The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-03-28
XLIId CONGRESS-.SECON SESSION.
SENATE.

SENATE
WASHINGTON, March pa resolution direct
in the payment of 5000, expenses for the arms
Investigating committee, was adopted.
Mr.. Howe called up the St Croix and Bay
field Railroad bill After discussion the House
amendments were rejected, yeas 16, nays 30.
Mr.. Casserly offered an amendment providing
that settlers along the road be entitled at their
option either to receive back from the United
States moneys paid on or for their lands, or
ceive eighty acres free in addition to the amount
now held by them.
,,;1 AT the expiration of the morning hour the
Dill went over
. wi. Wilson, from the Committee on Military
1a :u reported without amendment the House
Dill prohibiting the enlistment of minors in the
,nnnE.y service without the consent of their
MI. FOOL, from the Judiciary Committee re
ported without amendment the I'M ,,;,,;,,
an votes for representatives in ConpresS To he
by ballot. siess u NC
Mr.. Pratt, from the Committee on Claim,
reported bill authorizing suits in Court of CIains
for recovery of money converted into the treas.
ury, being the proceeds of northern credits de-
posted in the banks of New Orleans by the
Confederate State authorities, and afterwards
seized by order of Gen. Butler
MIR. Morrill, of Vermont, from the Finance
Committee, reported adversely on petitions of
importers of New York and Boston, to be re-
funded certain duties paid on Russia hemp.
Mr.. Fenton gave notice that he and Mr.. Bay
aru ulssenteu from the report ana would submit
their views.
The Senate resumed the House bill to repeal
the duty on tea and coffee.
Mr.. Sherman gave notice that he would ask
the Senate to sit to-day until the bill was dis
posed of.
Mr.. Sherman said that the adoption of the
amendments to the tea and coffee bill had
changed somewhat the plan of the committee.
He believed that if the Senate would now pass
the bill with the amendment the House would
concur, and there would be an end to the tariff
question this session.
Bill which had been considered in committee
of the whole was reported to the Senate, and
the amendment providing that it go into effect
the LIST of July concurred in.
Mr.. Trumbull said that having failed yester-
day in getting salt put on the free list he would
now move as an amendment the provision In
the first section of the bill as reported from the
Committee on Finance, reducing the duty on
salt one half.
Mr. Blair moved to make salt duty free He
denounced the duty on salt as most unjustfia-
BILE and oppressive. laH
Mr.. Buckingham argued that the protective
system was more beneficial to labor than to
capital Rita anne ndm.nt w.s reiootsd fs7e
Mr.. Sumner moved to amend so as to make
books in ancient and foreign languages free.
Mr.. Bayard moved to amend so as to admit
free of duty statuary and painting imported by
the owner and for sale. Lost.
Without further action the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Kelley of Penn, from the Conference
Committee on the Senate bill to provide for re-
porting and printing details, reported that the
Senate conferees had agreed to the amend
ments of the House with the modification of
the provision for advertising directing that the
advertisement for the works for 43d 44th and
45th Congresses once week for four weeks in
one newspaper in the cities of Washington,
Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Chicago, st.
Louis, Louisville and San Francisco. At
ter an explanation by Mr.. Kelley the report
was agreed to. -
The bill designating a depot in Washington
for the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad came
up. Fillibustering against the bill was resum-
ed. .-,.-.--
The House spent the day in voting by yeas
and nays on mere formal motions, without
making any progress on the bill or approaching
any solution of the difficulty.
The Speaker announced the appointment of
Mr.. Archer of Md, on the Select Committee to
investigate the affairs of the navy department,
instead of Mr. Voorhees, who declined.
Adjourned f