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she senate.
WAsulNGroV, y. G., JLly 5.-At $3.50 Tins
mornint The Senate further ,usi,t,d ur"n
the amendment to ne consular hi aud ic-
appointed Il confer, nee committee u,cs-
sage was IT criycd from tn lIousc AM uun'-
ing he ugrc tmcLt t. tie cont renee rcpor
on the fertilization BIZ and that the Speaker
had signed the bill. rhc president OF The
Senate at once announced his own signature
to it, Several short reCcsses we've taken
until at ! o'clock " message from the House
announced the hull adjustm Ut ut lie sun
dry civil bill by the recession IT the House
from Disagreement to ,hc clauses relaiiuG Ia
the commensurate of the United States AT.
tOrncys and NJ rshals, hut with sundry r.
auctions If am 'uts appropriated by me
Senate for tees of those officers. The Sem
ate conference committee submitted their
report cuncuiring ia the proposed rttuclpn.
The report was agrct d to and the hill tnnlly
disposed Of The Senate then took II cess
until p. m. Ga r,ass, milling the Senate
went into an executive session and when the
doors were rcopened took recess s at int +
walls till O'clock Shortly after six Senator
Hale submitted the conference report on the
deficiency bill Ihe House had rccCdrd
from disagreement u the cjmpc sailhn OF
Senators clerks and ali other disa1r emerts
on the bill had been adjusted by mutual
conce, sion. The report was hgr,ed to aud
the Senate took recess until $3.50.
When the Senate was again called 10 or
der II message WAS receivd from TIE House
announcing the passage Of tie hill making
temporary provision for the naval servi,c.
After briefly discussing tins bill the
Senate took recess till 10 Mpnd ".
WAsmlNsroN, ID, c., July G.-At 3:15 this
morning the conference Comnillce reported
the sundry civil bill ana on the motion of
Mr. Ryan of Kansas the House rcccdcd
from its disagreement to tine Senate amend
mem still in controversy. MI. Burns OF
Missouri from the conference committee on
the diplomatic bill reported continued AR G.
meui on one point in controversy, the clause
appropria,ing $2j0,OOO for the Nicaragua
water way project Mr. Burns opened Tie
discussion by statemcrt o. ,he M0nro'
doctrine aud by the assertion that The
Clayton Bulwer treaty had not be II
abrogatcd Government ccrlainCd righ's
were obtained by twelve well known
American titlzens to construct canal across
he lslhmu, in Nicaragua and in the terms
of conc, ssOn certain work was to he done
on or bcf, IT. the 24th If October next. These
twelve gentlemen were uverlakpu by mlsfor-
tune aud The suggestion came hurriediy To
the appropriation committee that the con
Ccssion was immensely valuable, that il
might be made a treat PRIZE to be dawu
from the uiuumNliC lottery OF the gr,ai
American republic, and that all Congress
had to do was to submit itself thoroughly -
the iudgn ert aut wisdom aud integrity Of
the administration ~ order to secure TINS
prize.
Mr.. Burrs then gave II trivf history Il the
conference OF The subject between the ap-
preparation ,uunittee aut the @ lnmijlcv Oh
foreign affair, where the question was ask
cd, What would become Of TIE Clayton
Bulw,r treaty y The answer vas that En-
land had violated the Clay top-Bnlwcr
treaty and that Correspondence had
been gong ON with regard 10 the
prupriely If abreating thpt. But formal
steps had been taken to that end and with
that treaty over us we would he compelled
10 do violence to our high character rs Il
people If We secretly without motto. at enpt
rh violation ol that lrcaty while one party
was brav,ly, boldly and openly asserting
that it had not been violated and that il
should not lie ubrogated. 1t bad reeu suJ
gesled that it would he an advantageous
trade for the gOvcrt ment TO give a good
round sum" Tor the rights which were acquir-
ed by concessions. To that proposition
the appropriation committee had promptly
answered Mat MT one dollar would this Con
gress give for any such thing. Subsequent
~ the suggestion was made that the neg)
tit'i.n would he entirely with another gov
eminent anG that moi a dollar OF The $3.50,
900 sh Il { paid tuthose twelve gentlemen.
Following close on tie heels Of S250,0OO
was to come either 81, 300 600 or ii good
round sum" Then If all his we're not
child's play it meant 100000 for
the experiment of building canal
or, according to other engineers, $500, 600,
OuO. In conclusion he Critizcd the action ol
the Republican, side OF the House in pressing
this matter upon the House at time when
the se,son WAS drawing to a close, aud wher
the Chicago cOnvt ntiOn was drawing near.
Mr. Nashburn favored the appropriations
AL / chlrLcteriZed as entirely erroneous the
IMPRESSION that any part Of S250,000 was lC
be pad to priva parties.
Mr.. Eaton Of CJne"licut thought the cOun-
tly would be false to itself to 1t, glory auc
10 lis honor il 1t failed TO take steps To sccur,
II right of WY through the isthmus. Al 3 tn,
House tC,Jk another recess until 43O On
reassembling the Mexican pension bill wa,
discussed until p. M, when IL further re-
cess until was ord red. After the recess
the House cOncuIrCd in lie Senate amend
ments to half IA dozen priva pension bills
Mr.. Rainfall OF Pennsylvania pr, sente,
the conference report un the general deficiency
bill which was agreed to. The bill us agreed
to appropiates - $50, GIG bcirg S274 $40 il
excess Of the amount carried by the bJl "a i
passed the House. Mr.. R4nl,l then SUI
mittod IA disagree ting conf renee. report o,
the nnnrDDriatinu hill and ii I,1
agreed to. Mr.. Randall said the commitl,,
on both sides was determined, and but on,
way%is open that the support Of the ntvl
lie provided for temporarily. lie thea sub
mitted dill making temporary provision f.
the naval service for six months endIng ID c
81, 1884. The bill appropriates one h III o
sums of money (and tor like purposes anl
continuing he time AID provision rclttin,
theretu) as were appropriated tor the service
Of the fiscal year ending jane 30, 1884, sub
ject to all conditions that were imposed b.
said act, provided that nothing is appropra
tel by this act for special; ocean survey
aud publication thereof" or "for purclas
and manufacture after tull invrstiga'IO ION an
test in the United States uldcr the directiu
Of the Secretary Of Nav OF trpenOes ADAPT
cd 10 naval warfare, or of rhc right to mani
facture the same, and for fixture az
machinery necessary for operating lii
same"
Au appropriation is made for the mali
tenancc of the yards and docks for 3
months aud half the sum appropriated Il
continuing the work On the new ste
cruisers is still appropriated for that pu
pose.
During the discussion wEich followed NJ
Reed Of Maine pointed on, thit in biz spee'
on the naval till, on July |, Mr. OK
New York Ind nsCIibed C rIan views upt
the subject Of new cruisers To Admiral Port
which that gentlemen had denied cXpr ssh
that Mr. Reed found that IN II spct cl pint
in the record on that same July |. Mr. e.
had made certain statements which h ntt,