Show alm CONGRESS SECOND SESSION uy VT V U telegraph raph to the herald SENATE D DC C feb 20 the tho house bill for extending the tile timo filing riling alabama claims passed with an amendment tabor introduced a bill for a military post in in wistem colorado the benato senate resumed consideration of the tariff bill the pending ques lion tion was on the motion to reconsider tho the vote by winch which the duty on green and colored glass bottles vials deml johns cut engrav edor packed and not especially provided for was changed aiom thirty per rent altalo ad ivalo efm to it ants per pound the mo a agreed greed to frew let ell moved giov ed to make the duty one cant cent per pound lost thus leaving the tile rate JO per cent ad va lorem sherman moved to amend the W wool and woolen schedule that the duty on wools of first class clam the value whereof at ai tile last harbor place whence exported ported to the united states excle excluding d nag 30 centa cents per perl pound aund shall bu 12 cents per pound I instead us tea d ria f 10 as the tile bill provides and I ing the duy on wools of the same class IHS valued above at SO 30 cents ier per pound 14 cents instead of 12 cents per pound also the duty rn n wools of the second clam the hair bair of f alpaca gout gont and other like animals of the tile value of 30 tents cents per liouns or less from 10 to 12 cents per and the dut duty on wools of the same class valued ablove above at 30 cents from 12 to 14 cents per pound ingalls said he be would not vote for the changes proposed unless very good god reasons reason s for fr them be given git en I norrill holt hoped the would be rejected hawley felt the action of the senator from ohio in in proposing these changes at thi this i stage of or the bill was unjust HOUSE Ilis IIi cock chairman of the appropriations committee commit tee moved to go into of th the a whole on the sundry civil appropriation bill lie expressed it hia lite opinion that the bill would not occupy more than two or three days and said it mould would be followed by b tile bill calkins chairman of the elections committee committee ee gave notice that he lie would ns s soon as the sundry civil bill was disposed ask action on various election cases uses now on the calendar kelly eaid said recognizing the improta once ance of the p passage wage of the appropriation cioll bills in irl time for action by the senat ehe would not antagonize them jut but as soon as they were w ere disposed of I would again press consideration odthe of the h a rethe houe aou e went into commit z sundry civil appropriation tion bill nd general debate was d dispensed with tile bill was read by paragraphs for amendment bland raised a point of order against the clause authorizing the secretary of tho the treasury to purchase additional real estate in san fra francisco nc i for a building point au sus bained sillier miller offered an amendment ordering the secretary of the treasury to o pay out on the bonded debt of the government now due all the money now in the tile treasury in excess of 50 ruled out on a point of order adland offered an amendment pro moneys appropriated by this bill shall be paid out of the silver dollars now in in tho the treasury ruled out on a point of order belford moved to ehrike out the clause appropriating 10 OW for en barging arbing the vaults vault for fr tile storage of silver and said if half the zeal earnestness or honesty were used to nut put the tile silver dollar into circulation that was to keep it out there donld be no question of building an additional vault eoon soon subsequently belford withdrew his amendment fisher offered an amend amendment ment for the coinage of only such number of standard silver ell ver dollars as may be re quiren to supply the demand there for bior but such sik h coinage shall not be less than ruled on out on a point of order the lause clause c appropriating in aid of slate state anil ani local loi nl boards or of health in in prevent preventing ing the spread ofed diseases dise asea having been rea reached lied manning hered an amendment pr provided abat the money be ox tended tided e under t lie supervision ision of the k Sat tonal board of health lillis in opposing the amendment express wl eAl lna itis opinion that tho the liati onal board of health iniel b be th luxa fralli evor vir created an quoted fl f fr l in its own report tu to show that it made of public money he lie could bring home hoine to that board rd a de do liberate attempt to create rumors of lellow yellow fever in new orleans durin advocated tho tile alneil amendment dment and declared the louisiana state board of health concealed the existence of the tile pestilence in new orleans leans and was milling illing to peddle death through the country in in order to keep up the tile commerce of the tile state I manning defended the national board of ilea health ith from adverse criticism and reflected upon louisiana state late board attributing to it in great measure the vellow yellow fever epidemic of 1878 Pending action the tile committee rose of ohio from tho the coin committee kittecon mit on commerce reported d the river and harbor bill referred to committee of the tile whole recess mccordn mn offered an all amendment providing all lands reserved ved for gr military purposes winch which in the tile opinion of the tile president may be no longer desirable for such purposes shall be alced under tile control of the secretary I detary of the tile interior to be sold b by 11 him m to tile highest b bidder id e ifor for cash action n the committee rase and tho house adjourned |