The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-04-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, April 2G.
SENATE.

The Goat Island bill was laid befor'
the Senate by the Vice President ant
read once.
Mr.. Cole objected to the second read
ing.
Mr. Corbett called up the bill declar
ing the citizenship OF persons born IL
Oregon Territory and now residing IL
the State Of Oregon.
Mr.. Kelly explained that it was io'
tended to apply to persons born unde
the British flag.
Mr.. Casserly objected to the bill oil
the ground that it assumed that th'
claim of the United States to the Ter
ritory of Oregon prior TO the treaty
with England was questionable.
Mr.. Scott offered resolution limiting
debate on appropriation bills to five
minutes tor each Senator on each mo
ton and asked it's immediate considera
ton.
Mr.. Blair o!iected and it went over
Mr.. Cole made report from the
Committee Of Conference on the leglsla,
tive appropriation bill. He explained
that the committee had omitted the
provision 10 reference TO the salary oi
Judges Of the District Of California
had fixed the salaries OF Justices o.
the Court Of Claims at $1,000 and had
made no increase in the salaries Of the
United States District Judges.
Bills introduced-To equallze pro
motion among the officers i'll the army
providing tina: the promotion OF com
missloned officers shall be lineal up tc
and including the grade OF colonel in
cavalry, artillery and infantry; granting
right OF way to the Jacksonville and
St. Augustine Railroad Company; also
appropriating $25, 900 for the erection
of naval hospital at Pensacola.
Mr.. Ramsey, from the Committee on
Postofiices and Post Roads. reported a
Till directing the Postmaster General
to increase present steamship mail SER
vice to Brazil to monthly servi"e tor
ten years at a cost to the United States
not exceeding $450000 per annum.
Mr. Carpenter called tor the yeas and
nays and the report was concurred III;
yeas SO, nays l2.
Unfinished business-The deficiency
bill was then taken up. The pending
question was on conCuIring In the
amendment made in Committee OF the
Whole, to legalze the pay Of the men
in the Government workshops, under
the eight hour law.
Mr.. Wilson advocated the amend
ment. He denied that the eight hour
law experiment had proved failure,
and insisted that it should have fair
trial.
Mr.. Morton, too. denied that the ex,
pertinent had failed, and said he had
good reason to believe in the Spring
field Armory the result had been an
increased amount of work over what
had been done in eight hours under the
old system.
The section was finally adopted in
about the same shape as it came from
the House, providing that the account
ing officer shall allow to all mechanics,
Iaborers and workmen in the employ
of the United States, from June, 1868,
to May, 1869, the amount of any re,
duction OF their pay during that period
by reason OF the reduction in the hours
OF labor.
The question was then taken on con
curing in the amendment Of Mr..
Morrill,, limiting the jurisdiction OF the
Court of Claims, which was non-con-
Cured in by ayes % to noes 20.
Mr.. Corbett moved as an amendment
his bill comforting citizenship upon all
the residents Of Oregon who were born
there. Adopted.
Mr.. Stevenson moved an amendment
providing for the payment OF the Ken
lucky war claims, amounting to over
$5O0,0OO. He censurci the action OF
Secretary Boutwell, in refusing to pay
the claim after it had been certified a.
correct by the War Department Off
cials.
Mr.. Morton expressed his willingness
10 treat Kentucky with generosity and
pay what was justly due. He said il
Mr.. Thurman would bring in separate
bill similar 10 the Missouri or West
Virginia bill he would cheerfully vote
for it. but an appropriation bill was nc
place for measure of this kind. lie
therefore moved to lay the amendment
on the table. Agreed to.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen made a motion
to reconsider the rejection of Mr.. Nor
rilrs amendment, and pending action,
the Senate, at $50, went into executive
session and afterward adjourned