The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-01
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i post4office appropriation bill, filclusifnp J
Eriderreqniring the Newport and Cincinnati
bridge to be 100 feet above low-water mark,
| was passed. o. ss-2a'lfa ~
The Senate tonight adopted an amend.
ment to the post-office bill relieving the
Union Pacific railroad, and ordering Secre.
tary Boutwell, to pay it certain sums which
ne withheld from 1t under Attorney Gene.
raj Akerman's advice. ~
House.-As committee of conference was
asked on the bill for the relief Of owners OF
land sold for direct taxes in the Insured.
tionary States. - -
The omnibus appropriation bill was
| taken from the table on motion to recon-
slider.
| Mr.. Wecker, Of Maryland, said that of all
the millions appropriated by this bill the
| southern States received only about 81, OLA.
0OO, and even Of this sum, about $500. 600
was for building lighthouses to benefit
| northern commerce and northern contract.
ors.
Mr.: Amber, of Ohio, objected to debate;
and the bill was passed. The bill, Us it was
passed, omits appropriations for new
works. Among the items stricken out
were appropropriatiOns tor Montgomery,
Ala; Nashville, Tenn. Little Rock, Ark
ansas, &c. -
The committee of conference on the
| Texas Pacific railroad was ordered-ayes.
156; noes, 80. This Is considered an indi.
cation that the hill, in some shape, will
pass this session. ....-- 80,
| The Cincinnati and Southern railroad
Oil, giving the road the right to run
through Kentucky, was passed-ayes, 131 !;
Mr.. Butler made two unsuccessful at
tempts, by suspension of the rules, to get
| up the. Ruklux bill, appointing commits
sioners In each county TO take cognizance
| of outrages.
The bill repeating all duty on coal, to
take effect Immediately, was passed-ayes,
142; nays, As.
Adjourned.
The Pacific Railroad Bill i'm Con.
gress-Hnteresttng Debate Upon 1t.
! WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-In the House to.
oay MI. Logan moved that the rules be
| suspended and the House agree to q con-
ference committee on the Southern Pacific
railroad bill.
| Mr.. Randall preferred that the House
should insist on its amendment to the
Senate bill by which the land grant was re-
| duced from $4,000, 600 acres to liz, 900 ,OOJ.
| Mr.. Logan said that he much preferred
the House to the Senate bill, and had so
voted, but courtesy on the part of the
House toagTee to the conference was asked
by the Senate.
| Mr.. Randall Does the gentleman think
that 1t is an act of courtesy on our part to
give away thirteen million acres of public
land additional
Mr.. Logan That is not the question.
| The only question is whether the House
will accord committee of conference. My
own opinion is that this is the only way
that the bill can be got through at this seS-
sion. think that the Senate is, perhaps,
in its own opinion, as fixed as the House Is
In its, and there should be some kind of
comfy between the two Houses. NY own
notion is that it is better for those interest
ed in the bill, and who desire Its passage,
to have committee of conference than to
take any other position at this time.
| Mr. Banks said there would be no objec-
| ton to the course proposed by Mr.. Randall
if there were time to carry it into effect !;
but there was not time to get return from
the Senate on the question of its receding
from its disagreement to the House amend
ments.
| Mr.. Randall: 1t will not take more than
| five nlinutes-jjust as long as it will take the
! clerk to walk over to the Senate chamber.
Mr.. Banks: But the Senate would have
| to act on it.
| Mr.. Randall: Let us make a struggle to
| keep the land grant down to thirteen in
stead of twenty-six millions acres.
| Mr.. Banks: We have entire control of
the question. l understand, as the gentle
man does, that the House is not disposed
to take the Senate bill. The committee of
conference will be governed by the views
Of the House. and the House will have the
power to control the action Of the commit
tee. For myself, l feel free to say that
/ thoro 10 nt yphutouor rhnf tnp
Senate bill will be passed by the House.
! Mr.. Randall: prefer to keep the bill
where it will require a two-third vote to
get at it.
MIR. Banks: That is, to defeat the bill.
| Mr.. Maynard: Perhaps the gentleman
would prefer to keep the bill out alto
gether.
Mr.. Randall do; but / know that its
passage is inevitable, and prefer it to pass
in the shape of grant of thirteen millions
acres, rather than twice that. My object is
to keep the House bill as it is.
a conference committee was ordered
ayes, 1856; hayes, so.
Temporary Failure Of the KukIux
| Commissioner Bali.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-In the House to-
! day three RepubIicans-Me Farms
worth, Fitch, and Wilkinson-voteda against
Buffers motion to take up the bill appoint
ing commissioner in every county in the
southern States, with extraordinary pow
ers, to investigate outrages. A change of
one Of these votes would have given the
majority Of two-thirds requisite to taking
the bill up.
| The Weather Report.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Ofice Chief Of.
fcer Of Signal Bureau, 1885 p. M.-The
storm centre yesterday evening over the
State of Maine has entirely left our coast.
Fair and clear weather with fresh winds
and Gulf coasts. An increased pressure
has spread over the southern States and
Atlantic coast. This is succeeded by a
rapid fall, which is already felt from Louis
| lana to Ontario and throughout the entire