The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-02-27
XLVII CONGRESS--2d Session
SENATE.
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SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.
The President laid before the Senate letter
from the Mr.. Edmunds declining to serve ae
regent of the Smithsonian Institution. and an
pointed Mr.. Morrill, instead.
Mr. Grover presented the credentials of Mr..
Doiph. his successor as Senator from Oregon.
bill was passed to punish the false person.
alton of officers and employees of the United
States.
A resolution was adopted requesting tile
House of Representatives to return the tariff
bill in order that certain clerical errors nigh.
be corrected.
The House bill TO prevent importation of
aduterated or spurious teas was passed.
The committee on commerce reported favor
ably on the bill for the construction of bridge
acr3ss the Thames river at New London,
Conn.
On motion of Mr.. Hale resolution was
adopted directing the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to furnish complete list of persons em-
ployed now or since July 1st, 1882, by the
United States geological survey, with a state
ment of the compensation paid to EACH
The tariff hill. having been corrected was
returned to the House.
Fourth of July claims bill was passed.
Mr. Edmunds moved to take up the Utah
bill.
Mr.. Mitchell moved TO proceed to the con-
sideration of the pension bills on the calendar
Agreed to.
Several bills granting pensions to individu-
ais were passed, among them bills granting
pensions of $50 month to the widows of Rear
Admiral Beaumont and the late Major Gener-
al Warren.
Bill granting Increased pensions to one
armed and one-legged soldiers was taken up.
Mr.. Platt offered as substitute the bill in
troduced by HIM January last providing that
pensioners who have lost one band or one foot
or been totally or permanently disabled as to
reader their iDcapacity to perform manual la
Dor equivalent to loss of hand or foot shall
receive pension of $24 per month and that
all persons who have lost either an arm at or
above the elbow or a leg at or above the knee
or are otherwise so disabled as to be incapaci-
tated for performing any manual laBor, bat not
SO as TO require regular personal attendance,
shall receive $50 per month.
Mr.. Blair offered as a substitute the bill pro-
posed in the minority report signed by him
and Mitchell, specifying several other disabil-
ties in addition to those in the House bill and
allowing pensions ranging from $12 to $40 per
month.
Mr.. Plumb of Kansas reported that the
committee of conference on the post Office APP
preparation bill had failed to agree He said
the disagreement was mostly upon the apprc-
priation of $l85000 for special mail facilities
aud the change proposed in the charters Of
the Pacific railroads. A new conference COM
mittee was appointed.
With the pension bill pending the Senate
at O'Clock, on motion of Mr.. Hoar, went into
executive session and soon after adjourned.
HOUSE
On motion of Mr.. Ketcham the Senate
amendments 20 the District of Columbia ap-
preparation bill were rejected, and Messrs.
Ketcham, Hiscock and Forney were appointed
conferees.
The same action was taken upon the legisla-
tive appropriation bill. and Messrs. Cannon,
O'Neil and Atkins were appointed conferees.
Mr.. Cas- well submitted a conference report
on the post office appropriation bill.
Messrs. Holman Of Indiana, Anderson of
Kansas and Robson OF New Jersey protested
against the House yielding to the Senate on
the question of compensation to subsidized
railroads.
Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, defended the action
OF the conference committee.
Owing to certain clerical errors in the en-
crossed copy of the Senate amendments to the
internal revenue bill it was returned by request
to the Senate.
The House resumed consideration of the con
ference report on the post Office appropriation
bill
Mr.. Reagan, of Texas, criticised the confer.
ence committee for yielding every important
item of disagreement.
Mr.. Anderson urged that the conference re-
port should be voted down, and that the Sen.
ate conferees should be informed that they
would have TO back down or wonld get no post
office appropriation bill.
After debate the conference report was disa.
greed to- ia to 133-and further conference
was ordered,
Mr. Hiscock, chairman of the Committee on
Appropriations, reported the deficiency appro-
priaIion bill. Ordered to be printed and re-
committed.
The internal revenue bill with the Senate
amendments, returned by the Senate, went te
the Speakers table and was ordered to be
printed.
Several bills were introduced and referred.
Under special order two unimporIant bills
were passed, and the Speaker recognized Mr.
Reed, who called up the resolution reported BY
him Saturday from the Committee on Rules.
Mr.. Blackburn raised point OF order
against il.
Mr.. Carlisle raised the question of consider
alton, and Mr.. Randall of Pennsylvania de
manded the yeas and nays.
The Honse determined 1874, nays 100
to consider the Reed resolution. This was q
party vote.
Mr.. Tucker changed his yotes to the affirma
tive for the purpose of moving reconsidera
tion.
Mr.. Reed moved to lay the melton to recon
slider on the table, and the yeas and nays were
ordered, pending which Mr. King, of Louis
lana moved to adjourn. Lost.
The question then required on tabling the
motion to reconsider the vote by which the
House determined to consider the Reed rule
The motion was tabled.
Mr. Reed demanded the previous question.
MI. Blackburn raised point Of order agains
the resolution and argued at length against tht
rule, deDouncng it as gag.
The chair overr1led the point of order
Mr.. Blackburn appealed, and Mr.. Reet
moved to lay the appeal on the table.
On this the yeas and nays were ordered
AS it now wanted but five minutes to thu
hour OF recess, that time was consumed in
confused and unsuccessful effort to obviate
night session.
| At5.30 the House took recess until 7S0.
Evening Session.
On motion of Mr.. Robson the Senate amend
ment TO the naval, appropriation bill were non
| concurred IN and conierees appointed.
| The appeal from the decision of the Speaker
overruling the point of order raised by Mr.
Blackburn against Mr.. Reeds resolution, wa
| then tabled.
Mr. Reed demanded the previous question.
MIR. Carlisle inquired whether Mr.. Rect
| would permit an amendment to be- Offered
which would give the House an opportunity t.
! Vote 10 concur or non-concur in the SENATE
amendment TO the internal revenue bill.
| Mr.. Reed-No sir.
The previous question was then ordered.
Mr.. Carlisle moved to recommit the resolu
| tlon to the Committee on Rules. with instruc
| tons that If it We're again reported to th'
| House it be so amended that the Hous'
might be permitted to vote to concur or non
| cur III Senate amendments.
| Mr.. Reed raised the point of order that therl
was no provision in the rules which looked t.
a recommittal with the instructions of the res
olution lor change of rules. He called atten
tlon to che fact that Rule No IL, under which
the recommittal was allowed, used the wor(
"bilF' and said nothing about ''resolution."
After debate the Speaker sustained the poin
| of order.
| An appeal taken by Mr.. Carlisle was, on mo
| tion of Mr.. Reed laid on the table.
Mr.. Feed admitted that the proceeding tc
| night was unusual in its nature, Unless Their