Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-08
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.

the House with such information as he may
have concerning the custom of sub-letting
contracts for carrying the United States
mails.
Mr.. Prescott was awarded the floor for
the purpose OF debate, but yielded for
amendments, which were submitted as fol-
lows:
By Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas-Fixing the
number Of Representatives at 325
BY Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan-At 321.
By Mr.. Joyce, of Vermont-At 365.
By Mr.. Page, of California, and Mr..
Springer, of Illinois-At 3l9
By Mr.. Briggs, Of New Hampshire-At
By Mr.. Robinson, of Massachusetts-At
Mr.. Crapo, of Massachusetts,, Chairman
of the Committee on Banking aud Currency,
reported a bill to enable national banking
associations to extend their corporate exist
ence.
Mr.. Buckner, of Missouri, presented
minority report, which, with the report OF
the msjority, was placed on the House
caleuda
Mr.. Lord. OF Michigan, from the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, reported back ad-
verselY the Nicaraguan claims bill, and it
was laid upon the table.
Mr. Gibson, of Louisiana, from the Com
mittee on Commerce, reported bill to eX-
tend the limits of the port of New Orleans.
Placed on the House calendar.
Bills were reported from the Committee
on Public Buildings for the erection of pub
lie buildings at Oxford, Miss and Augusta,
Ga. Referred to the committee of the
whole.
At the conclusion of the morning hour,
Mr. Page, of California, called up the special
order, 1t being the bill to restrict Chinese
immigration.
Mr.. Prescott, OF New York, antagoni z cd
this with a motion to take up for present
consideration the apportionment bill, and
setting Spart day for the consideration Of
the Chinese bill, making 1t subservient to
the appropriation bills and the apportion-
ment bill.
Mr.. Page yielded, but asked that It be
made the special order for consideration as
soon as the spportionment bin and the post
office appropriation bill were disposed of.
Mr.. Ellis, Of Louisiana, objected upon a
point of order.
The Speaker decided that the apportion-
ment bill presented a privileged question.
Mr.. Page raised the question of considera-
ton, and the House decided-yeas 1853. nays
63-to consider the apportionment bill.
By unanimous consent Mr.. Ryan, of Kan
| sas, was permitted from the Committee on
| Appropriations to report the Indian appro-
| priation bill, and 1t was referred to the COM
mittee OF the whole. ct appropriates 81,
| 920, ,203, which is 1921 $40 less than t ne
estimates and 1851 600 greater than the
amount appropriated for the current year.
| The number OF agents is reduced from 67
| to 60)
Mr. Prescott then proceeded to review
| the question. The bill was sharply criti-
| cized by several gentlemen and advocated
| by others, but the debate to day indicated
| that it had more enemies than friends.
/ paudfno no dfePucefOn N HO1c0 a6
| journed.
THE CALLED BONDS.
The Secretary of the Treasury issued the
one hundred and eighth call for the redemp-
| tion of bonds. The call is for $50 900 900 of
6 per cent. extended bonds, and notice is
| given that the principal and the accrued
| interest will be paid on the 8 b OF April
next, and that interest will cease on that
| day. The following are the descriptions:
| Registered bonds of the act of July II and
August 5, 1861, continued $50 No 10 $40 to
No. 21 500. both inclusive; 500 No. 13. 701
TO No. l4,700, both inclusive, $500 No.
| 1,00l 70 No. 10,700, both inclusive; 81 600
| No. IS, ,9Ol to No. 81, 600, both inclusive
| s., 5,0O0 No. 16l $40 to No 16S, 500, both in
| elusive; $4,000 No. 81, 55l to No. "a $50,
both inc u i've. Total $50 coo 600.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONTEST.
refused to consider the protest Of Mr.. Dtb-
bic, the sitting member from the Fifth dis
trict OF South Carolina, and ordered him to
| file brief. This case is dOcketed with the
committee as "MackeY vs.. O'Connor." The
committee have decided that Dibble must
/ file a brief and defend his title 10 the seat
in the same manner that O'Connor would
have been required to do had he lived and
taken his seat in The House.
A LAPPING OFF OF HEADS.
Secretary Folger has requested the resig-
nations of the following employees of the
| Treasury Department.: CObaugh, Captain
OF the Watch; Norton, Clerk to the Light
House Board, formerly of the Custodians
Office; Skeen, foreman OF Laborers, and
Hatch, StOrekeeper of the Department. No
reasons are given for these requests, but
all have been under fire in what is known
as the "Meline investigation" of Treasury
expenditures.
TAXATION OF GREENRACKs.
The House Committee on Banking and
Currency authorized Representative Marsh
to-day TO report favorsbly to the House his
bill, which provides that the Treasury notes
of the United States, known as legal tender
notes, shall be liable to State taxation on
the time they continue to be redeemable In
coin by the Treasury.
TARIFF REVISION.
The House Committee of Ways and
Means this afternoon agreed to report the
bill providing for the appointment of a
commission TO investigate the question of
the tariff This is a substitute for the Kas-
son bill, which included the consideration
bY a commission of the internal revenue
laws as well as the tariff.
NOMINATIONS.
The President nominated Ansel NJ New
berger to be Collector of Customs at
NatcheZ, Mississippi; Thos. n. Cooper to be
Collector of Internal Revenue for the Sixth
district of North Carolina, and BodilDuncan,
of South Carolina, to be Consul General TO
Naples, and II e. G. Ashwood, of Louisi-
ana, to be Consul General to Trinidad.
CHARLESTON HABBoR.
Senators Butler and Hampton to-day pre-
sented memorials from the Charleston
Chamber of Commerce and from 125 leading
citizens Of Charleston, urging an appropria
II IN of SIS 600 to complete the work of
improvements now in progress in Charles
ton harbOr.
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
The House Committee Oh Post Offices and
Post Roads io-dsy instructed Representative
Lacey, of Michigan, to report to the House,
with favorable recommendation, the bill
providing for the establishment Of postal
savings banks.
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