Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-09
WHAT CONGRESS Is DOING.
The Senate To-day.

The Senate To-day.
Mr.. Morrill, reported from the finance committee.
with amendments perfecting details, the House
bill admitting free Of duty articles for the exhl-
bition OF art and industry at Boston in 1888.
Passed.
Mr. Window introduced bill to authorize the
court OF Claims to examine and determine whether
certain awards therein specified rendered In the
claims convention OF April 26, 1866, between the
fraud or corruption
Al An order for an adjournment from to-day until
The bill to pay the Delaware Indians the amount
AWARDED TO them for stolen stock under the treaty
Oh July 4, 1866, was advocated by Mr.. Slater and
opposed OPP oy Messrs. Cockrell and Sherman. Action
THE TARIFF COMMISSION.
Mr.. Van Wyck introduced the following: Re-
solved, that in considering the question, "Wfl
the Senate advise and consent to the nomina-
uon" OF the persons named by the Pres
ldent to be members OF the tariff
coinlnlssion rule to be suspended, so that said
not with closed doors.
Mr.. Mcmillan reserved all points OF order on the
resolution, which was laid over until Monday
me senate soon after O'Clock took up as unfin-
ished business the japanese indemnity fund bill
House of Representatives.
THE LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL AND EXECUTIVE APPRo-
PRIATIoN BILL.
1mpediately after the reading OF the Journal the
House to-day went into committee OF the whole
(Mr. Robinson OF Mass in the chair on the legis-
iative executive and judicial appropriation bill,
all general debate being limited to an hour and
half.
Mr.. Joyce confined his remarks to a consfdera-
ton OF the pension policy OF the governments and
pensions act.
Mr.. Atkins, a member of the committee on ap-
pIoprlatl0nS spoke in explanation OF the pro-
visions OF the pending bill which aggregated In
appropriations pr p the sum of sl9,727 O00 This was
ss.26,90o larger than the amount appropriated for
the same purposes for the current year. A large
part of that increase due to the fact that the
pending blll provided for an increased clerical
fOrce In The pension bureau, on the SuDpOSition
that Congress would appropriate 500 OOGO, 900 for
the payment OF pensions for the next fiscal year.
Ihls seemed to him like putting the cart before the
horse. He said he had no doubt that ten per cent
OF all the pensions were fraudulent He criticised
q 1he n practice that had grown up of employing
larger number OF clerks than were appropriated
ior, ana paying them from appropriations which
had o oeen made for other specific purposes.
Ine Dill was then read by sections for amend
ment, and long discussion ensued upon propO-
s1tion made by Mr.. Burrows of Mich. to eduaize
the salaries OF House and Senate employees by a
reduction In the salaries of the latter The propo-
sltlon Was agreed to-68 to3.
The District i'm Congress.
THE APPROPRIATION BILL THROUGH THE SENATE
Ihe Senate yesterday afternoon passed the Dis
trict OF Columbia appropriation bill The reserved
amendment, upon which yea and nay vote in
The Senate was demanded, to raise the Engineer
commissioners pay to 5000, was rejected.
PRIVATE BILLS.
The Dill for the relief OF Christian Rupert, VIM.
f. Mattfngy and Christian Heurich, trustees OF
Washington, was reached in the Senate to-day
and passed 1t directs the Commissioners to re-
fund to the parties named drawback certificates
to the amount of s7Sl56 enormously collected
from them in October, 1879, as taxes ON certain
land in the county of Washington. assessed in the
an error OF the tax clerk.
MI. Pendleton, to-day, introduced in the Senate
ana had referred to the District committee bin
Tor the relief OF Mrs. Eliza W. Patterson widow of
Carlisle F. Patterson. The bill is to remit and
cancel taxes against the property of Mrs. Patter-
son. 1t is the same the section OF the District
appropriation bill which was stricken out
Capitol Notes.
The House committee on appropriations to-day
agreed to recommend the non-concurrence OF the
House in the Senate amendments to the army an
preparation bill and to ask that a committee be
appointed.
The subcommittee of the House committee on
elections In charge of the South Carolina con-
tested election case of Small (rep.) against Till
man (dem.), has decided that Mr.. Tlllman-the
sitting member-waS not elected
The bill to vacate certain part of Rock street in
Georgetown, was reached In the Senate this after
noon, but owing to the absence OF MIR. Rollins it
was laid over without prejudice
In the House. yesterday, Mr.. HaZelton, from the
committee on Pacific railroads, reported a substi-
tute for the bill to incorporate the Natonal rail-
way company, which was ordered to be printed
and recomm itted to the committee on Pacific rail-
roads.
PROPOSED REDUCTION OF POSTAL RATES.
The Senate com nittee on post offices and post
roads to-day add essed letter to the Postmaster
General asking whether the proposed reduction
OF the rates of postage ON letters to cents, and
on newspapers and other printed matter to one
half OF the pr, sent rates, together with the pro-
posed increase OF the rate on all merchandise
authorized to be sent through the mails, can be
with safety and propriety adopted.
CAUCUS OF DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
was held yesterday afternoon to exchange views
in regard to the members of the tariff commission
The general drift of opinion was adverse to the
nominees, because Of their alleged high tariff pro-
clivittes. MeSSrS. Brown and Jonas are the only
demOcatS, 1t is said, that will vote for conflrma-
tion, while MeSsrs- Van Wyck and ingalls, will
vote with the democrats against confirmation.
1t is generally conceded at the Capitol to-day
that the nominations Will be confirmed, despite
the opposition.
The Legislative Augmentation Risl.