The bee., 1884-07-12
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.



A large number of private pension bills
were passed. .Considerat. of the Postal
Telegraph bill was postponed until December
-. The bill for the relief of William McGar-
rahan was indefinitely postponed A bill
was passed to establish a bureau of navigation
in the treasury department. under COM
missioner of navigation.
Mr.. Logan made a speech and produced let
iers and documents to disproye recent state
ments made in the House that ne is a heavy
and owner -. The interstate commerce bill
l.aS postponed until December. The confer
tnce report on the fortifcation bill was agreed
co. 80 Further consideration of the bill to pro-
bibit the importation of foreign labor under
contract was, on the motion of Mr.. Brown,
postponed till December II.
The Senate continued in session all night and
part of Sunday trying to come to an agree
ment on the various appropriation bills.
The Senate receded from its amendment to
The naval appropriation bill -. On motion of
! ,lr Bayard n vote of thanks was given to
,ir EdmUn1s for the ability, courtesy and
inpartiaity with which he had performed
the duties of the president pro tempore. -.
i1r Allison, chairman Of the appropriation
committee. summarized the work of Congress
IN the appropriation bills. He said the whole
amount Of t,liS years bills in excess of last
was S22UD3e)0 TIE excess arose largely
iit-N ili- Id 4 lilltC 1lSl N6ll We Duu liO
liver and haT'bor bin, while this year that
i'll amounted 10 $1,00000l, The total
appropriations this year were Sl93, POI, ,0S7. 13.
Ia respect to one or two fea-
ture. OF the naval bin this amount Wa
estimated, bnt the variation would probably
be les than sos, 600 from the amount he ha(
mentioned. This aggregate did not mcfnAa
| reappropriStionS, which for pensions alone
/ this year amounted TO S66, 600, ,000 raising th'
aggregate to S259, 3nI ,0S7 L.. After a few
remarks hv Mr. Edmunds the Senate al
! iouIned for the session at 3 O'Clock P. NJ.
| House.
The House accepted the report of its cos
| ference committee. yielding to the Senait
! amendments to the river and harbor bll
| which in rvasad the amount Of the appropri
| ationS f'nm SIP 0NG. .3o0 TO Sl3. .909,2j0. In
that shape the bill was passed by both
] Houses The House agreed to the confer
/ cnce report on the bureau of military juStict
| biIl
The committee on elections reported that g
| II. Craig was entitled To the seat from tn,
! Fourth Alabama district, now occupied 10y g
! NJ. Shelley. Laid over for future action
| Another report from the committee confirm
ing the right Of Martin MaGinnis TO a seat a
dclegatr from Montana was agreed to-.
| The conference committee on the conSulal
| and diplomatic appropriation bill reported
that of the Ia amendments placed on the bill
| by the Senate the conference committee h1C
| reached Gn agre emCnt OH all except three
| One of these was that arnroprating $25G,G
| TO meet the expenses of foreign intercourse
| the other two have reference To tie appC mt
| ment of a commission 10 as certain the beS
mode Of securing more intimate internationa
and commercial relations between the Umtet
| States and the countries of Central and SOuti
] America The bill. as far rs agreed upon
| appropriated s., ,lSS, $50, an increase OF 500,
120 over the appropriation as ii passed tn
House The House refused to recedc from
its disagreement to the S?50,t0) amendment
1t receded, however, from itsdisagree.Hent t
the other matter in dispute.
The House session was continued tdrGug
Saturday night and part of Sunday. Al
the appropriation bills except the naval bll
| srcre disposed of, the conference committees o
both houses having come 10 an agreement.
The House cOncurred in the Senate amend
ment 10 the adjournment resolution liking tn
hour OF final adjournment ~ : r Nj. But
Few moments before > the hands of the cloc
were turned back five minutes 10 permit Tn
reception of a message from the Senate al
nouncing the adoption of resolution post
poning the hour of adjournment until
o'clock The resolution was agreed to-.
Messrs. Randall, Turner of..Georgia, and His
cock who were appointed a committee to wal
upon the President and ascertain whether h
had any further communications TO max
to the House performed that duty, and al
nounced that the President had no fm
ther communication to make. !
bill was passed increasing the pensio
of soldiers who lost an arm at the shoulde
Joint to the amount received by those VIII
lost a leg at the hip joint. AT ) P. NJ. tn
House adjourned without day, and the firs
session of the Forty seventh Congress was a
an end.