Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-09
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

Conference, to which was referred the ques-
ton at issue between the two Honses as to
the right of the Senate to originate the mea-
sure repeating the income tax, made a re-
port that the Committee had failed to agree,
advising the Senate to adhere to its position,
and stating that no further conference is
necessary.-The Deficiency bill was then
considered as in Committee of the Whole,
and various amendments reported from the
Committee on Appropriations, reducing the
items, were adopted, including an amend
ment making the total cost of the new Post
office and Sub-Treasury buildings at Boston
81 500, 900, and also limiting the advertise
ment of mail contracts letting to one news
paper in each State.-Cole reported a new
amendment, making an appropriation for
clerks and messengers in the Offices of the
Assistant Treasurers at Baltimore and New
Orleans. Agreed to.-Howe moved an APP
preparation to provide for collecting, trans
lating, and publishing all documents relat-
ing to the early history of the West, COM
mencing with the discovery of the great
lakes, in 1869, and including the explora-
tions of the Rocky Mountains in 1882.
Agreed to. The bill then passed.-The
Senate insisted on its amendments to the
appointed the following Committees of Con-
ference: On the Army bill-Cole, Thayer,
and Blair. On the Naval bill-Sprague,
Cragin, and Stockton.-The Fertilization
bill was taken up and passed without
via 90 SAO
In the House, on the I'd, Ingersoll offered
a resolution to pay to Conner (Rep.), from
Texas, 81 900 for expenses in defending his
right TO his seat. Adopted.-Washburn,
of Massachusetts,, from the Committee on
Claims, reported the bill to provide for a
board of three commissioners for the exami-
nation of the claims of loyal citizens in the
late rebel States for stores or supplies taken
or furnished during the rebellion for the
use of the army, including the use and loss
of vessels or boats while employed in the
military service of the United States. The
commission is to exist for two years. After
a brief explanation by Washburn in reply
to some objections, the bill was passed.
The Senate amendments to the ArmyEand
Navy Appropriation bills were non-concur-
red in, and a committee of conference or
dered.-Bingham, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, reported the bill to divide the State
of Illinois into three judicial districts, and
it was passed under a suspension of the
rules.-Townsend, from the Committee on
Education and Labor, reported a resolution
acquitting Gen. o. o. Howard of the charges
Freedman's Bureau. Adopted.-Wash-
burn, of Wisconsin, moved to suspend the
rules and pass the bill to authorize the
restoration of James Belges to the rank of
Major and Q-uartermaster in the army.
! Agreed to.-TheS Senate bill to remove po-
litical disabilities from several citizens of
Kentucky was passed.-The River and
Harbor Appropriation bill was then pro-
ceeded with, and after the adoption of a
number of amendments, the bill was pessed.
Adjourned.
The session in both houses, on the Sd,
was long and exciting. In the Senate nu-
merous bills were introduced, and some of
them passed, while others were referred or
indefinitely postponed@.The Southern Pa
ciic Railroad bill passed by a very close
vote.-The Cincinnati bridge bill passed by
a vote of 33 to 20.-The bill to provide for
three Judicial districts in Ohio and one in
| Illinois was lest.-At the evening session
the Senate took up the army appropriation
discussion.-The report of the conference
committee on the deficiency, river and har-
Dor, and naval appropriations, submitted
their reports, which were adopted.-At 2:2O
a. m. the Senate was still in session, with the
omnibus bill still under consideration.
In the House, the report of the conference
| committee on the Southern Pacific Railroad
bill was agreed to.-The House joint reso-
luton constituting the act IF July Is, 1870, so
as to admit free of duty animals specially
imported for breeding purposes from the Do
minion of Canada, was passed.-The con-
| ference committee on the fertilization bill
made a report, which was agreed to-
| Banks moved to concur in the Senate amend
ments to the House bill relating to tele-
| graphic communication between the United
States and foreign countries. Agreed to-
The Senate bill to pay 81 500 to George
Wright, as a royalty for a patent linch-pin,
was taken up anu DdSS6us-1n6 SENATE Oil
to provide for the redemption of copper and
other token coins was aiken up and PASSED.
1.-The Senate bill in relation to the Selma,
Rome and Dalton Railroad Company, Ala
bama, for a certificate of land which should
have been issued before the war, was taken
up and passed.-The resolution to pay
Thos. Baird, of Georgia, $1,000 for contesting
the seat which he was not entitled to, was
reported from the Committee on Elections.
and passed.--At the evening session the
conference report on the Post Office appro-
/ priation bill was made and agreed to-
After an animated discussion, the conference
report on the army bill was also agreed to.
The Alabama Railroad bill was taken
from the table and passed with amendment.
The conference report on the legislative
appropriation bill was agreed to after a long
and exciting debate upon the subject-The
report of the conference committee on the
river and harbor bill, and the deficiency and
naval bills, was agreed o.-A 2:20 a. m.
the House is still in session, waiting for the
omnibus bill to come from the Senate.
At 2 o'clock a. ~, on the 4th, the
Senate was still in session, considering the
omnibus bill, portions of which were agreed
to.-The bill repeating the duty on coal
was again brought up, and again received its
defeat.-At 5 o'clock a. m. the Senate took
a recess until 1890 a. m.-The bill appro-
priating SIC, 900 to pay for the destruction of
the Hospital of the Sisters of our Lady of
Mercy at Charleston, S. c., was agreed to.
The President notified the Senate tina
he had no further communication to make.
The hour of IL o'clock, the time fixed by
law for the expiration of the session, arrived,
when the Vice-President addressed the SEN
ate as follows: Thanking the Senators for
your approval of my official course which
you have placed on your records, l declare
the third session of the Senate of the United
States of the Forty-frst Congress adjourned.
The time fixed for the assembling of the first
session according to law of the Forty-second
Congress having arrived, the Secretary will
call the roll of names of the Senators elect,
who will present themselves in front of the
Vice Presidents chair to take the oath of
office."-Ina accordance with the invitation
| of the Vice-President, the organization of
the Senate was proceeded with, and the fol-
lowing new Senators came forward and took
the oath of office: Anthony, of Rhode
Island Caldwell, of Kansas Cragin, of New
Hampshire Fr~elinghuysen, of New Jersey
Ferry, of Michigan; Hitchcock, of Nebraska;
Kelley, of Oregon Logan, of Illinois; Nor
riL, of Maine; Robertson, of South Carolina
Stevenson, of Kentucky Salisbury, of Della
ware Cooper, of Tenness e; Wilson, of Mas
sachusetts; Wright, of Iowa; Window, of
Minnesota; West, of Notwithstanding
tees of notification to the President and
House of the organization of the Senate were
| then appointed.--At I:I5, the Senate ad-
journed till IL o'clock on Tuesday.
The House continued its all-night session
until five o'clock in the morning. The ses-
sion was decidedly the stormiest of the sea-
son.-Finally, at $3.50 o'clock, the omnibus
bill came over from the Senate with an enor-
which were read. Concurred in.-A recess
was taken until 10 o'clock.-The House re-
convened at 10 o'clock a. m, and the Speaker
presented several Executive communications
among others a message from the President
vetoing the House bills, and which was re-