The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-02-14

ander Nangruder chief of division IN the
Pension Office, has been detailed to act as
assistant clerk to the Committee on Invalid
Pensions during the remainder of the present
Congress; which was referred to the Committee
on Invalid Pensions.
The House then proceeded to the considera-
ton of the resolution reported day or two
since from the Committee on Rules. as follows:
That the rules of the House of Representa-
tives of the Forty-sixth Congress. as amended
by this House, be the rules of the House of
Representatives of the Forty-eighth Congress
until further order of the House."
A large number of amendments were offered,
after which the House proceeded to vote on
them. An amendment for a womsn's suffrage
committee was voted down-ayes 81, nays 102
the Democrats voting in the negative. A vote
was not reached on Mr.. Belford's amendment
allowing clerk to each member not chairman
of a committee. The vote ON an amendment
offered by Mr.. Cox, creating a commission on
the census, resulted ayes 105, nays az. The
point of no quorum being raised, the House
adjourned.
FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, on Friday, Mr. Turner, chair
man Of the Committee on Elections. reported
a resolution in the Mississippi election case of
Chalmers VS.. Manning, discharging the commit
/ tee from further consideration of the prlma
facie case, and awarding the seat to neither
4 of the contestants.
Mr. Lowrey, from the same committee, re-
ported a resolution in the Virginia contested
election case of Garrison VS.. Mayo, declaring
! that Mayo has the prima facie right to the seat
and securing him in his right pending the de-
cision of the case on its merits.
The House then proceeded to the considera-
/ ton Of the report of the Committee on Rules.
Mr.. C0x's IN. - amendment creating select
committee on the tenth census (peDding when
the House adjourned yesterday was agreed to
| -160 to 90
The rules regulating admission to the floor
was amended by excluding ex-Senators from
that privilege-109 to %.
Several amendments were offered and with
! drawn, after which the report of the Commit
| tee on Rules was adopted.
| Mr.. Randall, from the Committee on Appro-
priations, reported the naval appropriation bill,
and gave notice that it would be called up next
Tuesday. 1t appropriates S14, 263, 600, being
o,392.00 less than the amount estimated for,
and 81, 63l 900 less than the amount appro-
priated for the current fiscal year.
The rest of the session was consumed in de-
bate on the bill to provide for the muster and
pay of certain officers and enlisted men of the
volunteer forces, as follows:
Be it enacted de-. That the Secretary of War be,
and he is hereby. authorized and directed to cor
rect the usterrolls of the volunteer forces of the
United States IN the late that the muster OF
officers and enlisted men therein shall cover the
whole period during which they were regularly
commissioned and actually performed the duties
10 which they were so commissioned in all cases
where charges are pending against them, and
there was no fault or neglect on their part which
delayed their muster-in. and where the commits
sions bear date prior 10 the Goth day of June, 1863
or after that date when their commands were not
below the minimum number emitting them to such
officers al the date of the commission.
SEC. 2 That il shall be the duty of the Secretary
OF the Treasury to be paid TO all officers and
enlisted men mustered under the provisions Of the
/ preceding section the amounts of pay and allow
/ led
originally mustered, less the amount they act
ually received, out OF any moneys in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. g. That all acts and part of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed
The Committee on blilitary.Affairs. in re-
porting the bill, recommended the adoption of
the following amendment, to insert after the
word " commissioned" IN section 1, the follow
ing:
Or were prevented from performing said duties
under their respective commissions by reason OF
wounds received in the line OF duty, by sickness
in hospitals or by being prisoners Of war.
Mr.. Browne qnd.) moved, as a further
amendment, to strike out of section L, after the
word mustered-in," the following:
And where the commissions bear date prior 10
the 10th day of June, 1863, after that date when
their commands not below the minimum
number emitting them to such officers at the date
Of the commission
Both amendments were finally agreed to, and
the bill as amended passed. The House then
adjourned until Monday.
MONDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, on Monday, among the bills
introduced, were the following:
, By Mr. Cox n. " to provide additional life
saving stations on the sea and lake coast.
. BY Mr.. Mills Tex, requiring the Secretary
Of the Treasury to pay slo0,ooo,oOO of 3 pei
cent bonds.
By Mr. Poland (yt), relating to the qualif
; cations Of voters in Utah and Idaho. fit pro
. vides that before registration q voter shall BIZ
required to take an oath that he does not be-
long to the church Of the Latter-Day Saints OF
any other sect or organization that upholds
, polygamy, bigamy or unlawful combination.
Dir. Keller (O.), from the Committee on Ap
preparations, reported the Military Academy
bill
Mr. FolIett (o.), from the same committee
reported a joint resolution appropriatiDe
100000 for the relief OF the sufferers from thu
overflow Of the Ohio River and its tributaries
He said the disaster was unexampled in ths
history of floods in this country After brie
debate, the resolution was passed by a vote o.
, 233 to Il.
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
IN the House, on Tuesday on motion of Mr.
: Stewart Vt, resolution was adopted directin.
! the Committee on Expenditures in the Depart
ment Of Justice, in making Investigation int
! the expenditures on account Of prosecutions O
persons charged with frauds on the Govern
ment, and especially in the star-route mai
service. to inquire into the manner in which
such prosecutions have been and are being con
: Quoted, and into the conduct, efficiency am
good faith of all officials or persons in the pa,
D Of the Government in connection with suci
: prosecutions, and whether guilty parties hay,
: been duly prosecuted.
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