Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-27
Forty-seventh Congress.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.

sENATE.-Mr. Garland introduced by direction of the Judiciary committee bill for the punishment of passed
 MT Vance called attention to clerical in the tariff bill and motion of MT. Bayard 8 resolution passed to withdraw the bill from the House for
 MT. Miller, of New York, reported favorably from the Committee on Commerce the bill for the London ct; Messrs Piatt and Aldrieh urged the immediate consideration of the bill, but objection
 MT Miller, of New York, reported favorably from the Committee Commerce the House bill relating
 MT Blair offered resolution n't directing the Com mittee Education and Labor to continue it's in- during the Forty-eighth Congress; rassed.
 Mr. Jones Fal called up his resoluting asking the President for information relative to the treaty of 1919 with Spain; referred to the Committee For eign Affairs Mr. Van Wyck called up his resolution to efforts to bring about peace between Chilli and Peru; agreed to-
 MT. Vests resolution providing for special com Yellowstone Park discussed during the remainder of the morning hour and went over.
 The bill providing for the settlement of :the 4th of disposed of number of contested bills. The bill granting pension of $50 per month to the widow of Admiral Beaumont was passed, 34 to l4.
 The bill to increase pensions of crippled soldiers to $40 per month taken pand after the report of the committee on the bill was read it laid aside
 lIr. Plumb reported the postofBce appropriation had been arrived at and other conferees were ap- pointed. At 555 p. the Senate went into execu-
 
 HoUsE-The House non-concurred in Senate amendments to the legislative the DisrictEppro- priaton bills and both bills sent to conference committees. MT. Casweu of Wisconsin, submitted a conference report of the postoce appropriation bill The clause in relation to the reduction of postage is made in the conference report to take effect October l, 1885,
 The clerk of the Senate appeared in the House and presented order of the Senate stating that several gross had occurred in engrossing the Senate correction of such errors MT. Robeson objected to the consideration of the resolution at this time privileged ques ion already under consideration The objection was oVerru!ed and the bill ordered to be returned
 Speeches in opposition to concurrence in the Sen ate amendment to the postofice appropriation bill were made by Messrs. Anderson, Holmes Dunn and days remaining of the session and urged concur rence leaving the railroad question proper Iegis lation Independent proposition. After further debate the yeas and nays were ordered the ques- ton of and the House by 114 to 133 nays refused to adopt the report. The same gentle men, Caswel Cannon and Ellis, were appointed con- ferees.
 Mr Hiscock from the Committee on Appropria- tions reported the deficiency bil which ordered printed and recommitted
 was before the House on Saturday-under the Pound rule when the House adjourned. came up unfn- ished business Ten members objected and the bill was not voted upon.
 Foreign Affairs called up the Senate joint resolution the abrogaton of articles IS to 25 inclusive and article 30 of eaty Washington of May g. Is71 with Great Britain. The resolution WAS adopted without dissenting voice.
 Ths Senate tariff bill with corrected was
 Mr. Bingham, for the Committee on Postofices and Post Roads, called up the bill validating certain tracts for mail messenger service executed by the
 At half past the regular order reached an d the Speaker proceeded to called the States Terri were introduced referred to committees not like ly to meet again. Among those introduced were the the cotton tax by MT. Townsend of Illinois, joint resolution reading that Germany has forbidden the importation of American pork and after declaring aculterat1On German bidding the importation of German wines until measures can be adopted to secure unaduIterated wines MT. Bragg suggested reference to the Com mittee on Civil Service Reform, but it sent to New York calling on the Secretary of State to inform the House whether the officers of the British steam grant under st until they sent for the British consul American soil before permitting the emil England. the benefit of Ireland and the glory the United States It gives the situation in Ireland from an Irish standpoint and requests the President to open negotiation with Great Britain for the acqui son of Ireland by purchase as in the case of Louis merriment and referred to the Committee Foreign
 lIr. Reed then called up the proposed aIn=ndment to the rules to reach the tariff question. Mr. Carlisle river and harbor bill. The House decided by vote of 134 to 126 to consider the proposed rue Brumn. Burroughs, Darran, Ford, Hazeiton of Mis, souri, Jorgensen, Miller and Prescott No Democrats
 Mr Reed moved to reconsider the vote just taken and to lay that motion on the table. Pending this r016cIS0-SI The question was then taken on the motion to lay the motion to reconsider On the table and it was agreed to by 136 to 121.
 |. Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky, then submitted point of order that the proposition did not constitute rule. He criticised the rule as which proposed to permit bare majority to suspend the rules for the purpose of disagreeing to bill not word of to conference committee not even daring to trust to count based, if runaor were true on written agreement, signed by all the Republican members and allow vote concurrence. He maintained that declaration that would be furctws otco thirty
 minutes after its passage transient and could not bs considered as g rule of the House.
 The chair overruled the point of order in an elab cision of the chair. Reed to lay appeal the table. The yeas and nays on this latter mo ton called and pending the roll call the hour for recess, 530 p. m, arrived and the recess taken.
 EVENING SESSION.
 On resembling at 7:3O the House proceeded to vote on laying Mir. Blackburns appeal the table, and it was tabled by He to 98.
 Mr. Reed then moved the previous question. MT. Carlisle asked if he would admit amendment that House may if it chose in the Senate anendments and Mir. Reed promptly replied ssNo, sirn The previous question then
 Debate for fifteen minutes allowed each side un- der the rules followed. Mir. Carlisle said he had idea that any argument could influence the action the majority in this matter To his mind 1t was a naonstrous proposition. was to set aside Il rules of the House to accomplish single purpo1e He offered motion to recomnnit the resolution with instructions reported again ting House to non-concur in the Senate arnenduaenfs 10 the bill to corupnfftea of