Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-24
Forty-Second Congressional Session
WASHINGTON, D. C., May %.
SENATE

SENATE.
Judge Trumbull, from the senate com.
mltiee OF the judiciary, reported adversely
on the bill relating to the resignation of Judges
OF courts of the United States, but Mr. Hamiin
had 1t put on the calendar. IL will only apply
If passed now, TO Judges Ware, of Maine, and
Sprague, of Massachusetts.
MIR. Morrill,, of Vermont, secured the passage
of bill authorizing the Railroad national bank
OF Lowell to change its location whenever the
stockholders representing three-iourths of the
capital of said bank at a meeting called for
that purpose, determine to make such change:
the president and cashier shall execute a certif-
cate under the corporate seal of the bank speci-
lying such determination, and shall cause the
same TO be recorded in the Office of the con.
tIoier oil inc currency; and thereupon such
change OF location shall be effected, and the
operations OF discount and deposit of said bank
shall be carried on under the name of Railroad
national bank OF Boston, in the city Of Boston.
Mass. The bill goes to the house.
The senate went into executive session at a
quarter past twelve on motion of Mr.. Cameron.
chairman of the committee on foreign relations
TO consider the supplementary article to the
treaty of Washington. Although some well in
formed persons think that the sentire negotia-
tons will fall to the ground, the general opinion
is that the supplementary article amendment
will he recommended and then ratified
At $40 adjourned,
After some preliminary business the house
went into committee Of the whole on the sundry
civil appropriation bill. The items of appropria-
ton for this district excited much discussion as
usual, butthe committee was generally sustained
The item appropriating 100000 for paymen: of
bounty, prize money, ETC., to colorcd soldiers
excited much discussion and opposition from
the democrats.
Mr.. Cox moved to reduce the appropriation to
fifty thousand dollars.
Mr. Garfield, Mr.. Hale and others charged
that the democrats by this course showed their
opposition TO paying the coOred soldiers the
amounts legally due them and they wanted the
country to understand that fact.
Ii the amendment should be agreed to in
committee of the whole, MIR. Hale said he would
call for vote by yeas and nays in the house
and put the democrats on record there as OPP
posed to this Just payment OF debt.
At fifteen minutes of two O'Clock message
was received from the president announcing the
approval of the amnesty bill.
Mr. lloar immediately moved that the com
mittee OF the whole rise, in order that Mr.. Sion
II. Rogers, a member elect from North Carolina
whose disabilities were removed by the bill /,
might be sworn in. The committee rose, and
MIR. Rogers took the oath Of office.
This makes the representation in congress
complete, every district in the United States be-
ing now represented.
Tie proposition TO reduce the appropriation
Tor the lfeedmen's bureau was amended, and the
item was agreed to as reported by the commit
tee, i provides that the bureau shall expire as
an independent organization on June &c. 1872,
and that all records shall be turned over to the
war department.
Mr., Coburn offered an amendment to the APP
preparation bill TO pay $1,000 for transcript of
the Buell. court martial proceedings, and in con-
nection with il spoke of his having taken ground
IN military committee not to take verballtesti.
mony as to the contents of the missing record ;
iof that reason, hired slanderer in the New
York Tribune had stated that he (Coburnl was
opposed to the admission OF testimony of the
reporter Immediately on fudng that Pitman
had possession Of the notes, he sent for him
without the request of anybody, without any
action OF the committee lie therefore branded
as utterly aud aDominaby false the report pub
lished by hired slauderer who occupied a scat
in the reporters gallery, and who had once