Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-03-03

accurate etttWaee, Dot fooR0 eotlmave nes
been made that il will be about e75, ,000, 900.
Of course on some articles where duties have
been reduced. - upon woolen goods, there
will very likely Be an increase OF importa-
tons which may swell the revenue to some
extent, but If there shall Be no greater inn
portations than last years the reduction OF
the revenue bill will probably exceed $751;
600, 600. The present question is the adOp-
ton Of the report.
Mr.. Beck called for the yeas and nays and
made . speech in opposition to the conference
committees report. He dwelt particularly
upon the committees action in raising the
duty on iron ore from Soc to 15c. when both
Houses had fixed the rates at Soc and there
was no difference on the subject between
them.
Mr.. Beck criticized severely the conduct of
the conference in raising the duty on steel
rails.
At this point Mr.. Hale reported the de-
fciency bill and it wa. ordered printed.
Mr.. Maxey inquired whether Mr.. Beck in
his experience had ever known a case where
a conference committee had increased the
rate agreed upon by both houses.
Mr. Beck-I never did, and l don't sup
pose that any other senator ever heard of it,
but there never was q bill like this before.
Conceived in sin and brought forth in
niquity."
Mr., Vance made 4 speech in opposition to
the report.
At the conclusion the conference COM
mittee was adopted by vote of SO to 81.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The Senate amendments to the sundry
civil appropriation bill were non-concurred
in.
The District of Columbia appropriation
bill was agreed to.
The disagreement ON items in the post
office appropriation bill providing for special
mail facilities and limiting the compensation
to be paid to subsidized railroads was reced
ed from. The effect of the vote is to pass the
bill retaining the appropriation of SlS5,OOO
for special mail facilities and without the
clause limiting the compensation to be paid
ubsldized railroad for mail transportation.
The House then took up the Mississippi
contested election case of Buchanan VS.. Man
ming
The resolution which grants the cOntes-
tant leave to withdraw papers without pre]u-
dice was adopted. This confirms the right
of Manning to his seat.
! The House refused to consi der the Sessing-
haus- Frost election case.
| MIR. Bingham moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill to adjust the salaries of
postmasters; agreed to and passed
| Mr.. Curtin moved to suspend the rules and
concur in the Senate amendments to the bill
increasing the pensions of soldiers and sail
ors who had lost one arm or leg in the serv
ice agreed to.
The House then proceeded to the consider
| alton of the Sessinghaus VS.. Frost contested
election case, from the third Mormon Con-
gressional district.
| In the evening session. the Frost VS.. Ses-
singhous contested election case was resnm-
ed, Frest occupying half an hour in defence
| of his right to retain the seat.
| After further debate, the resolution declar-
ing Sessinghous entitled to the seat was
adopted.
| Mr.. Sessinghous was then sworn in, tax
| ing the iron-slad oath.
Mr.. Cannon made q conference report on
the legislative appropriation bill.
| The bill as agreed to in the conference ap-
proprates $40, AGA, 296.
The report was agreed to, l21 to ITO.
| Mr.. Robson made the conference report
on the naval appropriation bill. The bill ap-
rropriates SIS, 900. He explained the
report and stated that the bill appropriated a
million dollars for the completion of three Of
the monitors. being an addition of $3.50, 900.
After some debate the conference report
was agreed to, yeas l04 nays 81.
! Mr.. Butterworth made the conference re-
port on the army appropriation bill.
The bill as agreed to appropriates $24,-
| 6SI, 200.
The conference report was agreed to.
Mr.. Calkins of Indiana at l1.20 called up
the Iowa contested election case of Cook
Cults and reported in favor of contestant
| Cook.
| At o'clock the House adjourned.