Huntsville gazette., 1884-07-05
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate on the oath almost the en-
tire session was devoted to the Mexican PEN
sion bill, as amended on the day previous.
The amended bill was discussed at consider
able length. Democratic Senators cOntending
that Republicans were endeayOrlng to defeat
the primary object by adding amendments.
The bill was finally passed, 81 yeas, u nays,
and six Senators paired MessrS. Hawley and
Edmunds voted with the Democrats. In the
House the bill granting fifteen days leave of
absence annually to letter-carriers was passed,
as also the bill repeating the pre-emption,
timber culture and desert land laws and
amending the homestead laws. The House
bill on the electoral count was adopted as
substitute for the Senate BILL
In the Senate on the 25th consideration
of the legislative bill was resumed. There
was an animated discussion over the clause
providing for the consolidation of customs
in its being stricken out, and the amend
ments of the Senate Committee were
adopted Nothing else of Importance
was done before the adjournment. In
the House bill was passed authorizing the
establishment of branch soldiers home. its
location to be determined Dy the board of
given the seat held by Mr.. Manning, and, af-
ter the report was adopted in his favor, he APP
peared before the bar of the House ana took
the oath of Office
In the Senate OIL the 26th the House bill
was passed extending to water transportation
routes the provisions of the statutes hitherto
applied to land routes regarding the imme-
date transportation of dutiable goods. The
amendments relative to diStilleries that mash
ten bushels OF grain per day were also passed.
An amendment was also adopted providing
that no speeches shall appear in the
Congressional Record unless printed as
they were actually delivered in the Senate
or the House. In the House the Senate
bill authorizing the construction of bridge
over the Missouri River at White Cloud, Kas.,
was passed. A motion to proceed with the
Mexican pension bill with the Senate amend
ments was voted down with a most decisive
majority, who were more in favor of taking
up unfinished business. The Backbone"
Railroad land grant forfeiture bill-the line
being located in LOuiSiana-waS defeated
yeas, n; nays, III.
In the Senate on the 9th joint resolu-
ton was passed providing for the settlement
of accounts with the Mobile IL Ohio Road.
The Southern Kansas Railroad was granted
the right of way through the Indian Terri
tory. The bill providing for the for.
forfeiture of unearned land grants of
the Atlantic & Pacific was taken up. The
Committee on Privileges and Elections was
discharged from further consideration
and committee Of conference was ordered.
=. In the House the bill was passed granting
the right of way through the Indian Territory
to the. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad. The
backbone" Railroad land grant was defeated
Recess was taken until eight in the evening,
at which session pension bills were discussed,
but without action being taken.
In the Senate On the 2Sth the House bill
was reported favorably granting pension to
the widow of the late General j. B. Steadman.
The general deficiency bill was then taken up
and amendments and items were added, one
of the items being motion of Mr.. sherman s
to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to
reimburse the amount paid for expenses OF
the commission appointed to go to Louisiana
in 1877. The bill finally passed. After
discussing the river and harbOr bill
the Senate adjourned. .....I In the
House the Senate amendments to the legiSla-
tive bill were non-cOncurred in. The Logan
matter IN reference to the $1,000 acres of land.
and that speech of Mr.. McAdoo's came up
again, and on motion of Mr. Cox, of New
YORK, the resolution Of Mr.. Cannon to strike
the allegation from the record was tabled
without division. The bill in reference TO
the eight and ten hour system of labor for
siderable length, and two amendments were
agreed to before the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the Both Mr.. Cameron
Committee from further consideration of the
bill for the retirement and re-coinage of the
trade dollars, which was agreed to. The river
and harbOr bill was taken up, and number
of amendments were discussed and disposed
of before the adjournment. =. In the
ating $lO0,0O0 to prevent the intro,
duction Of cholera into the United States
The conference report on the Indian appro-
pration bill was agreed to. The fOrtii1cation
bill was discussed at considerable length in
committee of the whole. No definite results
mittee reported that John d. Wise was enti
tied to retain his seat at Representatives,
large from Virginia A minority report was
also presented.