Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-24
Forty Eighth Conxress.-.First Session.
WAsHINGTeN. May 2S.

WAsHINGTeN, May 2S. SENATE.-The House bill to provide for the muster and pay of certain officers and en- listed men of the s'volunteer forces' was on motion of Mir. Harrison read third time and passed.
 After some discussion it was agreed to take ep the Mexican veterans pension bill after routine business on Monday.
 The invalid pension bill was taken up and passed as reported by the Senate committee.
 Consideration of the labor statistics bill was resumed, the pending question being the substitute of MT. Garland to place the collec- ton of the required statistics under the direction of the present bureau of statistics and make them include facts relating to mar riage and divorce. motion to recommit the bill and the pending amendments was re- jected; IS yeas to 28 nays.
 Mir. Hoar moved to lay the substitute on the table; carried, 2S yeas, 26 nays.
 Mr.Aldrich's substitute was then agreed to by vote of 38 yeas to IS nays. Those vot- ing in the negative were Nessrs. Blair, Call, Cameron of Wisconsin, Conger, Cullon, George, Harrison, Hill, SHoar, Jones of Nevada, Logan, McMillan, ::Pike, Platt, Saw yer, Sherman, Voorhes and Wilson.
 The substitute establishes a bureau of labor in the Department of the Interior un- der the charge of commissioner at $S, GOO per annum to be appointed by the Ptesi- dent. The commissioner is to col lec6 1ntorn atlon upon the suDJec6 of labor, it's relations to capital, the hours of labor and the earnings of laboring men and women and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual and moral pros- perity. The expenses of the bureau are limited to $25, 1000 per annum. The bill as amended passed with only two dissenting votes-Colquitt and Salisbury.
 The Utah bill was then taken up. As soon as it was read the Senate went into executive session and at p. m. adjourned until Mon- day. The executive session was devoted to consideration of the proposition to promote Major o. E. Babcock, which provoked con- siderable opposition. It was net, however, finally disposed of at te-day's session.
 HoUsE.-When the House met to-day Calamity" Weller, of Iowa, explained that Bill English had not approached him, nor had he had anything to do with Bill, by way of consultation, the Republicans, he charged, having put these stories into circulation to ipjure him with the independent voters of his district.
 MT. Kellogg, of Louisiana, also charged that the Springer committee had taken ths testimony of Messrs. Walsh, Price, Bliss and Ker against him, and had refused to allow him to croSs-examins these witnesses or pre- sent testimony ln' rebuttal. He offered 8 resolution directing the committee to make g full investigation of the whole matter.
 After debate MT. Kellogg demanded the previous question on his resolution directing the committee to investigate the whole case. The House, 64 to s3, refused to order the previous question.
 MT. Hammond, of Georgia, moved to lay the whole matter on the table. MT. Ham, mond withdrew his motion to lay on the table and moved to refer the resolution to the Judiciary committee to inquire into the power of the House to make the investiea- tion with leave to report at any time. This motion was agreed to.
 The House dispensed with the morning hour and went into Committee of the Whole on the private calendar. A bill for the al- loWance of certain claims reported by the accounting officers of the United States Treasury department known as Fourth of July claims" was considered and laid aside to be reported to the House. Subsequently the bill was reported to the House and passed
 A number of other bills on the private cel- endar were considered and reported to the House, the committee rising for that pur- pose. Efforts were made to go on with bills not objected to, but Mir. White, of Kentucky, insisted on the regular order and after some delay the House at 4:4o p. m. took a recess until o'clock.
 At the night session of the House forty four pension bills were passed and at 1O:1O the House adjourned.