The Portland daily press., 1872-05-07

WASHINGTON, May Ga bill providing that
the next Federal election in Louisiana shall be
held the first Monday in November the same
day as the State election, was taken up.
Mr. Trumbull opposed the bill, as setting a
bad precedent which might be abused fol- polit-
ical purposes.
At the expiration of the morning hour the
post office appropriation bill was taken up, the
pending question being on an amendment in
creasng the subsidy for the mail service with
Brazil 60 $450,000, and providing semi-month-
ly service.
An amendment reducing the amount $780,
600 was adopted.
Mr. Window stated that the service wouId
not be performed for that sum, and had leave
to Withdraw all amendments offered by the
committee, thus leaving the item as it came
from the House
An amendment appropriatng S. $4,000 for
the post Office deficiency was agreed to-
An amendment abolishing the Thanking priv-
Iege after the LIST of next January was tabled.
Yeas 90, nays %.
Mr.. Cole offered an amendment to the hill
aappropriating $425, 1000 per annum for ten wears
for mail service between San Francisco and
Australia, but, on motion of Mr.. Chandler. II
was tabled.
The bill having been considered in Committee
OF the Whole, it was reported to the Senate
and the Senate went into executive session and
soon after adjourned.
HOUSE
A large number of bills were introduced and
referred many having to be read SO as to leave
no time in the morning hour for action on Mr.
Hooper's supplementary civil service bill,
A motion by Mr.. Dawes of Mass, to suspend
the rules and adopt rule that the paragraphs
In the tariff bill, be taken up separately:
\, MI. Eldridge of Wis, by way of sarcasm on
Messrs Kelley and Maynard, sent ND their sub
slltute for tariff and tax bill with the title SO as
TO read: TO further increase taxes and en-
courage monopoly without adding to the rev.
enue."
The readingof which Mr.. Cox of New York,
morning hour ~
A =, pail was passed appropriating $4,000 for
puiidlng Custom House at Fall River, Mass.
@ A blli was passed allowing the Marshal for
south Carolina,a gross amount of fees and costs
legally taxable during four months, from last
September.
Mr.. Wood of New York, rose to a question of
privilege, stating that he had not been at the
meeting of the Foreign Committee at the State
Depaftmentcalledb by the President twhich only
hepubllcan members were invited, and he cali
ed the attention of the House to what he con-
sldefed an invasion of their rights, against
which he protested. =,
y Mr. Banks OF Mass, did not think this a ques-
t0n OF privilege, III which the Speaker coincd-
ed.
Mr.. Banks said that Mr. Wood was mistaken
There had been no session of the Committee
but that he (Banks) had been invited to meet
the Secretary OF State at the State Department
and that Gen. Babcock's name was signed to
the invitation.
The Speaker said that if the President chooses
to invite any one to meet him at any place, he
(the Speakerl did not see that the House of
representatives had any right to interfere,
The Senate bill to fund certain liabilities of
the city of Washington, existing on the LIST of
june, 1871, and to limit the debt and taxation
of the District of Columbia, was passed.
:, The House then proceededed to vote on the
Senate amendment to the deficiency BILL
The amendment TO pay mileage to Senators
Tor the executive session, convened by q proc
lamation of the President on the 10th of Nav
1871, was nOn-concurred in.
The amendment in regard to eight honrs
work by government employees being paid as a
full days work, was after a long discussion
agreed to, and the proposition by Mr. Farms
worth to add twenty per cent. to the pay of
men who had worked ten hours was rejected,
when without finishing the amendments, the
House adjourned