Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-05

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passed.
The Senate passed vote of thanks to DA.
vid Davis, offered by Bayard. unanimously.
At II o'clock Davis, President pro tenn. CT
the Senate, in resigning that Office. pursuant
to notice given some days since, delivered o
farewell address Of thanks.
Anthony (R.) Of Rhode Island offered a
resolution declaring George f. Edmunds, q
Senator from the State of Vermont, elected
President pro tenn. of the Senate.
Pendleton ID of Ohio moved to amend SO
as to make the resolution apply to Thomas +.
Bayard, Senator from Delaware. Amend.
nent lost.
Edmunds was then elected. The Secretary,
having announced the result, requested An
thony and Bsyard to conduct him to the
chair. When they did so, Edmunds, stand.
| ing near by the Clerks desk, said "Sena.
| tors beg to thank the Senate sincerely for
the honor it has conferred upon me, and to
say that I shall endeavor to discharge the du.
ties imposed with fidelity, and l think that
under the law ought to take the oath Of
| office. I ask tde Senator from Rhode Island,
the eldest Senator present, to administer it.
Anthony administered the oath and Edmunds
then took the chair.
| At the evening session the House bill to
modify the postal-order system and for other
purposes was passed without amendment.
Allison reported that his coGferees in the
two houses on the sundry civil appropriation
| bill had failed to agree.
Logan said he would ratte see half a
| dozen extra sessions than submit to the action
proposed in the House bill in relation TO a
repeal OF the presumption laws or the pen
sions of the poor inmates Of soldier homes.
The Senate insisted upon its action, and
| new confe3ees were appointed.
-. Olt.egn f,rY q
new Mixed Commission in accordance with
the treaty of 1876. between the United
States and Venezuela, was passed without
amendment.
On motion Of Harrison, the bill to amend
the law in relation 20 recovery of damages
for infringement Of patents was taken up,
agreed to and passed.
When the shipping bill was reached Coke
objected to its consideration on the ground
that it was too important to be dealt with
| properly at this tins.
Conger and brye urged consideration OF
the bill. Upon their agreeing not to oppose
certain changes in its provisions Coke with.
drew his objection. The bill was taken up,
discussed, and, pending its consideration, the
Senate, at 6:15 P. NJ, went into executive
session.
WASHINGTON, March 4sh.-The doors were
opened at 1:25 o'clock. The amendment re-
ported by the Committee on Conference,
striking out Sections Is and IA Of the bill as it
came from the House, repeating the laws re-
quiring payments to the Shipping Commits
sion for shipment of seamen, was agreed TO.
The 18th Section, regulating duties On ton
mage, and the 22j, the mail Subsidy section,
were stricken out. The bill was then passed.
At 2:35 the tariff bill was received from
the House. The President of the Senate i'm
mediately signed it. A few minutes later
President Arthur affixed his signature, and
the bill is now therefore law.
At 2.45 a. NJ, on motion of Rollins, the
Senate went into executive session.
At 3:15 the doors were reopened, and a
bridge bill 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 sppropria-
ton bill WAS not yet ready for presentation,
Hawley moved TO take another ffteen-minute
recess, but Van 'Wyck objected, and called
for the ayes and noes so Rawley Withdrew
the motion.
The next half hour was spent in idly wait.
ing for the report.
At 4:35 il was received, with q message
that the House agreed to it.
Allison moved the adoption of the report,
which was read and adopted without dissent
The Senate then, at 8 a. NJ, took recess
until 10 A. NJ.
The President pro TEN. called the Senate
TO order promptly st 10 o'clock, but the
Senators came in slowly, and nearly half an
hour elapsed before quorum was present to
do business.
The President then laid bafore the Senate
the House joint resolution making an appro-
priation for alterations of thu Internal rev.
| ,la4ao and and dinor
blanks for rebate.
Allison explained that the charges for
which 1t provided were made necessary by
the passage of the Internal Revenue Act. The
joint resolution was passed.
Ga motion OF Davis of West Virginia, the
House joint resolution giving the Capitol pc.
lice an extra months pay was passed.
Van Wyck offered a resolution continuing
the Committee on Pensions as now consti-
tutei until the first Monday il December
next. and authorized it during the vacation
CATION ordered by the Senate into the alleged
extortious by agents in pension and other
claims.
ingalls, asked whether the resolution had
been voted upon by the Committee on PEN
sions.
Van Wyck replied that the resolution was
in accordance with the wish of the committee,
but the reply not being satisfactory, Ingalls,
objected, sending tie resolution over until
tomorrow
On Merrili's motion, the Committee on FL
nance were ordered to prepare compilation
and index of the existing tariff law, togethe,
with tabulated comparative statements Of
rates Of duties and Imports under the several
Tariff Acts since the organization of the Gov
eminent, and such other statistics on the SUBJ
isct as it may deem proper.
On motion of Anthony, a resolution was
adopted for the appointment Of COMMITTEES
of two Senators to House committee to wait
upon the President of the United States aud
inform him that Congress had completed its
business and was ready to adjourn.
The President appointed Anthony and
Bayard.
At 11:45 Anthony and Bayard reported
that they had performed the duty assigned
them, and that the President stated that he
had no further communication to make to
Congress.
The President pro tenn, assuming the du-
ties of President Of the United States Senate.
signed ths sundry civil appropriation bill.
The galleries aad corridors were crowded
even more denssly than last evening, and.
owing to the general buzz Of expectancy
which always attends such occasions, re.
peated appeals from the Chair were required
TO secure SCIlclGLS ONNef OIl IIlC lOOE " GINA
bic the Senators to be heard.
Precisely at II o'clock President pro tenn.
Edmunds brought down his gavel, and said !:
"Senators The hour has arrived at which,
under the Constitution ard laws of the
United States. the Forty.sevsnth Congress
terminates. II becomes the duty of the
Chair, therefore, TO declare this session ad-
journed without day, and ia doing SO, he
wishes each Que of you pleasant and safe
Journey 20 your homes. Tue Senate stands
adjourned without d y" IApplaase
House.
After the transaction OF some miscellaneous
business Kelley submitted the conference re-
port on the tariff bill.
Kelley (R Of Pennsylvania proposed o
limit of debate to two hours.
Several Democrats laughingly suggested to
make it short.
Kelley suggested an hour aad half, but
finally it was arranged that vote should be
taken at o'clock.
After a general debate, the conference re-
port was adopted-152 to l16-tbe following
being the detailed vote:
Ayes-Aldrich, Anderson, Barr, Bedford,
Beltzhoover, Bingham, Bisbee, Bliss. Bow
man, Brewer, Briggs, Browne, Buck, Bur-
rows Of Missouri, Burrows Of Michigan, But
terworth, Calkins, Camp, Chandler, Cannon,
Carpenter, Csswell, Chase, Grape, Crowley,
Cullen. Darrall, Davis of Illinois, Dsering,
De Motto, DszsndsrCff, Dingley, Doxey,
Dunnell. Dwight, Ermentrouf, Farwell Of
Illinois, Farwell of Iowa, Fisher, Fulkerson,
George. Godshalk. Grant, Gruenther, Hall,