Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-16
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
PUSHING APPROPRIATION BILLS.
THE BILL TO RETIRE GEN. GRANT.
The Senate.


The post Office appropriation bill was laid be-
ore the Senate and referred to the committee
on appropriations.
The bill to quiet the titles of settlers on the
Des Moines river lands was laid before the Sem
ate as the unfinished business of the morning
hour, Mr.. Lapham having the floor
Mr.. Sherman said 1t was manifest that q long
discussion on this bill would defeat the object
OF the bill, owing to lack Of time. 1t was Sem
ate bili, and after consideration by the Senate,
would have to go to the House for debate. It
was interfering with all the other measures be-
fore the Senate, and Mr. Sherman moved to Lay
it on the table.
Mr.. Allison said this bill was as important as
any other measure before the Senate.
. Mr. Plumb thought 1t would take no more
time to vote on the passage of the blu than lay
ing 1t on the table. He opposed Mr. Sherman's
Mr.. sherman's motion was voted down; yeas
IL, nays %.
NJ. Dawes then moved that the Des Moines
bill be temporarily laid aside in order that the
Senate might proceed with the consideration Of
THE INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.
The motion was agreed to.
Mr.. Sherman asked the chair whether the
Des Moines bill would still continue to be the
unfinished ma she !. business Of the morning hou..
l., MI: :sherman.-Then no business can be done
IN mt this Senate except that from the appropria-
tlOn cOmm1ttee and this DeS MOineS bill.
Mr.. Allison-Until 1t is disposed of.
MIR. .Sherman.-Then we may as well give It
up. We may as we'll take it easy for the re-
u
fair play in legislation.
THE DISTRICT APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr.. Plumb submitted the report Of the con-
ference committee on the District OF Columbia
appropriation bill 1t was temporarily laid
aside.
Consideration of the Indian appropriation bill
was then proceeded with.
\, Mr. Vest read a letter from the governor Of
montana saying that Notwithstanding the re-
lief offered by the government the condition of
the Indians in parts of Montana from exposure
Mr. sad the In the
a stain upon our Christian civilization.
MI flulnb doubted whether So many Indians
had died of starvation as had been reported.
fact.
Mr.: Hawley agreed with Mr.. Vest that we
should feed and clothe the Indians while they
We're learning to become self.supporting but
agreed also with Mr. Plumb that they Should
pe Taught TO be self-supporting as soon as posst
Mr.. Dawes said that neither the Indian bu-
reau nor the Senate was responsible for the in
sufficient appropriations Of 1882, which had led
TO the starvation of 1883. The Senate had tried
10 secure more money for the Indians for that
year, but was not able to succeed. If the heavy
hand OF the white man were taken off the In
himself
After further debate Mr. Vests amendment
10 increase the emergency fund from $4,000
to 10000 was. agreed to.
At one O'Clock the anti-foreign contract labor
DIN was formally placed before the Senate, but
on Mr.. Dawes suggestion was unanimously
laid aside to continue consideration of the In
dian appropriation bill.
House of Representatives.
The House met at ten o'clock in continuation
of Fridays session, and Immediately went into
committee Of the whole (Afr. Blount, Of Georgia
In the chair on the legislative appropriation
bill.
Considerable progress was made in the read.
Ing Of the bill, and at 1856 the committee rose,
the House adjourned, and at IL o'clock the ses-
sion of Monday began.
MIR. Reagan (Tex.) offered n resolution, re-
NIT such Information as he may be able to coin.
munlcate IN regard to the range and ranch cat
tie traffic of the western States and territories,
Win spec1al reference to the bearings Of that
traffic on the internal and foreign commerce of
the United States. Referred.
CONFERENCE on THE ARMY APPROPRIATION
BILL.
On motion Of MI. Forney (Ala) Senate amend
ments to the army appropriation bill were non.
concurred in; and Messrs. Forney, Townshend
and Keifer, appointed conferees.
conterees on the Senate bill, for the protection
The House then proceeded to the considera-
ton of business under the special rule.
the hsroT bin
In relation to the immediate transportation of
dutiable goods.
Under the call of states the following bills
were Introduced and referred:
by by ME- Mr Herbert III GAla:l-To provide mode Of
vaeating patents IN certain cases.
BY Mr.. Buckner (Mo.) ITO prevent the fraud
ulent mutilation of the paper circulation.
By Mr.. slocum lN.Y)-fo promote tho Ell.
cheney of the staff of the army.
THE BILL TO RETIRE GEN. GRANT
Mr.. Slocum IN. ", under instructions from
the military committee, moved to suspend the
rules and pass the Senate bill for the retirement
of Gen. Grant. This is the first bill passed nv
tn the Senate, and specifically names the officer to
Mr.: Horr Cdich) and Mr.. Warner ohio) de-
The motion to suspend the rules was seconded.
The thirty minute debate allowed under the
rules was opened by Mr. Slocum in behalf Of
This bill, he said, proposed to place General
Grant in the same position which he would
nay nave iG occupied had he not dn accordance with
the office of Chief % MAGISTRATE. @ country accepted
THE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND pAss
THE GRANT BILL LOST,
The motion to suspend the -ules and pass the
Grant retirement bill was lost-yeas 1853. nays
1o3-not the requisite two-thrds voting In the
affirmative.
The District i'm Congress-.
WEST WASHINGTON CLAIM.
In the Senate Saturday Mr.. Harris presented
petition from Emmer NJ. CahilI, of West
Washington, setting forth that in the course of
public improvements her property extending
Bridge street to Prospect avenue was injured
by q lowering of the grades, leaving the prop
erty high above the streets, decreasing its value
etc. The petition refers to the acts of relief
passed for the heirs okDaniel Carroll and for Mrs
Patterson, and states that members of Congress-
then declared that if one property holder
should be compensated, all others having the
same grievance were entitled to relief and asks
proper relief. Referred to the District com,
mittee
Capitol Topics.
STATUS OF THE APPROPRIATION BILLS
The House appropriations committee has been
working night and day to complete the appro-
priation bills, seldom adjourning before twelve
at night. The sundry civil, naval, fortif1cation
and general deficiency bills are all finished bv
the subcommittee, and now await the action
only of the whole committee The time settled
upon in the committee for the subcommittee
slant, and thus they have gotten through four
days earlier than expected. "This," Mr. Ran.
dali says, I" think dismfsSes all apprehension
of an extra session, provided the House will
sustain the committee In its demand for time
and precedence.
EX-SENATOR HANNIBAL HAMLIN
of Maine, was q visitor upon the floor Of the Sen.
ate to-day, and he was most cordially received
by Senators Of both parties. He looks Just about
as he did when he left the Senats-not a dav
older. And In accordance with his lifetime cvs-
tom, he was out to-day without an overcoat.
CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE SENATE
The Senate, in executive session. Saturday.
confirmed the nominations OF William Mason
Wright of New Jersey, to be second lieutenant
In the Cd infantry, and Edward b. ThompsOn.
of Massachuretts, to be U. S. consul at Merida.
PASSAGE OF THE p. o. APPROPRIATION Bill.