The Portland daily press., 1871-02-21
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TO THE DAILY PRESS.
XLIst OONGRESs---Third Session.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20-Tbe Senate met at
II o'clock a. N. when motion to adjourn was
defeated.
Mr.. Conkling, from the Judiciary Commit
tee, reported favorably the House bill to guard
che purity of elections. He said this was q bill
to defend the ballot box against frauff and pra-
cy and he gave notice that he would soon ask
the attention of the Senate to it and would
then appeal to the friends of the bill to stand
by it until a vote was reached.
The Senate took up the legislative appropri-,
alton bill and tue debate was continued upon
concnrriDg in the amendment reported from
the COmm tee Of the Whole.
Mr.. Fowler read speech in behalf of more
cOuciliatOry policy towards the South and in
defeuce of the Southern loyalists.
Mr.. Blaine speke of the failure of the gov
ernment TO furnish arms or means of protection
to the unionists of the South.
The amendment increasing the judicial sala-
rles and repeating that part of the law regulat
ing. evidence iu the Court of Claims which
makes the possession OF pardon proof OF dis
loyalty,were concurred in. The vote on the lat
ter resulted in tie, q to q, and was deter
mined afrmatively by the casting vote of the
Vice President.
After acting on further amendments and
agreeing to take ii oai vote on the bill at five
O'Clock to o'moirow the Senate adjourned
HOUSE.
Bills we're introduced and referred as follows:
~ NIL VI MdSSdCuuSettS, TtsUiu
tons of massachusetts in favor of ship owners
OF the United Stat IS; by Mr.. Van Wyck of
New Yoik, to punish the printing or depusit-
ing IN he mails of countelteit treasury notea,
bank bills or fractional currency; by Mr. Bur
chard OF illinois, to encourage and ard the es-
tablishmeut cf Tree schools throughout the
United States, setting apart the proceeds OF
the sale OF public lands for that purpo.e; by
Mr.. MunRea of Oh o. for inquiry 10 re erenc.
| to the morigaglus by The Central Pacii; rail-
n ,ns rayt. t,vG 1,,N VI
Trumpof Ohio 10 relation 10 the non pay me l. t
| by the New York Central E. r Co. of the tax of
5 DER cent. upon its issue, recitins the facts 10
| the case and the distrpst which the nou-en-
forcement Of .he tax has caused in the public
mind as 10 an equal, b0nest and impartial ad-
minstration OF the revenue laws, requesting
the Commissioner of Internal R+vepue to en- :
force the collection of this $1,151 800, leaving
the liability OF the company 10 De determine d,
| as in the case of individuals, by the proper au
| tho tiles Of the government.
The bill reported from the Committee on
| Foreign Atfais on Friday last, authorizing the
President OF the United States to appoint a
| joint commission to establish a northwestern
| boundary line was taken up.
| Mr.. Swami, of Maryland, who reported the
| bill, explained the necessity for its passage.
Mr.. Banks OF Massachusetts, advocated the
passage OF the bill and expressed great doubt
whether the high commission would ever con-
| cede that territory t.. the United States. The
| bill was passed, 122 to r.
The dispatch announcing the safety of the
Tennessee was laid before the House by the
Speaker and afforded general satisfaction.
M. Dawes report ted snndry civil service bills
which were made The special order for to NOR
row. The bills appropriate about $50 0O0, 900,
iLcluding $4 100000 for pensions, uuder the
reecLt law grantiUg pensions to surviving SOL
| dIers of the war of 1872
The House then proceeded to the report Of
the Judiciary Committee on the McGarrahan
| claim.
Mr.. Cook Of Illinois, modified the resolution
offered by him last Saturday so as to make it
| read:
Resolved, That in the opinion of the House
there Is no sufficient evidence that either w m.
Garrahan or the Tdria Mining Company has a
| title. eiILer legal or equitable, 10 the land
| known as the Pauoche Grande, in the State o.
| California, aud that such proceedings be at
once Instituted as will recover the possession
of the same aud assert the title of the United
| States therein
Mr. Peters of Maine, closed the debate, and
havlog rejected, 100 to 104, Mr.. Cooks resolu-
1 ton lG was refused, 70 TO 125, to lay the whole
subject on the table and the House adopted
| llO to VI, the substitute resolution from the
minority committee.
The substitute directs the Secretary of the
Interior to cause the record OF the patent oI
the Panoche Grande to be transcribed iptp the
records the same as il stood on the record book
| OF the geuera land OGce at the time it was ex-
amined, without any nterIipe alton or erasure
whatever, so the legal effect Of the record SO
transcribed shall be the same as il the original
record had never been interfered with or mutt
lated, and authorizes and requires the Ptesi-
dent of the ULited States to do in the premises
whatever may in his judgment be Just and
equitable without regard to any action or pro-
ceeding had subsequent TO the 14th of March
1868. the date of he parent.
Mr. Dickey of Pennsylvania, then moved to
lay the whole subject on the table. Negatved,
90 to 103.
Mr. Bingham of Ohio, moved te reconsider
| the voIe py which bs substitute was rted to
and also that the motion 10 reconsider be laid
on the table. The latter motion in partial
form making the vote irrevocable, was agreed
| to- 100 to 81
The Joint resolution (Mr. Bipgham's substi-
tute) was theu passed, 95 to 81.
The mUtion to reconsider it was lad on the
table, the House refusing to order either teller;
or yeas or nays on the vote as demanded ~