The Portland daily press., 1871-03-03

Philadelphia in favor OF the repeal of the in
come tax and a memorial of the workingmen' $
assembly ct New York for reliet from the COM
olnatlon OF large operators and TRANSPORTATION
companies to enhance the price of coal, we're
presented and referred to the Committee on
Education and Labor.
Mr.. Wiley, from the Committee on Patents,
reported without amendment the House bill
for relief OF the heirs of .Jethro Wood, the in
ventor OF the modern cast iron plow. The
House bill creating Jersey City collection
district and constituting Jersey City port of
entry was indefinitely postponed.
Mr. Scott, from the Committee on COnfer-
ence to which was referred the question at is
sue between the two houses as TO the right OF
the Senate t" originate measures repeating the
income tax, MADE report that the committee
mad failed to agree, advising the Senate to ad
here to its position and stating that no confer
ence was necessary. The report was ordered
to be printed.
EVENING SESSION.
AT the evening session bills for the recovery
OF damages for the loss of the Oneida and ap-
propriating. $18 500 for damages by federal
troops curing the war to the building and
grounds of East Tennessee University was
passed.
An omnibus appropriation bill was reported
from the committee with amendments.
A new committee of conference on the legis-
latIve appropriation bill was appointed.
Ihe River and Harbor appropriation bill
were proceeded with in Committee of the
Whole and after discussion the Senate ad
jOurned.
A resolution was adopted to pay Mr.. Conner,
representative from Texas two thousand dol
lars for expenses in defending his right to a
seat.
A bill passed to allow mileage to members of
Congress elected after the day fixed for the
first meeting OF Congress- 1t applies to menu
ul.N ho
elected from New Hampshire, Connecticut,
california and Texas, the reelected members
from other States not being entitled to mileage
Tor the session commencing next Saturday.
Mr. Wasnburn of Massachusetts, from the
Com mlttee on Claims, reported a bill to pro-
vide for board of three commissioners for the
examination OF the claims of loyal citizens OF
the late rebel States for stores OF 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 to
exist two years and take testimony and renort
its opinion in writing in each case, anG certify
the amount and value OF the property taken,
furnished or used, the commissioners rs not to he
residents of the Southern States. They are to
hold their sessions at Washington and have
tho authority to adjourn to meet for further
of their dat:cs ar such TIME and
place as they themselves shall appoint, They
are TO make report OF their proceedings at
to the Speaker of the House, who is to Law the
same before Congress; the commissioners to
have $4,000 o year and a clerk and shorthand
reporter at $500 each and mess ,nger at $1,000
to accompany tho board; the necessary and ac-
tual expenses OF travel to be- allowed and paid
on vouchers as other judicial expenses are
After brief explanation by Mr.. Washburn in
reply to some objections the bill was passed.
The Senate amendments to the army and
navy appropriation bills were non-concurred
in and Committee of Conference ordered.
The bill to divide Illinois into three indicial
districts was passed. u p
., Mr.. Townsend OF Pennsylvania, from the
Commiste on Education and Labor, reported
the following resolution:
Resoloed, That the policy pursued by the
United States towards four and half millions
Of its people suddenly enfranchised bv the
events OF great civil war in seeking to pro-
vide for their education and to render them in
dependent and self-supporting and in extend
ing to them civil and political equality, is a
source for just national pride and that the
House hereby acquits Major General Oliver o.
Howard OF the. grouDdless and causeless
charges preferred against him and does hereby
declare its judgment that in successfully or
sanlzIng and administering with fidelity and
ability the Freedman's Bureau which contrib
ated SO much to the accomplishment of the
lrst two OF these great ends be is deserving of
be gratitude Of tue American people. Adopts
I'd, l34 to 81. The vote was without exception
! patty one. rFI
Mr.. Hooper of Massachusetts, moved to sus-
pend the rules and pass the bill repeating the
income tax. Rejected, 91 to 116 (The result
was received with !aughter.) Mr. Hooper re-
marked sarcastcally that as there was evident
y majority against the repeal of the income
AK he would not move to go into Committee of
me Whole to take up the bill for its repeal
which IS on the calendar of that committee.
Mr Juilan OF Indiana moved to suspend the
%I,o a:
nance OF the Sales of public lands except under |
She homestead and preemption laws and under
he Agricultural College and bounty scrip
Rejected.
Or motion OF Mr.. Paine the resolution adopt.
I'd this morning paying $4,000 to Mr.. Connor of
Texas was rcscinded and the resolution came
lp again before the House for action. After
lebate 1t was re jected.
Mr. Dawes of Massachusetts, from the Com
mittee OF Conference on the legislative appro-
prlation bill, reported that the committee were
1nOble TO agree and stated the difficulties
which the committee had encountered. The
Senate had adopted 103 amendments to the
bill, on most Of which there was 10 difficulty
IN coming to agreement. 9
The amendments upon which the committee
had been unable to agree were few in number,
but important in character. The first was to
The Judges salaries. In addition t, the in
crease of the salaries of judges in the Supreme
Court to which the House agreed, the Senate
IroPOseo 70 raise the salaries OF all judges in
he United St~tes Courts and Supreme Court
# the District of Columbia and Court of
jlaims. The next was the proposition to erect
| State department building, which would ul.
imately cost 81 0O0, 600 $1,000 900 on the site
low occupied by the War and Navy depart
nent. He thought the Conference Committee
night have agreed ON that subject because the
State department was now in a lamentable
condition with its records nd archives exposed
% fire II the committee had not in its delibera
,nfp1r =
The building to be granite and to correspond
with the Treasury department. That provis-
ion seemed to have wonderful effect in cool
ing the ardor that existed about it, but along
with 1t was a proposition to make a splendid
park, taking in all the public grounds from the
capitol to the White House and defraying the
expenses by the sale of other public grounds
10 other parts of the citv. Another PROPOSE.
ton was to extend the capitol grounds north
and south at cost estimated at $500 00O but
which would not fall short of 81 ,OOO, 900. The
next proposition was to raise the salaries of all
the assistant secretaries, second comptroller.
register, all the auditors, commissioner OF Gus
toms, supervising architect OF the Treasury de-
partment, all assistant postmaster generals and
cem mlssioners of the general land office, PEN
slon, Indian Affairs aud agriculture to $4,000
Inc House conieres regard themselves in
structed by the common sentiment of the
House to oppose this elevation of salaries
For himself be was unwilling to enter upon
the pian OF enlarging the capitol grounds at
this time. He was unwilling to go further in
raising the judicial salaries than the House
had done Ill raising the salaries of the iudg
OF the Supreme to Court to $4,000. He was
willing, under all necessities OF the gov. rp-
meBt to a!ree to the commencement of one
wing OF the State department., to correspond
with the Treasury department. but he was not
willing TO have any fancy building erected on
one side OF the Presidents house and that mag
nihcent pile ofgranite, the Treasury building.
on the other. As to the increase of salaries Of
officials, while he was willing to increase the
salaries OF some of these officials he was not
willing to increase the salaries of all of them.
Mr. Logan of illinois objected to the extrav-
people were not going to submit to these euor-
nous burdens imposed on them by Congress.
He did not desire to attend the funeral of The
Republican party within the next two years
1t he had to do SO he desired its assassination
perpetrated by other hands. He did not want
to see the life and vitality of that party taken
from it by its own friends, by men calling
themselves Republicans, and yet they are doing
it here every day. They must stop this ex-
travagance, must cease these outrages on the
people or they are doomed party.
The conference report was adopted and a
new committee ordered. The Speaker an
pointed Messrs. Dawes Holman and CulIom
as the new conference committee on the leeis.
lative bill; Messrs. Washburpe of Wisconsin
Stevens of New Hampshire and Hale as a
conference committee on the naval appropria-
tion bill; and Messrs. Dickey, Beck and Lo-
gan as conference committee ou the army an
propriatiOnbill.
Mr.. Negley, of PENNSYLVANIA, from the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, made a report in
the matter of charges as to the management of
AcvI Inr Den L.