The national Republican., 1869-02-23

After further discussion the motion Of Mr..
cameron TO postpone was put, and not
Mr.. Fsssendon thought 1t was useless to
Waste any more time on this subject, and
urged that the vote be taken on the motion
OF Mr.. sheFman.
Tho senste then, by a vote Of 81 TO 26, re-
fused 70 concur In the House amendments,
AID the motion Of Mr.. Sherman, to ask for a
eommittee Of conferences, was agreed 70.
The CHAIR appointed as the committee Of
conference on the part Of the Senate, Messrs.
sherman, Morgan and Cameron.
The bill TO regulate the appraisement and
collection Of dulles on imports waa taksn up
and debated at length, when, without action,
the bill, on motion Of Mr. Stewart, was laid
over for the purpose Of proceeding with the
constitutional amendment.
Mr.. Stewart then moved that the Senate
nou-concur In the amendment Of the House
and ask for committee Of conference.
Mr. Buckalew opposed the committee on
| conference for the reason, as he alleged
that the experience Of the last ak or eight
years was concluslye proof that the Senate
would have to give way and accept the
House proposition.
Mr.. Warner moved to concur In the House
amendment. ~.
Mr.. Pomeroy thought II wrong to take a
vote on the constitutional amendment to-
night, as 80 many Senators had remained
away, not imagining that II would come up.
After further discussion, on motion of Mr..
Cameron, the constitutional amendment
was laid over until tomorrow.
Mr.. Cameron then called up the bill In
relation 10 the routes by which the Balti.
more and Potomac railroad may enter this
city. The amendments reported by the
committee we're agreed to and the bill
passed.
Mr.. Hudson called up bill TO incorporate
the National Junction Railway Company,
which was amended, and then
The Senate, at II p. M, adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Under the call Of the States for bills and
resolutions for reference;
Mr.. Robinson, Of N. Y, introduced joint
resolution recognizing the Independence Of
Cuba. Referred to the Committee on For
eign Affairs. . I'd
Mr.. johnson, Of Cal, introduced a bill
granting the right Of way, with q subsidy Of
public lands, for the Virginia city railroad
and telegraph line. Referred to the Com
mlttee on Public Lands.
Mr.. Williams, Of Ind, offered q Joint rcso-
luton granting the right Of way over the
public lands to the Memphis, Fl Paso and
Pacific Railroad Companyj on which he do
manded the previous question. The previous
question was scconded-yeas 122, nays 45.
The joint resolution was then passed.
The Speaker laid before the House a mes
sage from the President Of the United States,
returning the copper tariff bill, with his OBJ
. jections thereto.
, Mr.. schenck, Of Ohio, then called up the
bill to strengthen the public credit and 10
legallze gold contracts. He asked unani
nous consent that after the expiration Of
: his own hour the discussion should be con-
. for Nna hnn In af
minutes each.
Mr.. schoheld, OF Pennsylvania, and other
members objected to the arrangement,
whereupon, I'd
; Mr.. Schenck, of Ohio, moved to suspend
the rules to allow him TO offer motion that
after the expiration Of his hour there shall
be two hours devoted to speeches, Of ten
minutes each, upon the bill. The House re-
! fused to suspend the rules for this purpose.
Mr.. Schenck, Of Ohio, then moved to sus-
pend the rules so as to allow Of debate fof
one hour. This was also refused. }
| Mr.. Schenck then proceeded with speech
upon the bill, and gave notice that at the ex.
piration Of his hour he would call the preyi.
, GUS question.
At the conclusion of Mr.. schenck's speech
he yielded to
Mr.. Griswold, OF N. Y, who was about 10
address the House on Mr.. Schenck's bill, but
Mr.. Butler, of Mass, moved to proceed to
J business on the Speakers table, and pending
j., that motion he moved to go into Committee
of theWhole on the Post Ofiice appropriation
bill. The motion was agreed to, and the
House resolved itself into Committee of the
, Whole, Mr.. Poland, ofVt., In the chair.
/ The pending question was on the amend.
ment OF Mr.. Beaman to reduce the amount
for the payment OF letter-carriers from
u 900, 900 to $500, 900, and that no part Of
the appropriation shall be expended in cities
whose population Is less than 100000, and
that no part Of II shall be expended for the
free delivery of letters during the next fiscal
I year, and It was lost.
Mr.. Benjamin, Of Mo-, moved to make the
amount &600, 200. Rejected.
I Mr.. Schenck, of Ohio, moved to amend
/ further by inserting: "Proyided that SO
much Of this appropriation as may be neces.
, sary for that purpose shall be appropriated
I TO extending the letter-carrler system Id
every city having population Of more than
10000" Agreed to.
Mr.. Beaman, Of Mich, moved TO amend
the section relative 10 advertising SO that Il
shall read: Crowded, That no part Of this
sum shall be paid to any papers published in
the District Of Columbia for advertising
mail routes In Virginia and Maryland"
Agreed to.
Mr.. Beaman, Of Mich, moved to amend
the paragraph In relation to mail depreda.
tions and special agents by striking out the
. amount appropriated, and inserting In lieu
thereof IS, 900, and adding proyiso that
no greater sums should be expended by spe-
clal agents than the sum herein appropriated
Agreed to.
Mr.. Beaman, of Mich, moved to reduce
the appropriation for miscellaneous pay
ments, including payments Of balances to
foreign countries, from ss75,0oO to $3.50, 900.
Agreed to.
Mr.. Phelps, of Nd, moved to amend the
bill by inserting the following as new sec
ton;
Aud be u Gurther enacted, That all acts
aud parts Of acts comforting the franking
privilege on members of the House and Sem
ate be and the same are hereby repealed.
The Chairman ruled this out of order.
The committee then rose and the bill was
reported to the House.
The bill was then passed, and the House
took a recess until half-past seven O'Clock,
p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
The House resumed Its session at 1850
o'clock.
, On motion of Mr.. spalding, Of Ohio, the
House went into Committee of the Whole on
the Senate amendments to the naval appro-N
priation bill.
The first amendment of the Senate, which
cuts down the appropriation for yards and
docks, was non-concurred In.
The second amendment, cutting down the
appropriation for the Washington navy yard
from 900 TO CSC, 900, was concurred In.
The ninth amendment, reducing the ap-
propriation for the expenses Of the Naval
Academy TO $1,000, was non-concurred In.
The bill was then laid aside and the legis-
latiye appropriation bill taken up, Mr..
Schenck, Of Ohio, In the chair.
Mr.. Phelps, Of Nd, moved to strike out
the paragraph appropriatlng $29,125 for
newspapers and stationery for the House of
Representatives. Rejected.
Mr.. Brooks, Of N. Y, moved to strike out
the item for public printing-$i00,000. He
furnished statistics to show that from 1861
to 1868 the appropriations for printing were:
Congressional printing, $40, ,968, ,737; print