The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-04

Proceedings Of the Senate-That BODY
Adjourns Over to Wednesday
In Honor Of the Glorious
Fourth.
The house Makes Another Stride To.
ward Adjournment Harmonious
and Effective Session.
Commodore Schufeldt Ordered Home
to Give an Account Of His
Stewardship.
About the Various Committees and
Their Work.
Department Notes andWashlngton Facts
and Fancies.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Forty-seventh Cons rcss.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-The chair submit.
ted petition from the president and secre.
tary of the independent labor party of the
city of New York, praying congress to raise
the capital tax on immigrants from 80
cents to 81 per head. Referred to the com.
mittee on commerce.
Senate bill appropriating .$5O,O0o for
public buildings at Ashville, North Caro-
lima, was called up by Mr. Ransom and
passed.
Mr.. Morgan called up the senate bill 10
| encourage and promote telegraphic com.
munication between America and Europe,
u constitutes Robert Garrett, William 4.
burns' W. +, Frick, of Missouri,
and their associates a com.
lany to lay an ocean cable
from any point on the American side TO
some point on the European coast.
| me Diii passed with an amendment ex-
| tending the time within which the comnanv
shall begnlaying the cable to two Years
from the passage of the act
| The general deficiency appropriation bill
was proceeded with, and the COMMITTEES
amendments agreed to as read Senate
committee reported the amendment consti-
compirollers of the m treasury suru
and the treasurer Of the United States n
board OF auditors to hear and determine ali
questions arising out OF claims and pro
| posed allowances growing out of the illness
and burial of the late President Garfield.
and providing the method of auditipr them
appropriating $4,000 for 1.-The payment OF
awards and limiting the amount to be GER
nnea I'm ga ana PAID for as medical services to
Sn2'oU; II is further provided that
all claims shall be considered
and allowances made before January lat
1888, and that aggregate of the awards
shall not exceed the amount appropriated.
Mr.. Vest raised several points Of order
against the amendment, but the senate bv
a vote of 20 to 10, held that il could be en-.
tertained under the rules.
Davis, of Illinois, voted ,no,,
with the democrats. MIR. Vest
then opposed the proposition with
much earnestness. He said IL was we'll
known fact that the late president, If not
butchered, was unquestionebly victim of
NAL practice in his last illness OF eighty
days. e'
lie was, physicked, leeched probed and
lanced, while the bullet that was eating
away his life never for moment
came under the attention of the
physicians. From medical or scientific
point OF view the fees were grossly enor-
nous, and would not be sustained by n
conrt IN any ordinary case If Garfields
life had been saved there would have been
some reason for the liberal outlay on the
part OF the government for medical services
bnt none existed.
Mr.. Vest then referred to the newspaper
charges made during the presidents illness,
that while the public bulletins were giving
favorable reports the presidents physicians
were teiegraphing in cypher to all stock
brokers information exactly the reverse of
that which was being published. He
thought II was. due to the country that an
investigation into that charge should even
yet be made. He regarded the charge OF DR..
Bliss OF $s,oOO fol, eighty days attendance
as exorbitant and had read at the clerks
desk a statement by DR.. Boynton to the
effect that on or about August, 1881, he
was informed by the late president that DR..
Bliss was volunteer in the case. In this
connection the testimony given by DR..
Bliss that he was sent for by the secretary of
war was also read. After further remarks
by Messrs; Van Wyck, Blair, Pendeton
anu oauilspury,, an amendment of
lered by Mr.: Crockrell re-
ducing the apportionment from $4,000
10 soo,OO0 and the amount for medical ser
vice from $52 900 to $35, 600 was agreed to-
yeas, %; nays, %.
Messrs. ingalls,, Rollins, Saunders, Sher-
man and VanWyck voted with the demo.
Gratis Davis, Of Illinois, and Jones, of
Florida, voted MOI with the republicans.
On motion of Mr.. Hoar a proviso was
added requiring the claimants to file re-
lease under seal of all claims against the
representatives Of the late president grow
ing out of said illness and burial The sec
tion prevailed as amended, and the bill
After placing the bankruptcy bill ON or.
ders as unfinished business, the senate ad-
journed until Wednesday.
HOUSE.
On motion OF Cannon, OF Illinois, the sem
ate amendments to the legislative appro-
priation bill were concurred in.
On motion Of Manning, of Mississippi,
the rules were suspended and the bill
passed appropriating $4,000 for the erec-
tion Of building at Oxford, Mississippi.
Kelley, Of Pennsylvania, moved to sus-
pend the rules and pass the bill to correct
the error in the revised statutes relative to
the duty on knit goods.
Harrison, OF Illinois, said the bill was
presented under suspension of the rules in
order to prevent any amendment being
adopted. which would modify at present
the tariff system.
After brief remarks by Carlisle, of Ken
lucky, IN opposition to the BILL and by
Robinson, Of New York, Haskell, of Kan
sas, PEBBLES, of Indiana. Briggs, of New
Hampshire, and Hubbell, Of Michigan in
favor, the motion to suspend the rules and
pass the bill was agrecd-yeas, 143; nays, IS.
The speaker announced as conference
committee on the legislative appropriation
bill, Cannon, of Illinois, Hiscock, of New
York, and Atkins, OF Tennessee.
Paul, of Virginia, moved to suspend rules
and pass the senate bill providing for the
erection ofpublic buildings ut Harrlsonburg
and Abingdon, and appropriating $4,000
to each for that purpose.
After an hour had been consumed In the
effort to obtain quorum, Bragg, OF Wis
consin, took the floor in opposition to the
bill. As far as he had learned the only
products of the two towns were
pennyroyal and sassafras, which
grew largely In the streets. There was not
enough business there to keep 1t growing,
so that small children could walk about
without getting lost In the woods.
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