The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-04-22
FORTY-EiGHTH CONGRESS.
scra,e Proceeding. Yesterday.

WASHINGTON. April 81. 1884.
! At meeting OF the Senate Committee ol
Privileges and Elections this morning th
question OF admitting evidence to impeacl
Colonel William Il. Sims was discussed
and the action Of the majority Of the sub
committee in refusing 10 go into an investi
cation OF the private character OF individu
ais was sustained. IL was also decided no
! TO call any more witnesses. Ii was formal,
decided 10 lay the evidence in both the Co
piah and Danville cases before the Senate
The reports OF the subcommittee are moi
yet prepared.
After the reading OF the journal Mr.
kenna asked unanimous consent 10 add g
few words TO the tributes in mem0rium OF
the late Representative Herndon, of Ala.
bama. Unanimous consent being given,
Mr.. kenna addressed the Senate for few
moments In some feeling remarks COM
memorative OF the virtues OF the deceased.
Mr.. Logan reported favorably from the
Committee on the Judiciary the Joint reso-
luton introduced in the Senate by Mr..
Lapham proposing such an amendment OF
the Constitution OF the United States as
would empower the President to veto one
or more items OF appropriation, or OF spe-
cial or general legislation in an appropria-
ton bill. while approving OF the remainder
Of the bill.
a bill was introduced and referred by
Mr.. Jonas to provide for an industrial and
cotton centennial exposition.
Mr.. Pugh called up. and the Senate read
a third time and passed without debate, the
bill to add certain counties in Alabama 20
the northern district therein, and to divide
g0f1 n HfsfP ~ no al Df
said counties, into two districts.
The bill, on Mr.. Sherman's motion, was
so amended as to make the examining OFF,
GERS of the Treasury the officers to finally
examine bills for disbursements, the bills
10 be in the first instance sworn TO by the
party presenting them and certified by the
judge.
Other amendments were proposed by
MosSrs. George, Sherman, Hoar, ingalls,,
Edmunds, Morgan, and Van Wyck, but
failed.
The bill as amended was reported from
the Committee OF the Whole to the Senate,
read third time, and passed-yeas, 80;
nays, Is.
The Char then laid before the Senate
the next special order. being the pleuro-
pneumonia bill, whereupon the Senate adj
iourned.
House OF Representatives.
Mr.. Eaton, of Connecticut, from the
Committee on Laws Relating to Presiden-
tial Elections, reported back Senate bill to
provide for the performance of the duties
of the President in case OF the removal by
death or resignation Of both the President
and Vice-President. Placed on the House
calendar.
Mr.. Eaton also lat the request Of the
chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commit
tee) reported a resolution, which was
adopted, calling upon the Secretary Of State
for Information concerning the threatened
confscation of the American College in
Italy by any law or decree OF the Italian
MIR. Morrison, OF Illinois, from the Com
mittee on Ways and Means, reported re-
solution that on and after April 22d the
hour of daily meetings OF the House shall
be at II O'Clock. Adopted.
Under the call of States bills were intro
duced and referred as follows:
By Mr.. Henley, OF California: To en-
courage education in the States and Terri
tories. The bill provides that all news
papers thereafter published in the several
States and Territories, in any language
whatsoever, shall be carried free OF post
age through the mails within the limits OF
the United States and Territories.
BY MIR. Blount, of Georgia: TO reduce
the internal-revenue tax on brandy dis
titled from apples, peaches, and grapes to
10 cents per gallon.
By Mr.. Skinner. of New York: To per-
nit publishers OF newspapers to send
marked copies of their newspapers at sec
ondclass rates.
Mr.. Dingley, Of Maine, from the Ship
ping Committee, moved TO suspend the
rules and pass bill creating Bureau OF
Navigation in the Treasury Department.
Agreed to, and the bill was passed-yeas,
10; nays, AZ.
Mr.. Warner, from the Committee on
Pensions, Bounty, and Back Pay, moved
to suspend the rules and pass the bull pro-
viding that every person specified in the
several classes enumerated in the pensions
OF the United States, who served in the
field in the military or naval service in any
war in which the United States has been
engaged for a period OF three months or
more, and has an honorable discharge, and
is not receiving pension, or greater
pension than that provided for herein, but
who by reason Of any wound, injury, or
disease, which there is probable cause to
believe originated in said service in the
line of duty, and not the result
Of his own misconduct or bad habits,
or other known cause occurring since such
service, is now disabled, IN whole or in
part, for procuring his subsistence by
manual labor, shall, upon making due
proof OF the facts, under such regulations
as may he prescribed by the proper au-
thority not inconsistent with the provi-
sions Of this act, be placed upon the list OF
pensioners OF the United States, and be
entitled TO receive pension during the con-
tinuance OF such disability at rate pro-
portlonate TO the degree thereof; the true
physical condition OF the claimant to be as
certained and certified as provided by law.
upon examination by a competent board
of surgeons duly appoiated; such pen
sion to commence at the date OF filing
rbe application therefor; that in all appli-
cations under the general pension laws,
including this act, where IL appears by
record evidence that the applicant was
regularly enlisted aud mustered into the
service and served for period OF three
months or more, that fact shall be sufil-
Gent nrina-fdcie evidence that he was
then in good health and free from the as
ease or cause OF disability ior Whicn he
claims pension. d .,o hin
The motion was agreed 10 ana the Dill
passed-yeas, 1866; nays, 81.
Efforts to pass under suspension OF the
rnIes other bills failed, and the House ad-
iourned.