Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-06-01
Congress.

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In the Senate, Wednesday, the bill to en-
force the 10th amendment was passed by 4
ayes TO IL nays. The appropriation bill
was discussed, but no definite result reached
The House devoted the day 10 a discussion
of the Northern Pacific Railroad bill Several
amendments were proposed but were voted
down, sometimes, however, by very close
vote.
In the Senate, Thursday, bill was report
se4 g@ipg subsidy to the North Americas
s4eaHsshp Company. The Legislative appro-
I priatIon bill was debated
In the House. the Northern Pacific Rail
road bill was passed-l07 to IS. The bill
reviving navigation interests was debated.
In the Senate, Friday the appropriation
bill was under consideration. The amend
ment placing female clerks in the depart
menes on equality with males in.the matter
of compensation was adOpted--36 to 20.
The amendment aPpropriatIng money for the
extension of the Capitol grounds brought up
the question of the removal of the seat OF
government to the West Mr. Yates made a
speech in favor of building the new Capitol
on the banks Of the Mississippi. Mr.. Car
penter argued for Milwaukee. but other
W estern Senators were satisfied with Wash
I ington, the salu brity of which was praised
hy Mr.. Drake. The amendment was adopt
cd by vote Of ~ to 10.
The amendment appropriating 500, 600 in
aid of the expedition to the North Pole car
ried, yeas 2S, nays %. Senator StewaIt from
the majority of the Judiciary Committee
reported an amendment increasing the sala-
ries of the Chief Justice Of the supreme
Court of the United States to Sl2 900 As
sociate Judges to $4,000 Circuit Judges to
ST. 800 Judges of the Court of Claims and
District OF Columbia, $4,000. On motion of
Senator Sherman, the salary of the Chief
Justice OF the supreme Court of the United
States was made Sl0,0 600, and of Associates
SIS 900 Senator Bayard moved to increase
the salaries Of the Circuit Judges to 81 500 /:
agreed to, yeas 25, nays 81. An amendment
was also adopted dating the increase of sal
aries from July LIST. The amendment as
amended was then adopted, yeas 81 nays Is.
An evening session was devoted To the Dis
trict of Columbia business. a bill was in
PRODUCED for providing government for the
District with Governor and Secretary, with
Legislative Assembly composed of a coun-
ell and House of Representatives,, defining
the powers of each.
In the House several reports were made
from the committee on foreign affairs, among
them one by Mr. Swami, referring TO the
Pr, sldent the positions of William j. Maggie
and John Warren, citizens of the United
a request that such action may be taken by
him accordance with International law
and with the rights of American citizenship
as the facts shall Justify. A large number
OF reports from the committee on revolution
rPeasions- and the war 0f-lSl2, were also
made and disposed of. In discussion OF
6ne of them Mr.. Willard asked and obtained
leave.to report tomorrow a public Dill In
reference To pensions to survivors OF the
81 ha m Z
bee on rules reported new rule fOrbiddIng
ehe change of a vote after the announcement
Of the result, and also forbidding the rec
ord of a members vote who was not present
when the vote was taken adopted.
The House resumed the consideration OF
the conference report on the bill to enforce
the right of the citizens of the United States
A. vote in the several states of the Union.
During the debate, Mr.. Cox, alluding to
New York, declared that all the SANDERS on
that city and the Democratic party, came
from that effete Republican newspaper the
New York Tribune, whose editors live out
of the city and had no homestead there; and
asserted that New York had a cheaper and
Eairer government than Chicago, Cincinnati,
Philadelphia or Rochester, and had less taxa
tion and less crime than Boston. The report
of the conference committee was agreed to
yeas 1873, nays 5S--strictly party vote. Mr..
Schenck, chairman of the committee OF ways
and means, reported back the internal rev.
enue bill and asked to have the first reading
bf the bill dispensed with agreed to.
Schenck moved that when the House adjourn
tomorrow, it be till Tuesday, Monday being
the day for decorating the soldiers graves
agreed to. The House then proceeded with
the consideration of the bill to reduce IN
ternal taxes. After some preliminary re-
marks by Schenck in apology for its length,
So printed pages, the clerk proceeded to read
The first section, but as it covered thirty
pages of the bill the reading had only just
concluded when the hour of FIVE arrived and
the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on Saturday, petition was
kesented asking aid for telegraph cable
bm this city to the Azores, and thence to
lisbon, England, and Amsterdam. Mr..