Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-03


| years ago did NOS now feel able to meet eX-
| peDses that at that time they could have met
without embarrassment. Mr.. Bayard was
willing to vote for $4O0, 600. believing that the
| expos; ;tiOu Was a great one and that Its results
could not fail to be beneficial.
MIR. Williams asked whose exposition this
wasy Was 1t the exposition of the people Of
New Orleans or of louisiana No! 1t was
| an exposition Of the worlds industry and
commerce, the most magnificent exhibition
ever seen by living man. He Williams be-
lieved that the peOpe of the whole country
ought to cultivate broad brotherhood as
fellow citizens Of a great country. In the
! course OF his remarks Mr.. Williams
| said that he had voted for the bill to place
Gen. Grant on the retired list because he be-
| neYed Gen. Grant to be the greatest soldier of
the age, and that he had filled a larger space
| In the pubic eye than any man of his time,
| and Mr. " lliams felt that it would be a great
( injustice to Gen. Grant not to place him on
the retired list.
WORK OF THE MANAGEMENT.
Mr.. Hawley said that the New Orleans Ex-
| position seemed. IN some respects. open TO
criticism, but after all, he " as astonished
/ that its managers had done so much with the
money at the disposal. There certainly
could have been no robbery in the manage
ment. He was perfectly willing to vote for
the bill. though regretting its necessity
Mr.. Harrison predicted that if this amount
! were gwen Congress would be called on next
| year TO give SGOO,OOO more to make up further
| deficiencies.
MIR. Gibson said that Mr.. Harrison's pre-
! ulCtlOu WOulu not De verified. He described
| the difficulties under which the exposition
had started, and said that it was now on its
feet and that there would be no failure from
| this time. He (Gibson), for one Would not
| say that he would not vote neat wear for any
denclency OF half million referred TO by
Mr.. Harrison.
Mr.. Harrison asked how he could refuse
after voting for this amount
Mr.. Gibson said that he would do it by vot-
! ing mo- when his name should be called
! There would be no loss to mechanics, he said,
! a a If safa
/ lien.
Mr.. Beck said that this fact removed from
! his mind one serious consideration. He would
| vote Tor the present amendment.
Coming to vote, the committees amend
ment Increasing he House provision from
$5oo,OOO to 100000, was agreed to by 40 yeas 10
| 10 nays. Those voting i'll the negative were:
Messrs. Aldrich, Cameron Of Wisconsin,
Ghace, Dawes, Dolph, Eamunds, Frye, Hale,
narri5' Harrison, ingalls,, Morrill,, Plat,
| SeWeli, sherman and Wills m.
| The remaining committee amendments
! were agreed to sub tantlally as they came
| from the Ommittee.
The bill was then read the third time and
| passed with the amendments indicated
Mr.. Dawes submitted the conference re-
| port on the Indian appropriation bill The
report was agreed to. The report discloses a
| continued disagreement, but, owing to the
| lateness Of the hour (2:05 a. m. TuesC av), Mr.
Dawes did not ask for further conference
| great number Of amendments were made
| 10 the sEndry civil bill, a majority Of VIII ch
| were Of local interest Ouly
message from the House announced the
| continued disagreement of that body on the
| leglsiaCiVe, executive and judicial apprOprla-
| tiOn bill.
Ths Senate turther insisted on its amend
| ments ana the Chair appointed a new COM
| mittee of conference.
| At 2:30 O'Clock the Senate took a recess until
| 9 O'Clock.
IN THE HOUSE.
| In the House to-day Mr.. Randall from the
| Committee on appropriations reported hack
/ the naval APPROXIMATION hill nj ba
| amendments recommending concurrence IN
| some, ana non concurrence in others of those
| amendments. The amendments were con-
| sldered IN the House as in committee of the
| whole. The following is the action upon the
! more Importance of the amendme is: MIRO
| prlating $2l,000 for the purchase of steel 9nns
| Oh small callbre, non n-COncurred in; striking
| out the clause prescribing the test to lie made
! OF IO-lnch guns now in course of construction
non -concurred in; increasing by S25,OGO the
| appropriation Tor the bureau of Equipment
non concurred in; increasing bv $40 600
| the appropriation for the Bureau
OF ards ana Docks. non cOncurred in;
| limiting to % (instead of 30) per cent. of the
! estimated cost OF new vessels the sum 10 he
| apphed TO the repair of any wooden shin.
rms amendment gave rise to brief debate,
IN Whlcn the relative merits of iron, steel and
! WOOD were touched upon, and the DrODriptv
| OF increasing or decreasing the Limitation
considered. 1t was held by those who opposed
| lhe senate amendment that until our navy
| was supplied with iron or steel ships wooden
| vessels should kept on the sea.
mr.. y Neil, of Pennsylvania, in reply to a
| suggestion deprecatng wooden vessels cal ed
! attention TO the fact that the United States
ana the Constellation, which were buiIt in
| the navy yards before 1872, had never been
| surpassed IN speed by sailing vessels
| The amendment was on-cOncurred in nv
| q vote OF l5l yeas TO ll6 nays. Striking out the
clause aPpropriating $500 900 for the compile
! tion of the New York; non c0ncurred in
| by l5l yeas 10 100 nays "
| Inc amendment providing for the new
or cru ne aers, & &approprating for the continuation
| OF the Work on the double-turretted monitors
| and for the purchase of the Destrover were
| non -cOncurred in ' WV
THIS disposed of all the amendments
Messrs. Hutchins, Randall and Long were
| appointed cOnferees on the naval appr0nrIa
| ton bill. 'Pl- "a
Mr.. Bennett, of North Carolina. called m
| vs. AresOn. ~
| Mr.. Valentine, of Nebraska, raised oues-
! ton OF consideration. The Republicans re
I;,bII IraIneu from voting and the House was left
| Democrats mustered up q quorum and thp
Iiouse determined, by 172 yeas to nays. to
SW3nSiter Wn j the election case'. Pending the vote
MT. Adams, of New York, gave notice that at
! the conclusion Of the consideration of the
election case he would move to SUSPEND the
rules ana pa s the bankruptcy b'll and. upon
the announcement of the vote, Immediately
mace motion to adjourn, but the Speaker
mad previously recognized Mr.. Bennett to de-
pate the contested election case, and did not
recognize the motion.
Mr.. Valentine, of Nebraska however called
the attention OF the Speaker to the fact that
e rae Tesolu9lon % OF the committee had not been
read and demanded that it be SO read
The Speaker recognized the force of this
objection, and directed the Clerk to read the
GGesoit4tion. TINS having been read, the
speaker was besleged with mot ons to sd-
y2urn. ana recognized Mr.. Adams t } make
that motion.
~ The motion was lost by a vote of IL yeas to
Then motions to take recess to 8. Q and 10
O'CLOCK respectively, were offered. AT the sug-
gesIl0n OF Mr.. Randall, who said that the
House would be compelled to sit late TO-
nlght-perhaps until tomorrow mornIng-
the hrst named motion was agreed to, and at
5;I5 O'Clock the House took a recess until
this evening.
Immediately on the assembling of the
liouse the conflict over the contested election
case OF Frederick VS.. Wilson was resumed
anu the audience in the galleries was treatei
10 a large number OF dlatory motions to take
a recess until s. 9 and 10 o'clock and till to-
morrow morning. The Republicans ra-
Trained from voting, thus leaving the House
without quorum, and. after two or three IN
ordered, W
AT 80 O'Clock the proceedings under the
call were dispensed with in order TO permit
MIR. Holman to submit the conference reuort
on lhe legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill.
The report announced an agreement on all
p1nts OF difference except on the Senate
amendment allowing a clerk to each Senator
VINO is not Chairman of a committee
Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, moved that the
House recede from Its disagreement to this
amendment, but in the course of his remarks
expressed the hope that early in the next
congress the House would either put an end
to the claims of the Senate or maintain its
rights as a coordinate branch of the legisla-
tive branch of the government and Claim
equal privileges on the subject.
There remains but one of the regular an
preparation bIlls before the Senate Commit
tee ON ApprOpria tIOns-the deficiency bill
ana TINS VIII probably be reported by noon
tomorrow.
Mr.. Mills, of Texas, was opposed to the
iouse bowling down before the demands of
the Senate, body which represented nothing
and which regarded the House as Ca
naIlle."
MIR. Cannon's motion was lost and the senti-
ment was expressed by several members
notably by Mr., Skinner of New York, that
they would prefer to hold an extra session to |
yielding a point to the Senate. further
disagreement was insisted upon and further
conference ordered. The House then resumed
consideration of filibustering motions
The House spent most of the night in fill
clustering over election cases, and at $50 |
O'Clock was taking recess of 80 minutes
The Lottery Suits.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-In the United |
States Supreme Court to-day Mr.. Shan |
ley, counsel for the defense in the case of |
Mr.. Dauphin, President of the Louisiana |
Lottery Company, against the Times |
Publishing Company of PHILADELPHIA, |
moved that that case be advanced At