Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-02-27
FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
This Afternoons Proceedings,
MONDAY, February q.


were read AID placed e. tie Die.
Mr.. TrsmhUn called up the resolu'iou % nav
THE GEORGIA SENATOR'S
Nessrs. HI and Miller, their compensation
since tie Gate OF tEe!r e'Cc Ion, July - lStS
and tie contestants. MeSsrs. Whitley ana Far,
row compensation from The date o; Their ele,-
non up 10 the time thai they were declared "
the Senate not eut lied 10 their seats Passed
MT. CFsgID, from the Committee on Com
merce' reported tav0rSOiy bill to authoTI1e CON
s;rUCt!OE of
CINCINNATI aSp SOUTHERN RAILROAD.
MI NickeTs stated that. a. a minority OF tie
committee he 'iysseUted from tie report, both
%, consult 4tiOEal grounds and a. 20 eNyediCnry.
Mr.. Davis desired "a have an uulerst.p.Iny
lbat thls blil should not De taken up this week
MI. Sherman said lie would advise viii his
itIehu from kentucky a. 70 the taking up Of
MIR. Iamlin offered a resolution. which he
asked 10 lay over tor one day, that the special
committee 10 investigate outrsses IN the Soutb
be continued during the nrst session OF the Aad
Congress.
TIE POST OFFICE AUTHORIZATION BILL
vos then proceeded with the question being ON
me motion TO lay Oh the table the amendment
OF he COMMITTEE on Appropriations 70 increase
the subsidy OF the Pacihc Mail Steamship Com
pany TO one million dollars per aunum. The
motion 10 lay on the table was carried. AYES 5S
nays -. Mr.. sherman then moved AZ AN ayosns'
mert the>bll 20 suspend the construction af the
Cincinnati aud Newport bridge.
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
motion Of Mr.. Dawes, Mass the senate
amendments TO the Executive Legisla;iy, and
Judicial appropriation bill were no, agreedt 70
and Committee OF Conference was requested.
Nj: oaIseht al made a similar motion in
Was adopted.
Nh MoIreIl Pa asked leave to take from
ne SPEAKERS table and concur IN the Senate
amendment TO the Exposition of 1876 biIl
Mr. Wood lN.Y) objected
MT Garfield Chlo.) introduced a bill TO secure
equal rights 10 the medical profession of the
L hgleTTFI Al hs
Education and Labor.
Mr.. hungen (Ohio) from the Committee on
Printing, reported a resolution that ali docu-
ments ordered 70 be printed by the .lst ,,onsra~.
tor distribution among the members OF thaf
Congress and printed before December let be
distributed among the members of that Con-
gress, and the Cong ression al Printer aud oticer.
oil the House be instructed in accordance vim
the above. Adopted. -
copies Of the Agricultural! Report for ia
Io,ooo OF which 70 be printed an the German
language.
The proposition to print in German me, I.
eeisteIous opposition aud a. osterous 4 sur
port.
MIR. Sawyer (Csl) moved TO strike ont tba,
PORTION OF tie resolution, and the no;iuu gss
declared agreed 10 by 4 sir> roce vote and by !.
division. "
Several members demanded the ayes and noe.
bat Mr.. Dawes declined To Weld the tiaor mr.
ther, and the House resumed the conslderstian
OF 'VN
THE srNpRr CIVIL APPROPRIATION ELL
te.OIe II 10y suspension CT the Iules
Dir. Kelsey offered an amen iInent which U.s
accepted, app1opriatiDg s100s To enable fife
Clerk OF the House 20 pay the laborers emnloy,d
aUout the house Tie same amount VI wages as
The paragraph apprOpriating 81 30. So far
the post Office and custom house az New YorL
led TO debate upon the II amer IN which tbs
work upon that structure had been done Mr.
tarnswor;h lll) charging that the cost vase,
usyagant, and that not sufficient care w.
taheh 10 r. oteci the government in.ere-.S ami
=
Tending the appropriation.
An amendment offered by Dir. Dawes 10 in
seLt me words 'or restriction, % tina, TIE par
agraIh should limit the cost IF the coml,Ietiap
OF the building above the sill conrSs q /
$500 GOO, subject 10 other Inns Al on or re-
siI ict On, " a. adopted.
a lin. lar Amendment in relation IN fla Pa.
ton est ohice Was adopted alter a similar de- /
late.
Mr.. Bird n. y moved strike out the mar
asIanh appropriatlDg SIS, go Tor annual remains
ana improvements OF the Treasury building
Mr. Neg'ey Pa offered an smendne ni To-
relaiis Ci Il e post Office, custom house And \
oeurt house at Pittsburg, $1,000, which was /
When the paragraph appropris;iug sloo.0oo 4
ior a new public building at Trenton, y. j.. 4
Mir. Burchsrd m raised the point OF order
that there was 10 existing legislation authoriI-
ingt.
Mr.. Dawes asked permission TO make An 81,
PLANTATION, but objections was made.
Mf. hehogg Comm moved TO suspend the
rules 10 allow HIM TO make an explanation and
they we're suspended. Last wear the super
visIng architect had recommended appropris-
uoEs LOT some twenty new public buildings: the I
Secretary had cut them down 10 six or eight
and the committee had LETT them all out; but
a resolution had been adopted-a resolufiop /
asking OF the Secretary OF the Treasury vLi.b I
oil these buildings were most dem anded nv the ,
eSisencies OF the public service, and he had re-
ported the eight or ten which were in the hin 1
and some others which the committee would
oier as amendments il those in the b;ll were
agreed TO.
The committee, after insisting that the plsn, |
specifications and estimates OF the total cost |
should be submitted TO them. and having given |
the thorough and careful examination. and
limited the total amount t. be eNren,ie,i in |
each case. then decided to submit the aues,ion |
tor the decision Of the House.
MT Kellogg Comm moved that the rules be |
supended for the purpose Ut admitting the nara |
graz hs making the following appropriations for !
rev public buildings, viz: Trenton, n. u |
: .@o ST. Louis, Mo-, sIo0 900; San Francisco
Cal S2l2y'B; Hartford, Conn, $50, 900; All, |
hany, y. Y, 5000 Nashville, Tenn : POO. Gpl.
Grand Rapids, Mich, $4,000. Port Huron |
Mich:, sipooee; Quincy, H., 5000; and for the
erection OF building Tor 4 Bureau Of Ensrav- |
soc 600.
M. Dawes protect against such wholesale
MIR. Strong Conn Then the gentleman Oh
-oses his own report. |
Mr. Welker (Ohiol said the proposition in,
OWED Tue expenditure VI = million and half
The house refused to adopt the resolution OF
Nr. Kellogg.
MIR. Dawes said to test the views Of the Hou.e
he would move to suspend the rules Ia incurpo-
rate the hrst paragraph Gin relation to .Tren-
,cnI in the bill.
The rules were suspended-ayes III, nave.
land the aragraph inserted.
The paragraph in relation to the ST. Louis
custom house, post Office, &C., was ruled i'm
order under, under an existin. law, and agreed
70.
Mr.: Burehard (In.) made the same point upon
Mr.. Sargent (Cal.l moved to suspend the
lies and incorporate the paragraph in the bill, |
and the rules were suspended-ayes l2l, noes Al. |
Nr. Culiom (I!l.) made the same point on the |
!. preparation for the Bureau Of Engraving and |
L rinting.
DIR. Garfield lohio) moved to suspend the
ules. but only thirty-seyen members vot ed i'm
the Affirmative.
Mr.. Amber (Ohio) raised the came voip, NJ
order on the Hartford paragraph, and the VOTE |
oy tellers stood 80 to IS, not two-thirds yotins
m the Affirmative. s
Mr.. Strong Conn demanded the yeas and
maya.
A TERRI Bile IRON MoULD-DAyid Hooker |
Mlwsnkee moulder, met with a serious &C, |
,l9ent While handling q kettle Of moulten iron, |
.cth INST. The hook supporting the kettle gave |