, 1872-12-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

property during the war.
TEMPERANCE.
Mr. SHERMAN, from the Finance Committee,
reported the bill Of A1r: PomeroE, prohibiting
tho sale of liquors in the District Of Columbia,
and moved to refer the subject to the Judiciary
Committee. The Finance Committee VAS N
favor Of a law Imposing penalty for the benefit
Of the wives Or creditors OF drunkards Is upon
those who sold them liquor, but thought it rath-
or question Of morals than finances.
Er. POMEROY said the Judiciary Committee
Was not q committee On morals.
l1r. SHERMAN" Not exactly; but it is
committee on laws"
Mr.. CONKLING opposed the reference to the
judiciary Committee, and asked whether the
question did not belong to the Finance Commit
tee.
After eome discussion, the Senate refused to
discharge tho Finance Committee from conald-
Grafton Of the subject
BILLS REPORTED.
Mr. gHERMAN-To authorize the Secretary
Of the Treasury to issue coupon bonds and e1-
change registered bonds. The bill 1eads as fol-
lows:
Be- it enacted, dc That the Secretary Of the Treas
uy be, and be is hereby authorized to issue coupon
the expense be paid BY the thereof under such
regulations the Secretary Of the Treasury enaA pre-
es 6s RgsSg a tns nor e1Rs s
advanced On the bonds 50 exchanged.
Mr. CAAlERON-To authorize the President
to release the Empire Of Japan from the pay
~4A"~A Ness~@
under the Convention Of 1864.
LAND TRANSFERS.
Mr. HARLAN introduced bill transferring to
the Exora, Denison l. Sioux City Railroad Com
for, vested in the Cedar Rapids 4 Missouri
River Railroad Company, by the acts OF May
Is, 1855, and June q, 1864, to any public lands
lying within twenty miles Of the line between
Denison and Onawa City, iowa. Referred.
DIRECT VOTE. ,
NJ, cot n nffara1 resolution directing the
judiciary Committee to inquire into the e1ped1-
ency Of 80 amending the Constitution as to pro-
vide for the election Of President and wee
President and United States Senators ~ tha
direct vote Of the people. Adopted
BOSTON RELIEF.
mr. SHERMAN, from the Committee On FL
nance, reported the House bill for the relief OF
the sufferers by the Boston fire, and stated that
the Committee WAS equally divided on the sub
ject. The bill was placed on the calendar.
THE CALENDAR
Of business was then taken up: Most Of the
bills upon it we're passed over. The bill relat-
ses in the United States Court, was indefinitely
postponed; also the bill to provide for tbs erec-
ton of public building In Quincy, Illinois.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE.
ment Of Mr. Stevenson, OF Kentucky, a. mem-
ber OF the Board Of Regents Of the Smithsonian
Institute, IN place OF Garrett Davis, deceased.
The bill to authorize the construction OF q
bridge across the Ouachita River, at or near
Arkadelphia, Kansas, passed; also, the bill to
provide for the removal Of the sunken wreck
obstructing the channel of Sandy Hook.
At 8 O'Clock the Senate went into Executive
Session, and soon after adjourned
HOUSE,
NEW BILLS.
Bills we're introduced and referred authorizing
Collectors to grant special orders for unloading
steamships at night; also establishing new
40 Fono an1or nf "a.
pealng the Bankruptcy act.
Alr. RICE Ry.)- ITO repeal the special tax on
retailers Of leaf tobacco.
Mr. ARTHUR Ky) To repeal the Enforce
ment act; aboliahing the stamp duty on banE
checks, and aboliablng the special tax on 1eat
liz. PECK (ohio)-To amend the act Of May
%, 1879, for holding United States Courts II Io-
ledo.
N1r. McHENRY-For railroad bridge ecrosa
the Ohio River st Owensburg, KJ.
The House then resumed its consideration Of
Of Indiana, to enable honorably discharged SOL
diers and SAILORS, their widows and orphan chill
dren, to acquire homesteads Oh public lands,
with authority to assign Their certificates and TO
locate by att9rRsy debate .enn enzaed +ba
bill, claiming that the better provisions in it
we're already contained in the law passed at the
last session. He stated that the quantity Of
land that would be covered by these certif1catea
to sode1s not coming M faor Fqulq ~ set De
condemnation Of the House, as it Was for tha
benefit Of claim agents only and land specula-
tors.
Military Committee, defended tie bill, and con-
tended that it established no new principle, but
merely carried out what had been the policy Of
Governments after all great wars. he explained
that, under the provisions OF the bnl, there was
hands Of specu1ators, for it limited the quantity
that could be held by any one person to $40
acres, and required settlement and occupation:
The bill was debated until the expiration OF
the morning hour, Vhen it vent over until to-
MORROW. ..
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House then (2:30 ?. NJ vent into Com
mitteee Of the Whole, NJ. Dawes in the chair,
on the Indian d n,l4 Appropriation blH;
the Committee on Appropriations made gen-
eral statement about it. He said that tho
amount appropriated for the current year for
the expense Of the Indian service WAS Sc, 362 062-
The amount proposed in the bill WAS s5,s79, $685.
Mr. N1BL.ACK asked Mr. Sargent to give the
House an idea Of the present policy and Y1eWs
OF the Administration in regard to the Indians.
Mr. SARGENT replied that he vas nos au-
thorized to speak for the an n tnas
matter, His oWn opinion would be IN 1aYof Oh
doing sway with the old Indian treaties:
Mr, BHANKS, Chairman OF the Indian COM
mittee, stated that so far as his COMMITTEE vas
it Mou9 z5fdy aaheIe ,o to fnf con-
s the Tnited ted states and the several Indian tribes,
untl some other mode should be established
with the consent Of the Indians themselves
Until then, the contract between the United
States and the Indians should be, 80 far as tha
Indian Committee was conce1ned, most strictly
Nj. SARGENT vent On to speak in commen-