New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-08
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

HOUSE OF REPREsESTAfIYEs.
Mr. HOOPER CRep., Mass), from the Com
mitee appointed by the House to join Ike Committee
on the part Of the 70 wait the President ana
inform him that Congress was In session ana ree1y 10
eeive any communication he might make, reported tat
the Committee had discharged that duty, and t2t the
President said lie lad no communication 20 ahe az
In the course Of week, and expressed the deere ss
during the present week no day should DC h1ed or S
MI BURDETT rep, NoJ pre.ented tts Claim o. ~.
Boies to seat 90 isoa inc ih ,oyo t
the matter be- referred to tho Committee on Eeeois'
A0'F''1' APPOINTING COMMITTEES.
rfr EIBLACK Dem, md, as gHes, on OF rrlysp =,
once TO tho appointment or the Committees OF tho
Nj. POLAND Gsep. VIZ submitted that that was not
The SPEAKER decided that it was not, but said that
he was very glad II vas onefeo' anu tn'' Ho "ou e
' Mr. iSrBIAC stated that he was not In favor Of Con-
gress entering general businofe He wac 10 favor
OF the earliest adjournment but lie belle ed mat tAte
Ro Re TarR amf is other
officers, that same reason 0ppIcd as wei 10 nc Us
ton OF the Committees OF fife House lie submitted that
there s no propriety Ia Congress meeting on the an on
merely to elect It's Speaker and other officers aud then
adjourn Tho HOus to-day in tho position OF ha-
organized army having coininandei-it NY 10 ~
were nun OF election which sont DC decided
at an early period OF the Conges instead OF ei -
generally the case, to the ciose OF toi,gSs "a s
greatly 10 the expense. He considered important a.o
that members should know 90 an early dSy 70 Th.' CON-
nittee they were aSsi Shed 30 Ibsc Vo. ne ,c
themselves familiar with the general business u SUCH
The SPEAKER stated his views on the subject he ne
said that two years ago 1t w2s s0t Or IL day5 aer
| lie standne Committees, aud he porsrafet th-s
even the announcement was in maDY respects prena,
| ture He would have been very glad then 20 nave lu
the opportunity Of becoming better aequahtel WIN tno
antecedons position eharaeteI db aim ne tbo 20
avofd some mistakes which possibly ocGur1ou' AZ ~; %;
IT, predecessors OF members and he had not been
able to acquaint himself with the personal ca8raetsr,
Ihe decided manifestation OF the House on saturday
in favor Of al early adj 'unment u was not hs Hr3oi
Standing Committee until tho DeeembaI session, Visf
the exception Of the CoUmittec or Election, ..eGe
Accounts and Pubic buildings for the appontment q
which four commit oes there Was specihc n sy II
world from that stand point regard IL decidedly NIX
pedent 20 announce the stanhhg COMM. W 81,
present session. but OF course he wa subject % e ere'
MI cox T1er, " " believed that II thoso Commit.
work for them They ought 10 baye "Tarh h-Iornf
thew ought TO give some Istle adnonit0n % ZIG 5efe-
ary Of The Treasury rs 70 certain matters; Tie Shipping
interests should attended to. Tne moment the Com
mittecs appointed the houe vodld De al aslei'
| aud would he kept here Until May. lie, tlorc-9io,
thought the sugye ion OF the Speaker em.nehty Wis
lie would not wait nero for anything 70 come ron eao
Domingo elsewhere but would Keep Voas 70 aoJouih
uI Mr. Ell DkEpGE GDsn Wis agreed substantially in
what his colleague NibackD had said and thought there
| tons Men6crs OF the House should know at as carly
n day as possible, on what committees tg Httc -
"a.
such comnittces He not M favor OF general e-is
lntion de did noi know that ne county hec,t
it. There were some matters ieit undoho " u'e "S'
COngIesa which ought 10 have Deem aone. -, 49,,
Mr. DAWES Qsep, Massl hope.i tlat NJ M Hi ,3
! would Withdraw his resolution. He admitted mat IL
CoLg,v, itsI,fi II would he gbaoutely necessary
to nave the Committees appointed; but tae house hsH
with great uHamiy, decided On saturday that Al WoL.i
| eaton that IL the senate did not agreo TO adj
! iourn ON Wednesday, it would agree to adj
ittees were now appointed, the House would puase
at once general legislation aud did not ceeu 10 ni
that there any occasion ior that %o
tend that direction lIe was orc q hos " 10 yetel
have been bettr for Congress NOT 10 Ileet uu De'e
her, according 10 ordinary cueton for % many years;
The meeting n AaIeh lae p5en app0 cd a tr & -
trusted that the law for that purpose would he repeated
II the committees were appoln'ed now aau "a ~ ,rn
1t impossible to iel when Congress coala ayoaia
He hoped that Mr.. Nlblack would |ithdla" the e'o'H
M WHEELER Rep. n. " moved to lay the resolu
sdr D tbe " d IS ~ state of tie public business
Congress AT the last had passed tie AppFoPra
~ p' o. 49, n - new cateer ~ Ie,islg ton OF that
kind All Of the great interests of the country fu ne
ne deat win Int questions OF finance questions Of rcy
nue. questions OF Tariff the ordinary leSslnlo OF .'o
country, hc woud be content 10 ADJOURN ~ o.,y p -,
House eSul not SI"t s ocrh e mart OF the country
which called for eislation TO enable the Ilesluene ~
CITY SGt tS 5 nToSey lie desired 10
other legislation nut trusted that wac ~ w.. % tas
condition thing that the President h. -
sire fhat Congress should not x the day oi
during the week lie agreed tht tTse Tor The mr.
appoint the general committees ' ttossitnn bnt no
pose of going into general hs's" ,,,ro ., -,
IN would be false 10 its duty " t.e i -, ,bS
dutv IN the Constitution, II II bP'uF.co ~ ~, -, 49,,
I t overless TO correct this state oil alfs ia te
South In this connection ne sent 10 't' Sla'H '
he read report made 70 Se t. p ~, sati. TINT
~ ns ouufy since the l9th of Ootobrtl lS'o heIe
Ia Iesn a Judge Probate, Nonoy POWELL y hei'o'r
- the House oil Representative Na.e a. ~. ~. - a.,
81 tI leading RI pibcans killed; Ia one dy opintn
"a "nueu VCrc brulaily whipped, and Inaltfo$.o ana
10 p@rsons driven fiOm their lonesi lhl i onioa
heen killed, H. men taken from JAZZ aIu sIo. VI
and about IS barbarously seouigeu ahu SihPPou' "u
relating similar outrages I'D span '"is0u'e' '""' ~ nv
per EN- re.Gny 81 the document interrupted by
Mas lot ant 10 the resolution peoie te HOUSE.
] The SpEt X l.n sustained the POINT Oh OIdet,
| Mr. NIBLACk Dem. 1nd) offered TO Withdraw tho
The SPEAKER expressed preference TO have tho
| T.uso vote up0n the motion 10 lay II On The tabN.
The question was aseh' anu the e'oiu''oh WIS iuo ."
ON motion ui Alr MARSHALL Q)eul, LID, a ih 10 re-
move the 30 c dsabilitlssof John H. Ham, os Jas-
Mr. MARSHALL then asked 10 have daotber bili
! uasscd cstab lshng a post route in Illinois. 80.
MI -. 49, a,.a H. ,,,Ie -, ,Ee s,,l pr,, ecsf from
! murder he did not want Post Route bls
| Mr.. COBUKN u.er. Ind gave notice that be Would
Introduce the following bills for action THIS acSson \
| I'm 10 encourage immigration and protect nl;anSRs,
aud FOR National Bureau Of IDlnigratlon vi 10 pre-
| vide for the app rtionment OF the NLltd. Con
lands Union sUldrs aud Oil providing Tor The re
J ductiol OF the duty salt 50 pei cent
N, ,n"itoY p,ssed to-elay for i,. .np.1nt,n,ut OF
COMMIT International Congress Pcnten-
tiary and Reformatory Discipline was sassed Adjourned
J I'LL Thursday.