Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-27
WASHINGTON. June 26

WASHINGTON, June 26. SENATE-A brief discussion arose on a resolution offered by MT. Willis, which was finally adopted, making it in order at auy move to limit debate to five minutes.
 The House bill to facilitate the transports- tion of dut1able goods was passed. The consideration of the executive and judicial appropriation bill was then resumed.
 There was another debate on the amend ment affecting the operation of grain distil- leries of less than ten bushels daily capacity The House provision relating thereto was stricken out, as was also the Senate commit tees substitute on point of order that it was new legislation.
 previso was added to the paragraph re- lating to the reporting of debates to the eff feet that the Congressional Record shall be an accurate transcript and Senators and Representatives be allowed to make only yer bal corrections.
 MT. Beck offered an amendment, at the unanimous request of the Finance commit tee, to allow spirits entered for withdrawal fer export to be set apart and remain in dis tillery warehouses for six months He stated that this would be of great advantage to the trade and probably avert some failures.
 Mir. Ingalls, raised the point that this was new legislation and the chair ruled the amend ment out of order.
 MT. Beck moved that no part of the 3D. 3OO 900 for salaries and expenses ot agents, surveyors gaugers or storekeepers of internal revenue be expended for the maintenance of any grain distillery which has not mashing capacity of ten bushels per day; lost, 2I yeas, 27 nays.
 The bill was then passed as amended. When reported to the Senate it appropriated $2l, ,647, ,249 To this the Senate committee added over one million and something like $6O, ,OOO were added by the Senate.
 The Committee on Commerce reported the river and harbor bill which was ordered printed.
 Mr PendIeton offered a resolution, which went over, directing the Secretary of War to report codlfcation of the various laws re- lsting to the signal service bureau with such amendments as he may suggest at the next ses- sion of Congress, and also to report as to the status of the chief signal officer in the army, and the propriety of keeping the bureau under the supervision of the War depart ment
 The bill to forfeit the unearned land granted to the Atlantic and Pacific railroad was made the unfinished business.
 At $40 D. m. the Senate went into execu- tive session and shortly afterward adjourned.
 HOUSE Mir. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Postofices and Post Roads. reported 8 bill fixing at two cents per ounce or fraction thereof the rate of postage on maiIable matter of the frst-class House calendar.
 Mir. Garrison, of Virginia, asked unani- nous consent to take up for consideration a bill for the completion of 8 monument to Mary, the mother of Washington, at Fred ericksburg, Va, but MT. Weller, of Iowa, objected.
 MT. Browne, of Indiana, endeavored to have the House proceed to the consideration of the Mexican pension bill with Senate amendments; but the House determined yeas 1855, nays 83, to consider the unfinished business, being the bill to forfeit the land grant of the ''backbone'' railroad of Louis jana.
 The debate on the bill was continued until o'clock. when a vote was taken on it's pas sage, resulting: Yeas IT, nays 121.
 MT. Lewis, of Louisiana, who had changed his vote for that purpose, moved to reconsid- CT the vote and adjourn. This was voted down by the opponents of the bill, when fiji bustering was resorted to by the minority to prevent action on 8 motion made MT. Ellis, of Louisiana, to lay the motion to reconsider on the table. A compromise was finally ef- fected by which it was agreed that vote on reconsideration should be taken at o'clock tomorrow. At $50 p. m. the House ad- journed.