Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1882 — CONGRESSONAL. [ARTICLE]

CONGRESSONAL.

SENATE. Washington, July 14.—0 n and after Monday next the senate will meet at 11 o’clock a. m. Mr. Logan, from the committee on appropriations, reported the pension appropriation bill. Printed and laid over. A number of pension bills passed. The house pension Mil was amended by the adoption of a general provision prohibiting the payment of double pensions. - The tax bill was then taken ud and Mtvßayeed reviewed and critioised the measure. He said that for the mot nine in tne nißiory oi tne country the senate had originated a bill to change the tariff because party exigencies demanded it. , , • Mr. Beck offered an amendment reducing ten cents per pound the tax on manufactured tobacco. Pending discussion the matter went over for tne day. Alter an executive session the senate adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE. Washington, July 14.—The house proceeded to the consideration of the remaining senate amendments to the deficiency appropriation bill, which had not been concurred in yesterday. A large majority of them were nonconcured in. Few of them gave rise to debate except tbe one appropriating s3B,o©<Mbr- the payment or mileage to senators who attended the special session of the senate, convened October 10th, 1881. Mr. Townshend characterized this amendment as a little salary grab, and hoped the house conferees, when appointed, would not yield to tne senate on-that- point.

The amendment was nou-concurred in. : The last amendment in the bill was that constituting a board of audit, consisting of the first and second comptrollers of the treasury and the treasurer of the United States, to whom shall be referred all claims and determine all allowances to be made growing out of the illness and burial of the laie President. James A. Garfield. Debate followed. Finally a vote was taken and the senate amendment was non-concurred in—yeas, 78; nays, 83. The house went into committee of the whole on the senate amendments to the river and harbor bill, but as the amendments were not printed the committee rose and they were ordered printed. The house then took a recess. The evening session will be for the consideration of pensions. Tbe house at tne evening session agreed to the senate amendment to the house bill granting a pension to Augustas Miller. This amendment prohibits the payment of double pensions. Pension bills then passea to tbe number of forty, among them -the senate bill granting an increase es pension to tne widow of General Custor* The house also passed bills granting seventy-five condemned cannon for monumental purposes and then adjourned until to-morrow.

SENATE Washington, July 16.—Mr. Anthony introduced a bill repealing so much of the army appropriation bill as provides for the retirement of General Sherman and Lieutenant-Gener-al Sheridan. Referred. On motion of Mr. McMillan, the senate insisted upon its amendments tn sch» river and harbor appropriation ordered consisting of Senator McMillan, Jones, of "Nevada, and Ransom. The.gpnate at 4:50 adjourned until Monday. house. MFT Williams, of Wisconsin, reported back from the foreign affairs com mittee the resolution offered by Mr Cox requesting the president to communicate any information in the possession of the state department in reference to any modification in the stipulations under which the French cable company were permitted to land its cattle upon the shore of the United States to the effect that it was not to combine with other companies to raise th - rates, without congressional action to prevent consolidation. The house went Into committee of the whole on the senate amendments to the river and harbor appropriation

iu« ur»L »na tue seventeentn Amendments were concurred in. The Hennepin canal amendment gave rise to a discussion, in the couref of which Mr. Hutchins, of New York, expressed hope that the house would give such an emphatic condemnation to the scheme that it would never show its head again. The amendment was advocated by Messrs. Henderson and Springer. It was non-concurred in. The remainder of the amendments were non-concurred in, the whole number being 160. The committee then rose, and th' house non-concurred in all the senate amendments. An unsuccessful effort wad made to have an hour spent in hearing requests for unanimous consent. Adiourned. SENATE. Washington, July 17.— Mr. Allison, from the committee of confer•hoe on the legislative, judicial and executive appropriation bill, reported that the committee were unable to agree. " . ' The report was agreed to and a new conference committee appointed. Ti.e house amendment was concurred in to the senate bill to encourage and promote telegraphic communication between America and Eur>pe. After an executive session the senate adjourned. HOUSE Washington, July i;.—Mr. Robinson. of New York, introduced sev-

ing on the secretary of the navy for the instructions under which Commodore Nicholson threatened to open fire on the city of Alexandria under certain contingencies, and to inform the government whether American sailors and officers were performing police duly in Alexandria under the British admiral, and if so'by what authority. All the resolutions were referred . J Mr. Bingham, from the postbffice committee, reported tbe bill in regard to the nay-of letter carriers. It provides for a third grade of letter carriers, known as the auxilleries at S6BO ayear; also.for substitute letter carriers, and so providing that prefer-ence-til grades shah be made ait the end of the years since: the hill passed. The rules were suspended and the senate to 80—for the salodf the site of the old'postoffice building.on Nassau street, New York, with an amendment increasing theminimum price from $i«0O,QO0 to $600,000. : » Adjourned. *.ik.v , * I SENATE. Washington, July 19.—The senate presented a communication from Brevitf Major-General McQnade. transmitting a resolution adopted unanimously at the recent annual meeting of the society of the . fifth army corps at Detroit, asking tMt, justice be done General Fitz John Porter. Mr. Jewell gave notice that he would call up the bill for General Porter’s relief the first Monday in December next. Mr. Logan’s Chinese bill was considered without action. Pending the discussion of the tax bill, Mr. Allison, by unanimous consent, called up the house joint resolution continuing the appropriations of the last fiscal year until July 31st.« Resolution adopted. '. l ft Wi HOUSh. , In the. House the session was almost entirely taken up In disposing of the contested election case of Smalls vs. Lillman. After a prolonged and excited debate the previous question was ordered and the mi norifcy report being rejected, the seat was voted to Smalls. Mr. Smalls then appeared and took the oath as member of Congress from North Carolina. The Alabama case of Smith vs. Shelly was then taken up—l 46 to 1— and Mr. Rauney, of Massachusetts having taken the floor the house adjourned. SENATE. Washington, July 20.—Mr. Cockrell oalled up the house joint bill to relieve certain soldiers of the late war fsom the charge of desertion. The details of the measures were discussed by Messrs. Cockrell, Harrison. Plumb, Hoar, Platt and Blair, wMi Morrill moved to proceed withr lhe tax bill, and Hale supplemented this with a motion to take up the |wVal appropriation bill. A protracted rambling debate’ followed. Upon the order of business the pending bill retained its place as unfinished business of the morning hour hereafter, and Morrill’s motion to lay aside all pending orders and to taki up the tax bill prevailed—yeas, 35; nays, 29. The pending amendment was to strike out the provision repealing the taxes on bank capital and deposits of bank checks. The pending amendment was 15 to 41. The senate committee amendment to the first section as amended by the reduction of tax on tobacco wad then agreed to—39 to 9 and the question recurred on the remainder of the section. The portions adopted fixes the taxes on manufactured tobacco after January Ist, 1883, at twelve cents per pound, and provides a repeal of taxes on the capital and deposits of banks and bankers, and shall not effect such taxes as are now due and payable, and tnat the repeal of the stamp tax on bank checks, drafts, orders and vouchers shall not take effect until October Ist next. The bill then went over until tomorrow.

HOUSE.

Washington, July 20.—Mr. Calkins called up the resolution offered yesterday reciting that it had been asserted bj Mr. Blackburn that the mistake made by the tally e’erk in footing up the roll call was a falsification of the Record, and directing a special committee to inquire into the matter. Mr. Blackburn having denied that he made any charge, the resolution was withdrawn and the house resumed consideration of the Alabama contested election case of Smith vs. Shelly. , Mr. Ranney, of Alabama, presented the case for the majority and. urged, inasmuch as the contestant, who had been legally elected, had recently died, the seat be declared vacant.

The resolution declaring the seat vacant was adopted—yeas, 145; nay, 1. Mr. Reed, of Maine, called up ihe resolution reported by the committee on rules on the Bth of Maroh, for morning rules, so as to provide that during the morning hour, it shall be in order to consider suoh bills reported from oommittees as the committee In charge shall direct. It also provides for the designation by the committee of measure to be considered when the house goes into . a committee of the whole.

Mr. Reed so modified the resolution as to provide for its going in’o effect the first day of the next session. Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky raised the question of the consideration, and the Democrats refrained from voting, thus leaving the house without a quorum. Adjourned.