Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-04
AT THE NATIONS CAPITAL
MIR. cox HEADS OFF MIR. CON-
VERSES WOOL CAMPAIGN.

The Senate Sanctions the Erection of
Half Hundred Public Buildings-The
Haskell Resolutions Received from the
House Cause an Early Adjournment
strobach as a COnspirator.
WASHINGTON, March 3.-The Senate
took up aud passed bills providing for the
obstruction Of public buildings as follows:
At Greenviile, S. c., to cost $4,000; at
Key West. 100000; at Macon, Ca, $685.
GOO; at Augusta, Ga, $1,000 at
Huntsville, Ala, 100000; also
bill appropOiating 500, 900 for the Gus
tom house at Richmond, Va. Thirty or
forty of these bills providing for the erec-
ton of public buildings were passed, en-
bracing nearly all of this class of bills on
the calendar.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Butler to
authorize the Secretary of War to loan
the Governors Guards of South Carolina
80 Springfield rifles was referred.
The Military Academy appropriation
bill was taken up, but at this moment a
message was received from the House
containing resolutions expressing regret
gret of the House expressing the regret of
at the death of the late Repre-
sentative Haskell, of Kansas. The re-
mainder Of the days session was devoted
to eulogies Of the deceased Representa-
tive until the Senate adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
In the House Mr. Randall, undsr IN
structiOns from the Committee on Appro-
prlatlons, reported back the letter from
the Secretary Cf the Treasury relative to
the rebate on tobacco. Mr.. Randall said
that the Secretary's letter settled two
points; first, that no additional force is
necessary in the payment of claims, and,
second, that instead Of takicg three years
to pay them they could be paid in three
months. The intimatiOn crept into pub
lie notice that persons having claims by
the employment Of agents at per cent.
commission could get precedence in the
consideration of their claims. He wanted
to say to the House and the claimants
that there was no occasion whatever for
claimants to 90 to any expense to secure
the payment of their money. If they en-
plOyed agents after this statement they
would do so of their own volitiOn. The
Secretary's letter was ordered printed in
the Record.
Under the call of States bills and reso-
lutions were introduced and referred as
follows:
By Mr.. Poland, of Vermont-Amending
the rules so as to provide tina. eulogies on
deceased members shall be published in
the Record without being delivered.
B. Mr.. Hancock, Of Texas (by reQuest)
10 liquidate the national war debt in
gold and silver bullion: to increase the
circulation of the national current money:
to discontinue the collection of internal
revenue taxation, and to establish a mer-
chant marine. The means by which these
results are to be obtained is the issue of
$1,000 100000 in greenbacks.
The House, upon motion of Mr.. Towns
hend, of Illinois, by a vote Of 227 yeas to
46 nays, suspended the rules and passed
the bill pensioning Mexican veterans.
The bill does not apply to soldiers of the
Black Hawk and other Indian wars. MIR.
TOwnshend explained the bill by saving
that it was confined exclusively to those
who served in the Mexican war. and did
not contain provision not already
sanctioned by the House of Representa-
tives. Persons who were under political
disabilities were excluded from the benefit
Of the bill.
The rules were then suspended and the
bill passed
The following is the nay vote:
Messrs. Arnot, Bayne, Bingham Bisbee.
Boutelle, Brewer of New York, Brewer Of
New Jersey, Browne of Indiana, Brown of
PENNSYLVANIA, Chacc CutchpOn Fvcrhart
Harmer IIiscock ,Holt0n, james. Keau, kelley
Lawrence, Long, Lyman, Mckinley, Millard.
Miller of Pennsylvania, Morse. O'NeIlt Of
L6uHsylNdHla, IAfkeF, IlnelpS, roland. Ran
nev, Ray Of New York, Ray Of New Hamp-
shire, smith, steele, stewart Of Vermont,
stone, Struble. +. B. Taylor of Ohio Wads-
worth, Waite, Warner Of Ohio. and Whiting
-46.
Mr.. Cox, of Now York. moved that the
House adjourn, his purpose being to pre-
vent Mr.. Converse, of OHIO, from making
a motion to suspend the rules and CON
slider the bill increasing the duty on wool.
Mr.. Beach, of New York, called for the
yeas and nays, which were not ordered,
and the vote by the tellers resulted 104 to
96 in favor of adjournment.
Mr.. Mckinley, of Ohio, moved to recon
slider the vote by which the House re-
fused to order the yeas and nays. and Mr..
Holman, of Indiana, moved to table that
motion. This was agreed to by 14S yeas
to l26 nays, so the House stood adjourned
at 3 80 O'Clock. This cannot be considered
a test vote on the Converse proposition,
for such strong opponents as Messrs.
Blackburn, of Kentucky, and Hurd, Of
Ohio, voted against the adjournment.