Morning journal and courier., 1883-03-03
Forty-seventh Congress.
WAsH1NeToN, March 2


 sENATEE--AIr; Plumb presented the conference re- port on the postoface appropriation bill. The clause stricken out The report agreed to after short discussion.
 Mir. Wnidom offered resolution to continue the in- vestigation tby be bcommittees of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the fisheries on the Atlantic RMr Morrill, asked and obtained unanimous consent to print the report of the conference committee on the tariff bill. It understood the report was agreed to and the printing in advance of it's tion was to facilitate its consideration.
 bor bill MT. Fdmunds obiected. MT, Hoar said it evident that the Committee on Commerce could not consider the bill thoroughly within the next twenty hours. He thought the country required good river and harbor bill. The objection of MT. Edmunds sent the bill to the Committee on Com l.The Senate then took up and considered number of pension bills on the calendar.
 At 2:3O p. the Senate, on Iaotion of Mir Ed nnunds, went into executive session
 5 45 The corference report on the army appropria- tion bill was agreed to. lively scene occurred lands in Alabama from the operation of laws reatn to mineral lands. MT. VanWyck ava1led himself Of the opportunity to refer to report on the exrnses justice in the Star route cases He showed that MT sss iss o this character were as bad the conspiracy which the aTy were employed so Sians soop sS sIceptiop this language and told MT. VanWyck to be careful how he attacked the Attorney General
 Mr. Van Wyck repeated his charges
 ssYou stop" shouted MT. Csnaeron, .You are at tacking much better man than yousecn." Mr cam eron shook his finger in the face of Mr. Van Wyck, who persisted in his charges and declared that the conduct of the trial of the Star route cases was scandal to any community pretending to administer justice fairly
 Mr. Logan said if any man Ensde such speech out side the Senate he would bS accused of being an sts torney for the defense.
 Mr Van Wyck retorted that he was simply statiug facts which were certified to under the sign manual ssBreyster" Attorney General Of the United States
 After this little episode the bill before the Senate was discus6sd on it's merits. At 7:15, motion of Mr. Edmunds the Senate took 2 recess for an hour. The conference report on the leglsatlVe executive and judicial bill was agreed to.
 At 9:20 Mr. Merrill presented the report ef f6e con- ference committee the taF1n DILL e1pa1n1ng In de- tail the changes that have been made
 Mir. Brown asked if any estimate had been male of the reduction of that would result from the passage of the bill
 Dir. Morrill, said there had been no time to make an exact calculation. A rough estimate, however, showed that tere would be reduction Of $75 0C0 taking last years importation as basis.
 There was call for the yeas and nays on the re- port srStopn said Mir. Beck, sn one else intends fo criticise this report will From the hurried in spection have made find that the changes construe an increase of duties knew from the beginning we would get worse bill than either Honse or Senate desired passI 1t would do so by hook or crook It went by both to conference committee, who it was expected, would pick out what they pleased in defance of the will of both houses and make tariff to suit themselves and force 1t upon the American