The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-26
C0ngresslonal Summary.
FRIDAY, March 25.

FRIDAY, March 25.
sENATE.-Howard reported a bill ex-
tending the time for the completion OF the
ported back the bill to incorporate the
Southern Trans-Continental Railway
Company. Various other bills were re-
ported. sherman introduced Joint reSO-
luton authorizing the President TO furn-
tsh steamer for q voyage into the Arctic
and appropriating 100000 to pay the nee
essary expenses: referred to the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations. Wilson intro
duced bill 10 reduce the number OF ON.
GERS and enlisted men OF the army, and
fix their pay. It reduces the army to 25,-
600 men, and authorizes the President to
discharge any officer applying for
such discharge, before Septem Der. Those
having served ten years, to receive
ing served more than I'VE years and less
than ten years, to receive one and a half
years pay anu those having served less
than five years, to receive one years pay,
&c.; authorizes him to retire on their ap-
plication, army officers who served thirty
years; allows the retired list to be in
creased to 500; abolishes the offices OF Gen.
eral and Lieut.. General, when vacated by
the present incumbents; reduces the num-
dier Generals to six, when the present In
cumbentS vacatei makes the heads OF stan
departments Colonies, when vacated by
the present incumbents. BY this bill,
the enlisted men, now numbering about
thirty-twO thousand, viii be reduced to
25 O0O by the first OF September, which
wi reduce the expenses of the army sew
eTaI millions The House bill, which was
partially adopted instead OF reducing the
believed, several hundred Thousand dol
lars. A DILL fixing the point of junction OF
the Union and Central Pacific Railroads,
was passed. Also the bill to create addi-
tional land offices in Dacotah. At one
o'clock the Senate went into executive
session on the San Domingo treaty.
HoUsE.-A resolution of inquiry as to
the expediency of extending the land laws
and Government surveys to Alaska, was
ndn
introduced, reported and disposed OF.
Randall, by unanimous coasent, had read
q letter nom ex-CongreSSman Lehman,
denying for himself the imputatiOn con-
tained in Kelley's speech of yesterday, as
to cadetship sales Kelley dIsclaimed any
predecessors as Ingersoll, Robbins and
Moore. Woodward stated that it had been
proven that Kelley's immediate predeees-
sor. Milward, sold q cadetship at West
Point for $1,000, but 1t was untrue that
Kelly had anything 20 do with 1T. Kelly
/ expressed his qualification at the state
ment of his colleague, and said that be-
| tween the time of his own election and
| the time he tsok his seat in the House,
there was notorious sale of cadetships
in his District, and be found the people
/ held him responsible for it The man that
/ he believed sold that cadetship, was the
| same man, MtlwaTd, who begged to con-
| fer an appointment upon n prOtege cf hi )
| and hucKstered the appointment through
| the streets of philadelphia, and nnally
| selling it for 81 ,0C0, and swearing he put the
| money In his pocket except that be paid
SzO0 70 nls agents, nlch MS s9ehtS ueniss S5
/ COvOde, and attempted to brand him with
| fnfamy, cheated his agent and pOcketed
/ the 81, ,Oe0. The House, at p. BI., went into
| Committee of the Whole on the Tsrtn BILL
| Allison continued his argument in favor
| of the reduction of taxation. Kelly fol-
| lowed in favor Of n protective tariff, and
| remarks were made by Sargen t, Cleveland ;
| and Schenck gave notice that he would,
| on Monday, try TO close the general argu-
| ment on the Tariff Bill. The House ad-
| jOurned at 80, to meet to-day for general
debate OnIy.