Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-19
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
WASH NGroN, Dec. IS, 1885

WASHINGTON, Dec. IS, 1885.
 SENATE.-The chair laid before the Senate letter from the Secretary of War concern ing the damage done to Governors Island, New York harhor. by the storm of Novem- Der 23 last. It asks that granite sea wall be built similar to that on the Buttermilk channel side of the island. The stated cost is $50,000
 MT. Frye presented 8 petition of certain citizens of Maine protesting against any ar engagement with Great Britain admitting Can adian fish free of duty.
 The bill granting pension to the widow of General Grant was reported favorably by MT. Mitchell from the Committee on Pensions, and passed without debate.
 MT. Hampton introduced bill making it unlawful for member of Congress to rec ommend or solicit appointments to office.
 Consideration of MT. Buffers resolution of inquiry relating to the alleged organization of the territory of Dakota into State was then resumed, Mir. Vest, as a lawyer. re- garded this Dakota organization revolu- tionary. He had no doubt that the inter ests of the men concerned was to organize 8 State government in case this Congress should adjourn without recognizing their se called State.
 MT. Harrison Gnterrupting is no such thing as breaking into or breaking out of this Unon."
 MT. Vest remarked that he was not leaving this matter to the Senator from Indiana and added: Heaven help me if he had the de- cision of this question" Mir. Vest argued that the question of admission from a legal point of view and insisted that under the de- cisions of the United States Supreme court in former cases of admission recently made, the action in Dakota was revolutionary. He offered an independent resolution from that of the gentleman from South Carolina, to the effect that the me +6a State executive committee of Dakota, be con sidered as coming only from private indi- viduals The resolution was laid over. After further debate, at 3 p. m. MT. But ler's resolution was laid aside and consider atisn of the code of joint rules was renewed. At 2:45 D. m. the joint code of rules was | passed and the Senate adjourned until Mon day.
 HoUsE.-Consideration of the report of the Committee on Rules was resumed, the pend | ing amendment being that offered by MT. Springer, of Illinois, abolishing the various committees on expenditures in the various departments and concentrating their duties l in one committee. After debate | the amendment was rejected. Mr. Hammond offered an amendment which was rejected after rather spirited colloquy ! between himself and Messrs. Hiscock, Me l Kinley, Blount and Reed, during which MT. | liam mmOnO, 1n answer IO MT. heeu, SdICGStl- cally referred to Mr. Hiscoek as the "vice l president of the other side" The paragraph | was then reached which limits the appropri- ations over which the Appropriation com mittee shall have jurisdiction.
 Mir Hammond, of Georgia, offered an amendment providing that the Committee on l Appropriations shall have jurisdiction over
 appropriations of revenue for the support of 1 the government, and adding clause prohib- I itine general legislation on any appropr1a- | tion bill.
 MT. Holman, of Indiana, offered an amend | ment to the ameIdms at, provision permit. 1 ting amendments to appropriation bills ii
 they directly reduce the members or salarles 1 MT. Mckinley, of Ohio, favored MT. Ham
 mond's amendment, which he said involved 1 the question and might as we'll be settled 1 now as later.
 Mir. Hammond and Mr. Holman withdrew their amendments and the former offered an | amendment to strike out the distribution l feature of the bill This brought the House l to square vote on the question of distribut- ing the work of the Appropriation commit