The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-01-19
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Senate.

WASHINGTON, January 19.-The Chair laid be-
fore the Senate communication from the Secre-
tary Oh Mar, uansmltung tne report OF the Engi-
Referred to the Military Committee.
Several petitions for an increased tariff on wool
were presented, and ordered TO lie on the table.
Also, several Temonstrances against disfranchsment
on account of sex. Ordered TO lie on the table.
Mr.. Hendricks, hom the Committee on Naval
Affairs reported the House bill of last session, in
favor of the selection of League Island as depot
Tor iTOn-clads of the navy. Ordered to be printed
Mr.. Williams introduced bill to grant additional
land in aid OF the construction of q railroad from
Lake Superior to Puget Sound, on the Pacific coast
by the Northern route. Referred to the Committee
on the Pacific Railroad.
Mr.. Wilson offered a reso utlon, which was
ADOPTED, lnstructing the Committee on the District
ofCoumbia to inquire and report whether the cor
poratIon of Washington has complied with the law
OF Congress requiring portion of the school fund
to be set apart for the support Of colored schools.
Mr.. Wade tObio called up the bill to authorize
the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad to construct
lateral branch Of their railroad into and upon the
District of Columbia.
pany, granted by the Slate of Maryland, did not
authorize the road to come his way Maryland had
great interest IN the Baltimore and Onlo road, and
it might be to her interest not to allow the new road
to come here. He suggested that the bill lie over
| to tho charter of the Baltimore and Potomac
| Railroad.
time been before Congress and all that could be SAID
| the subject had been said. Those who were in
| terested in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad OF
| course, did not want this opposition line. He did
not why Congress should not pass this bill.
There but ore railroad now entering this CITY,
| and it was q monopoly without rival. He (Mr.
Wade) that the citizens OF this District an
OF the country would lose nothing by having an ad.
ditiona road into the Capital of the nation 1t was
simply question whether the interest Of the public
or the interests OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
| were paramount.
| Mr. johnson Md resume the floor 1t was not
| the intention of the Mary and Legislature, he
thought, to let the new road come into ashington.
He had not seen the charter Of the road and could
| not say exactly whatIts provisions were He hoped
that the bill would be postponed until his colleague,
Mr.. Creswen, who was absent now was in the
Mr Hendricks (Ind.l regarded tho Baltimore and
Ohio road as of great importance 10 the West and
could not vote for a competing road which was
| built merely as q matter of speculation
Mr. Yates (nl.) said that the entire length Of the
| now road was seVentY-One miles, the branch was
| ten miles. All that they asked was a chance to
come into Washington. He could not see any OBJ
The morning hour expired, and the regular order,
which was the Bankrupt bill, was called tor.
Mr.. Wade (OhtOl moved to postpone the regular
order for the purpose of proceeding with the Rail-
The yeas and nays were taken, and the Senate
refused to postpone the regular order. Yeas To-
Yeas-Messrs Buckalew, Fogg, Fowler, Morrill,
Sherman, Sprague, Stewart, Wade, Wilson, and
ANeysEMessrs. Anthony, Brown Dixon, Doolittle
Fessenden, Foster, Frelinghuysen, Grimes, Harris
Henderson, Hendricks, Howard, Howe, johnson
KirkwOOd, Lane, Morgan, Norton, Patterson, PO
The Railroad ill went over till Monday, and thu
6h was % taken up and S1 read & at
mittee, making sixty printed pages.
House of Representatives.
On motion Of MIR. Wilson (Iowa), the Committe
on Printing was instructed to inquire into the expe
djency of providing for the publication of the Con,
gressiOaGj Globe in the form and style OF the de
| hates OF the British Parliament.
The Speaker presented a memorial from tn
| Dacotah Legislature relative to geological surVe
| of the Bleak Hill country.
Mr. benjamin (Mo) offered a resolution to pa
Alexander H. COffroth, late Representative frOr
| Pennsy lYania, the amount OF the increased CON
pensation from the commencement OF the Thirty
| ninth Congress to the period when he ceased TO b
| a member. Referred to Committee on judiciary
| This being a private bill day, the bill which wa
before the House yesterday at the close of the morn
| ing hour TO incorporate the Metropolitan Fire an
| Marine Insurance Company or the Dlstrlct Q
| Columbia, came up as unfinished. a.,
MI Wilson IowaJ moved to lay the bill on IN
table The bill was laid on the 'aole ny Vo'e
'5TS TSe 81 Hoae then proceeded to call committees 70
| renorts of private nature.