National Republican., 1882-07-07
SENATE AND HOUSE,
Passage OF the Naval Appropriation Hill
River and IHa arbor BlII.


River and IHarbor nil.
Mr.. Hoar from the Judiciary Committee re.
ported, with an amendment the Senate bill fixing
the salaries ofthe judges of the district courts OF
the United States Mt 5000. The bill as amended
merely adds $500 per annum to the salary OF each
judge except in the district Of California. Mr.
Hoar asked unanimous consent for the present
consideration of the measure.
Mr. Salisbury objected, and the bill went to the
calendar.
Mr. Morrill,, from the Finance Committee, re.
ported, with amendments, the House bill to re-
duce interual-revenu taxation. 0rde ed printed.
A Aconierencc was ordered upon the reduction
Of $4,000 by the House in tho bill for a public
building at Poughkecpsie, N. Y.
The Senate, after an Intellectual effort by Mr..
Cameron, OF Wisconsin, in behalf Of the Ben Hal.
liday BILL took up the river and barbor appropria-
| tiOu bill.
MIR. Mcmillan, chairman of the Committee ON
Commerce, stated that as IL came from the House
the bill Appropriated Sl7 36TST5. The Senate COM
mtiee nddei 81 09G, 100, making tho total slD, ,4G
9T5. lie enumerated the prime pal items of this iii-
crease: SS77 900 had been dded TO the approp ia.
tion for the Improvement Of tie Mississippi River
under the direction OF the river commission, to be
adplied from The hcrd Of the passes Of the river
to Cairo, making lhe amount fbr that portion
OF the river 80 ODJOOO. For the Improvement Of the
Missouri from its mouth to Sioux City 500 000 ad-
ditional had been voted and for the survey from
the mouth of the river TO Fort Benton, Sl5 ,000.
The canal around the cascades OF the Columbia
| River, oregon, had received $4,000 more; and,
necl lssty the amount allowed for examinations,
surveys, and Incidental repairs of harUors had
| been increased s50,000. For the waters of New
York harbUr and the rivers and hHrbUrs of New
York the items of increase amounted TO Sl07,UbO
| and f T the harbors oil the shores of Lake Mchi-
gan, Sl02,0J0 Among others, the harbors nt Will
| miueton, Del, and Calumet. m. had received
| $4,000 aud $4,000 additional one mt Wilmington,
| Cali $4,000; and that at Woods Hol Mass s52, 900.
The committee had inserted n provision au-
thorizing the Secretary of War 20 lay out and con-
| struct canal from point on the Illinois River
AZ or near the town of Henepin to the Mi,sissippi
River ut or above Rock Island, and had appropri-
| ated 100000 for the work.
| he bill was then read, and the amendments OF
| the committee cOncurred in as reached.
Aiter u long debate, participated in by Messrs.
| Butter COnger, and Hawley, upon the relevancy
OF an amendment to the subject matter of he bill
to is. 4''' - N'' ~
| MIR. Butler gave notice of proposed modfca-
nQn OF the committees amendment, aud 0it 5:O5l
without action on the subject the Senate went
| into executive session. and when the doors were
| opened adjourned until to-day.
Hlounc of Representatives.
| On motion Of Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi, the
Senate bill was passed authorizing the New Or
| leans and Northwes tern Railroad Company to
construct bridges across the channels of Pearl
River and Lake Pontchatrain.
| Mr. Belmont called up the motion to consider
the vote by which the House refused 10 order to a
third reading the joint resolution authorizing the
President TO call an International conference to
common prime meridian to 10 used in the r, exon
| ing OF Longitude and in the regulation of time
| throughout the world. The vote was reconsid l.
cred, and the joint resolution read the third time
| and passed.
| The House then resumed consideration of the
Naval appropriation bill and adopted in gross the
amendments agreed TO i'll Committee of the Whole.
Mr.. Holman moved to recommit the bill, with
| instruction to the Committee on Appropriations
| to report back the same with Il provso that the
| work 10 be done on the monitors shall be done
under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy,
under contract let to the lowest responsible bid
| ders.
The motion was lost-yeas, &c nays, 10I.
Mr.. Robson, of New Jersey, then took the floor
to close the debate on the BILL alter which the bill
| passed-yeas, 1l9; nays, rs.
Mr.. Taylor asked leave 10 put upon Its passage
| the bill Tor the relief uf Lucreta r. Garfield but
as 1t would give rise to debate, Mr., Hiscock OBJ.
| jeced
The House then lat 2:1O) went into Committee
of the Whole (Mr Kason in the chair ON the sun
dry civil appropriation bill.
After n long discu:son, MI Wait spoke at
length in favor IF proposed Gmeiidm elt appro-
priating $4,000 for the New London navy yard,
and urged upon the House the importance OF i'm
pio ing that property. The committee then rose,
aud the House lat o'clock) adjourned.