Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-12
CONGRESSIONAL.
FOrty-Hrst Congress Second Session.
SENATE.

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SENATE.
WAsHINGToN, May II.-Mr. Spencer in
! troduced bill to grant lands to the Ala
bama and Tennessee Railroad. Referred
to Committee on Public Lands.
Bill providing for furnishing artificial
| limbs TO disabled soldiers passed.
! Bill relative to lands withdrawn for the
| benefit of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company, in the State of California, was
| taken up by vote of % to Is.
Mr.. Stewart explained the bill. Tt made
no additional land grant, but would
remedy a technical defect in a former act.
The bill was finally superseded at one
! o'clock by the Legislative, executive and
Judicial appropriation bill, in Committee
of the Whole.
An amendment proposed by Mr.. M r
| rill, appropriating 100000 for a ne
| building for the State Department, wax
adopted-yeas, Il; nays, Is.
| Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont, from the Com
mitUee on Public Grounds, submitted a
| further amendment to enlarge the capitol
| grounds by Incorporating two additional
| squares, on the east side, at an estimated
/ cost of a fraction over $500 goo. Mr.. Nor
| rill explained that the area 10 be included
was one square on the east side of the en-
closure in front of the capitol. Amend
msnt agreed to without division.
The following is the vote on MorrilI's
amendment: Yeas-Ames, Anthony, Bay
| ard, Boreman, Brownlow Buckingham
| Cole, Conkling, Corbitt, Davis. Drake,
Edmunds, Ferry, Flanagan, Hamilton,
of Missouri, Hamilton, Of Texas, Hamlin,
Howe, Johnson, Lewis, Mcdonald, Nor
rill, of Maine, Morrill,, of Vermont, Nye,
Osborn, Patterson, Ramsey, Rice, Robert
son, Salisbury, Sawyer, Scott, Stewart,
Stockton, Sumner, Thayer, Triton, Trum-
bull, Nickers, Warner and WILEY, Al
Nays-Casserly, Chandler, Bragin, Har-
Ian, Harris, Howard, Howell, Kellogg,
Morton, Pratt, Schurz, Sherman, Spen-
Ger, Sprague and Yates, Is.
Mr.. Sawyer proposed an amendment
increasing the appropriation for the office
OF Comptroller of Currency from s75, 900
to S94 coo. Agreed to.
Mr.. Williams moved to amend by aa-
thOriZing the Secretary of the Treasury,
at his discretion, and in accordance with
the direction of the directors of the mint,
TO receive refined gold and silver bullion
suitable for coinage, and in payment
thereof to deliver to the parties making
such deposits imported bars at such rates
and on such regulations as shall be pre-
scribed by the Director of the Mint, sub
ject to the approval of the Secretary of the
Treasury.
The amendment was discussed, and at 5
pm. the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Benman, from the Com mittee on
Appropriations, reported a bill sppro-
priating S50,000 TO supply the deficiencies
in the appropriation for compensation and
mileage of members and delegates for the
year ending June 80, 1870. Passed.
Mr.. Orth, who had been active in oppo-.
sitiOn to- the Northern Pacific Railroad
i,asked leave to make brief statement.
Several objections were made and with
drawn, and it was finally agreed that he
should have a fsw minutes to make
statement; and Mr. Wheeler, who had
charge Of the bill, should also have few
minutes to reply. At 40 o'clock, after
the statements of Messrs. Orth and
Wheeler. the fillibustering on the North
ern Pacific Railroad bill was not resumed,
but the House refused to order the bill to
its third reading by II TO 81. Then TWEEN
ty-four amendments were offered by as
many different members, and the bill and
amendments were referred to the Com
mittee on the Pacific Railroad, with leave
20 report any time.
A bill in relation to the navigation and
commercial interests of the United States,
reported by Mr.. Lynch, from the Com
mittee on Reduction OF American Ton
mage, was taken up. Mr.. Lynch address,
ed the House in explanation and support
of the bill. Pending further discussion,
the morning hour expired, and the bill
went over.
On,motion of Mr. Schenck, the House
went into Committee Of the Whole on
the tariff bill.
Mr.. Ingersoll moved proviso to the
paragraph on steel car wheels, fixing the
duty at ~ cents per pound. Rejected, 81
to 90. The duty was left az three cents
no r,nsrud parnxFffaA in, ar1rF -
amendment.
On motion of Mr.. Stevens the following
was added TO the paragraph on steel
blooms for car and locomotive ties: Roll
ed or hammered to pattern, 21S cents per
pound.
Mr.. Allison moved to reduce the duty
on carriage, car, locomotive and other
springs of that nature from six to four
cents pound. Rejected by 81 to "a.
Mr.. Allison moved to make it five cents
per pound. Adopted.
Mr.. Schenck moved to add the follow
ing paragraph: Crinoline, corset and
haJ steel, commercially known as wire,
whether connected with textile material
or not, cents per pound, and 10 per cent.
ad valorem. Accepted.
Mr.. Kelly submitted the following adj
ditional paragraph: On sword blades S5
per cent. ad vaiorem; on swords, 65 per
cent. sd valorem.
The vote being taken by the tellers, il
was discovered that no quorum was pres
ent.
Mr.. Maynard moved call of the House,
which was agreed 10 bS vote of 81 to 55.
A quorum having voted, further pro-
ceedings under call were dispensed with.
Kelly's additional paragraph was
e-s
The following paragraph was agreed on
as reported by the Ways and Means Conn
mittee on manufactures of platinum, sxfd
cept vases and retOrts tor chemical usepnt
25 per cent. ad valorem on brass 'ees
plates, ingots and bars; cents Z
pound on brass. old and fit only TO be |
re- e-manufactured; cents per pound |
on brass In sheets; or wire 40 per, cent. ad |
VAL; on castings of brass or bronze, and |
on all manufactures or articles which |
brass or bronze shall be component ma
terial of chief value, not otherwise pIo-
videc, As per cent. ad val; on eyelets of |
every description, &c per 1893; on pewter, |
britannia, and all mixed 6snetals, partly |
of lead or tin, manufactured. 3 cents per
pound.
A rambling debate took place on he
latter paragraph, during which Cove de
declared the whole country was disgusted |
with this higgling on tariff, and if the
mem mbers did not drop it and take mp the
income tax bill or some other business,
their doom would be sealed when they
went home to their constituents. Laugh
ter.
The paragraph imposing 30 cents per
pound on nickel led 20 a protracted dis
cussion.
Mr.. GrSswold moved 10 add prOviso
exemptiag from duty all nickel which
shall be Imported by Government for
coinage, Rejected.
Mr.. Randall moved TO reduce the duty
70 80 cents. Rejected: 80 to 70.
The paragraph on alloy OF nickel with
copper was reached, when the committee
rose.
Mr.. Butler asked the unanimous con-
sent to introduce resolution to annex
the Republi Of Dominica 70 the United
States. Laughter
AT 10 O'Clock House adjourned. J