Evening star., 1870-03-04
EVENING STAR.
CONGREssIONAL.
Concirsien Of Yesterdays Procee iings.

SENATE-After our reportclosed-
MT. Ferry, by unanimous consent, offered q
resoiuton, which was adopted, directing the
Secretary of State to inform the Senate what
States, up to date, have sigEifed their assent to
the hfteenth amendment, and alsoto commu-
nicate from time to time the action Of the other
States.
The question was then announced as on the
amendment to the funding bill offered by Mr..
Per cent. bonds be applied to the payment of
me hye-twenty bonds Of 1852, which was briefly
advocated by Mr.. s.
ner was merely TO give a monopoly of these new
hve per cent. bonds and the highest ones to be
issued to the holders Of the fiyetwenties of 1862
Mr.. Cameron thought the best policy was to
walt. Everything was going on well now, and
let us hold on as we are for year or two longer
Mr. Cameron, after some remarks, moved to
postpone the bill until the Sd of April.
The motion of Mr.. Cameron to postpone the
bill until April was rejected, Mr. Cameron
only voting in the Affirmative.
OF Mr.. Sumner; which was rejected-yeas ~,
nays Do
Mr. Sumner then moved an amendment tha.
the new per cent. bonds may run 20 wears, in
stead of 20, as proposed BY the committee; which
was agreed to without objection.
MI Sumner then moved that the amount of
the new per cent. loan be 500 900 O09, instead
of 500 900 900, as provided by the committee
he said the outstanding bonds Of 1862 am0 lnted
to about 1902 900 900.
The amendment of Mr.. Sumner was rejected
The Senate then, without further &C ton, ad-
journed.
HOUSE--After our report closed
HE Indian appropriation bill having been
competed, the committee rose, and the bill as
amended was reported to the House and passed
without a division.
The House then, on Mr.. Schenck's motion.
went into Committee of the Whole on the tarlff
bill; Mr.. Wheeler, of n. Y, in the chair
Mr.. Schenck said he had intended making
some preliminary remarks on the bill, but as his
colleague on the committee (Mr. Brooks) had
auro hv r,rHl ~. n
MIR. Brooks IN. W then addressed the House
at length in opposition to the pending bill. He
reviewed the course of tariff legislation of this
Government from 1872 down to the present time,
and contended that each succeeding tariff had
increased over the former one, and this he con-
demned as usury. He called the attention of
the House to the liberal policy of other coun-
tries as compared with our illiberal policy.
MT. Brooks said that at the proper time he
would oner an amendment for a tariff on twenty
hve or thirty articles which would be all sufi-
clent TO pay the debt and carry ON the Govern
ment, and 1t would relieve the people of the
burdens upon articles absolutely necessary to
life The British Government raised revenue
enough by taxing only ten articles, and he pro-
posed TO do the same thing, only he would put
in twenty-five or thirty articles.
AT the conclusion OF Mr.. Brooks remarks the
committee rose.
Mr.. Butler (Mass.) rose and reported, he said.
from the Committee on Reconstruction, a bill
for the admission Of Georgia to representation
in Congress.
=, mi. alns"oItn t1ll-) made the point OF order
that the Committee on Reconstruction had not
authorized the gentleman to make that report
The Speaker said that it was not a proper
point of order.
After some discussion, TIE question was put,
and by vira roce vote a majOrity was clearly
In favor Of accepting ii the report of the COM
mittee.
Mr.. Farnsworth demanded the yeas and nays
and wanted the House to understand that the
committee bad not authorized the report.
The Speaker ruled debate out of order.
Mr. Cox IN. y. y moved to adjourn, and sew
eral gentlemen insisted at the same time upon
having the floor, and a good deal of confusion
ensued.
The motion to adjourn was rejected by vote
OF 40 yeas to 90 nays.
The Speaker laid several executive communi-
cations before the House, and then, without fur
ther action on the Georgia matter. the House,
on motion Ga Mr.. Butler, at AS p. m, adjourned.