Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-05-30
Proceedings OF Congress.

The Senate on Friday passed bill to provide
for the muster and pay of certain officers and
enlisted men Of the volunteer forces The la
Dor bureau bill was also passed. In the House
Mr.. Weller, Of Iowa, made personal sxpian,-
nation denying that he had ahsenied himself
during The vote on the EnglIsh-Peele contested
el ection case AT the request Of the father Of the
contestant Mr. Kellogg offered a resolution
directing the stAr-route committee TO investi-
gate CHI rgrs rejecting on his character but the
resolution vas referred to thu judiciary cpm-
mittee TO decide whether the House has author
iy 10 inquire into the acts of a memner COM
mitted before his term Of service began.
The Senate on 5 Saturday Was not ia session
In the House, there was consderab debate on
Senate bill granting permission to l.. X.
Reynolds. |. ). n. to lcSepi the j 'corttion
of the Royal and Imperial Order of Francis
Joseph from the government of Austria. Mr..
Robinson, OF n. Y, asserted that the intention
of the bill was ito PROSTATE the American peo-
pie in the dirt, and that it twas the beginning
OF a series of orders of nobility Mr.. Cox IN
Y. sid the medal was merely present to a
yousg daval officer who had saved eleven lives
at the imminent peril of his own. Mr.. kasson
also severely criticised Mr. Robinson and the
bill finally passed without division. bill
was passed 10 equalize the rank OF graduates of
the Naval Acad smv. and another for the retire
ment of Samuel Kramer with the rank Of
chaplain. A bill WAS passed, after debate, re
storing Alfred Hopkins 10 the rank of cha plain
in the navy.
In the Senate on Mbndiy. the Senate concur
red in House amendment extending to Deem
Der 81, 1885, the duration of the Court of A ID
bama Claims. The Utah bill and the Mexican
pension bill were discussed. without final ac-
tim n tho HDusp Mr. Hewitt of Nav Snrk
introduced bill 10 amend the act authorizing
the form .tion Of national banking associations
The contested election case of W ,ilace VS. Nc
kinlev, from the eighteenth district of Ohio
was discussed without reaching a vote. Mr..
ker, of Philadelphia, testified before the Spring
er committee with reference to cert lin star
route indictments.
The Mexican pension bill was taken up in the
Senate on Wednesday and debated At consider
able length The amendment proposed by the
Senate committee to the House bill respecting
the pensions to those who depended on their
labor, was laid on the table By Il vote of yeas
40 nays 40. A number Of amendments in
tended TO defeat the bill were voted down.
One of this character. introduced hv Mr. Hoar.
extending the provisions Of the bill 81 AS to in
clude ''all soldiers of the Union army who
served in the war for the suppression of the re
bellion, was under discussion when the SEN
ate adjourned. The session of the House was
spent on the legislative appropriation bill, on
which considerable progress was made An
evening session was held for the consideration
of the same bill. motion rs made by Mr..
White, Ky to strike out the appropriation
for the clvil-service commission was lost. The
House cOmmittse on elections has decided the
contested election case of Chalmers vs.. Man
ming, of Mississippi, in favor off. R. Chalmers.