Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-10
IN SENATE AND HOUSE.
Cameron Declaims in Favor of BOunties
to American ShipbuiIders.

10 american SnlpDuIlOers.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The chair LAID
before the Senate to-day the concurrent
resolution heretofore submitted by Mr..
Miller, of California, to authorize the
President to announce to foreign
governments the result of the delibera-
tions Of the international conference held
in Washington in October last for the
purpose of fixing u prime meridian and
universal day, and to invite the concur
renee of such governments in such result.
The resolution was agreed to.
Mr.. Cameroa. OF Pennsylvania, delivered
long and careful V prepared speech IN advO-
cacy of b0untir5 to American ship builders.
Mr.. ' an Nyck asked and received unani-
nous consent for consideration of the House
Dill TO prevent the unlawful Enclosure of pub
lie lands, better known IS the ''fencing bill -
The amendments of the Senate committee
were concurrcd in, and at l o'clock the bill
went over and the unfinished business was
laid before the senate, being the anti-silver
coinage bill. Mr.. Beck proceeded to address
the Senate. He said that he would
endeavor to show why the sections providing
for the retirement of trade dollars should
pass and why the provision for stopping the
coinage of the silver dollar should be stricken
out
Mr.. Morgan presented the credentials of re-
election of Senator Pugh, Of Alabama. They
were read and filed.
THE PENSION BILL.
The pension appropriation bill was taken
up. y long discussion ensued regarding the
Interpretation of the Senate rule forbiddmg
the proposing of general legislation on apprO-
priatiOn bills.
Discussion arose on a point of order
raised by Mr.. Ingalls, on an amendment
proposed by the Senate Appropriations Com
mlttee to this bill. The point of order was
that, under the rules OF .the Senate, the pro
posed amendment was not in order. The
amendment proposed was to modify the pro-
Of fat1 fhaf lfeI,.,f
favor of pension applicants presumption of
soundness at the time of enlistment. The
modification would establish presumption i'm
favor of those only who had served at least
three months.
Presiding Officer Platt held that Mr.. Ingalls,
point of order was well taken and, therefore,
that the Senate committees proposed amend
ment was not admissible.
Mr.. ingalls,, for the purpose OF obtaining the
opinion of the Senate. appealed from the de-
clsiOn of the chair. The action proposed by
the Senate, he said, was not the proposing
of legislation, but an amendment of legisa-
tion already proposed by the House. After
further debate the decision of the chair was
sustained by 3j yeas to % nays. as follows:
YedS-Messrs. Aldrch, Allison. Bayard,
Beck, Blair, Brown, Cameron Of Wisconsin,
Chace, COlquitt, COnger, Cullom, Edmunds.
Garland, German, GroOme, Hampton, Harris,
Harrison, Hawley, Hoar, Lamar, Lapham,
Mcmillan, MandersOn, Mitchell, Morrill,,
Palmer, PendletOn, Pike. Platt, Pugh, Ran
som, Sabin and Wilson,.
NdyS-Messrs. Call. Coke, Dawes, DOlph.
Frye, George, Hale, ingalls,, Jackson, Jonas,
Malone, MaXey, Miller of California Miller
OF New York, Morgan, Salisbury, Sawyer,
sherman, Slater, Van Wyck, Vest, Voorhees,
and Willams-23.
A bill was passed apprOpratipg $650, 600
for the purchase OF a site for the extension of
the Post Office Department building in Wash
ing, ID. C., which extension shall embrace
proper accommodations for the city ost Office
After an executive session the Senate adj
jOurned.
IN THE HOUSE.
The House at 1850 o'clock to-day went into
committee of the whole with Mr.. Springer, of
Illinois, in the chair on the post Office appro-
prlatlon bill. After quarter of an hour
spent in futile effort to come TO some deter
mlnatlOn as to the length Of time to be con-
sumed IN the general debate, Mr.. Townshend
proceeded to explain the provisions of the bill
which he characterized as the most important
postal appropriation bill which had ever been
reported to Congress. 1t appropriately
he stated, $52258,2OO, beng s3,2i2, 500
less than the amount carried by
the law for the current year. The amount Of
resources estimated for 1886 was $51, PIP S20. If
the bill was passed in its present form it
would carry every dollar needed for the
public service, but large as was the apprOpri
alton the greater temperance of the bill was
made in the postal laws. The most import
ant OF these changes was one in the method
Of compensating railways for mail service
which would save the government over
$l,500000 per annum.
At the close of Mr.. TOwnshend's speech the
committee rose, and Mr.. Townshend moved
that all general debate be limited to five hours
Mr.. Willis wished to have the debate limi-
ted to one hour and a half, but Mr.. Townshend
declined to yield to the motion to this effect,
and Mr.. Randall suggested that five hours
was not too long to debate a bill of this mag
nitude. The river and harbOr bill had been
debated for week.
Mr.. Willis SAID this had been done in OppO-
tition to the wishes of the committee lie
wanted the river and harbor bill passed, but
1t appeared to be the desire of the ApprOpria-
tlOns Committee to defeat 1t.
Mr.. TOwnshend's motion was agreed TO- and
the committee resumed Its session.
CONTINUANCE OF THE DEBATE.
The bill was debated by Messrs. HOrr of
Michigan, Akin of South Carolina, Ryan Of
Kansas, Money of Mississippi, and Hunt of
Louisiana. Mr.. Ryan, in the course of his
remarks, called the attention of the commit
tee to the backward condition of the appro-
priation bills. Only one of the thirteen gene
raj appropriation bills had gone to the Presi-
dent. and there were only nineteen legislative
days of the session remaining. The peril of
an extra session was imminent, and il be-
hoOved the House, if it would avoid such
session and ali its disastrous consequences to
the country, to proceed rapidly to the dispo-
sal of the appropriation bills. Pending fur
ther debate the committee rose.
A resolution was adopted reserVing the
whole of the east gallery of the House for
the accommodation of the families of Sen
ators and members during the counting of
the electoral vote on Wednesday next. The
House then. at 80 O'Clock. took recess until
II O'Clock tomorrow.