New-York tribune., 1872-03-26

PASSAGE OF TIE SOLDIERS HOMESTEAD BILL
IN THE nOUsE-rHE TEA AND COFFEE OF Es-
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~ THE HOUsE-rHE TEA AND COFFEE OF Es-
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iBl TELEGRAPH TO THE TRlBCS&I
WASHINGTON, Monday, March %, ls1.
ts,pote BILL OF interest to all persons who served
tle Union side in the late war; taken from the
speakers a. bic and passed in the House, to-day under
,uspension the rnles motion OF Mr.. llawley. Ii
VIII receive the Presidents signature and become law
tomorrow. The bill provides that every officer soldier
sailor or marine who served in the wal for period cX-
cecding 90 days may. i'll settling upon The public lands,
under e Homestead laws, count the period OF his ser
vice s part Of the i've years residence required TO OBJ
tam patent to The actual residence on the
lad inus be at least one year. six months are allowed
after the location O t ind before the residence upon
II must Persons discharged for N9lpus Ot
disability may have then whole period 81 'AI'slincht
counted In Ot tAc death OI person VINO W0uld DC
emitted TO thc privileges Of the act his widow II uuuar
red or minor children. ii the widow be married or dead
are EMIT led to s benefits ANY person TO whom the
bill gives the right 10 acquire idllu may Id ,c % sam
entered ana The required settlement ana re !ehce mage
hy an agent This is the most important feature OF The
hiI for p comparatively small number OF soldiers VIII
themselves become homestead settlers. Tue right to
transfer their privileges TO an agent VIII perhaps pe OF
value 10 tlcin
The whole day. after O'Clock. spent in the Senate
IN nassing liIs ISported Nv the Commerce Committee
most of which went through without word Of debate
short Executive session followed the legislative one
IN which none Of the nominations of general interest
were acted upon.
senator sherman, Chairman Of the Finance Commit
tee and Mr.. Dawes Chairman Of the Ways and Means
Committee, had long conference today on the financial
condition the Government and As TO what legislation
during the present session to he acted ON by
the two Committees. particularly in relation 10 the
Tariff The result OF the Conference may be eojceiured
from the subsequent statements 81 MI sherman m the
Senate. j. probable that that body Will at once take
mp and pass the House bill placing tea and coffee On Tie
free list.
After the introduction OF bills for reference in the
House. to-day there was the usual 6libustering 10 ex
haust the remainder OF the morning hour and prevent
vote on the Supplementary Civil Rghts bill This per
forInancc has repeated by the Democrats for the
past four Mondays, and they give indications OF
dcsistng An effort made to take the bill out of the
morning hour and make 1t special order for April TO-
Mr. Elliott moving 10 suspend the rules for this purpose
The motion lost-Yeas, %, Republicans; Nays, 7s'
Democrats. The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Depot bill came mp again, q motion Of Mr. stark
weather to suspend the rules aud it, Mr.. Garfield
who is the active opponent of the BILL gained some
converts by exhibiting plan OF the proposed park,
which would bo spoiled ii the road tracks should
ton was Iost-Yeas, ns; Nays, 62-twoihirds
not voting in the Affirmative. Much OF the sup
port Of the bill grows out of the general dislike OF the
baltimore and ONO Road entertained by members The
new road will be rival of the Baltimore and ONO, ana
j. very popular. Joint resolution offered by MI Iyner
a passed appropristng $4,000 for statue OF Admiral
Farragut, TO be PLACED in Faragut square, WASHINGTON
ittces Public Buildings and Grounds before the first
January A. first presented, the resolution re-
have limited the competition TO the TWO scupors who
have already made models for the statue-lorato stone
aud Winnie Rctm. II was amended, on motion Of MI.
Garfield 10 give time rail- American artists TO compete.
Representatives Conger SioughtOn and Sutherland OF
Michigan before the Ways ana Means Committee
this morning, urging delay III reporting the Chicago Re
lief bill in order to them time 10 lac heard IN oppo
sition it, They urged that the interests which would
be inurOusly affected by It's passage were
so great mat the measure ought 10 be
very carefully and fuzzy considered. Senator
Logan and Repre- sentative Farwcl appealed Ia the
Committee 10 take nu rdiat action. the ground thnt
if the hill passed all ought Ia bc passed AT once,
the building season beng AZ hand, and persons III Chi
cae0 proposing 10 pui up buildings having already de-
at ed making their contracts III untici
patton passage Uf the BIZ. The Committee de
ciled hear both sides On Wednesday next ana will
therefore not ash tEe House 10 act upon The bill before
Thursday.
Mr.. Pope, representing the Hazard Powder Company.
was before tLeways and Means Counte adv oeatng the
repeal the present dnty on saltpetcr He says that
there is natural salt peter found In the United States,
and that the manufactured arrie is good US the
natural saitpecr obtained from Cdcura. II IL not
probable that the duy viii be tHken on. The production
of saltpfter this country might be rsaont.l for
tiODai deente IN of ~ foreign war; and IL In be-
hcved that a. abundant supply OF inter suitable for
iis manufacture exists thf Rocky Mountains aud the
great interior desert OF btab Nov ada. ana IUoTAdO,