Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-01

motion by Mr. Harris to postpone indefinitely the
 debate durfnr which the merits and demerits of the measure were freely discussed The motion was de- l An amendment proposed by Mr. Vest to strike out
 the equivalent disability clause WAS rejscted yeas Mr. Platt's amendment proposing to grade the pen
 sions for loss of hand. ar foot or leg from $24 to ments were proposed and rejected
 Mir Ingalls, in the course of someremarks in opposi of an eye stated that he would votc against the amendment for the same reasons he voted against obvious to him that the Senate must this bill 1t came from the House or it would fail to become
 At P; n MT. Allison, from the Agpropr.ations notice that he would ask the Senate to take it up to- morrow.
 MT. PIatts amendment was adopted yeas 3l, nays IS. An amendment offered by Mr. Call proposing to pension all the survivors of the Mexican and Indian wars up to 1856 st the rate of s12so monthly was
 MT. George then proposed se pension honorably discharged Mexican veterans who are in needy cir
 MT. Williams vehemently opposed this proposition. he said speaking as soldier of that war IT, that the erty was an insult to their valor and patriotism. original propostien nor as reectine his idea of the measure of justice due these worthy veterans He voted down proposition to pay them sl95O month he desired to do the best he could for them. MT.
 At 10 p. m. vote was taken and the bill was pass ed 27 yeas, IA nays.
 11S OoIAte buen aQJOuEuous
 HoUsE.-After the journal had been read MT. Ran da and asked to be excused from Ting the tariff conference committee. on the ground that he HIS resignation was accepted and the Speaker ap- pointed Mr. Morrison, of Illinois, in his stead who in turn declined to serve, did MT. Tucker of Vir ginis
 After a struggle between the Commerce and Ap- propriatons committees the latter desiring to take up the deficiency bill the House went into Commit Speeches made by Messrs. McLane of Maryland, Thomas of Illinois Cox of New York. Butterworth of Ohio and Ellis of Louisiana
 The committee proceeded to discuss the bill by paragraphs under the five minute rule. On motion of MT. Page item omitted by the committee ap- propriating $2O,000 for continuing the improvement at Rockland, Me. was inserted. An amendment pro- posed by Mr. Aldrich of Illinois, increasing the ap- propriation for the Calumet river, Illinois, from $15
 But slow progress was made bill, the attend ance being slim and it's opponents taking advantage each amendment which appeared to afford an oppor- tunty But eight of the twenty-hv pages of the bill had been gone over ct half past i've when recess was taken until half-past seven o'clock
 EVENING SESSION.
 Senate bill appropriating $1Oo.OOO for 6 public l building at Jefferson City, Mo-, and number of while quorum of the House was coming in. At I o'clock the House went into Committee of the Whole ,ttepdanee The iteDo of s7 oo for tbe improvsant of Cheesequakes Creek afforded opportunity which was quickly embraced to ridicule the socaled loose Creek improvements, which WAS denounced by he members of the Commerce committee with more han usual warmth.
 Up to midnight no material changes had been made n the river and harbor bill The motions made and Icted up to that hour tended rather to obstruct han to hasten progress on the bill At midnight the committee found itself without ta Iuorum. After intellectual effort to adjourn the House again went into Committee of the Whole On division on the pending question lack of quo ! um was again developed and the committee thereup- n rose and the House at 12:26 adjourned.