The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-14
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
TIE SENATE.
Passage of the Bill Placing General Grant
the Retired List.


of War recommending an appropriation of
$40 900 for repairs on jackson Barracks, New
Orleans.
number of petitions were presented oppos-
ing any action by Congress that would lead to
the destruction of healthy competition in the tele-
graph business
MIR. Sherman presented petition, numerously
signed, in favor of placing General Fremont on
the retired list of the army.
Mr.. Blair, from the committee on pensions,
and by direction of that committee, reported
unfavorably bill to give pension to General
Ward B. Burnet, ard submitted the dissenting
views of the majority. Placed on the calendar
Mr.. Logan, from the committee on military
affairs, reported favorably the bill to place Gen
eral Grant on the retired list. Mr.. Logan asked
that the bill be put at once upon its passage,
Unanimous consent was given, and the bill at
once read third time and passed without debate
or remark, except that Mr.. Logan said he pre-
sumed there would be no objection to it. The
bill provides that, in recognition of the dstn-
guished services rendered the United States by
General U. S. Grant. late General of the army. he
be placed on the retired list with the rank and
full pay Of General of the army.
Mr.. Harrison. from the committee on Terrific
ries, reported favorably, with amendments, the
bill providing for the expenses of a commission
for exploration Of the Territory Of Alaska
Mr.. Slater, at his own request, was excused
from further service on the committee on com
merce and the President of the Senate appointed
Mr. Farley to the vacancy.
MIR. Logan gave notice, in order. he said that
the pension committee might look into the
matter, that when the Mexican soldiers pension
bill came up for consideration, he would move to
strike out the amendment of the Senate com
mittee that provided no one should have the
benefit OF the bill unless he unable to make
living. This Mr. Logan said was treating
them like paupers, and putting them on the pen
sion list because of their being paupers. He was
opposed to such amendment.
Mr.. Williams gave notice that on Tuesday
next he would call up the bill referred to.
Mr.. Vance called up the resolution heretofore
submitted by him, providing for an appropriation
of $50, 900, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, for the erection of a suitable monument to
commemorate the landing of Sir Walter
Raleighs expedition on Roanoake island, on or
about the 4th of July, 1854. Mr.. Vance said he
offered the resolution in order to commemorate
the landing of the first Anglo Saxon colony on the
American continent He refused to consider
the matter as one special to North
Carolina. The three States Virginia. North
Carolina and South Carolina forming the original
colony of Virginia, were all directly interested,
and the widening circle toSk in the whole coun-
try. 1t happened however, that the location Of
the commemoration was in North Carolina. In
the name of that State therefore always mod
est In matters involving self assertion and al
ways faithful to its duty, he asked the favorable
consideration of the Senate for the resolution.
On motion of Mr. ingalls, the resolution
was referred to the committee on library.
Mr.. Frye then called up the shipping bill.
The question was on the appeal of Mr. Beck
from the decision of the Chair that motion for
a committee of conference was in order before
specific disagreement by the House to the Senate
amendment
Mr.. Beck said the motion for conference had
been recorded in the journal in form somewhat
different from the motion as he understood it to
have been made but the Senate having agreed
to the journal entry, he thought there was not
sufficient ground for an appeal He therefore
withdrew the appeal
Messrs. Sherman and Bavard opposed the mo.
ton for a conference committee at this stage of
the bill as dangerous innovation. a..
MIR. Frye defended his motion and cited pre-
cedents for it. The fact of a conference com
mittee being appointed would not he said, inter
fere with full discussion of the bill in the House.
but would put it out of power of any one
member to control the bill by interposing
objection to its consideration. There were 1876
bills on the Speakers table to precede this, and
unless the privileges of q conference committee
could go with the bill to the House, the bill
would be killed. with a conference committee a
majority could move it on. 1t was an important
bill, he said, and he hoped nothing would be
left undone that would enable the bill to be
brought up and considered by the House of Rep
resentatives.
The motion for a conference was agreed to by
yea and nay vote-yeas %, nays II.
Mr.. Sherman was the only Republican who
voted nay Of the Democrats, Messrs. Brown,
Garland. German and Voorhees, voted with the
majority.
The Chair appointed assconferees on the part
OF the Senate, Messrs. Frye, Miller, of New
York, and Vest
The Senate then resumed consideration of the
Indian appropriation bill, and the provisions for
education of Indians were debated at considera-
BILE length by Messrs. Dawes, Plumb and Dolph
On reaching the amendment proposed by the
committee on appropriations striking out the
81 600 appropriated by the House for the Chero-
KEGS of North Carolina, Messrs. Vance and Ran
som expressed the hope that the amendment
would not be agreed to-
Mr.. Dawes said he had no objection to the res
toration Of the item
Mr.. Cockrell inquired how it was that the
committee on appropriations came to make
''such an Infamous blunder' as to strike out a
provision which they were willing to see restored
without word of defense of their action
Mr.. Dawes said that since the amendment had
been agreed on by the committee further infor-
nation had been received making it necessary to
restore the item to the bill which was done
On the question of agreeing to the amendment
proposed by the committee Striking out the
item) considerable merriment was created at the
expense of Mr.. Ransom, who 1.-THE vote being viva
voce) emphasized his dissent from the commit
tees recommendation by announcing his vote
twice in a voice of startling loudness
The President of the Senate laughingly an
nounced that somebody had repeated" The
I.ays were declared to have it. and the Senate re-
stored the item. The bill was proceeded with.
completed and passed as amended, and the Sen
ate adjourned
Before adjournment, the Chair laid before the
Senate the Utah bill, and Mr.. Blair gave notice
that after the morning business tomorrow he
would call up the House bill to establish bu-
reau of labor statistics.