Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-20
4sth Congress---second Session.

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 18th C0ngress---Second Session.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.
 SENATE-Mr. Allison reported favorably the House resolution to adjourn from the 20th instant to January 5. MT. Hale, who has charge of the naval appropriation bill. objected to the present consideration of the resolution and it went over until tomorrow.
 At 2 o'clock the Senate resumed consider ation of the interstate commerce bill. MT. Gray said the absence of any provision pro- hibitipg the pooling of rates was one of the most serious defects in the bill. He criticis- ed the measure in detail and at great length.
 Mir. Hale reported that the conferees on the par of the Senate and House the naval appropriation bill had been unable to agree, though the Senate eonferees offered to waive the portion with regard to the new cruisers, thus leaving it as framed by the House itself, deducting only the, fifty per cent. from each item already appropriated by the exi- gency bill of last session. The House con ferees insisted that the Senate must take the House bill of this session making 6 lump ap- propriatien or none and would not even go into a conference. Under these circum- stances, though it might involve serious con- sequences and leave the navy without an appropriation after the first of January, the Senate should adjourn to tomorrow. The conferees felt it their duty to recommend that the Senate should further insist.
 MT. Beck commented upon the unreason- ableness of the Houses refusal to consider the bill presented to them in view of the fact that it was the very bill that the House pro posed and sent to the Senate last session. He confessed he was amazed that 8 Democratic House should act in such unreasoning manner.
 MT. Frye remarked that if the Senate in sisted upon being consistent then it could not adjourn.
 Mr Bayard said for the Senate to yield to the demand of the House would be to abdi- cate it's right to scrutinize one of the most important appropriation bills. He hoped the Senate would by a unanimous vote sustain it's conferees and called for the yeas and nays.
 The roll was called and the Senate by unanimous vote insisted on the itemized ap- propriation bill in place of the House lump appropriation.
 It now rests with the House to move for new conference committee, otherwise the bill is dead.
 Mir Vest modified his Nicaraguan resolrl- tion so as to read that under existing circum- stances it was not expedient to enter the ter ritory of Nicaragua for the purpose of sur veying route for a canal or to expend or arrange to expend money for that purpose and directing the Secretary of the Navy not to enforce his orders in this regard until de finite action should have been had by Con gress on the treaty between the United States and Nicaragua now pending He gave notice that he should call up this resolution for passage tc-morrow.
 1.-The Senate at 4:15 went into executive session, confirmed a batch of unimportant nominations and at 4:30 adjourned.
 HoUsE-A personal letter from the Hon. D rlo ically that he had sought to influence legis- lation in passing the department agricultural bill
 The chair laid before the House memorial from John G. Thompson, late sergeant at arms of the House, asking for an appropria- 6ion to pay judgment rendered against him in favor of Hallett KiIbou1ne by the Supreme court of the District of Columbia, and to re- imburse for expenses incurred, and for a req sonable compensation for his time and ser vice; referred.
 The pension bill was recommitted for revis- ion. The number of pension agents will be reduced from eighteen to twelve, the maxi mum fees of examining surgeons limited to $25 day, and the salary and emoluments of pension agents limited to S4 900 year, the fees for preparing vouchers to be returned to the treasury after deducting actual expenses of the office. The statute now allows salary of $4, 900 year and 1215 cents each for pre- pairing vouchers.
 Mr Reagan, of Texas, called up his special order, the interstate commerce bill. Mir Reed, of Missouri, raised question of con sideration in behalf of a morning hour for the report of private bills The house de- cided, IA to 26, to consider MT. Reagan's bill. Debate was ordered closed on the sec tion in five minutes; yeas 157, nays 59.
 Mir. O'Neil, of Pennsylvania, advocated an amendment by substituting the second sec ton of the committees bill, which permits rebates under uniform circumstances, for the second section of MT. Reagan's bill; rejected Eighty members were announced as paired.
 Mir. Hewitt, of New York, moved to amend the third section by striking out the clause which prohibits pooling of freights. He said the voice of New York the great commercial metropolis, had not been heard on this bill, for they despaired of wise legis- 1ation by the House, which resisted the re- sumption of specific payment and had thrust the silver dollar down the throat of un- willing public. He insisted that the system of pooling was the only system that by a uniform rate of charges So vital to the interest of the shipper could be maintained. MT. Reagan argued that the bill further secured uniformity of charges. Nr. Hewitt's motion was rejected.
 Mir. Hewitt then offered further amend ment by adding unless the rates established by such pools are reasonable and unjust''
 MT. Cox opposed the idea of commission, citing as examples the electoral, the Mormon, the tariff and other commissions which were failures.
 Mir Reagan attempted to cut off debate by 8 motion to close on this, the third, section in five minutes. This was resisted by the Republicans, who refrained from voting and the vote resulted: Yeas 100, nays 2, no quorum. The yeas and nays were ordered, when MT. O'Hara, of North Carolina, moved to adjourn, on which the yeas and nays were ordered. The motion to adjourn was lost; yeas 8, nays 186.
 A compromise was effected by which MT Reagan gave ten minutes to the opponents of the bill and the order for the yeas and nays was rescinded
 MT. Ermentrout, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee Accounts, as a privileged report submitted resolution authorizing the clerk to advance $3,000 to the chair man of the subcommittee Investigating the Cincinnati election case and called the previous question, which was ordered. A controversy arising as to the right of MT Keifer, of Ohio, to the floor for debate, the yeas and nays were ordered, usually formal motion to reconsider and lay on the table. The motion prevailed; yeas 137, nays 56.
 The House having resumed consideration addressed the House in the time yielded by MT. Reagan He charged that the electoral commission was Democratic measure forced on the people by a Democratic House and the tariff commission had done more good than the Ways and Means committee, which had seen the head taken off it's bill in the House with a Demo- cratic majority of 72.
 MT. Cox arose to reply, but was cut off by the limit fixed for debate
 Mir. Hewitt's amendment was then rejected and the House passed to the consideration of the fourth section, but without making fur ther progress at 4:45 took recess until 8 o'clock
 At the night session nineteen pension bills were passed and at 10:15 the House ad- journed.
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