The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-13
FORTY.EIGHTH CONGRESS.
SENATE

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On motion of Mr.. Allison the Senate took a
formal vote on the consular and diplomatic
| appropriation bill, and the bill passed. SO yeas,
! two nays-Messrs. Vance and VansWyck.
| The bill as passed is almost precisely as re-
| ported from the Senate committee on appro-
| priatioDs, making an addition of 5000 900 to
the bill as reported from the House.
The Mexican pension bill was taken up, and
! Mr.. Van Wyck moved an amendment to Mr..
/ McCullom's bill to provide for pensions for in
valid soldiers who had been discharged from
| the armg or navy, after three months service
in the war of the rebellion, and for the Wild
ows and parents of deceased pensioners
| After CONSIDERABLY discussion, the Senate
without taking action, went into executive
session and afterwards adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House met at 10 o'clock in continuation
| of Wednesdays session and went into commits
tee on the river and harbor bill,
A resolution was introduced and adopted to
| prohibit the dumping OF refuse material into
! New York harbor.
Mr.. Graves Of Missouri offered an amends
| ment providing that nothing contained Ia the
| act shall bs construed as Limitation on the
powers OF the board of engineers designated 70
prepare and submit plans. specifications, esti'
mates and recommendations for the expendi.
ture Of appropriations for the Missouri river,
| and that said board shall constitute commits.
sion to be called tho Missouri River Commits.
| sion. AZ
| At IL o'clock the committee rose. The legs
| islative day of Thursday opened.
| The Speaker laid before the House q COM
munication from the attorney general recon-
mending the acceptance of the HallettrKil-
born Judgment of $200c0.
The House then went into committee on the
river and harbor BILL An amendment was
adopted prohibiting vessels midumping ashes
or other refuse matter in the Providence river.
A large number OF amendments were offer-
ed to the section providing for new surveys,
the majority of which were voted down.
Mr.. Bedford of Colorado offered an amend
ment providing that all appropriations in this
bill shall be paid in standard silver coin of the
| United States or in silver certificates. Under
a New York President and New York Secre-
tsry of the Treasury, he said, the coin of the
| country was locked up in the treasury; but
beth those officers, he thanked God, would de-
part from office on March 4th next. The Re-
publican party had nominated q man who
had been willing TO recognize the great silver
product of Colorado and If the democratic
party had sense enough to nominate rs its can
didate John G. Carlisle the country would get
along very well whether one or the other was
elected. The amendment was lost II to TO-
On motion of Mr.. Poland of Vermont the
appropriation for BURLINGTON harbor was in
creased from $4,000 to $25, 5000.
At 1895 the committee rose and reported the
bill. w
Mr.. Oates of Alabama moved to strike out
the Hennepiu Canal clause. Agreed to. Yeas
146, nays 1902.
The bill then passed. Yeas 1853, nays 1O4.
Following is the vote in detail:
Yeas-Adams of Illinois. Aiken, Alexander,
Bisbee, Blanchard, Bland, Brainerd Breckenridge
Breitung, Broadhead Buchanan, Budd, Burleigh
Burnes, CabeH, Caldwell, Calkins, Cannon, Garlic
ton, Cassidy, Clardy. Clements, Collins Cosgrove,
Crisp, Culberson of Texas, Culbertson of Kentucky
Cutcheon, Dorgan, Davidson, Davis of Missouri
Davis of Massachusetts, Deuster, Dibble, Dibrell,
L
Findlay, Finerty, Follett, Forney, Fcran, Fyan
Garrison, George, Gibson, Glasscoek Golf, Graves,
Hemphill Henderson of Illinois. Henderson of
Iowa, Herbert, Hewitt of Alabama, Hit. Hoblit-
cell, Horn, Houck, Houseman, Hunt, Hurd, JEFF
fords, johnson, Jones of Arkansas, Jones of
Texas, Jones of Alabama, Kelley King, Lanham,
Lewis, Long, Lowering, Lyman, Mccormick. Nc
MILAN, Maybury. Miller of Texas, Money, Null
Oates, Ocheltree. Offerall, O'Hara O'Neill Of
Pennsylvania, o'Neill of Missouri Payson, Pierce,
SeS R Rse Rigs 81
Rowell, Scales, Seney, Seymour Shelby, Singleton
Smalls, Snyder, Spooner Stewart of Texas, Stone,
Strait, Sumner of California, Talbot E. 3. Taylor
of Ohio, Taylor of Tennessee, Thomas Thompson
Tllman, Tucker, Tulley, Turner of Georgia Yalen-
tine tin Vance Van Van Eaton Wait, Wakefield. Wallace,
Minnesota, Williams, Willis, Wilson of West
Virginia, Winans Of Michigan G. D. Wise of
v Virginia ]; s Wise Of Virginia; Woodford, Yaple
Nays Messrs. Adams of New York. Anderson
Arnot, Atkinson, Barr, Blount Bowen, Boyle
OF Indiana, Brown of Pennsylvania, Brumme,
Campbell of New York, Campbell of Pennsylvania
C gan ne Gay J Gob6 Connolly Converse Coke
Curtin, Dorsheimer, Eaton, Elliott English, Err
mentrout, Evans of Pennsylvania, Eyerhart, Far
reu F1edler. Funston Geddes, Hasell, Hammond,
Hanback,, Hardeman, Harmer, Hepburn, Hewitt
OF New York, Hiscock, Holman Holmes, Hilton,
Kitchum, Lamb, Lawrence. Lowrey. McAdoo. Nc.
Cord, HlcC9rmas Matson, Willard, Miller of Penn
sylvania, Mitchell, Morgan. Morrison, Morse,
Moulton, Murray, Mutchler, Parker, Patten,
Payne, Perkins, Peters, Post Potter, Pussy RAN
ney, Kay OF New York. Rockwell, Ryan, Shaw
Skinner Smith, SPriggs, Springer, Steele, Stock
Slayer, Storm. Strube, Sumner of Wisconsin, j. D.
Taylor of Ohio. Throckmorton, Townshend. Turner
Of Kentucky, Ward. Warner of Tennessee Weaver,
Weller, Whiting wilkins, White of Kentucky, and
WorthiDgton-l04.
Mr.. Eaton of Connecticut then called ND for
consideration the Senate bill regulating the
electoral count, with the amendment proposed
by the House committee on the state of the
presidential laws, in the nature of substitute.
MI. Eaton said there we're three modes pro-
posed for counting the electoral votes. The
first mode was presented by the Senate bill;
the second mode, presented by the House COM
mittee; and one other mode which he believed
to be the right one. He believed that under
the Constitution the House of Representatives
today had sole power TO count the electoral
votes. 1T in future bill was not agreed upon
by the two houses, aud there should be any
such action las there was in 1877, he would
Call upon the house to exercise its constitu-
tional right and determine all questions relst-
ing to the presidential election. He saw one
way out of the difficulty, and that vas by a
per capita vote.
Mr.. Pryor of Alabama delivered carefully
prepared speech in favor of the House bill, adj
dressing himself to the historical. legal and
constitutional points involved, but before he
had concluded the House adjourned.