National Republican., 1883-03-05
War department. was passed without amend.

treaty OF 1866 Between the United States and
Venezuela, was passed without amendment.
The house bills to establish certain post
routes were amended and passed.
On motion OF Mr.. Harrison, the house bill
to amend the law relating TO the recovery of
damages for tho infringement Of patents was
taken up amended, and passed.
The following house bills were passed with
outamendmcnt: To confer upon the senior asso-
ciatc Justice ofthc supreme court of the District
of Columbia, in the absence or inability Of the
chief Justice, tho power now possessed by the
chief justice in relation to tho eXtradi-
tion of fugitives from Justice; to authorize
the construction of bridges across tho Ogec-
chcc, Oconee, Okmulgec, and Chattahoochce
rivers, in Georgia.
Mr.. Allison moved to take up the bill to
quiet the titles Of settlers on the Des Moines
river lands. LoSt--aycs 90 noes 3d.
The bill to regulate licenses in the District
of Columbia was amended and passed
When
THE SHIPPING BILL
was reached on the calendar, Mr.. Coke OBJ
jected 10 its consideration on the ground that
II was too important 70 be dealt with properly
at this time.
Messrs. Congor and Frye urged the consid-
Grafton of the bill, and upon their agreeing
not to oppose certain changes in its provis-
ions, Mr. Coke withdrew his objection, and
the bill was taken up and discussed.
The amendments reported by the COM
mittee on commerce, striking out the thir-
teonth and fourteenth sections of the bill as
it came from the house, repeating the laws
requiring payments to the shipping COM
mission for the shipment Of seamen, were
agreed to-
The fifteenth section, rcgu lating duties on
tonnage, and the twenty-second, the mail
subsidy" section, were struck out.
The bill was then passed.
BILLS PASSED.
Mr.. Sawyer called up the house bill to ad-
just the salaries of postmastcrs, and it was
passed
The house bill to create three additional
land districts in Dakota was passed
Also, the bill making St. Vincent, Minn., II
port of entry instead of Pcmhina.
Also, the joint resolution validating certain
contracts executed by the postmaster general.
Several private bills were passed, among
them one for the relief of Samuel Chase Bar
ncy, an officer dismissed from the navy by
President Lincoln.
The house bill to amend the Revised Statutes,
so as not to exclude retired army officers from
holding civil offices in the territories, was
passed.
At 2i0, on motion of Mr.. Rollins, the SEN
ate went into executive session.
At 3:l5 the doors were rcopcned.
L Hc mousse Dill 10 ulntHu SCCllOH 4-llt lNCNlsCu
Statutes, relating to yachts was passed.
On motion of Mr.. Logan, the house bill to
authorize the Litchfeld Carrollton and
Western Railway company to construct bridge
across the Illinois river was taken up and
passed.
On motion of Mr.. Hampton, the senate bill
authorizing the president TO restore Tcncdore
Ten Eyck to his former rank in the army, and
to place him upon the retired list, was taken
up, amended, and passed.
At 3:45 the senate took recess until 4
o'clock
When the senate reconvened, as the con-
ference report on
THE sUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL
was not yet ready for presentation,
Mr. Hawley moved to take another fifteen
minutes recess, but Mr.. Van Wyck objected
and called for the yeas and nays, SO Mr. Haw-
ley withdrew his motion.
The next half hour was spent idly, waiting
for the report. At 4:35 it was received, with
a message that the house had agreed to it,
Mr. Allison moved the adoption of the re-
port. 1t was read and adopted without dis
sent.
The senate then (at n. n.y. took recess
until 10.
The president pro TEN. called the senate to
order promptly ut 10 o'clock, but senators
came in slowly, and nearly half an hour
elapsed before there was quorum present to
do business.
Tho president then laid before the senate
the house joint resolution making appToplla-
tion for the alteration of internal revenue
dies, plates, and stamps and providing blanks
for rebate.
Mr.. Allison explained that the changes for
which it provided were made necessary by the
passage of the internal revenue act, and the
joint resolution was passed.
On motion of Mr., Davis, of West Virginia,
the house joint resolution giving the capitol
police an extra months pay was passed.
Mr.. Van Wyck offered II resolution contin-
uing the committee on pensions, as now con-
stitutod until the first Mondon in December
next, and authorizing it to sit during vacation,
TO consider bills and continue the invcstiga-
ton ordered by the senate into alleged eXtor-
tiOns by agents in pension and other claims.
Mr.. ingalls, asked whether the resolution
had been voted upon by the committee on
pensions.
Mr.. Van Wyck replied that the resolution
was in accordance with the wish of the COM
mittce, but the reply was not satisfactory, and
Mr.. ingalls, objected, sending the resolution
over until tomorrow"
TARIFF COMPILATION.
On Mr.. Morrill's motion, the committee on
finance was ordered to prepare compilation
and index of existing tariff laws, together
with tabuated comparative statements of the
rates of Duties and impOsts under the several
tariff acts since the organization of the gov
ernnient, and such other statistics on the sub
.jcct us it may deem proper.
Mr.. Morrill,, from the committee on finance
reported the house bill to fix tho salary of the
collector OF customs at Chicago, which was
passed.
READY TO QUIT.
On motion of Mr.. Anthony resolution was
adopted for the appointment of n committee
Of two senators to join the house committee
to wait upon the President of tho United
States and inform him that congress had
completed its business, and was ready to
adjourn. The president appointed Messrs.
Anthony and Bayard.
Mr.. Fair, at his own request, was excused
from further service on the committee on
education and labor, and Mr., Pugh was ap-
pointed in his stead.
Mr. Lapham called up the senate resolution
for the relief of the widow Of the late Judge
Underwood, of Virginia, proposing to allow
her the amount Of the expense incurred by
her husband in seeking to establish his right
to Il seat as senator from Virginia during the
war.
Mcssrs Lapham and Hoar advocated the
resolution.
Mr., Cockrell opposed it on the ground that
Mr.. Underwood having been United States
Judge ut the time, could not have a corr
stitutional right to hold the office of senator.
Mr.. ingalls, said there might have been pre-
scntcd at some time a more fragile claim than
| this, but he had never heard OF it.
While he was speaking, at 11;i5, Messrs
Anthony and Bayard, the senate committee