The bee., 1883-01-20

Under the call of the States the following
emong other bills were introduced ana re-
ferred:
the United States. 1t provides that any
officer of the United States or other person
who shall knowingly present any voucher.
account or claim to any officer of the United
States which shall contain any material mis-
representations of fact, shall not be entitled
to pay or credit for any part of said voucher
By Mr.. Robinson, to reduce letter postagl
TO one cent.
The House then proceeded to the further
consideration of the shipping bill, and was
addressed by Mr.. Reagan. While favoTing
many of the provisions of the bill be ex-
pressed his opposition to section Is, which
provides for a drawback to be paid to the
owners of ships constructed in whole or in
part of native material.
Mr.. McLane, a member of the Joint shln-
ping committee, confined his remarks tHe
provision exempting ships from mi III lpdi
land State taxation and to the drawback k pro
vision.
In In the House the debate on the Shipping
bill was continued, and after some debate
several amendments were offered Without
coming to vote, however, the House ad-
journed.
In the House Mr.. Gamblers free ship
amendment to the "drawback" section was
adopted by vote of I22 to 104, and was also
Mr.. Coxs free material amendment by l23 to
los. Without coming to vote on the sub
stiute, however, of which these amendments
form a part the House adjourned.
The House passed the Pension Appropria-
tion bill. The bill, as reported, appropriated
SS1, ,575, coo for army pensions, S1.000,0 900 for
navy pensions, ard &575.C00 for the expenses
of the department.. The bill, as passed, ap-
propriates S6,000000. which, with the Inex-
pended balance of about sic, 900, brings
the appropriation up to the estimate of the
department--S101, 10000.
The Fortifcations bill was also passed.
1t appropriates S175,000 for the repair and
100000 for the armament OF forttcatlons,
and $4,000 for torpedoes for harbo5 defen-
ses. Total 1926, 600. Mr.. McCook protested
against the parsimony of Congress in leaving
the seacoast defenses in a helpless condition
A bill was passed fixing the pension of a
person who has lost an eye in the military or
naval service at S12 per month; If the sight
of the other eye has been injured, the pension
is to be eqUitably increased, the whole
amount not to exceed $50 per month; those
who lost the sight of one eye in the service,
the other having been previously lost, shall
receive $50 a month; those who became to-
tally deaf shall receive $50 month.
In the House motion TO take the Fitz-
John Porter bill from the speakers table was
objected to from the Republican side. The
bill for the support of common schools was
made special order for the Goth instant.
and the bill granting pensions to the survi-
vors of the Mexican war was made a special
order for the first Tuesday in February.
In the House a number of bills were intro
dueed. The conference report on the Agri-
cultural Appropriation bill was agreed to, as
was also the bill amending the act regulating
the removal of causes from state to federal
courts. The Tariff and Naval Appropriation
bills were reported by their respective COM
mittees and referred. A report was also pre-
sented by the Foreign Relations Committee
on the abrogation of the Hawaiian reciproei-
ty treaty.