Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-15
FORTY SECOND CONGRESS.
This Afternoons Proceedings.
FRIDAY, December 70.

SENATE.-The Senate Is no, in session o-iay.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATfrES.-Mr.
Dawes, (Mass.) on leave, introduced joint reso-
ton granting six condo mned cannon to the town
of Pittsheld, Mass, for a soldiers monument.
Passed.
luton instructing the Committee on Public Ex-
penses to report to the House the expense of
printing, folding, binding and delivery 10 Con-
gress OF what is known as public documents,
and TO report a bill to abolish such printing,
foiding, binding and delivery, or to have the
same done at the expense of the members. Re
feTred to the Committee on Public Expenditures.
Several members endeavored TO obtain leave
TO introduce bills for reference, but the Speaker
declined to receive any OF them except upon the
assurance that they were of such q nature as
when they could be introduced under the call OF
states.
The regular order of business being demanded
the House proce eded to the consideration Of re-
ports from committees of
BILLS OF PRIVATE NATURE.
Mr.. Moore (Ill..) from the Committee on In
valid Pensions, reported bill granting PEN
sion TO Elizabeth York, widow of Sergeant
Joseph York, late Of the Illinois volunteers.
Passed. Also, a bill granting pension to NJ airy
F. Howe. Passed. Also, bin granting pen
granting a pension TO Richard b. Crawford.
Passed. AlsO, adversely upon a number of
private pension bills.
Mr. Speer (Pa y from the same committee. re-
Passed.
Mr. wakeman n. ". from the same COM
mittee, reported a bill granting a pension to
Elizabeth ii. Morgan. Passed.
Mr.. McCrary (IOwal on leave, introduced a
resolution authorizing testimony to he taken in
the Texas contested election case OF Whitman
vs. Herndon. for sixty days from January 1, 1872.
Referred TO Committee on Elections.
Mr.. Swami (Md.) presented three petitions of
owners OF steamboats, and other vessels in the
city OF Baltimore, protesting against the pas
nj orf
ton on vessels arriving at that port.
Mr.. Swami also presented the memorial Of
Edward Turner. of Baltimore, in relation to a
nc ating screw and portable dry dock. Referred
to Committee OIL Naval Affairs.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN CHICAGO.
Mr.. Garfield, (Ohio,) from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported a bill authorizing the
Secretary OF the Treasury to purchase the re-
mainder OF the square on which the Chicago
post Office and custom-hOuse were located
and tor the erection of a new fire. proof building
thereon, and apprOpriatng 81 900 ,000 therefor;
with an amendment providing that the cost OF
the site and building shall not exceed 900 900
Mr.. Randall (Pa.) moved to strike out the
ciarse restricting the purchase OF new site il
the remainder of the present square cannot be
purchased to within two squares of the presen;
site. He said he did this to prevent combina-
ton to gut up the price Of property against the
Mir. Holman Und.) moved to reduce the
amount to which the entire cost was limited to
two millions.
MIR Kelley PA opposed the amendment. and
said he would have been glad to have even the
amount left at four millions; he considered il
an act OF generous justice to an afflicted CITY.
Ar. Marsall (Ill.) as citizen Of Illinois repu.
dated the idea of its being as a charity, and de
mandedit Just right He contended that
there could be no combination on the property
for the Legislature of Illinois had provided fol-
The condemnation of the property.
Mr.. FarnswOrth tIll.) contended that the
amount was not an extravagant one. New
York, he said, had a custonrhOuse which cos,
81 ,O0C COO, sub-treasury that cost 81 800 600
and post Office, the first story of which hat
already cost 50 boo 900.