Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-17

a communication from the civil service com mission respecting appointments to the civil service from the District of Columbia to the effect that the apportionment has been as nearly as the condition of good adm1n1stra- tion would warrant.
 The House then proceeded to consider the conference report on the legislative appropri- ation bill and it was agreed to, thus dlsposlng of as many amendments as had been agreed to by the conference committee. On motion of MT. Finley the salary of the assistant treasurer at Baltimore was allowed to remain at $4, 800.
 Mr Townsend, of Illinois, moved that the House recede from it's disagreement to the Senate amendment increasing from $190, ,000 to $205, ,000 the appropriation made for the salaries of agents and other internal revenue officers; lost.
 MT. Cannon, of Illinois, moved that the House 1ecede from it's disagreement to the Senate amendment providing for an increase of the clerical force of the civil service con- mission; agreed to.
 A further disagreement was ordered on the Senate amendment providing for Sena- tors clerks and a further conference order ed.
 MT. Watson called up the report of the Committee on Invalid Pensions upon the message of the President vetoing the bill pensioning Carter W. Filler and upon his statement that the case had been reopened in the pension office the consideration of the report was postponed until next session.
 Mr. Watson then called up the veto mes sage on the bill granting pension to Eliza beth Luce.
 MT, Forney endeavored to have the House proceed with the consideration of the fortlh- cations bill but the House showed it's pref erence for Mr. Matsons proposition by a vote of 93 to 73. The Luce pension case, which the majority recommended should be passed notwithstanding the Presidents veto, was voted on but failed to receive the necessary two-thirds vote, the vote being 116 for pass age over the veto and 124 against. Messrs. Carleton, Foran, Frederick, Geddes, May bury Warner, Weaver of Iowa, Wolford and Worthington, Democrats, voted to pass the bill over the veto.
 The veto message on the bill granting a pension to Catherine Mccarthy was then called tip. The majority report recom- mended it's passage over the veto and the minority recommends sustaining the veto In this as in the previous case the Speaker pro tenn, Mir. Wells of Texas, recog- nized MT. Matson of Indiana, who had signed both minority reports, to call the pre- vious question. Agasst this the Republi- cans vigorously protestee, contending that the chair should have recognized one of the members who had signed the majority report to control the floor instead of recognizing member who held the negative side of the question and giving him the power to shut off the debate. A noisy and confusing scene ensued. The Speaker pro tenn. stated that he had recognized MT. Watson because as chairman of the CcmmiJtee on Invalid Pen sions he had charge of pension matters on the floor To this the Republicans objected and a dozen members were on the floor at one time shouting suggestions, points of or der, etc. Finally quiet was partially re- stored and attempts were made to reach an amiable arrangement, MT. Watson offering to withdraw the demand for the previous question after some remarks, to which MT. Grosvenor, of Ohio, objected
 The previous question being ordered the Speaker pro tenn. made @ statement ac- knowIedging that he had been wrong in rec ognizing MT. Watson and in future would recognize some gentleman who had signed the majority report to control the measure.
 The House-yeas 122, nays 97-refused to pass the bill over the veto, not the necessary two-thirds in the affirmative.
 The message called up was that vetoing the bill granting pension to Joseph Romls er In this case the Committee on Invalid Pensions reported unanimously in favor of passing the bill over the veto and it was passed; yeas 175, nays 38. The following gentlemen voted to sustain the Pres1dents veto. Messrs. Bennett, Blanchard, Bland, Cabel, Capdler, Clements, Crisp, Crooton Culberson, Davidson of Alabama, Dowdney, Dusn Forney, Harris, Henderson of North Carolina, Johnston of North Carolina, Jones of Texas, Caffoon, Lanham, Martin, Me- Creary, McMullan, McRae, Morgan, Randall, Reagan, Reid of North Carolina, Richardson, Sadler, Savers, Stewart of Texas, St. Mar tin, J. M. Taylor, Turner, Wellborn and Wheeler.
 A recess was taken until p. m. At the night session one pension bill was passed. It is expected that the Notifications bill will be considered tomorrow.