Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-23
E'crty-second C0ngrcsS--SccOnI
Session.
WEDNESDAY,.

SuEArE.-Nr. Wilson reported bill
to provide crutchcs for disabled soldiers
and sailors.
The report of She committee of con-
/ ference was discussed till the expiration
Of the morning hour. when the bill con-
/ corning the site for the Baltimore and
| Potomac depot was taken up. BY CON
| sent the bill was laid aside, and the
/ Senate resumed its consideration of the
| conference report Judiciary deficiency
! bin, which, after debate, Was agreed to
| bv vote Of IS to "a.
/ Mr. Trmbull. from the committee on
/ judiciary, reported without amendment
! the House bill supplemental to the APP
/ portjonmcnt act of February 2, 1872.
/ Mr. Wilson, from the committee on
| military affairs. reported without amend
mpnts The House bill to amend the Ma
/ tiGnal Cemeteries act Of February %,
| 1857. The Baltimore and Potomac
| Railroad bill was again taken up. The
| bill was debated until the recess. At
| the evening session the debate was re
sumcd at great length. and at midnight
| the Senate adjourned Without taking &C
ton.
HoUsE-The House went into COM
! mittce on the Tax and Tariff bill
Nlr. Dawes withdrew his pending sub
| stitute for the second section, and the
committee passed to the next section.
| An additional section was inserted after
section two. declaring that the prOyis-
| ion sixth of the tariff act of 1865 shall
not apply to articles mentioned in the
act of March 2d, 1857, to provide reye-
nue. from imported wool.
| A ftpr q lOpO discussion the question
| of lumber was decided by the addition
of proposition offered by Mr.. Peters,
reducing the existing dusies on lumber
and manufactures Of lumber by ten per
! cent.
The report was agreed to, and the
/ House then adjourned.
| THURSDAY.
SENATE. The following bills were
| passed:
To enable the Secretary of War to
| pay the expense incurred in suppressing
| the Indian hostilities in Montana in 1867;
| to provide for the sale of the lands Of
| the United States containing coal; grant
! inc the right the Of way through the
public lands to the Pensacola and Louis
| Vile railroad company; to secure home
| steads to actual settlers on the public dc
| main.
Mr.. Cole, from the committee of con-
ference on the naval appropriation bill,
| made a report which was cOncurred
| in.
Mr.. Morrill, of Maine introduced a
! bill to provide an equestrian statue of
| the rate Gen. Rawlins. Mr.. Scott called
| up the haDeas corpus suspension bill, so
| as to make it unfinished business for to-
day.
The Senate then took a recess.
At the evening session the telegraph
bill was taken up. Mr.. Nye opposed,
and Messrs. Hamlin and Sawyer advo-
Gated the bill.
Mr.. Conkling spoke at considerable
length in opposition to the bill. In the
course of his speech he severely criti-
sed the Associated Press.
! After further discussion, the Senate
adjourned without acting on the bill.
HoUsE-After long discussion on
the tariff bill, Mr. Holman's amendment
making school books, charts and maps
used by common schools, bibles and tes-
taments, free of duty, was rejected, 60
to 70.
| Mr. Hoars amendment was agreed to,
and also one offered by Mr.. Garfield, ex-
cepting books in foreign languages and
English editions of old works unrevised
for twenty years.
Mr.. Dawes moved to put duty on all
paper at ninety per cent. of the exist
ing duties as a substitute for the exist
ing duties as a substitute for the para
graph taxing sized printing paper twen-
| ty-eight per cent; agreed to, 81 to
IS.
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts offered
June Sd to the last Thursday in Noven,-
Der.