro-
vides in lieu thereof the following: when
sesmen is discharged at foreign port from any
cause, except shipwrsck or from unfitness or
inability from illness to proceed on the voyage,
unless he has been guilty of harratry or is un-
dergoing a sentence Of Imprisonment imposed
by legally constituted court, the master of the
vessel shall, besides paying the wages to WHICH
such seaman is entitled, upon application Of
such seam , at time of payment, either provide
him with adequate employment on board some
other ship bound to the port rs may be agreed
upon by him, or furnish the means Of sending
back to such port, or provide him with pass
age home or deposit with the consular officer
such a sum ofmoney as is by such officer deemed
sufficient to detTay the expenses of his Subsst-
ence and passage home The bill embOdies
substantially the notifications Of the law rec
commended by the joint special committee hav-
ing in charge the question of the decline of
American shipping.I
Mr. Belmont presented memorial of Drs.
Fordyce Parker David Webster, Austin Flint,
c. r. Agnew, VIM. N. Polk, and other promi-
nent physicians of New York, for the erection
of a fre-proof army and navy medical museum
in Washington, D. c.
A message from the Senate announced the
death of Hon. Benz II. Hill, of Georgia, and
after few touching remarks by Mr. Ham
mond, Of Georgia, the House, as a mark of re-
spect to the memory of deceased, at 1:30 ad-
journed.
WEDNESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House on Wednesday Mr. Willis of
Kentucky, offered a resolution directing the
Committee on Civil Service Reform to inquire
whether at the recent Congressional election
money was raised by assessment or otherwise
from Federal oliice-bolders or employees for
political purposes, and if so, by whom, and what
amount was so raised and how the same was
collected and expended, and whether such as
sessnent was not in violation of law.
Mr.. Caswell, of Wisconsin, presented reso-
luton authorizing the Appropriations Commit
tee TO add a clause TO the Post Office appropria.
ton bill reducing frst-class letter postage from
three TO two cents. Adopted.
Several relief and pension bills were intro
duced and referred.
After the call Of committees for reports the /
House went into Committee of the Whole, on |
Mr.. Keley's resolution, providing for the dis
tribution Of the Presidents message to various /
committees, Mr.. Pound wis in the chair
The resolution was the one usually adopted at !
the beginning Of each session. it caused con-
siderable discussion. The clause of the message |
relating TO land-grant railroads was referred by .
the resolution to the Judiciary Committee and .
several members lamong them Mr.. Homan) /
thought il should be sent to the Committee on
Pacific Railroads. Messrs. Robson and Hol-
man said few words pro and con-, but the clause
was not changed.
The resolution referred to that portion of the
message recommending the cessation of the
coinage Of silver dollars to the Committee on
Banking and Currency. Mr. Bland moved to
amend by inserting the Committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures. Some discussion was
had, and by a vote of % to 81 the committee
refused to adopt the amendment
The committee then rose, and the resolution
was passed by the House.
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