The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-20
Investigation Ordered in Sew
era1 Departments.
A Field Day in the Senate
and House.
Several Important Bills un-
der Consideration.
CONGRESS-.
HOUSE.

under suspension of rules passed bill
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
until July first, 1884, to receive trade dol
8 lars upon application and give therefore
standard silver dollars and repeating all
laws authorizing the coinage of trade dol
lars.
Bids were introduced by Kelly to abol-
sh the internal revenue on tax on tobacco
and snuff.
Washburn entered bill authorizing the
removal OF obstructions from navigable
water in the United States. 1t provides
that when any bridge across any navigable
water in the United States is an obstruction
to navigation by reason of difficulty in
passing the draw opening it shall be the
duty of owners of such bridge to cause
aids to be constructed to assist the boats
in passing such opening.
By Rosecrans- prevent discriminas
tion in transportation over the Pacific rail-
roads.
Calkins moved to suspend the rules and
pass the bill to facilitate the trial of con-
tested election cases by providing machin-
cry for submitting them to the committee
earlier than is now practicable. Agreed
to.
Dunnell moved to suspend the rules and
pass the bill making the terms of internal
revenue collectors four years. Debate fol-
lowed and it was lost.
The motion was lost by a vote of 81 to
100. The following republicans voted with
the democrats in the negative: Bayne,
Campbell, Dawes, Godseha1k, Guenther,
Lewis, 0rth, Ranney, Skinner, Smith of
Pennsylvania, Spalding, Tyler, Updegraff
of Iowa, Waite. Walker. Washburn, vii
let's. In the affirmative, Holman and Nor
rison voted with the majority of the repub-
hcans.
O'Neill, of Pennsylvania under instruc-
tions from the committee on appropria--
tions. moved to suspend the rules and pass
the pension appropriation bin. which ap
propriates 100000 600.
After protest from House, of Tennes-
see, against the passage of a measure of
this magnitude under suspension of the
rules, the motion was agreed to and the
bill passed without division.
Fisher, of Pennsylvania, under instruc-
tions from the committee on coinage,
weights and measures, moved to suspend
the rules and pass the bill appropriating
$400,000 for an extension of the Philadel-
phia mint Motion lost.
Townsend, of Ohio, under instructions
of the committee on commerce, moved to
suspend the rules and pass bill promoting
theefficiency of the revenue marine service.
It provides for retirement at three fonrth
pay of any officer in the service who shall
become incapable of performing duties or
who shall have served forty years.
Cannon, of Illinois, could see no more
reason for retiring officers of the revenue
marine service than for retiring any other
civil officer of the government and he
would not vote for such precedent under
suspension of the rules. Motion lost, 81
to %.
The bill to regulate immigration past
10 to 1f6, provides duty at fifty
cents for each passenger not
citizens of the Uufted States who shall
come by vessel from a foreign port to any
port within the United States, be paid to
the nearest collector by master, owner,
agent or consignee of vessel within twenty
four hours after entry.
Hatch of Missouri, under instructions of
the committee on agriculture, moved to
suspend rules and pass bill establishing a
bureau of animal industry, and to prevent
expectation of diseased cattle and spread
infectious or contagious diseases among
domestic animals. Agreed to.
Williams of Wisconsin, under instruc-
tions of committee on foreign affairs moved
to suspend and pass joint resolution ac-
cepting an invitation by the British gov
ernment to the United States to
be represented at the International
History Exhibition in London in May
instrncting the CON missioner of fish and
fisheries TO prepare full and complete ex-
hibit of fisheries, and apprepriatIng $780,.
900 for the purpose. After debate it was
passed.
Upson, from the committee on mail af-
fairs. moved to suspend the rules and pass
with the amendment including Kansas the
senate bill authorizing the secretary of the
treasury to examine and report to congress
the amount of all the claims of Texas, Col
orado, Oregon; Nebraska, California and
Nevada and the territories of Washington
and Idaho. for moneys expen1ed in the
suppression of Indian hostilities.
Upon this motion no quorum voted, and
alter call of the house, a motion to adjourn
was carried, with the understanding that
an aye and nay vote be taken on the bill
the first thing in the morning.
SENATE.
Mr. Hoar. from the judiciary committee
reported as substitute for the resolutions
ana bills on the subject, referred to the com
hittee bill introduced by him last week to
provide FOR the performance of duties of
TIE Office of president in case of removal,
'iapliity, ETC., of both president and vice
president The committe recommend the