Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-06-12
CONGRESSIONAL.
FOrty-First Congressional Session.
SENATE.


! WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE resolution
/ to pay the expenses of the Sioux Indians
now in Washington was taken up and
| passed.
On motion of Mr.. Pomeroy, the Senate
took up the bill relating TO the Central
Branch of the Union Pacific railroad,
which was considered until the expiration
of the morning hour.
The franking bill being in order, it was
passed over by vote of yeas, "a; nays, q;
aud the consideration of the railroad bill
was resumed.
The discussion of the funding bill occu-
pied the entire session. An amendment
TO restrict land grants and to add sections
being rejected, the bill as amended by the
Senate committee passed-yeas 80, nays
Ii. After which the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Axtell sent to the Clerks desk a
newspaper, containing a paragraph set
ting forth that large consideration,
amounting prospectively to ten or fifteen
million dollars, had been realized by
members who put the Northern Pacific
Railroad job through. He said the para
graph had been flying around for some
time, but he was unable to trace il to its
source. 1t probably came from the South
representative of the press, in the gallery.
Such q grave charge should not be al
lowetS to pass unnoticed. He therefore
recommended that a special committee of
fifteen be selected of reporters, among the
gallery, and they be appointed to sift
these matters thoroughly, and that MEM
bers on the floor who are friendly to the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company be
closely watched. Laughter.
The Sergeant-at-Arms then appeared at
the bar of the House, having in custody
Patrick Woods, alias Rooney, who was
arrested in Richmond, Virginia, yester-
day, in pursuance of an order from the
House, and brought before the bar to
show cause why he should not be pun
ished for violating the privileges of Chas.
II. Potter, member of the House, by an
aggravated assault upon him in Rich
mOnd on the 30th of May.
The resolution under which Woods was
arrested was then read to him.
Mr.. Allison submitted a resolution that
the matter be referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary, with power to send for
persons and papers, and in the meantime
the prisoner be retained in the custody of
theS ergeant-at-Arms.
Mr.. Randall demanded division of the
resolution, as he wanted a separate vote
on the last clause. He did not think
citizen of the United States should be de-
prived of his liberty under such circum-
stances.
The first clause of the resolution was
adopted without opposition; the second
clause, demanding Woods to the custody of
the ergeant-at-Arms, was then adopted
by 10 to 80.
During the taking of the vote, Messrs.
Randall, Woodward, Holman, and one or
two others were engaged in conversation
with the prisoner, who sat in front of the
Speakers chair.
Mr.. Roots made a point of order that
the rules did not permit members to talk
with the prisoner when he was before the
bar of the House.
The Chair sustained the point of order,
and the members retired.
The prisoner was then remanded to the
custody OF the Sergeant-at-Arms.
Mr.. Kerr submitted resolution reclt-
ing that I e prisoner was poor and unable
TO employ counsel, and that the Speaker
therefore be directed to employ suitable
counsel for him.
Mr.. Dawes said he had seen it stated in
the papers that a purse was raised in
Richmond before he left there.
Mr.. Kerr had no knowledge of that.
but understood that tritling amounts had
been handed the prisoner on the street as
he left Richmond. He demanded the pre-
vious question on the resolution.
Mr,StoughtOn moved to lay the resolu-
tion on the table, but it was not agreed to.
The resolution was then rejected by a
vote of 80 to So.
On motion of Mr.. Ingersoll, the resolu-
ton was referred to the Judiciary Com |
mittee.
The executive, legislative and judicial |
appropriation bill, with the Senate |
amendments, was then taken up. Debate |
was resumed on the Senate amendment
making the pay of female clerks now en-
ployed in the Departments the same as
males of the same class.
Mr.. Davis advocated Collins substitute |
for the Senate amendment, which provides |
that hereafter in the appointment of |
clerks and other employees in the De- |
partments, there be no discrimination /
between males and females, and it shall |
be lawful to make such appointments /
without regard to sex, but the number of |
clerks shall not be increased. He ex-
plained that the Senate amendment in /
wolves largely increased expenses, as it |
raises the present female force employed |
to twelve hundred clerks, while the |
House substitute placed females and /
males on perfect equality, and opened |
the field to competition.
Mr.. Rogers was opposed to employing |
female clerks in the Departments. He |
said it grew out OF a necessity of war, and |
should be discontinued. 1t was demoral- |
iZing, and the labor performed was not |
commensurate with the salaries paid.
Mr.. Holman favored the Senate amend |
ment, and would vote for it as it stood.
MI hoiI ldNOItu paying DeLJ6T Sdidrl6s |
to female clerks. He submitted an |
amendment to Mr.. Dawes substitute, |
providing that hereafter the compensa- |
tiOn of female clerks and employees who |
may be appointed shall be the same as
that paid males of the same class. !
Adopted; yeas rs, nays rs.
The substitute as amended was then
adopted.
The Senate amendment appropriating
S5O0,O0O for the new building for the use
of the State Department was discussed at
some length, and was finally concurred in.
The Senate amendment, providing for
the extension of the Capitol grounds and
making appropriations therefor was con-
CURED in.
Mr.. Ward moved to add to the Senate
amendment, which appropriates enc hun
dred thousand dollars for expeditions to
the North Pole, like provision to the
pole. Laughter. Rejected. The amend
ment was finally non-cOncurred in.
The Senate amendment, reducing the
appropriations for salaries and expenses
of revenue officers from eight million one
hundred thousand dollars to seven million
one hundred thousand dollars, was not
concurred in.
On motion of Mr.. Dawes, it was ordered
that the bill, with non concurrence, be
sent to Committee on Conference.
The Speaker appointed Messrs. Dawes,
Niblack and Logan as the committee on
the part of the House. He said he had
formed the committee on the basis of the
principle of the disagreements between
the two Houses, which were on the
amendment relating to the new State De-