Show CONGRESS by W U SENATE jitni 29 A portion of the morning hour was passed bussing cussing alio resolution of edmunds providing that during the remainder of the session no person not entitled to the vile of the floor bo admitted to the corridor or alie marble room the resolution finally pasion pas iod with ono amendment except when by a senat nr called up the senate bill for promoting alie efficiency of chaplains of alie united states navy and it was passed without discussion the bill provides that no ferhon under twenty five years nor over thirty five shall bo appointed clia plain and fixes tho relative reli tive rank alio whole number not to exceed twenty alio senate considered alie pension cases among the bills passed was one grunting a pension of 50 per month to ann M paulding widow of hiram raiding late senior i hiir admiral of the united states navy the bill increasing the pension of dr mary E walker to twenty dollars a month and the house bill gran ting a pension of fifty dollars a month to mrs elbia B an darson widow of uan robert an dei aon U S A awod the senate resumed consideration of the unfinished business being edmunds resolutions in regard to the irth and irth amendments to the constitution on motion of conkling it was agreed without division to go to executive business the vice president laid before alio senate alio bill which passed the louse yesterday to restrict chinese immigration to the committee on foreign relations and alie senate went into executive when alio doors acro reopened alii son was appointed a member of lie judiciary ciary committee in place of christiancy adjourned HOUSE after a short the republicans who desired alie morning leour were voted down and by a voto of yeas nays the house went into committee of the whole on the po appropriation bill foster submitted an amendment rc piling lie proviso to ing on appropriation for deficiency in alie appropriation for postal transportation by railroad for the fiscal year ending June 79 which forbids any increase in postal car service beyond what existed dec ast 1st 78 adopted baker ind moved to increase the appropriation for route from to adopted yeas nays 70 the committee airoso and reported lie to the house the first amendment on which a separate vote waa demanded was that increasing the appropriation for clerks in the t roin to the amendment increasing from to ali appropriation lor letter carriers was adopted yeas nays 92 the following amendments were agreed to increasing the appropriation for transportation on star from to yeas nays 53 for railroad transportation por tation from to jeaa nays 97 for steamboat transportation from to yeas nays 86 blount moved to go into committee of the whole conger and hooker enquired if the morning hour was not tho regular order alie speaker fhaid no A vote on blounts motion resulted by tellers acm 88 nays 82 and the yeas and nays acro demanded and ordered by the republican the democrats voted in the though a few southern members voted the republicans in the negative the vote resulted yeas nays was a good deal of excitement A number of changes were made the home went into committee of the whole on tho post appropriation bill the bouso then without final action took a recess until oven ing session for abo consideration of reports rom the committee of commerce |