Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-18
IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
Detailed Report of the Proceedings in
Both Bodies

Detailed Report of the Proceedings in
Both Bodies.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-In the Senate
today the chair laid before the Senate
several memorials from public health as
sociatiOns relating to the health of the
United States, and one from VIM. Pitt
Kellogg, now member of the House of
Representatives, denying all imputations
against him contained in the recent docu-
ments transmitted to the Senate by the
Secretary of the Interior, relating to the
transfer of the land grant of the Texas
Pacific Railroad to the Southern Pacific
Railroad, and asking an investigation of
the charges.
Petitions were presented by Messrs.
Blair, Morrill,, Frye and Bayard, from the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of
New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and
Delaware, praying for the appointment of
commission of inquiry on the liquor
traffic and for constitutional amendment
prohibiting the manufacture and sale of
liquors.
The Senate at o'clock again went into
executive session, and when the doors
were reopened, at 5:45 O'Clock adjourned. i.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House to-day Mr.. Cox. of North
Carolina, from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, reported resolution requesting
the President to transmit to the House
any correspondence with the Mexican
Government in regard to claims specified
in section 80 of the act of Congress. an
proved June IS, 1878; and also any cores
p0ndence relating to the new condition of
things in Mexico since the proposed rail
road connection with the United States:
and also any correspondence with Mexico
and Guatemala in relation to the bound
AIRY question between those republics,
The resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Morrison, of Illinois. Chairman of
the Committee on Ways and Means. re-
ported back several resolutions calling
for information as to the amount of money
necessary to pay the rebate of taxes on
tobacco. He stated that the information
was already in possession of the House.
and the resolutions were laid on the table
Mr.. Robinson, of New York, from the
Committee on Pensions, reported a bill
pensioning the surviving grandchild of
Thomas Jefferson. 1t was referred to the
private calendar.
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, Chairman Of
the Committee on Expenditures in the
Department OF Justice, reported back the
resolution calling on the Postmaster Cen
eral for copies of all correspondence be-
tween the Department of Justice and the
Post Office Department touching the prose-
cutiOn Of persons charged with frauds in
connection with the star route mail SER
vice. and the statement of the names of
the individuals found to be indebted to the
United States, and the amOnnt of the in
debtedness of each in consequence of such
frauds, and also for an itemized state
ment of the expenditures in the Post Office
Department from March 4, 1881, to JAN
uary l, 1884, in the investigation and pros
ecutiOn of such frauds. The resolution
was adopted.
Mr.. Cox. of New York, offered a resolu-
tlon calling on the Secretary of the Navy
for information as to what progress has
been made in the compilation of Union
and Confederate naval records of the late
war and what steps are necessary to Sc
cure their speedy publication. The reso-
luton was adopted.
The regular order being demanded, the
Speaker announced it to be on the motion
made yesterday by Mr.. Hiscock. of New
York, to commit the Senate bill appropri-
ating 81 100000 for continuing the work
of improvement on the Mississippi river to
the Committee ON Rivers and Harbors.
with instructions to report it back with
an amendment restricting the expendi-
ture OF the money to the Plum Point and
Lake Providence reaches, except where
IL IS necessary to protect the works al
ready begun. The motion was lost by III
yeas to l62 nays.
Mr.. White, Of Kentucky. moved to COM
init the Dill, with instructions, to the Com
mlttee on Rivers and Harbors, not to re-
port 1t back until the Secretary of War
has furnished the House with an itemized
account Of the expenditures for the i'm