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Show HOUSE. Hayea introduced abiil for$500,0L)0 to improve the Illinois river. .Referred. .Re-ferred. Cummiues introduced a resolution asking for a statement from the commissioner com-missioner of pensions, regarding the amount required to pay tbe arrears of pensions. Adopted. Eden, chairman of the committeo on war claims, reported back the bill making an appropriation for tha payment pay-ment of olaima reported by the commissioners com-missioners of claims, but declined to yield to Waddell's amendment, that no war claims shall hereafter be paid to anybody. The bill then passed, and the house went into committee of the whole on the army appropriation appropria-tion bill. Baebe's amendment, authorizing the president to appoint General Robinson paymaster in tho army, wob rejected. Gaiiiold opposed Wbyte's amendment, amend-ment, which comprises the main featurea of the army reorganization bill, as it wag improper to add to the appropriation bill. Ewing supported the amendment aa improving the army and saving $1,000,000 at once and gradually $3,000,000 or $4,000,000. Fort opposed it. Banning said Garfield who, ae chairman of the committeo on appro-i appro-i priations, had reduced the number of i tho army, ehould not complain now of a reduction of the officers. Garfield asked Whyle what the bill meant by saying the general officers ' must be selected from the army, i Wbyte Just what it saya. Garfield That would exclude Washington. Wbyte Washington is in heaven. Garfield And Grant? Wbyte General Grant will ba tne next president, probably. A vote was than taken on Wbyta'u amendment. Agreed to ayes 101, ays 91. Wbittehorne made & point of order on the section allowing every officer who has been thirty years in the service to be placsd on the retired list. The point was susluimid, and the section Btrickeu out; also thy i section providing for the resignation of oincera prior to January, 1S80, with three years' pay. On motion of Hewitt the provision ol tho Revised Statutes was expuuged which permita the army to be at tho polla on election day to keep tbe peace. Vote 93, to 90. Boone eubmitted an amendment for tbe transfer of the Iudian bure.iu to the war department. Garfield aaid the Bye tern of tacking everything on the appropriation bills I waa making all other committees superlluous. Tbe house had here totally revolutionized the army and restricted all modes of appointments, and it waa now proposed to cut out a great department of government and say it was in order because some technical words declared it e:onomy. The house, bad never done a more i fatal thing to its biiBinesa than when it paesed rule 120. If this amendmeut : were ruled in order, the bouao ' could abolish all tbe departments of the government, or break down the judiciary, or work, revolution by a vote and it would be in order. He hoped that the chairman of that committee com-mittee would rule upon this as a matter of discretion and patriotism and prevent the Hood ot buBinees being poured upon the appropriation committee, which would ere loug break down that committee and array against it every other committeo ol tbo house. Tbe time would not be far distant when the other committees commit-tees would see their business taken out of their hands. He did not think that the committee on appropriations desired it. It was simply made tbe convenience of all aorta of schemes, but if desired it would be made tbe usurper of the authority of the bouse. Randall said rule 120 bad saved from 20,000,000 to fiiO.OuO.OOO to tho country in three years aud wue adopted to prevent extra7flgnee and eucourage economy. Garfield said ibis would enlarge Ihe expenses by making new mou.uery. A collcquoy arose between tnt speaker aud Garfield iu which each accused the side of his opponeut witb a want of economy. Conger said nobody expected tie speaker to decide in tavor of tbe re ' publicans on Ibis question. 'i be chair overruled Garfiel J'a point jand dtcUred tbo amendmeut id 'ordtr. I Pape ofi-;red, as a eub-titute, an ! amendmeut authorising tae president . to transfer the cre and control of any i ludiin tribtfa to the war dpartment I temporarily, whenever he deemed it Advisable, either on account of hostile , action on tneir part agaiast the United fcla'es or in case of any difli-t difli-t cullies. ' Scales raised a point of order, and during te discussion the house ad-journt ad-journt d. |