The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-13
Forty-seventh Con 2ress.


WASHINGTON, July 12.-Mr. George pre-
sented thscredentials oil his colleague. Mr.
Lamar as scnator.elect from Mississippi,
for the term beginning March 4, 1883 Read
and filed
The river and harbor bill was taken up and
various suggestions were made by Mr. Nc
MILAN, with view to securing favorable
vote on this bill to-day.
An arrangement was effected to allow I'M
limited debate on the bill up to O'Clock,
all debate to cease and voting to
begin at that hour on the bill
and oil amendments then pending.
| Those committee amendments on
which separate vo.es had been reserved
We're voted on and agreed to, and the re-
naming amendments made in committee
OF the whole adopted in the gross.
On motion of Mr.. Call $4,000 OF the $20,-
600 appropriated for Chattahoochie river in
| Florida and Alabama was authorized to
be expended on the river above Geneva, and
$4,000 upon La Grange bayou from its
mouth to EreepOrt, Florida.
/ Al amenimertbv Mr.. Call, adding 500, :
! 20 a, tlt appropriation for the Cumber.
ialia s,irys1ts. t'eorgia n1d Flords, max
ing the total Sl0GS1l was rejected, and also
b.,
The bill then passed tinally-yens, 80;
nays, %. The following is the vote in de-
tail
feas-Aldrich, Jones, OF Florida; Allison,
Jones, Of Nevada; Anthony, Lamar,
Brown, McDill, Butler, Mcmillan,
Camden, Maxey, Cameron, of Wisconsin.
Miller. of California; Cockrell, of Missouri;
Coke, Pugh, Conger, Ransom, Davis, of
West Virginia; Saunders, Dawes, Sawyer,
Farley, Sherman. Ferry, Slater, George,
Vance, Grover, Vest, Hampton, Walker,
lloar, Williams, Johnston, Jonas and
Windom--39
Nays-Payard, Beck, Blair, Call, Cam.
eron, of Pennsylvania; Davis, of illinois,;
Frye, Hale, Harris, Harrison, Hawley, Hill,
of Colorado; Jackson, Lapham, Logan
Rollins, S0ulsbury-and Van.Wyck-23.
The amendments to the bill by the senate
in committee of whole on Tuesday embrace
the following for southern improvements:
Obeys river, Tennessee, 5000; Big Black
river Mississippi, $4,000, Romlcy Marsh,
Georgia, Sj,C 10 additional making $1,000
and the item for Pensacola harbOr was in
creased from $1,000 to $4,000 on motion
OF Mr. Jones, Of Florida
After an executive session the senat @
adjourned.
HOUSE.
After the formal opening proceedings the
house Immediately went into committee of
the whole on the sundry civil appropra.
ton bill.
The clause approprlating 5000 to pay
James landcm for reporting the testimony
before ,he committee on foreign affair and
public buildings and grounds gave rise to a
discussion upon the subject OF the recent
removal OF the committee stcnographers,
Messrs, Hayes and Dcyine. The debate was
confined to the consideration of question
as to the construction of the words "lor
cause In the rule which authorizes the
speaker toremove stenographers for. cause.
Horr, OF Michigan; Ropeson, Of New
Jersey and other republicans took the
ground that IL was within the province of
the speaker to determine on tbecause with.
out declaring that cause TO the house.
Wilson, OF West Virginia, took the same
ground, but held that the house might call
upon the speaker to- announce his cause.
Randall, Cox, of New York, and Spring.
er, OF Illinois, maintained that the cause
must be stated to the house, and for one
hour and half the debate continued with
much emphasis on both sides
The committee then rose, there being but
ono page to be completed In committee.
Adjourned.