The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, March 5-Lrwis
from the Committee on Public Lands
repOrted bill to repeal section q "
the act Incorporating the Texas
Pacific railroad company, and to de,
therein made.
House caIendar-The entire clerica
force of the census bureau, LIS IL
number, have BEEN suspended. from
duty until the 10Th inst, owing ia
the exhaustion of the approprin tior
Tor the main census bureau. The su-
p-rintendeut, cliet clerk and ont
clerk are not included In the order
as sufficient money remains t., pay
their salaries far fortnight longer,
when il IL hoped the deficiency ap
preparation bill will be raseed.
| The House Committee on. Com.
meIce reported q bill providing fol
the removal Of Obstructt"ns to free
navigation in nav'gable waters of the
United Sta.es. Referred to the com
mittee Of the VIII le.
The Committee on judiciary re-
ported bill establishing reform IN
the system of banking throught the
United = ates.
The Committee of the Who'e ICON
verse in the chair) on Naval Appro-
priation bill pending amendment
h+ing mad., offered by McMillan,
reducing the number of captains tn
80, hummer Of commanders tO6O and
providing no more promotions shall
be made to these grades until the
mum er Is reduced below tue num
Der mentioned in the amendment.
Lost.
Calkins moved to strike out provi-
siOns prohibiting promotions to vari-
Ous grades in line aud staff of tue
navy until such grades shall. be re-
durrd t" numbers fixed by naval act
of 1882 and an amendment submit
ted yesterday reducing staff corps.
Agreed to.
P.lford moved to increase to five
million the appropriation for emer-
gency and extraordinary expenses,
aud made Que of hi. characteristic
sDeeches, CRITICS ng the Democratic
party for appropriating tor the emer-
gency the Insignificant sum IF fifteen
thousand dollars. Bismarck Kiz er,
of Germany, had sent in> >ultiux Ines-
sag4s In the very face Of it. He then
paid his respects to Randall, as-ert-
ing that siuce the election in PhiIa.
del I,hia that gentleman was as dad
as = L szaru-, with no Christ In sight
re-urrect him.
C,x, of New York, sent to the
clerks desk AMI had read a newspa-
per extract explaining the manner in
which H-lfUri ha'i cs'ntorted bis dra-
niatic manner Of ~p-aking. and q
good .teal Of amusement WAS created
as the cleIk read the peculiar account
"f thst g-ntlenlan'S or tlcism on
Mrs Langtry aud an tx sgerated de-
= riptlun "f his own personal appear
Ance. The amendment was with.
drawn Oh motion Of r 'ndail and
al amendment WAS adopted prDvid.
by Paragraph shall be apportioned in
monthly in~talments, and the appOr-
,ionIll-nts shall be ad uered to unless
In some >m-rgency.
Calkins raised point of order
aginst the paragraph reapprOpriati"n
for use in bureau Of steam en- .ineer-
Ing Of AL extended ba ance apprnpri-
ati"n Of over a million. About ST.
700, ono made by the la-t naval bill
tor engines and machinery, and
double turrots and monitors.
Glassc ck supported the point In
order and pictured the defenceless
c"yditiOn of the Pacific Coast. The
tmIicy the House was pursuing in re-
fuSiug to furnish iron clads was
bad policy. While he believed in
economy aud r-fJrm, he did not be-
iieve in that ecOuOmy aud reform
that lett one thousand miles OF sea
coast In al entirely defenceless cOndi-
tlOu
rhe chair having overruled the
point of order, Budd moved to strike
out the word pare graph. He declared
the defences Of the Pacific COast in
sufficient to keep out second-rate
vessels, and that it was not economy
but outrage to prevent the cons. rue
tiOn of monitors. What was wanted
was vessels to protect the
Pacific Cast, and not little brick walls
or .rt> at points which it would
furnish but q moments amusement.
Any small boat could be sent up from
Ch II for the small defense on Alcat-
raz Island, but rs an illustration of the
,ss of the time, the e n-rgency
started on the Fourth OF July from
this island, guns were fired for six
hours at u barge, 4OJ yards distant,
and tinally q man had to be sent out
with hand tUrped 'es to blow 1t up. i
The motion was lost.
An amendment was offered by
Caikins, uniting under one head the
bureaus Of steam engineering aud
and repairs. Rejected.
The Chairman Of the Commute on
Public Lands reported q bill forfeit
inx the OntanagOn and Brule river
land gcAnt on the House calendar.
Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-The Sen
ate Judiciary Committee reD"rted
favorably on the original bill pro
vidiup FIR the collection o. statistics
marriage and divorce.
The Char laid before the senate a
bill extending the limit Of the yell
IOw.tOue National Park, land after
debate, participated IN by Vest, In.
gals. Mcmillan, and Harrison' the
bill passed.
The Senate, on motion of Sawyer,
passed the till authOr'siDg the post
maseer-genersl to IL $50 buildings Tor
pOsI offices of the first, second and
third class, at reasonable rates, ior
terms not exceeding ten years.
The chair laid before he Sena'e un-
finished business, pending Eaton's
biIi. providing for the exercise ., ju,,
I'D =; .S;c,ion conferred upon the United
States in places outside Of il6 their xh'ie do
n,iuion. Debate arose, ana wn.'e
P..ndl. ton was sprakine, shermsL
ssked and obtaiued unanimous ~.
sent to have read message !1'!a ...e
u Hn,,se announcing agreement 10 lug
i I.nst.. i.,int r+s nution sppro. ..rl:tl"g
Srn sSr1 i:,r n Senate COutinxent tu0d: