Omaha daily bee., 1884-05-16
FhG Senate Passes The House 100000
Bill for New Orleans Fair,
The House Spends the Day With
the Diplomatic Bill,
Reducing the Austrian and Italian
Ministry to $4,000,
Cullom's Bill to Prevent Bank
Presidents from Gambling.
The Pension Bill Finally Report
ed to the Senate.
The General Swain Inuuiry.-Othci
National and Political Matters.
EoRrY.EIGHrH CONGRESS-.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, May 15.-lt was agreed
that when it adjourned to-day 1t be to
next Monday.
The chairman laid before the senate
a message from the presidentrecommend-
ing an appropriation to enable the gov
eminent to execute the provisions of the
convention between tho United States
and Mexico, relative tothe boundary line
between the two countries.
Bills were reported favorably from
committees:-By Logan, from tho com
mittee on appropriations and invalid
pension bill with amendments. Calen-
dered.
BY Allison, from tho same committee,
with amendments, a bill to aid the
World Industrial and Cotton Centennial
exposition at New Orleans. Tho bill was
Immediately put upon its passage. A
long debate followed. Tho bill was pass
cd substantially as it came from the
house, the amount remaining at q million
dollars.
Mr.. Morgan (dem., Ala.) offered n
resolution in the senate, which under the
rule went over one day, directing the
committee OH finance tn examine into the
causes of failures of such of the national
banks in the city of New York as have
suspended business in May 1884, and
report whether said failure have to any,
and to what extent resulted from any
violation of the laws regulating their con-
duct, or from giving certificates upon
drafts, or by their acceptance drafts and
other commercial paper drawn upon them
directly or indirectly, in the evasion or
in the violation of laws, and whether any
national bank in New York city has been
engaged since July 18th, 1882, in vio-
lation or evasion of the laws regulating
their conduct, and that the committee
have leave to sit during the sessions of
the senate, and to visit the city of New
York, to send for persons or papers, and
to examine witnesses on oath.
Mr.. Cullom (rep., Ill.) introduced q
bill, which was referred to the committee
on finance, to prevent speculation on the
part Of officers of national banking asso.
Citations.
The chair laid before the senate the
unfinished business, being the house bill
to establish u bureau of labor statistics.
After the executive session adjourned
until Monday.
HOUSE.
The morning hour was dispensed with
and the house went into committee of
the whole on the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill.
Mr.. Hit (rep, H. moved to amend
by restoring to $12 1000 the salaries of
ministers to Austria and Italy. The bill
reduced them to $1,000. The amend
ment was lost-70 to 70.
The amendments for missions to Rou-
mania, Servia and Greece and various
amendments for increasing or main
tanning salaries in certain cases were all
rejected.
Mr.. Cannon offered an amendment
to make an appropriation for the contin-
gent expensee of the consular and diplo-
matte service. In explanation of the
amendment Cannon stated that no pro-
vision was made in the bill for postage,
kilograms, freight, the employment of
experts, the gathering of statistics, etc.,
for which $500 00 was appropriated for
the current year, and that the failure to
make such provision would strike n blow
at the whole consular system.
AS there was no quorum voting on the
amendment Cannon raised the point of
no quorum.
The committee therefore rose, and the
speaker announced the following as visi-
tors to the annual examination at West
Point; Messrs. R%osecrans, Beach and
henderson Oils f; and tho following
visitors to Annapolis: Messrs. Coo IN.
~, Evans Is. O., and Golf,
The senate amendments to tho bill for
the Worlds Centennial and Cotton exhi-
billions al New Orleans were concurred
in.
Adjourned.