St. Paul daily globe., 1884-07-05
House of Representntfres.

WASHINGTON, July 4.-The house met at
10 O'Clock this morning in continuation of
Mondays session. The conference report
tary justice and the corps of judge advocates
was agreed to. The house then resumed the
consideration of the senate amendments to
the Mexican pension bill, but the want of a
quorum was disclosed, and after several roll
calls, a call of the house was ordered.
Brewer, of New York, moved at 12 O'Clock
that the house 60 into committee of the
whole for the purpose of considering that
great state paper, the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence, and that important document be
now read for the information of members
not absent from the posts of duty. The
speaker ruled the motion not privileged.
Roll call followed roll call in mon otonous
succession on motions to adjourn and for
calls of the house until 80 when Mr.. Ran
dali presented the conference report on
general deficiency appropriation bill. 1t an
nounces agreement on all the amendments
in controversy except the twenty-third. Mr..
Calkins moved that the house recede from
its disagreement to the amendments in con-
troversy appropriating small sums for pay
ing the streets around the public buildings
in Des Moines, st. Louis and Grand Rapids.
Lost. Yeas &c, nays 116. A similar mo-
ton in regard to the amendment making an
appropriation to reimburse eX-President
Hayes the amount paid for expenses of the
commission appointed TO go to Louisiana in
1877, met a similar fate. The report was
agreed to and Randall, Burns and Calkins
reappointed conference.
Mr.. Willis presented the conference re-
port on the river and harbor appropriation
bill Agreed to. The bill as it passed the
house appropriated S12, ,0S6, 200. AS agreed
to in conference it appropriates $13, 800, 700.
Mr.. Mcmillan submitted the conference
report on the bill introduced by him, limit
ing the time within which prosecutions may
be instituted against persons charged with
violating the internal revenue laws. Agreed
to. As agreed TO the bill reduces the time
within which offenders may be prosecuted,
from five to three years, when the penalty is
Imprisonment in the penitentiary and one
to two years in all other cases.
Filibusterng against the Mexican pension
bill was then continued until 4 As, when the
house took a recess until O'Clock this morn
ing.
EVENING SESSION.
At the evening session the house resumed
consideration of the Mexican pension bill,
and in view OF strong opposition TO the mea-
sure, both on the part of those who thought
that granting service pension was inadvis
able and Of those who were opposed
to the restrictions placed upon it by
the senate. Townshcnd, who had charge
of the bill proposed that the senate amend
ments be non -conl lufred in and a conference
ordered. Mr.. Hewitt Of Alabama objected.
Mr. Shelly suggested that the bill be laid
aside and the house proceed to consideration
Of private pension bills, and Mr. Calkins
asked Townsend to comply with that sugges-
ton, at the same time compIimenting him
on the gallant fight he had made for the
Mexican pension bill.
Mr.. Townshend, however, refused to ac
cede to the request, and the question recur-
red on ordering the previous question Of
concuTr1ng in the sixth amendment Of the
senate, which limits the provisions Of the
bill to officers, enlisted men and widows who
may become sixty-two years Of age, or have,
or may become subject to disability or de-
tendency equivalent to some cause recog
nized by the pension laws, as
sufficient reason for allowance Of
pension, and excludes from its
benefits such persons as have incurred dis
ability while aiding or abetting rebellion.
This Is question which has been pending
the whole day and ON which no quorum has
voted at any time. It was not more SUCCESS