Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-06-24
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
RUSHING TEE BUSINESS In BOTH HOUSES.
The Senate.


ment OF commission OF naval architects and ma
rine enginee rs to examine and report upon new
designs for steamships.
Mr. Maxey, from the committee on military
affairs. reported favorably the bill directing sale
OF real estate and riparian rights now owned by
the United States at Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
MI Mitchell, from the committee on pensions,
reported favorabiy with amendments, the House
bill granting pension to Mrs. Ord, widow OF
Major General E. U. c. ord.
The bills reported were placed on the calendar.
SESSIONS TO COMMENCE AT IL IAN.
Mr.. Sherman offered a resolution, which was
agreed to, providing that the hour for commencing
the daily sessions OF the Senate during the re-
malnder OF the session shall be IL O'clock
THE MEXICAN PENSIONS BILL.
Consideration OF the Mexican pensions bill was
then resumed
Mr.. Maxey said the bill as 1t came from the
month to the survivors OF the Mexican war. The
amendments made TO 1t had now made II a
The amendments he said Disseminated against
the Mexican veterans. 1t was clear to him that
the intention OF the majority was to kill the bill
MI. WHhamS could not support this BILL which
as 1t now stood was an Insult to the old Mexican
veterans II the bill had been considered In full
before the Chicago convention It would have been
passed. Now 1t was rs dead as a door nail The
Senate had voted down the arrears provision, not
outstanding the resolution OF the Chicago conven-
uon, out Shrank from voting down the resolution
OF a caucus OF republican Senator'S
The House.
CONFERENCE ON THE ARMY BILL
The Speaker announced the appointment OF
Messrs- Forney, Townshend and Keifer as con
ferees on the army appropriation bill
THE LABOR BILL
Mr. Foran tOhio) submitted the conference report
on the bill establishing bureau OF labor statistics,
and it was agreed to.
The House then proceeded to the consideration OF
business on the Speakers table, and concurred in
Senate amendments to the following House bills:
For the relief of ST. Luke's Protestant Episcopal
church, In the District or Columbia; granting pen
sion to the widow Of Major General Judson kilpat-
TICK; granting pension TO Isabella j. RamSdelI; to
remove the dis bilitieS or Henry Newman also OF
Robert Ihurborn OF Virginia; to print the annual
reports OF the bureau OF ethnoIogy; TO allow the
chairmen OF subcommittee OF committees OF Con-
greSS TO administer oathS.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES APPOINTED
The Speaker announced the appointment OF the
following conference committees:
On the pension appropriation bill: MessrS. Han
COCK, FOllett and WaShburn
ON the bill granting right OF way through the
indian territory to the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe Railroad company: Messrs. Wellborn Pierce and
Perkins
On the joint resolution for printing the report Of
Rogers n. " and Smith.
On the bill Tor the construction OF bridges across
the Mississippi at ST. Paul: Messrs. Washburn,
Weller and Peters.
On motion Of Mir. Scales (N C.) a Joint resolution
Was passed providing for printing the report OF the
oOoAo VI ltSeuto Vi Iuc SiilituSOLl1u lUSuuUllOn.
LEAVES OF LETTER CARRIERS.
Mr.. Cox (N. " asked unanimous consent for the
passage OF the Senate bill granting letter Carriers
Is days leave OF absence each year.
Mr.. Cosgrove fMo.) objected, but subsequently,
withdrew the objection, and offered an amend
ment providing that no leave OF absence shall be
granted between the 18th OF October and LIST OF
April in any year.
The amendment was lost-yeas Ill. nays IFS.
I0iS vote was recOnsidered and the motion to re-
cODSluer was tibietl-ye..S 124, nays SO.
The District IN Congress.
RELIEVED FROM TAXATION.
The House this morning passed the bill 10 relieve
st. Luke's church from taxation, amended By the
Senate. The bill as passed RENTS the taxes and in
Ierest thereon accruing upon st. Luke's church
property during the years from 1876 to 1850.
INFORMATION WANTED OF THE DISTRICT COMMIs-
SIONKRS
In the Senate to-day, Mr.. Morgan called up his
resolution calling upon the District Commissioners
for report OF the aggregate amounts collected for
taxation in the District from 1915 to 1884, and the
amounts expended for street improvements, re-
pairs. replacement OF wooden pavements, parking
repairs Of cemetery roads. and everything or that
nature also Tor statement OF the taxes that have
been assessed against ali street and steam rail-
roads since 1874, the amounts collected and amounts
remaining unpaid. MIR. Ingalls, said large proper
tOn OF this Information could be found In the an
nual reports of the Commissioners He said the
present form OF government was established In
1873 and as 1t would require extra clerical work to
examine the records back OF that time. he sug-
gested that Mr. Morgan make his inquiry date from
the time OF the establishment OF the existing form
OF government. MIR. Morgan accepted this, and SO
the inquiry goes back only TO 1873 He then offered
another amendment calling upon the Commission
ers for report In detail OF the receipts and dis
blrSements on account OF the water works from
1875 TO 1884 showing each expenditure As amended
Tie resolution was adopted.
Capitol Topics.
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL THROUGH THE HOUSE.
The sundry civil bill passed the House under
suspension Of the rules yesterday afternoon, with
but few amendments. Mr. Springer offered "a an
malshals and district attorneys salaries instead OF
fees, and it was adopted after some slight oppo-
sition. Upon motion OF Mr.. ONlel, OF Missouri, the
provlSo that the work on the U. s. penitentiary at
Dear Lodge should be completed by convict labor
was stricken out.
MAKING A POLITICAL MEASURE OF THE MEXICAN
PENSION BILL
IN the Senate yesterday the ingalls, amendment
TO the Mexican pension bill, dating pensions OF
Union soldiers from discharge or disability, and
permitting applications for arrears to be filed by
nays 49, Amendments limiting Mexican pensions
TO soldiers or sailors who were at least fourteen
days In Mexico, providing that the pensioner must
disa bllty recognized in the United States general
pension laws, and excluding men whose disabilities
incurred In the confederate army and also al
lowing pensions to disabled soldiers and sailors of
the Union army who served three months. were
adopted Mr.. Morgan moved to postpone consldera-
plain that it was being treated political meas-
ure and would not pass. Mr.. Vest charged the re-
puhlcans with 1nsncerity in defeating the bill by
indrect1On. An agreement TO limit speeches to ten
minutes, and vote finally upon the bill at 8 q. m.
to-day, was reached.
Mr. HEwTTT's TARIFF BILL
The House ways and means committee agreed
to-day to report favOraby the first eleven sections
OF Mr. Hewttts tariff bill, relating to the admins
tration OF the present law.
"a NATIONAL REPRoAcH."
The Attorney General sent to the Senate yester-
day communications in which he calls attention
to the failure of the House to provide in the gen.
eraI deficiency bill for deficiencies under the va
rOus bureaus OF the Department of Justice.
Among these Is deficiency OF $50 900 for fees &C.,
the final payment OF special attorneys employed in
the prosecution of the Guiteau case, and a de-
nctency OF $500 for expenses OF territorial courts
in Utah in 1888. Referring to the amount required
for nnal payment OF the attorneys In the Guiteau
case. the Attorney General says:-"It appears to
me that failure to provide for their payment for
services In that case Is national reproach."
AT THE CAUCUS OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS
last evening, the order OF business decided upon
substantially as follows: The Mexican pension
bill is to be disposed OF at O'Clock to-day There
after the annual appropriation bills including the
river and harbOr BILL are 10 have precedent fast
as they are ready. When no appropriation bills are
ready the important measures on the calendar are
to be taken up and disposed OF In the following
forfeiture bills, the postal telegraph bill, the bin
relating to the route OF railroad lines into WASH
tngtOn city, the anti-ChineSe BILL the contract
labor bill, and the bill for the admission OF Dakota
reached, since the fnal adjournment will not be
DELAYED after the aDDrODrf0tfOn biils are sr,oaed