Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-03-20
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

In the Senate on the 11th, bills were in
troduced and referred as follows: BY Mil
ler, of New York, providing for the sus-
pension of the coinage Of standard silver
dollars for two years and the issue of one
and two dollar Treasury notes. In intro
ducing the bill, Miller said it was one OF
those prepared by the New York Chamber
of Commerce. He presented at the same
time petition from that body praying the
passage of the bill At the conclusion of
the morning business, the Senate, at l
o'clock, went into executive session on the
Mexican treaty. The doors were reopened
at $40 P. NJ, and the Senate, Immediately
adjourned.
In the House, under the call of commit
tees, reports were submitted from the Ju-
dietary Committee for the payment of $685.
600 to the State of Georgia for money eX-
pended by that State for the common de-
fence in 1777. Morrison reported favorably
from the Ways and Means Committee, "a
bill to reduce import duties and war tariff
taxes" Ohe new tariff bill,) accompanied
with a written report. Mckinley submit
ted the views of the minority, and the
House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the postoffice appropriation bill A;
general debate to be limited to three hours.
The bill was read through, section by Sec
ton, and pending a motion to increase the
amount appropriated for postmasters, the
committee rose.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the chair laid
before that body a communication from the
Secretary of War, transmitting in compli-
ance with recent resolution Of the Senate,
reports from Rear Admiral Cooper and the
Lieutenant General, showing the progress
of the work of the building Of the Panama
Canal, with photographs of the machinery
used and views along the route. A joint
resolution was submitted by Jackson, OF
Tennessee, providing for the submission to
the States of constitutional amendment
making the Presidential term six years and
making the President ineligible to re-elec-
ton. Referred to the Committee on Judi
ciary. The remainder of the session was
devoted to the bill for the prevention of the
shipping of diseased cattle.
The House, after the expiration of the
morning hour, entered into the Committee
of the Wholeo on the postoffice appropriation
bill. The pending amendment, increasing
the amount for postmasters' salaries was de-
feated. The clause limiting the postmas-
ters' salaries to a maximum of $4,000 was
stricken out by vote of III to 45. This
leaves the salaries as at present. Horr
moved to increase the appropriation for
clerks in postoffices by s125,0O0. The COM
mittee rose for the purpose of limiting de-
debate on this amendment. Townshend was
willing to accord thirty minutes, but the
Republicans held out for forty. Nearly two
hours were consumed in roll calls without
any determination in regard to the disputed
ten minutes being arrived at, but finally
the shorter time was agreed to, and the
committee resumed its session. The in
creased appropriation was favored by Cutch-
con, Bingham and Horr, and opposed by
Hallman and Townshend. The amendment
was lost by vote of II to Ill.
In the Senate, on the 18th, bill was re-
ported favorably for the admission of the
territory of Dakota as State. The House
bill restoring Gen. Fitz John Porter to the
army was then taken up, and after short
speech by Senator Logan in opposition to
the bill, and Senator Riddleberger in favor
of it, the bill was placed upon tsthird read
ing and passed by vote of 36 yeas to =
nays. The South Carolina Senators, as, in
fact all the Southern Senators except Ma