The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-08-03

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4 eill leels'gton, obanglng eaisIine laws
y Uindng Tie debate Which followed, N
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1nl ~ ascertain what would be % Just nn
IA onnblc compensation for sei Vices rei
Tre, by Charles n Reed, IN The deions
nj IN, ,fles j. Guiteau, aud TO may
an ALLOW ance therefor not exceeding sbW'
iIeGrred to tho committee on nppropri'
Thc definite on tho naval bill was then re
snmod ,,,,
| thp onnronriatioua committee, SAID the re-
duction In The item for miscellaneous pay
ofthe navy, under "a new. arrangement
was StSG .525 and similar savings occurred
in other items. If the lehhihg motloi
prevailed the appropriations commllte'
would have to draft bill upon lhe OASIS o.
the one last year, which appropria yea illoI'
than the one now pending. He, therefore,
opposed recommital in the interest ol
economy.
The motion to recommit the naval bill to
the appropriations committee with IN
structions to eliminate all features OF
general legislation, was debated until o p.
m A vote was then taken and 1t was lost
yeas, 29 nays, 81.
session, and when the doors were reopened,
adjourned.
HOUSE.
The house disposed of considerable bust
ness OF minor Importance, after which the
floor was accorded to the committee on In
dian affairs which called up the senate bill;
granting the right-ofway for railways ana
Telegraph purposes to the ST. LOUIS a San
Francisco railway company, through the
lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw ma p.
tons Of Indians. Passed. after some be-
| bale.
Williams, chairman of the committee on
foreign affairs, reported back the resolu-
lions calling on the secretary OF The navy
for copies OF all correspondence with or IN
stI uctions to Rear Admiral Nicholson rela-
tive to the extraordinary threat to open fire
upon the city of Alexandria. Egypt, under
certain contingencies and also toinform the
house whether he has been informed that
! American sailors and officers have been per-
forming police duty in Egypt under the
British admiral; Williams stated that the
committee was in possession of all intorma-
! ton on the subject, asked chat the resolu-
| lions be tabled and the documents con-
tanning the information printed. 30 Or
dered.
A proposition to adjourn over until Mon
dav received but few votes and then at 4:15
the house adjourned until tomorrow.
| COMBINATIONS.
| The senate to-day confirmed the follow
ing nominations: JOS r. Weaver, OF West
| Virginia, secretary of legation and consul
general of the United States at Vienna
John Y. Robson, of Tennessee. consul of
the United States at Beyruth; VIM. G..
| Henderson, collector of customs, district OF
Pearl river, Mississippi; Erwine Virgins,
district of ST. Johns, Florida.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, July 2S.-The printing
committee reported senate resolution for
printing 5000 copies of the official report of
the international cotton exposition of 1881.
Passed.
Senate bill to provide for the publication
of the tenth census was passed. 1t pro-
yides for printing of additional copies of the
reports on population, agriculture, manu-
features and machines, fish and fish re-
ports. history of the national loan, and
compendium of the census and appropriates
for this purpose $4,000. 1t also
provides for the distribution of complete
sets of those reports to Libraries and other
public institutions throughout the country,
| the allotment to congressman to be dis
tributed by the secretary of the interior,
| each senator to be entitled to order fifteen,
and each re presentativeten sets.
| The senate then took up the naval appro-
priation bill which bill wasread for action
| upon committee amendn ents. Upon an
| amendment which was decided 10 be in the
nature of general legislation a point Of
order was raised.
Mr.. Rollins submitted that if the amend
ment was not in order on the ground stated,
nearly all committee amendments must. be
ruled out on the same ground. he, there
| fore, raised q point of order as against the
pending amendments reported by the COM
mittee.
The chair, Mr.. Davis, sustained the
point and ruled in effect that all amend
ments made by the senate committee
changing house general legislation. were
out OF order under tie senate rule pro-
hibiting such legislation on appropriations.
A long discussion followed in which the
rule was denounced by Mr.. Hawley and
others as unconstitutional, as II precluded
the senate from amending or changing the
bill in the features referred to.
Testing the correctness OF the ruling of
the chair and to reach a definite cOnstruc-
ton of the senate rules touching the point
cision, and the senate on "a di-
vision declined to table the appeal.
The discussion was then continued
by parliamentarians of the body.
Upon a vote being ordered, some con-
fusion was apparent as TO the form in
which the question Of order was TO be de-
-ided. IL was agreed TO test the sense of
the senate as TO the ruling upon the COM
mittee amendment dividing the number of
surgeons on the active list into three
classes.
The chair decided this to be out Of order
as involving general legislation, and this
decision was sustained by the senate by
yeas, 20; nays, 81. An equal number OF
democrats and republicans responded aye.
The committee amendment was conse-
quently disagreed to.
The bill was proceeded with as in COM
mittee of the whole.
Amendments making changes in re-
spect to the retirement of naval officers and
promotions on the retired list and allowing
any vacancy among the rear admirals TO be
filled by the president, by nominations OF
captains as well as commodoies, were ac-
cordingly ruled out. .
The amendment making prohibition
against promotions TO the grade OF commo-
dore Immediately operative instead OF on
July II, 1888, as proposed by the house, was
objected TO by Mr.. Williams and voted
down by less than a quorum-l3 TO is.
Various changes by the committee in the
item Of appropriations were agreed to with
out debate.
Several AMENDMENTS were passed over in
formally.
Notice was given Of others to be hereaf-
ter offered, and the remainder OF the COM
mittee amendments being adopted without
discussion the bill went over until to-mor-
row.
Messrs. Hawley and Allison offered reso.
lutiOns amending the rules 50 that amend
ments 20 general legislation placed
upon the appropriation bills by house shall
be in order. Referred to Che committee on
rules.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
After trausacting some miscellaneous
business. al 1I.j5, tbe house adjourned I'M
I'll Monday.
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