The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-02
CONGRESSIONAL,
SENATE.

OOO. 1t was not agreed to.
COckrell, from the committee on
military affairs, reported favorably
with the amendment of the House
bill relieving from the charge of de.
sertiOn soldiers who served until the
expiration of their term and are i'm
properly charged with desertion. The
bill after the amendment passed. As
passed it requires that applications
for pensions shall be made within
five years from the passage of the
act.
The House bill passed granting a
pension of $50 per month to the
widow of Gen. James 3. Steadman.
Cameron, of Penn, directing the
secretary of the treasury to redeem
ten million dollars worth of trade
dollars at their face value, vas laid
before the Senate.
Morrill, moved to refer the resolu-
ton to the committee on finance.
Agreed-yeas 36, nays 20.
Butler called up his resolution
directing an enquiry into the con-
dition of the New York banks. Nor
rill moved 10 refer the resolution to
the committee on finance. Agreed
to-yeas 80, nays 16.
Consideration of the river and har
Dor bill was resumed.
Motion not agreed to, and after a
long debate the bill passed as origins
ally passed by the house. It appro-
PIRATES $l2,0S6, 200. The senate COM
mittee added 81 .26S, 900 and the sen.
ate itself made u further addition of
$3.50, 500, making the amount of the
bill as it now stands $13, 584, 700. Alli-
son, of the committee or appropria>
tions, reported sudry civil bills and
gave notice he would call it up early
tomorrow. and aCded that if con-
gress was to adjourn this week,
which was desirable, the bill would
have to be completed tomorrow.
There would then only be the fortiti>
cation bill to he considered.
Executive session adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, July Randall
submitted the report of the confer
ence Committee on the naval appro-
prlation bill, announcing its inability
to agree. The chief items of disa-
greement We're the appropriations for
new cruisers and the continuation of
work on the double-turretted mont
tors. Randall said that nothing but
an instruction from the house would
induce the house c~0nferees to yield on
those two points applause on the
Democratic side) because they had
not that confidence in the manner of
construction of these cruisers that
warranted further expenditure Of the
public money in order to duplicate
Them. Besides thore Was not thrown
around these propositions that safe
guard in the expenditure of money
which in the present circumstances
should be thrown around the depar.-
ment which was the non-subiect of
investigation. AS he said before,
there was nothing that would induce
the present c%onferees to yield on these |
two points except a direct vote of the |
house. and when that vote was given
he trusted the house would select
some other conferee than him,
Calkins said the question was
whether the building of the navy
should be delayed another year, and
whether after expanding millions of |
dollars on monitors work should be |
closed. Investigation in the navy
had nothing to do with
cruisers or monitors. Randall adj
that was so, but asserted it
should have its effect upon members
in the appropriation of money for a
where there had been
INSTRUMENTATION.
Calklns moved that the house re-
cede from the disagreement to the
steel cruisers amendment. Lost
yeas 80, nays 147.
The clause WINS also lost by yeas IS,
nays 139. The house further insisted
IN its disagreement and Randall,
Holman and CalkiDs were appointed
conferees. The house then receded
from the disagreement to the post
office appropriation bill, then went
into committee of the whole on the
appropriation bill. The
approved a joint resolution
20 provide temporarily for the expen-
litures of the government. 1t is ex-
the President will take final
action on the FitzJohn Porter bill
Hewitt, of New York, prepared a
minority report. He thought the
majority bill unnecessarily liberal for
he wants of the people.
Ellis advocated the majority bill.
He had heard more errors stated in
he course of this discussion than he
had ever heard before in a debate.
Many who had spoken had proved
heir utter and absolute ignorance of
he subject. The defenseless condition
If the country Was conceded by the
from Pennsylvania. Ran
lall denied it. There is but one thing
defenseless and that is the
reasury Of the United States. Ellis
aid the treasury was amply defended
long as the gentleman from Pen
ylvania insists that taxation shall s
lot be reduced at one end and that
lothing shall be spent at the other.
)ne~fourth of the entire wealth of (
he nation is absolutely at the mercy !
# any little insignificant power that :
happened to have armed vessels. If !
We would resume the spirit of our {
let US make every city by {
be sea and every harbOr which floats !
ur commerce, safe and secure. .
The clerk then proceeded to read
he bill by paragraphs.
Randall offered a bill reported by
be minority as q substitute for the
aaj ority bill and it was agreed to q
should it be reported to the q
louise and a vote to be taken on it to- I
morning. !
Adjourned.
Allen PinkertOn Dead. 4
CHICAGO, July Italian Pinker- U
On. the famous detective died at $40 t
his afternoon. He has been grad
ally sinking from the effects of ma q
ria fever contracted some weeks a
90 while on a visit south. Fhysic- o
ms v%irtuallu abandoned hone late +