Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-03-28
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WASHINGTON, March 21.
The chair laid before the Senate the mes
cage of the President which was yesterda,
laid before the House. recommending further
appropriations for the navy in accordance
with the recommendations of the naval ad
visory board; referred to the committee or
appropriations.
legislative assembly of Utah. protesting
against the passage of any measures affecting
the interests of that Territory without a full
Investigation by congressional committee
referred to the committee on territories
Mr.. Miller reported favorably from the
committee on naval affairs. with an amend
ment, joint resolution authorizing the sec
retary of the navy to offer reward of S:5,-
600 for rescuing or sscertainiug the fate of
the Greedy expedition.
The Senate took up and read three time.
and passed bill TO provide for the payment
of ten claims for deprepations committed by
the Ute Indians at the time of the massacre
at White River agency in 1879.
The committee on foreign relations report
ed joint resolution which was passed, re-
questine the President TO bring to the atten-
ton of the Emperor of Brazil the claim of
Helen Fielder, exeeutrix against the Brazilian
government, growing out of a contract for
the hire of a steamer to transport emigrants
from the Southern States TO Brszil in 1867.
MIR. Hoar remarked that he thought it bad
policy for Congress TO interfere in the bust
ness of the executive departments in regard
to foreign governments.
Several private bills were passed; also a
bill to repay the State of Georgia S22 .567,
money advanced bv said State for the defense
of the frontier against the Indians from l775
to 1918, and not heretofore repaid. From
this amount the bill as passed requires that
there shall be deducted any debt which may
be due by the State of Georgia to the United
States, the word debt not being intended
to include any direct tax not assumed by the
State.
The consideration of the education bill was
then resumed.
Mr.. Hampton addressed the Senate in favor
of the bill. He had no doubt that there were
$50, 900 children of the ages of 10 to II in
South Carolina requiring education, and this
would Involve an annual expense OF $3.50, 900.
After further remarks by Messrs. Vest.
Blair and Call. Mr.. Harrison moved an
amendment that aid should go only to states
which should have not less than 10 per cent
of iliteracy, aud prescribing that the tate
assessment for education should not be les
sened by reason of the aid given by the bill.
Mr.. Lamar rose to address the Senate. but
gave way for motion to go into executive
session.
Mr. Blair said it would be necessary for
the friends of the bill to see that vote was
taken this week.
The Senate went into executive session
and when'the doors reopened adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr., Cox asked leave to report from the
A.. -.
resolution granting permission to Ensign L..
II. Reynolds to accept the decoration of the
royal and imperial order of Francis Joseph,
but objection was made.
The morning hour having been dispensed
with, the House went into committee of the
whole on the bonded extension whiskey bill.
Mr. Randall spoke in opposition to it.
The House, by a vote of yeas lS5, nays SO,
confirmed the action of the committee of the
whole in striking out the eAacting clause of
the whiskey bill.
Pennsylvania democrat said that the con-
duct of Mr.. Morrison in the caucus plainly
S hewed that he realized his defeat after Mr..
Hopkins had offered his amendment to the
original Morrison resolution. Mr.. Morrison
prepared the proviso and went ovar and
showed it to Mr.. Hopkins and asked him if
he would not accept that. Mr.. Hopkins re-
piled that it amounted to nothing whatever.
Then Mr.. Morrison said: "Oh, well, give
US little something" Mr.. Morrison conf
IDENTITY asserted down to the very hour of
holding the caucus that not more than twenty
would support Mr.. Randall. Mr.. Randall
said Wednesday that number of democrats
who would have voted against the resolution
were absent.
Mr.. Randall and as many democrats as he
co, iuf1u IN i'm Wi Uol in sf
every proposition to consider the Morrison
bill, and they say that if the republicans are
reasonably solid on the same side, the House
will never go into committee to consider the
measure.
Mr.. Blackburn followed in the closing ar
gument in favor of the bill.
The committee on postoffices decided, by a
vote of to 4, to recommend the passage of q
bill providing that all letter carriers at free
delivery offices shall be entitled to leave of
absence at the rate of fourteen days in each
year without loss of pay.
The whiskey bill being disposed of, there
was a general rush to secure precedence for
the consideration of other measures on the
calendar as special orders.
Mr.. Dowd of North Carolina was success
full in bringing up the bill for the retirement
of the trade dollar. The bill provides that
until Jan. lst, 1000, traue uoiiaIs snAu oe re-
ceived at face value in payment of all dues
OF the United States, and shall not be paid
out again that holders of trade dollars may
receive in exchange thereof At the Office of
the treasurer or any assistant treasurer of the
United States, standard silver dollars; that
the trade dollar so received shall be trans
mitted to the coinage mints and re-coined
into standard silver dollars, and the trade
dollar so received at the coinage mints shall
be regarded as silver bullion, and at bullion
value shall lie deducted from the amount of
bullion required to be purchased and coined
by the act of Feb. %, 1873.
After debate and without action the House