Huntsville gazette., 1883-03-10

TEN. of his intention to resign to morrow.
providing that at that hour the Senate will
proceed TO elect his successor, was adopted.
COnlereeS were appointed on the Sundry Civil
plii. The conference report on the Army
Dlll was adopted. The it limiting com
pensatlon to be paid subsidized railroads
ior army transport rtation was stricken fro n
the Dill. The conference report on the Leeis-
iatlVe, Executive and Judicial Appropriation
i niii was agreed to. The conference report on
tne Internal Revenue and Tariff bill occa.
s.oned some debate, but it was finallyadopted,
yeas. 32, nays, 3l......In the House several
bills were passed under the Pound rule
Senate amendments TO the Sundrv Civil bill
We're Dol concurred in a conference report
ON the Post sfsice Appropriation BIZ, winch
providing for special facilities and limiting
the compensation to be paid subsidized rail-
roads was submitted but on motion the House
receded from its disagreement to the two
amendments. In the contested election case
OF Burnham against Manning MISSY, Man
nlng was seated. The bill to adjust Post
masters sala les was passed. The report Of
the Jeannette Board was pre- sented and re-
ferred. In the evening session the contested
election cases of Frost VS.. Sessinghaus (Mo.),
and Cook vs.. Quits Qowa) were taken up
terence reports on the Legislative bill, the
Navy bill and the Army bill were agreed to.
MARCH 3.-In the Senate the bill to eX-
clude public lands in Alabama from the OPP
Grafton of laws relating to mineral lands was
passed. A reSOiu ton was adopted tenderi n
tildDkS 10 DdVlu DAVIS IOr the courteous ana
impartial manner in which he had discharged
the duties OF President pro tenn. of the Senate.
The credentials of Messrs. Bowen, of Colora-
do and Colquitt, of Georgia, were presented.
The bill to readjuSt PoStmaSterS' salaries was
passed. Mr. Davis resigned as President pro
tenn. and Mr.. Edmunds was elected in his
place. The River and Harbor bill was re-
ported from Committee and on motion was
laid on the table. TheGeneral Deficiency bill
was passed. The credentials of Mr.. Sabin,
| elected Senator from Minnesota, Were pre-
in investigating claims against the
Government passed; also, the Post
route bill and the bill to modify the
money order system. New conferees were
appointed on the sundry Civil bill. The reso-
luton providing for a new mixed commission
between the United Sta es and venezuela was
passed without amendment. The shipping
bill was discussed and the mail subsidy
section was struck out. when the bill was
passed. number of unimportant bills were
considered and passed, when the Revenue
and Tariff bill was received from the House.
| The President of the Senate immediately
| signed it, and few minutes atterward Presi-
dent Arthur affixed his signature. The bill
is therefore now law The Senate then
went into executive session. which lasted un-
til3l5 a. m, March 4, when the doors were re-
opened. The conference report on the
with a message that the House had greed
to it, and the report was adopsed. At
ter further unimportant business and the
usual scenes incident to the last hours OF the
u
at noon brought down his gavel a de-
clared the Senate adjourned without dav.....
In the House, after the transaction OF some
unimportant business, a vote on the reSolu-
| tion in the Cook Cults ell sction ca &c resulted
in the adoption of the resolution declaring
the contestant entitled to his seat. Mr.. Kelley
| then submitted the conference report on the
Revenue and Tariff bill, and opened the de-
bate The first section of the bill, he sud,
was the bill which the House passed last
session for the reduction of internal
taxes, with amendments made thereto
by the Senate touching tobacco, cigars and
snuffs. The reductions would diminish in
ternal taxes from S35 900 to s40000,00O. lie
was unable to make an estimate of the in1-
mediate effect of the changes proposed in the
tariff law. The estimate, however, was that
the total reduction of revenue under this bill
would be from se5 000,O 900 to $40, 900. The
debate was long and spirited, but the report
was finally adopted-ye eas, Isl; nays, ll6: At
the evening session a conference committee
was ordered on the Deficiency Appropriation
bill, when the House got into deadlock on
the contested election case of Lee vs.. Rich
ardson, South Carolina, which lasted until
four O'Clock a. m, March 4, when the confer
ence report on the Sundry Civil bill was pre-
sented and agreed to. The dead-lo was
continued until noon, when the House adj
journed sine die.