The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-02-26
XLVII CONGRESS--2d Session
SENATE.

OF routine character, the Senate at II o'clock,
went into executive session.
When the doors were reopened the Senate
took up the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill, upon the provision iDcreas-
ing the salary of the public printer to $4,000
A discussion arose as to the influence of the
Printers Union upon the management of the
Government printing office. After debate the
committee s amendment was agreed to.
The amendment of the Committee on Ap-
preparations to increase the revenue portion of
the legislative, Judicial and executive bill,
providing for travelling expenses and officers
and clerks detailed onsspecial service, and for
averaging fees of gaugers, was ruled out ON
point OF order as new legislation.
The committee had reported in favor of
striking out the provision repeating the law of
last year authorizing the appointment OF an
Assistant Secretary of War and an Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, but on motion of Mr.
German the repeating paragraph was retained.
The paragraph approprating $500 for the
employment OF clerks to dispose of accumulat-
ed work in the general land Office was amend
ed so as to employ them under provisions of the
civil service act provision for the purchase of
Rochambeau papers and records and briefs be-
longing TO the estate of the late Senator Car
penter and agreed to.
The bill was reported to the Senate and the
amendments made in committee OF the whole
we've agreed to except the provision for the re-
peal of the law authorizing the appointment Of
Assistant Secretaries of War and Navy respec-
lively was struck out, and the bill was then
passed.
Mr.. Edmunds gave notice that as soon as the
Fourth of July claims' bill should have been
disposed OF he would ask the Senate to proceed
with the Utah bill.
At6.10 the Senate went into executive seq
sion and few minutes later adjourned.
HOUSE.
Immedi 4tely after the reading of the journal
the speaker proceeded to call committees IN
der the Pound" rule
Mr.. Randall of Pennsylvania under instruc-
tions from the committee on ways and means
called up the bill to prevent importation of a
adulterated OF spurious tea On motion of Mr.
Randall an amendment was adopted to the
section which provides sfor further examina-
ton of tea represented by the invoice in case
the examiner does not believe the sample rspre
sents the true quality of the invoice ss follows:
Provided such further examination of such
tea shall be made within three days after en-
try thereof has been made at the custom house
and provided further the bond above required
shall also be conditioned for payment Of all
custom house charges which may be attached
to such merchandise prior to its Sbeing released
or destroyed, ,assthe case may be, uLder the pro-
visions of this act.
section was agreed to granting to the secretary
of the treasury power to enforce the provisions
of this act by appropriate regulations.
The bill as amended was passed.
Bill creating an agricultural commission was
under consideration when the hour allowed by
the Pound rule expired.
The House proceeded to the consideration
of the sundry civil appropriation bill. The
pending question was on amendment reported
from the committee of the whole granting
$1,000 dollars to legal represen tatives of An
drew Heron of Louisianna late member OF
the 48th Congress.
Amendment was lost and the bill then
passed.
Mr.. Page Of California gave notice that he
would on Monday next move that the House
20 into committee of the whole on the river
and harbor bill
Mr.. Hammond of Geogia then called up the
report of the judiciary committee in the mat
ter Of Thomas J Majors claim to seat as
contingent member from Nebraska. He said
that the committee had been imposed upon by
false testimony. On investig alton the conclu-
sion of the committee was that Thomas j. Ma
jors is responsible for the msinformation which
induced the committee to make the report of
the first of April, 1882, and that he was aided
therein by S. j. Alexander, Secretary of State
of Nebraska, by Pat. G. Hawes and DIR. P.
Schwepk and George I'll. Roberts, ard we re-
port that the testimony of Davis is false and
we ask adoption OF the following resolution:
Resolved That the clerk Of the House be
and he is hereby required to furnish a printed
copy of this report including the evidence, to
the district attorney of the District of Colum-
bia, Attorney General of the United States,
and Governor OF the State OF Nebraska, tnat
they may take such action as they may deem
suitable to the gravity of the wrongs commit
ted
The resolution was adopted and the House
proceeded to consider the bill appropriating
ten million dollars annually for five years to
aid in the support of the common schools. Mr..
Sherwin submitted an exhaustive argument in
support OF the measure. Messrs. Willis OF
Kentucky, Clements of Georgia and Wheeler of
Alabama also favored the bill
Pending further discussion Mr. Reed OF
Maine from the committee on rules reported
the following resolution: That during the re-
mainder of this session it shall be in order at
any time to move to suspend the rules, which
motion shall be decided by majority vote, to
take from the Speakers table house bill No.
5530, ith Senate amendments thereto, entit-
leo bill to reduce internal taxation, and to de-
| clare disagreement with the Senate amend
ments to the same, and to task for committee
| OF conference thereon, to be- composed OF five
! members on the part of the House. Ii such
motion shall fail the bill shall remain on the
! Speakers table unaffected by the decision of
| the House on said motion. Laid over until
| Monday.
Mr.. Flower of New York, Eintroduced a bill
repeating all internal taxes except ON distilled
| spirits. Referred to committee on Ways and
| Means.
Mr. Sherwn then demanded the previous
| question on his education bill, pending which
on motion of Mr.. Robeson of New Jersey the
House at 4.55 adjourned. The vote stood
| yeas 81: nays 80.