Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-05
CONGRESSIONAL
Special Dispatch TO Tus BSE.


It, to the exclusion of ali other business
until it should be disposed OF.
At the close Of the morning hour
Senator Sherman moved TO postpone
the calendar In order to take up the
bonded whisky bill.
Senator Hale opposed the motion
Senator Sherman said the failure to
pass the bill now would cause wide.
spread distress. The motion to poat-
pone the calendar was agreed to ard
Senator Sherman moved to take Up
the bonded whisky bill.
Senator Logan thereupon asksd .
unanimous consent to take up the
West Point appropriation bill and
Senator Sherman objected and in
sisted on his motion, which was lost
The West Point appropriation BIZ
was then taken up. Amendments
we're off,rcd by Senators Hall, Win;
dom, Morgan and Sawyer, but oil
we're rejected. The bill then passed
aver 23, nays 20. ?
The presidential succession bill was
made unfinished business for to.mor'
row. Executive session followed. Ad'
journed.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, January Am e..
house petitions we're presented byE :
Cox aud Mr.. Buck, urging premss
| ton of congress on the Tobacco Xxx
Mr.. Roseorans' bill was paseM aui
thorizlng tho payment of $2,l27 to
Aroma Worthington for furnishing
water to Camp Dannison.
Mr.. Kasson, Uows) chairman OF the
committee on civil service reform, rel
ported back the senate bill to regulate
and improve the civil service of tho
United States. Mr.. Kasson stated hid
desired debate and consideration Of
tho bill should be concluded this week.
Mr.. Culbertson Texas antagonizsd
the consideration of the bill with a
special order (made June 19sh, 1882,
being the bill to regulate the removal
of cUusea from the state to this federal
courts.
The house decided not to take up
the special orde'.
Mr.. Cox IN. " said the shipping
bill wss ALEC a special order, but pro-
posed In good faith the Pendleton bill
be put upon its passage without de-
bate. Loud applause and cries,
"Vote, vote."1
MI. Kasson- is tho gentleman al.
thorized to speak for that side}
Giles of "yeg," "yes" from the
democratic side.
Mr.. Bland Mo- rose to a point q
order. The bill must be coneiderad
in committee OF the whole.
The speaker overruled the point.
The Pendleton bill wac then read A.
length. At the conclusion Of
rssg theIe wee loud cries
vious qus "%S Carried I by ' q storm pr
of ayes" amid applause.
Mr. Kasson stated 1t was duo the
committee to state there was some
slight errors in the bill, but yielding
to The manifest wish of the house he
had determined the bill should not be
sent back to the senate on that &C.
count.
The speaker ruling thirty minutes
debate should be allowed, Mr.. Reagan
(Texss) spoke i'll opposition to the
bill on the ground that il was not an
efficient remedy for the evils COM
planned of. de was followed by Mr..
Townsend (Iil in favor Of tho bill,
also Mr.. Buckner (Mo.) Mr.. Calkins
Ind }, with the closing speech in
favor of the measure by Mr.. Kssaon.
The bill then passed-yeas l55,
nays ~, as follows:
Yeas--Messrs Aldrich, Anderson,
Barr, Bayne, Beach, Bedford, Beltz.
hoover, Belmont, Berry, Bingham,
Bisbee, Blanchard, Bowman, Bragg,
Briggs, Buck, Buckner, Burrows
(Micn. } Burrows. mo, }, Butter worth,
Calkins. Campbell, Gambler, Cannon,
Carlisle, Carpenter, Cassidy, Caskell,
Chase, Clark, Cobb, Cox IN. ~,
Cox IN. @ Grape, Cravens, Callen,
Curtls, Davis (Mo.), Deering, De.
mott, Dauster, Desendorf, Dingley,
Eementrout, Errett, Farwell Uowa),
Fisher, Flower. Ford, Frost,
George, Godabalk, Grant, Guen-
ther, Gunter, Hail, Harmon,
IN. ~, Handy, Harmer, Harris,
CMsss }, Hazeltine, Haskell, Hatch,
Hepburn, Herbert, Hewitt, IN. VI
Hewitt, Gala }, Hill, Hisoock, Hob.
litzell, HIT, Holman, Houck, Hum
phrey, Jacobs, Jsdwin, Jones, (Tex.) |
Jones, IN. j.. Jorgenaon, Kasson,
Kelley, KetcEam, Klotz, Lacey, Lew
is, Lindsey, Lord, Mataon, Mcclure,
MoCook, Mckinley, McL1ne, Nc.
Lean, Miles, Miles, Miller, Morey,
Morrison, Morse, MouIton, Mulch.
Ter, Neal. Nolan, Norcross, O'NeilI
Psyson, Peele, Person, Pettibone,
Phelps, Pound, Ranney, Reed,
Rice, Rich, Richardson, IN. YD,I
Richie, RobesoH, Robinson, (Mass
Robinson, IN. " Rosecrans, Ryan,
scoville, Scranton, Sherwin, Single.
ton (Miss.) Skinner, Springer, (Pa.)I
IN. ~ Speer, Spoorer, Stock,
Tabbott, Taylor, Thompson,
Iky) Thompson, (lowa) Townsend, |
Ohio Tyler, Updegraff, Urner,
Vance, Vanasman, Van Horn, Wads.
Wait, Walker, Ward, Wash.
burn, Watson, Weber, Williams,
Wis Wills, Willis, Wilson, wv
Va Wood, IN. "
lays Messrs. Aiken, Athertou,
Blackburn, Bland, Bliss,
Blount, Bum, Buchanan, Caldwell,
y .ements, Culberson, Dunn, Ferney' !
Garrison, Geddes, Hammond (Gs.l,
dardenberg, Hoge, Hubs, Keuna,
King, Knott, Leedom, Lefevere, Man,
iLng, Marsh, Mckenzie, McMillen,
hillo, Moore, Oates, Reagan, Robin.
ION (O.l Ross, Smills, Sparks, Steele,