Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-03-01
|SECOND EDITION.
THURSDAY HVENnGo, NAROH /, 1883.
WASHINGTON EVENTS.
rnE LAs1 DAYS OF THE SESSION.


Mr. Bsyard 0lves H1s Reason for Not serv-
ng ON tie Tax Bsn Ooaiessaoe-
Trouble 10 FM the Vseaaeses.
WAsHINaToN,D d. g. Mar. lin tho Senate
Bsyard, rising 70 personal explanation,
gave reason why Mr.. Beck and himself
withdrew from the conference committee
on the tax bill. After reading the Sem
ate's resolution directing it, c0nferees to
withdraw If they found that . full
and fair conference could not be
obtained, he said his colleague and
he had been unable to como to any other
conclusion than that it was not q full and
fair conference. He asked that both be
excused from further service, which request
was granted by . vote Of 40 to 6, and the
chair was authorized to I'll the vacancies.
The president then appointed Messrs.
Voorhees, and Mcpherson. The latter was
subsequently excused, and the chair ap-
pointed Mr.. Harris, but he too was ex-
cused. Mr.. Voorhees, then declined to
serve and was excused. The president
said he had no means of ascertaining who
would consent to serve except by going
around and interviewing every senator {;
but he might find some one during the
day." Laughter. The Senate then pro.
ceeded to consider the sundry civil appro-
priation bill.
In the House Mr.. Forney, (Alabama)
presented conference report on the forti.
fication appropriation bill, and it was
agreed to It appropriates $670, 900, being
$295, 900 more than when it passed the
House.
A motion to limit debate on river and
harbor bill to ono minute was lost and the
House went into committee of the whole
on the state of the Union. Mr.. Hiscock
then objected to the river and harbor bill,
and the committee rose and reported the
objection to the House.
The House by vote of yeas 124, nays
1O7, ordered that the consideration of the
river and harbor bill should be resumed
and Immediately went into committee on
the bill.
An informal meeting Of the conferees
on the tariff bill was held this morning but
no action was taken, owing to the absence
of the Democratic members and an adj
journment was had to await the action
of the Senate, touching the declinatiOn OF
Messrs Bayard and Beck to serve upon
Cl6 COmmlCC00. Al 10 CIOCk
the vacancies not having been
filed the Republican members of
the committee again met in the room Of
the Senate committee on finance, where
they are still in session. One of the
Republican members said in reply to a
question that they would 60 on with the
bill regardless of the vacancies on the
committee and would submit their con-
clusiOn to the House.
A point of order, raised by Mr.. Carlisle,
that the committee could not proceed in
the absence of the two members on the
part of the Senate, was sustained by the
chair, and the committee adjourned sub
;ect to call of the chairman.
Nominations Sent to the Senate.
A large batch of nominations will DO
sent to the Senate this afternoon includ.
ing a surveyor and naval officer for the
port of New York and chief examiner
under the civil service commission.
Public Debt Decrease.
Public debt decrease for February was
seven millions and half.