The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-01

THE PUBLIC DEBT.
WASHINGTON, February 2S.-Thc estima-
ted decrease Of the public debt for Febru-
airy is about S7,5O0,OO0.
EOrty-seventh CODgress-SccOnd Ses-
sion.
WASHINGTON. February IS, 1883.
SENATE.
4 message was received announcing the
names Of the House conferees on the IN
ternal revenue tariff bill. At Mr.. Gar
lands request the message was read.
Mr.. Garland asked TO have read from the
Congressional Record the resolution OF the
House instructlng its conferees to con-
slider fully the constitutional objections Of
the internal-revenue bill as amended by
the Senate, and to bring the same, together
with the opinion of the House in regard
thereto, before the committee OF confer.
ence, etc., and moved 10 reconsider the
motion by which the Senate agreed to the
conference.
The Senate, by vote Of 20 TO 81, defeat
ed the motion offered by Mr.. Edmunds to
lay Mr.. Garland's motion on the table.
The President finally ruled that 1t was
not i'm order to read the action OF the House
from the Record, as Mr.. Garland had pro-
posed.
Mr.. Garland appealed from the decision.
After the questf2n had been debated for
some time Mr. ingalls, offered resolution
declaring il to be the opinion of the Senate
that the conference should be full and
free, and instructing the Senate conferees
il they found that any limitation was
placed by the House on the action OF
ITS committee to retire, and report that fact
10 the Senate for ITS consideration.
Mr.. Sherman Mt first objected to the re-
solution, but withdrew his objection later.
and the resolution was agreed to without
division.
Mr.. Garland then withdrew his appeal,
aud the Senate resumed the consideration
of the bill to give increased pensions to
one-armed and one-legged soldiers.
Mr.. Harris moved an indefinite postpone
ment of the bill. Lost-ayes, 49,; noes, 81.
The sundry civil bill was reported, and
Mr.. Allison gave notice he would call 1t up
tomorrow.
After a long debate and disposing Of
great many amendments, the substitute
offered by Mr.. Platt some days ago was
adopted.
The bill was then reported to the Senate
and passed.
The bill provides q pension OF S24 per
month for the loss of one foot or one hand,
or an equivalent disability; for the loss Of
an arm above the elbow or leg above the
knee, or equivalent disability, $50.
Executive session.
Adjourned mt 1880 NJ.
TOFsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The House at 11:45 went into Committee
of the Whole (Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, in
The chair on the state Of the Union. and
after brief contest in regard to the re-
spective claims for precedence of the def
cheney and the river and harbOr bulls, the
consideration of the latter measure was re-
sumed.
Representative Randall ms declined his
service on the tariff conference committee,
as have also Morrison and Tucker, who
were afterwards appointed. The Speaker
then took the matter under further conSid-
Grafton.
Mr.. Speer, Of Georgia, was the third man
appointed in the place OF Mr.. Randall on
the tariff conference committee, and he ac-
cepted the appointment.
MIR. Page, OF California. rising TO ques-
ton of privilege, called attention to some
sharp words which had passed between
Mr.. Cox, Of New York. and himself last
evening, and expressed his hope that the
gentleman would see fit to offer an apology
for his personal remarks.
MIR. Cox expressed his high regard for
the gentleman from California, and said {:
.eMy friend is going home to California,
and / would not have him take away SIM
ole feeling Of resentment against me: there
fore. in the presence OF the House, l make
the amplest apology" Applause.
The discussion Of the river and harbor
bill was then proceeded with.
Mr.. Burrows, OF Michigan, chairman OF
the Select Committee on the Improvement
OF Mississippi river, confined himself to
quoting briefly from the report OF the COM
mittee, explaining IFS recommendations
and reading short abstracts from the testl-
mony on which the report was based.
Mr.. Robinson, Of Massachusetts, also
member of the committee, directed his re-
marks especially to the question OF ievee
improvement.
Mr.. Thomas, OF Illinois, another member
Of the committee, asserted that the Mlssls-
sippi-riyer commission had in nowise eX-
ceeded its authority, and placed himself on
record here and now in favor OF the plan
Of the commission, and that, too, including
the leyees.
Mr.. Butterwortb, OF ONO, expressed DIS
disbelief i'm the idea that the waters OF the
Mississippi could be confined by mud
walls without compromise with muskrats
or truce with moles. He had no hostility
to the leyee system, but he did not think
there should be any large expenditures OF
money for the construction OF leyees until
further experiments were made. lie de-
Tended the general plan Of appropriatnlg
for river and harbor improvement, and as