Morning journal and courier., 1884-03-07
Fo-ty-Eighth COn&ress-.-First Session.

SENATE-Mr. Cockrll presented memorial from the labor organizations of St. Louis protesting against the attempts of employers to reduce the compensation of American labor to point on g level with the pauper labor of Europe and praying for the passage of laws to restrict the wholesale emigration intended to affect a reduction of wages of American workipgmen; referred to the Com mittee on Education and Labor.
 MT. Sewell presented a series of resolutions of the Senate of New Jersey opposing the Morrison tariff scheme and expressing the belief of that body that anything approxi- mating tariff for revenue only would materially ipjure if not totally destroy the manufacturing interests of New Jersey and reduce the wages of American workingmen to a point entirely inconsistent with the demands upon them as members of society in the United States.
 Mir. Sherman called up the message an nouncing the action of the House on the Senate joint resolution, passed two weeks ago, appropriating $1O:OOO for the contin- of the House, which provides that the money so appropriated shall only be used for inves- tigetions already ordered, was read.
 After discussion in which it was claimed the the amendment of the House was a clear invasion of the constitutional rights of the Senate, MT. Sherman moved to disagree therein.
 MT. Wilson suggested that it would be bet Fer to get definite expression of opinion aad moved to concur in the amendment.
 The yeas and nays were called on this No one voted in the affirmative and fifty nine Senators recorded themselves against the in- vasion of thelr rights. committee of con- ference was then ordered and Msssrs. Sher- man, Wilson and Butler were appointed conferees.
 After the morning business the considsra- tion of the consuler court bill was resumed. After some debate on the constitutionality of such courts the bill was passed by vote of , 3I yeas to II nays.
 At 2:20 D. m. the Senate went into execu- tive session. When open session was resumed, shortly after o'clock. the bank ruptcy bill was made 8 special order for Wednesday, March 19, and soon sfterward the Senate adjourned.
 The Senate in executive session this after noon reconsidered the former vote GU the Mexican treaty and fixed Monday next for it's further consideration.
 HoUsE-The morning hour having been dispensed with the House went into Committee of the Whole, Mir. Converse of Ohio in the chair, on the naval appropriation bill. Mir. Thomas, of Illinois, offered an amendment to the clause providing for the completion of the new cruisers, requiring that the vessels shall have full sail power Under the two thirds sail power, which had been decided upon by the advisory board, the vessels could not move three miles an hour under sail before fresh breeze. After some discussion the amendment was lost
 MT. Dorsheimer, of New York, offered an amendment appropriating $449, 529 for the armament of the steel vessels in process of construction and supported it in an earnest speech.
 A somewhat angry discussion arose grow ing out of statement by Mir. Randall that I.L1 of cruisers. This was emphatically denied by Messrs. Reed. Calkins. Horr and others, who pressed Mir. Randall for his figures and he at last sent up to be read the following: Appropriation of 1883 for steel rihed cannon. $10O,oOO of which Secretary from the appropriation of last year for steel cruisers, $2S4 ,O0O; appropriation last year for ordnance and ordnance material, $150, GOO; ordnance or ordnance stores in this bill, $10O, ,000. Making a total of $584,- OOO"
 To this Mir Calkins replied that the first item was required to finish rifing smooth bore guns; the second required to meet con- tracts already made for work on the cruisers; the third and fourth needed for current ex- penses under the ordnance bureau. He then insisted that there was not dollar in the bill for ordnance for the cruisers.
 Mir. Horr insisted that there was no money in the bill to arm the cruisers and said the item of S449, 900 estimated by the Secretary was stricken out by the committee. The amendment was rejected; 99 to 119.
 An amendment proposed by Mir. Morse of Massachusetts, giving to officers who served ss volunteers during the war credit for such time of service was adopted.
 The committee then rose. The amend ments agreed to in the Committee of the Whole were adopted and the bill was passed; yeas 259, nays White, of Kentucky.
 Messrs. Randall, Holman and Ryan were appointed members of a conference com mittee on the bill adding $10,OOO to the Senate contingent fund.
 At 4:15 p. m. the House adjourned.