Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-06-28
FOrty..Seyenth Congress.

MONDAY, June 10.-In the senate a resolution
was reported for 80 amending the rules as TO give
the president pro tenn the right, in case OF tenn
pSrary absence to appoint presi oh S S.i
the pleasure Of the senate. The bill to regulate
the conveyance Of passengers by sea was passed
without dissent. The bill for compensating
southern mail contractors for services prior to the
rebellion was also passed. The bank charter ex-
tension bill was discussed at great length.
The house passed bill for facilitating the trial
OF contested election cases. An effort TO suspend
the rules and pass a bill providing that internal
revenue collectors shall hereafter be appointed
for four years was defeated by a vote OF one hun
dred to eighty-one. The pension appropriation
bill was passed, as was also bill authorizing the
secretary OF the treasury until July 1884, to re-
deem silver trade dollars and retire them for
circulation. The bill to regulate immigration, af-
ter a protracted debate, was likewise passed.
TUESDAY, June 20.-The senate passed bill
appropriatiDg 5000 600 for the enlargement OF the
executive mansion. The bank charter extension
bill was further discussed, but vote was not
reached, as had been expected. The nominations
for tariff commissioners were confirmed at the
executive session. The house discussed at
length the bill providing new method for count
ing the electoral vote for president and vice
president, adopted an amendment striking from
the measure the section providing for the ad1udi-
cation OF the presidential title by judicial tri-
bunal and finally recommitted the bill to the
committee having charge Of the subject. The bill
providing for the erection OF new congressional
library building was considered, Mr. Rice OF Mas
sachusetts advocating the measure In an eabo-
rate speech.
WEDNESDAY, June q In the senate bill was
passed for the erection Of public buildings at Har-
risonburg and Arlington, Virginia, to cost $4,000
each. The national bank charter extension bill
was again discussed at length, several amend
ments adopted but no final vote reached. The
house concurred In the senate amendment to the
bill admitting free Of duty goods intended for the
Boston exhibition of 1888. The bill for the cree
tion OF congressional library building was dis
cussed and Its further consideration postponed
until December IL. The bill to reduce internal
revenue taxation was debated in committee OF the
whole, without however, reaching vote.
THURSDAY, June 22.-The senate passed the
bill granting the right Of way through the In
dian Territory to the Mississippi Albuquerque
& lnter-ocean railway company. The bank
thirtyfour to thirteen, Nearly the entire SEES
sion Of the house occupied in discussing the
bill for the reduction OF internal revenue taxation
FRIDAY, June 23.-The senate debated at con-
siderable length the proposed change in the rules
by which the vice-president shall have the right
to appoint presiding officer during his temporary
absence from the chair. The question was finally
referred to the committee ON rules for further
consideration. The bill creating the Oregon
Short Line railroad company in Utah, Idaho and
wyoming territories was passed The bill 10 es-
tablish uniform system Of bankruptcy was con-
sidered, Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts making a
speech in advocacy OF the Lowell bill, which he
offered as a substitute for the pending measure
After eulogies on the death of Representative
Allen OF Missouri, an ad journment was taken I'M
til Monday. In the house a bill was reported
from the ways and means committee providing
that hereafter the duty on imported sugars shall
be collected when the sugar IL delivered and not
when entered at bonded warehouses. The bill to
reduce internal revenue taxation was debated
until three o'clock, when eulogies on the death OF
Congressman Allen Of Missouri were pronounced