Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-05
THE FALL OF THE GAVEL
ADJOURNMENT OF THE FORTY
SEVENTH CONGRESS

Il oA~ AOONOK6EEsSo
The Business Transacted During the
session-The Tariff Bill a Law-The
] Shipping Bill Fails to Get Through
] the House-A Tribute to Governor
stephens.
WAsHINGToN, March 4.-Congress went
kout very quietly, when the scenes of the
slast few days are taken into considera-
stlon. There was very full attendance
sof members at the adjournment to-day.
sThe tariff bill, which was passed, settles
THAT matter for at least number of years.
The night train took away many men,
lbers, but we will have quite quota here
flor some days.
All the regular annual appropr iation
bills obtained passage in beth houses and
Ahaye become laws. The sundry civil
lblll, upon which an agreement was
Preached in conference, received the Pres
lldent's signature at 10 O'Clock this MORN
slng. During the Forty-seventh Congress-
liO,oiO bills and joint resolutions haveI
sbeen introduced in the two houses-S, ,01S
IN the House and 1852 in the Senate-and
1of these S52 have been introduced in the
sHouse and 35I in the Senate during the
session which has just closed, I'M
teach house, the great maiorityi
sof these measures still remain with the
committees to which they were referred
land OF those reported from the commit
sIees a larger number remain upon theI
icaiendar of the respective houses. Asidel
prom the regular annual appropriation
phi, l63 bills and joint resolutions hayeI
passed both houses during this session.
sand nave become laws. Seven hundred
ssand sixty bills and joint resolutions areI
sleft on the House calender and 233 uponI
lthe Speakers table, having failed to se-
icure final action by the House, and 39S
such bills and resolutions remain on the
Senate calendar. The shipping bill, which,
passed the Senate in-its last hours, failed
lof passage in the House because of the
deadlock on the South Carolina electionI
lease.
The last bill which passed the Senate
To-day was the House bill to fix the terms of
Ithe United States Court for the Easternl
3and Northern districts of Texas. The bill
5reached the House just as Speaker Keiferl
sDegan his remarks preliminary to del
iclarlng the House adjourned sine die. The
selerk, bill in hand, rushed up to the desk
and endeavOred to attract the Speaker 81
attention, but without avail, and the|
'gaYel fell without the coveted signature.
The aggregate amount of the approprial
Dust closed is S229, ,327,511 The amount of
The last sessions appropriations was
S29o, ,5O9, ,639, including $18, 49,, ,S75 for rivers
and harbors. The bill providing for riversI
and harbOrs for the session lust ended was
Killed in the Senate. 1t called forI
.SS, ,047 900.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-In the SenateI
lthe unfinished business, the bill to excluded
public lands in Alabama from the opera!
ton OF laws relating to mineral lands.
was passed.
Mr.. Bayard offered the following, which,
was agreed to unanimously:
ReS0tCed, That the thanks of the Senatel
Of the United States are due and herebyE
ire rendered to Hon. David Davis, Senator|
from the State of Illinois, for the courte-l
ous, impartial and able manner in which,
Ihe has presided over their deliberations
and fulfilled the duties of President prOI
=tempOre of the Senate.
At noon Mr.. Davis, of Illinois, resigned
the office of President of the Senate. ands
ION motion of NIr. Anthony, Mr.. Edmundss
Twas elected. He thanked the Senate ford
the honor, and said that as he thought hes
ought to take an oath of Office he would.
|ask Mr.. Anthony, a Senator oldest in the.
service, to administer it. He was thens
sworn in by Mr.. Anthony and took thes
lchair.
The credentials of Senators-elect Bowen.
lof Colorado, and Colquitt, of Georgia,
were presented.
The Commerce Committee reported the
lriver and harbor bill without recommen-s
ldatiOn. Mr.. ingalls, moved that the rel
port be printed, and that it lie on the5
table until tomorrow. Agreed to,
This action settles the fate of the bill, /
las 1t carries over until tomorrow the cOn-5
lsideration of the bill itself, and as Sundavk
is not legislative day, no further actions
ican be taken by the Senate on the bill all
this session, 1t is generally understood
that the purpose Of the motion was TO kill
the bill.
The deficiency appropriation bill was
reported. An amendment was adopted
authorizing the payment to Charles Fl i
Reed for defending Guiteau a sum not tok
exceed $4,000. The bill was reported to-
the Senate and passed. The Senate thenk
went into executive session, At 4:40 theH
doors were Feopened.
The bill to refund to the State Of Geor-
gia money paid out for the common de-E
tense in III was passed.
The House bill to afford assistance ands
relIet TO Congress and the executive de- Z
partments in the investigation of claimss
and demands against the government wasa
bee1ooNNg ID.
In the Senate evening session, the CON-
ferees on the sundry civil appropriation
bill reported their inability to reach anE
agreement, and asked further instruc-k
lions. The Senate insisted ulon its posi-k
tion, and ordered new conference.
The House joint resolution providingN
for new mixed commission in accord-k
ance with the treaty of 1866 between the
United states and Venezuela, was passed
Bills were passed authorizing the con-
struction of bridges across the Ogeechee.
Oconee, Qcmulgee and ChattahoocheeK
rivers in Georgia.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The House adjourned at2 O'Clock this
morning, having spent the time fromE
II 10 until adjournment in discussing the
election contest OF Cook against Quits,
irom Iowa. The case was still pendingA
at adjournment,
The report of the tariff conference com-E
mittee was not reached. The House con-&
ference report is not signed by SenatorE
sherman nor Representative Mckinley, E
both Republicans.
In the House, this morning, resOlutionsM
in the COok-Cutts contested election case. E
which declare the contestant elected toH
the seat, were adopted-yeas 15j, nays
Sl-and Cook appeared at the bar of thee
House aud took the oath of office.
Dir. Calkins, Of Indiana, then called Hpk
the South Carolina contested election case
Of Lee VS.. Richardson,
Mr.: Kelley, Of Pennsylvania, with the
tariff conference reports in hand, raisedz
the question of consideration, and theE
House refused to consider the electionE
case. Mr.. Kelley then submitted the con-
ference report.
Messrs. Hubbell and Bayne demandedk
the reading ofthewhOle report Ofthe confer
ence committee, which was ordered. AS
this included the reading of the entireA
bill, ii occupied till 2:10 p, m, Owing To-
the strain to which the voices Of the read
ing clerks have been subjected during theN
past few days they are quite hOarse, and
were from time to time relieved bv
Messrs. Speer, Of Georgia, Robinson.
of Massachusetts, and Miller, of Pennsvi-2 &
vania. The latter proved to be an exceed
lngly rapid reader, and greatly eXpeditedS
the completion of the long task 1t was
that vote should be taken at 3
o'clock, and Mr; helely opened the debate
IN support OF the bill. His eXplanationM
Of the effect OF the bill as it comes from 3
the conference committee was practically
the same as that of Mr.. Morrill, last night. &
Mr.. Hammond, of Georgia, sarcastically
asked Mr.. Kelley what action the confer
snce had taken on the constitutional 4
question submitted to them.
Mr.. Kelley replied that the words OF the@
resolution of instruction were only per
missive on that point, not mandatorv
No further explanation could be obtainedE
from Dir. Kelley, and Mr.. Carlisle smoke
N opposition to the adoption Or
.he report. He called attention to the
TACT that the rates Of duty were higher
han those named in either the House ORR
senate bills, and he wished to know what
influences produced the result. The duty