New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-01

CONGRESS.
1877 TELEGRAPH TO THE TnBuNRL
WASHINGTON, Tuesday Feb. Is, 1871.
In the Senate to-day the credentials OF Mcssrs Logan
OF Illinois aud Hitchcock Of Nebraska were presented
The River and Harbor Appropriation bill was reported
with amendments, from the Committee on Commerce
Mr. Conkling called up the House bill TO prevent cruelty
% animals in d,situ but the Democratic Senators con-
idered another invasion Of their cherished doctrine
"Thc Reserved Rights Of States and talked II the
morning hour An effort 10 take M the HcGarrahan bill
with an ingorious defeat The Army Appropriation
bill considered during the afternoon. hr. Salisbury
moved an amendment, that no part Of the money ap-
propriatcd by the bill shall he applied TO pay
the expenses OF troops used at elections. This
was laid the table by vote OF 40 TO
10. Mr. Stewart moved amendment direct
ing the Secretary OF the Treasury TO retain onehaf
only OF the amount due by the Government TO the Pacific
Railroads long discussion sprung up on the amend
mcnt Mr.. Edmunds expressed his appreciation Of the
action Of the Secretary in retaining the entire amount
due. II was commended, on the one hand that II the
Government continued retain the whole amount the
Companies would he Immediately crippled and, on the
other, 1t alleged that TO reverse the action OF
the Secretary would be to rclnquish all power TO exact
Of the Companies the payment Of interest Oh their guar
anteed bonda proyiso offered 10y Mr.. Sherman 10
Obyate this contingency. which was adopted The
amendment OF Mr. Stewart carried by large vote
An amendment offered by @r Scott, giving 10000 to the
National Homestead at Gettysburg; Penn, rejected
and after Executive session. the Senate took
until 30
On the Army Appropriation bill in the Senate this
evening Mr.. Mcdonald moved an amendment in effect
TO allow loyal citizens in Southern States 10 bring sut in
the Court OF Claims quartermaster and commissary
furnished taken during the for use OF the
army. motion was Immediately made 10y Mr.. Cole
Chairman Of the Committee Appropriations, 10 lay
the amendment on the table The motion was lost by
Yeas -; Nays 81 the Southern Senators, with the
exception OF Hamilton OF Texas and Osborne OF Lous
ana voting solid against II. did all the Democrats
who present, and several prominent Western Re
publican Senators. A motion 10 lay the whole hill on
the table then also lost 10y decided majority IL
was evident that the Southern Senators had made mp
their minds TO force the amendment through. Mr.
sherman expressed his great surprise that such mon
strous proposition should be received with much
favor in the Senate, aud Nj. Conkling said
10 pay the claims that would be brought
up would beggar any nation the earth To all Of this
the Southern Senators replied, THAT loyal man in the
South was as good loyal in the North" It was
very evident that majority OF the Senate favored the
amendment hut in difference TO the wish OF several Sena
tors was informally agreed Ito take the vote tomor
row. and the senate then. at ll:lO p IN, adjourned.
Tie 6ght on the tSundry Civil Appropriation bill was
renewed in the House this morning Mr.. Dawes having
unanimous consent 10 make statement in regard ~ IT,
lie said that those officials who heretofore been
disposed Ia place the Committee Appropriations in
the position OF ob,tucouts TO legislation, had their
day yesterday the House, with remarkable unanimity
having by twothrls vote put into the bill every sin
gle provision which objection was now made but,
when the House contemplated It's work, 1t shrunk from
the responsibility. and stranged lis own child ]. was
understood that Mr. Dawes by this statement, desired
70 throw the responsibility for the extrayagant eXpend
lures proposed by b laid the table yesterday
upon the se.Tetary VI Tire Treasury and the
House, and it was currently remarked on the
floor that tho supervising architect of the Treasury
Department, in his kindness Of heart, had been
willing to accommodate almost any member OF Congress
with estimates for Government building in his district
and that armed with this he able 10 get recon-
mendaton from Mr.. Boutwell,. Mr.. Dawes then moved
20 reconsider the laying the bill the table which
being carried, he moved a substitute from which had
been stricken ont all appropriations for new works not
now begun and this was adopted Ivy Of los to 9S
Afcr this the bin passed. The first motion 10 suspend
the rules was for the passage Of the Cincinnati aud
Southern Railway bill. This motion prevailed the
vote being l3l 80 g.. This Is "A somewhat pc
cuiar measure. The people OF Cincinnati desired
10 bnild road southwrd through Kentucky,
aud applied "a that State for charter The people OF
Louisville, however. have successfully opposed this, as
il turned trade from Louisville. aud the Company
10 Congress relief. This difrs essentially from
the Airline Railroad hill conference was granted on
fine South Pacific Railroad till, and its friends hope
to get IL INTO such shape that both Honses will TO
IT, An attempt To fix u o'clock tomorrow az the time
for going business the Speakers table, under the
restrictions mentioned IN THE TRIBUNE OF Monday,
failed and then Gen. Butler called up bis KuKiuX bill
Before the biz was half read, Fernando Wood moved
TO suspend tine rules for the purpose Of putting on lis
passage o joint resolution sboShng all duties ON
foreign coal. The excitement IN the House, when
tbis proposition WAS made, has not been cqualrd
this session. and though few fought the
measure desperately, and there were enough
on the floor To have DELAYED action, its opponents were
SO much dcnOrazcd that enough could not be rallied
even to demand the Yeas and Nays an adjournment
and the resolution through by vote OF iI2 to 49,
This vote Is the subject OF much discussion here tonight
and the impression that II IL be considered more
rehukc those who have caused the unnecessary ad
vance in the price OF coal by their combinations, than ~
an IMPRESSION of opinion the question Of the general
reduction the tarn The surprise OF Gen. Butler at
being thus uncercmon0usly taken OF his feet" was
very amusing As he could recover, Gen. Butler
moved tn suspend the rules Ia dispense with the
further reading the b bring It before the House and
keen il there TO exclusion Of all other orders except
conference reports aud appropriation bills, unt dis
posed Of This was agreed "a, aud after agreeing
10 several Senate amendments 10 House bills, the House
adjourned.
snow quite certain that there no hope Of the repeal
OF the Income Tal tins session, although clear majority
In both would speedily vote the tax of the statute
book, IL the opportunity were gwen. Members Of the
House who favor repeal. say that the Ways and Means
Committee alone blame for the continuance Of the
unpopular law. Since the Committee lost its charman,
IL has been drifting about like ship without a
captain, and has entirely lost the Leadership of
the House that u exercised constantly under the
management OF Gen schenck From tho most important
II has come To Of the least influential Commit
tees In House. After spending great deal ~ vain
able time IN feeble, pIrposeess way. the Committee
tame t0 halfheaIted decision in favor Of repeating the
tar some weeks ago and put hill upon the calendar,
where II has been allowed 10 teop while bill after bill
has been taken up and passed. To-day, Fernando
Wood, a Democratic member, acting for no Committee,