The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-22
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate Debates the Bank
Bill.
Important Amendments as
to Gold Certificates.
Row in the House.
Account of. the Burning of
the Rodgers.
Full Story of the Crews Ad-
venture.
Row ia the House.
General Items of interest, =
Melange.
CONGRESS-.
HOUSE.


HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, d. c., June 21.-The
speaker being absent from the house it was
called to order by Burrows, of Michigan
Reagan, rising to question privilege. stated
that the bin passed Monday, regulating
immigration, was not in the shape intend
ed. The committe on commerce had in
tended to pass substitute for the original
BILL but by mistake, wrong draft had
been sent to the clerks desk. A resolution
was adopted requesting the senate to return
the bill to- the house. The bill passed
charges the cost of returning paupers,
criminals, &c, to the nation to which they
belong-while the substitute charges it to
the steamship companies bringing them
over.
The house then retured the bill for the
erection of congressional library build
ing.
During the day Townsend, of Illinois,
created sensation by charging that the
measure embodies job of eastern parties
interested in the proposed site on capital
hill
Rice, of MASSACHUSETTS, Humphry, Reed
Reed and others replied and a scene of con-
fusion unusual on the floor of the house
was witnessed: Many angry words were
used and charges made. Rice moved to
postpone further consideration of the bill
until the twelfth of November, 1882
pending which he moved to lay the bin on
the table and was lost by vote of seventy
two to ia. The motion was agreed to
without discussion.
Robson, of New jersey, from the COM
mittee on appropriations, reported back
F., the national appropriation bill and it was
referred to the committee on the whole.
0n Motion of McCord, of Iowa, bill
was passed authorizing the Rock Island
s. South Western Railway Co.. to construct
a bridge across the Mississippi river at
New Boston, Illinois.
The house then went into a committee
of the whole.
On the bill to reduce the internal rev
enue taxation debate was held. During
the debate large number of amendments
were submitted and read for information.
Among them are the following
BY Hatch, of Missouri, proposing that
no farmer or planter shall be
required to pay a special tax as a duty on
leaf tobacco, for selling tobacco produced
by him.
By Randall, providing that after the
1st of July, 1888, all laws imposing an in
ternal tax on tobacco, snuff, cigars, choaGs
and cigarettes shall be repealed.
BY Wouton of Illinois, and Wilson of
West Virginia, striking from the bill the
clause repeating the tax on bank capital
By Morse, of Mississippi, exempting
soldiers and sailors who lost leg during
the late war from paying special tax as
peddlers of tobacco snuff and cigars.
BY Mcmillan, of Tennessee, striking out
clause repeating the tax on long check
deposits and capitals.
By Briggs, of New Hampshire, striking
out everything relating to the tax on dis
titled spirits and fermented liquors.
BY Cobb. of Indiana, striking out all
the sections of the bill except that abol
ishing the tax on matches and proprietary
medicines.
By Ellis, of Louisiana, reducing the tax
on perique tobacco.
BY Thompson, of Kentucky. imposing
graduated wine tax.
The committee then arose, without ac-
ton.
Blackburn, of Kentucky, submitted the
conference report on the military appro-
priation BILL which was agreed to.
Smith, of Michigan, from the
committee on Judiciary, reported
the resolution directing the rccommittal of
the bill allowing Nebraska an additional
representative; adopted.
The resolution states that the committee
had acted upon an incorrectly certified
census report and gives the committee
lieve to enquire into the matter Adjourn
ed
SENATE.