Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-10
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL
MIR. FRYES CONFERENCE POINT
LAID OVER TILL MONDAY.

The Senate's Increase of the Indian
Appropriation Bnl-PensiOn Bills
Passed and Discussed in the House
Randall Working to Abolish the To-
baccO and Fruit Spirits Tax,
WASHINGTON, May Elm the Senate
to-day, on the reading of the journal, Mr.
Beck thought that the entry relating to
Mr.. Fry's motion of yesterday calling for
a committee of conference ought to have
shown that it was call for ''a committed
Of conference on the disagreeing votes
Of the two houses The Chair said that
the entry as it stood was in accord with
the practice of the Senate, and after a
short discussion the journal was approved.
On motion of Mr.. Dawes the Indian appro-
priation bill was taken up. Mr.. Dawes, how
ever, gave way for time in order 10 allow Mr..
Call to make some remarks IN favor of his bill
TO provide for the establishment of a univer-
slty Of original research, including medicine,
as part Of the Smithsonian institution.
Mr.. Blair lnterpOsed to give notice that on
Monday next he would move to take up the
House bill to establish Bureau of Labor Sta
tistlcs.
Mr. Call then addressed the Senate.
At O'Clock the Char laid before the
senate the pending appeal Of Mr.. Beck
from the decision of the Chair regarding
the motion of Mr.. FRYE fo- a conference com
mlttee on the shipping bill. Mr.. Harris said
that Mr.. Frye was necessarily absent from
the city and had expressed a wish that the
matter might go over till Monday. The mat
ter went over accOrdiBR4ys- --'.
The Senate then took up the Indian
Appropriation bill, and Mr.. Dawes briefly re-
eapltuated It's provisions. The estimates for
the year, he said, had been S, ,466, ,S09 81. The
amount of the bill, as it came from the House,
had been S5,4J6.3s9 81. The amendments
proposed by the Senate increased the amount
Dy 500 .4I5 90 making the total amount re-
ported TO the Senate for Indian service for the
coming year S6,2l3.S02 81. This amount eX-
ceeds the Indian bill of last wear by $S40.I47.
the chief element of which increase, Mr.
Dawes sald, was the amount for Indian
schools. The amount expended and to be eX-
pended Tor such schools in the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1884, had been $760,3 while the
amount reported to the Senate for those
schools in this bin was Sl,ll6,55l, being an in
crease of 1856, ,222.
The bill was considered by sections and con-
siderable progress made without debate,
except upon the appropriation for education
In Alaska. The Senate Committee has re-
duced the amount from SIS, 900 allowed by the
House to $4,000.
Mr.. Dawes said that he differed with the
committee as 10 the prOpriety of the reduction.
$4,000.
Pending debate on the amendment the SEN
ate, at O'Clock, went into executive session.
ana when the doors were reOpened adjourned
until y O'Clock tomorrow. About O'Clock
the senators viii proceed IN a body to attend
the unYellIng of the Marshall memorial statue.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day the bill coming over
from last Friday granting an additional pen
sion to the widow of Gen. Francis P Blair
was passed. 1t grants her $1,000 for her hus-
Oand's services In organizing troops and in
GITeases her pension to $50 a month. The
mouse ~ Il o'clock, on motion Of Mr.. McAil-
ian, OF tennessee, went into committee Of the
whole, with Mr.. Cox, of New York in the
! Chair, on the private calendar
fnan fret Fmu~ssN D NNr 81.
sidered and discussed together. The first ap-
preparation of $4,000 for the relief of Willis \
Arnold. Of Henderson, Tenn, was reported
faYOrably by the Committee on War Claims
| The second for the relief of Hiram johnson
and tOrty-slX other persons of the same place
was reported adversely. Both of these claims
nave been pending IN Congress for many years
anu grew out OF the confederate raid on Hen
dersOn in November, 1862. Property to the
value Of $Z6,1jl was DESTROYED, of which
Sls,lll belonged to loyal citizens 3d. 500 to the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and S5,OS0 to the
Cnlteu states. On account Of these depreda-
tlons an assessment was made on the dislOval
citizens OF the place and the money was turned
over to the Provost Marshal. Nine thou
sand six hundred and six dollars of the
amount so assessed was paid over to Messrs
Aldrldge and Patterson, two of the sufferers
from the RAID, and the remainder was con
Veyed INTO the Treasury. Willis \. Arnold
claims to have been loyal citizen and to have
suffered loss of $4,000. while Hiram johnson.
ct al, were dislOyal citizens, on whom the as
sesslnent was made, and who now claim that
the sum remaining in the Treasury should be
divided among them pro rata. The debate
consumed nearly the whole day. the supDOr-
ters Of Mr.. JOhnsOn's bill asserting that Mr.
Arnold did not suffer the loss which he COM
plains OF, that the dislOyal citizens Of Hender-
son were IN no way responsible for the raid
and that the government had not the right to
take money from the pockets of one man to
reimburse another.
The committee finally substituted the John
son bill for the Arnold bill and reported its
recommendation to the House. but no further
action was taken. On motion of Mr.. Ham
mond, OF Georgia. 1t was ordered that when
the House adjourned to-day it be to meet on
Monday next. The Speaker requested the
members To assemble in the House in order to
attend IN body the unveiling Of the statue of
Chief Justice Marshall
The Speaker laid before the House
communication from the Secretary Of War
recommending an additional appropria
ton of 100000 tor the relief Of the
sufferers by the floods in the lower
Mississippi valley. 1t was referred. The
House then took recess until O'Clock. the
evening session TO be for consideration of pen
sion bills.