Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-01-09


the country, 29lt cases ol!Smuggling and 1881 of
fraud and crime. In support of the section fix
Ing the term OF office for the officers of customs,
FentOn said he indicated the customs service,
aud especially the department of New York as
the proper place to inaugurate the new and i'm
proved method, because no SerYice aud no place
needed it more, Nowhere, he continue, has the
the civil service been so degraded. IN flcr, it
seemed as though every possible means had been
adopted TO demean the civil service in the Gus
toms department at New York.
The following bills were introduced and re-
lerrcd:
b, Mr.. Trumbull-To further regulate the APP
pelate jurisdiction of the supreme court, and to
prevent delay therein.
BY Mr.. Spcnccr-To regulate commerce
among the several states.
by Mr.. arpentcr-AuthDrizing the president
to accent the resignation of judges in any court
OF the United States permanently disabled iIom
efficiency, and continued payment TO them of
their salaries.
BY Mr.. Pomeroy-For the relief of settlers on
Usage Indian lands in Kansas; a bill granting
lands to the International ocean telegraph com
pany IN Florida; also bill granting one mil
lion acres of public lands to the District of Co.
lumbla for the support of public schools.
by Mr.. WiISOn-IO make blank apprOpria-
ton to satisfy the claim Of Miss Anna Ella Car
roll, of Maryland, for services in furnishing val
liable information TO the war department during
the late rebellion
On motion of Mr.. Hamilton the committee
on rctIcuchment was authorized to continue the
investigation.
At 2:30 the senate went into executive Ses-
sion, and soon afterwards adjourned.
HOUSE,
Under call of states in the house for bills and
Joint resolutions for reference only, the follow
ing were introduced by New England members,
viz:
BY Mr. Hale Of Maine-A bill TO establish the
office OF professor of mathematics in the naval
academy; also bills for pensions to Lucy A. Lutz
and John L. Hunt
by Mr. Lynch-A bill to prohibit the collec-
ton OF tonnage duties by state or municipal au.
thority; also, bill to prevent undue contraction
and cNOansion of the currency.
BY Mr. Willard Of NermOnt-A bin regulat
ng appointments and removals in the civil ser
vice of the United States.
by General Butler-A bill to incorporate the
brotherhood of locomotive engineers.
MIR. Cox, of New York offered resolution
which was referred to the committee on foreign
affairs, TO recognize the begerency of the Gu
bans in their contest with Spain.
Mr.. Myers, of Pennsylvania, offered bill fol
the repeal Of the law for the collection of the
income tax of 1871. Referred to the ways and
means committee.
All the above were referred to appropriate
committees.
Mr.. Lynch offered resolution requesting the
| president to ascertain the views OF European
| governments relative TO an Atlantic Pacific shiI
canal. Referred to the foreign committee.
Mr.. Hale introduced Il bull to relieve American
| built vessels from import duties on articles
| entering into their construction, repair anC
| use He moved the previous question, bu
| it was not sustained-59 to 64-AIr. Dawes stat
inc that tue subject had already been before the
| ways ana means committee.
Mr.. Lynch consented to a reference but dis
| cussion arose.
Mr., Cox aud Mr. Eldridge expressed the belief
that such action would be a burial of the bill
as that committee had been the grave of al
such matters; and Mr.. Dawes remarked that the
committee had not had time to dig anybody s
grave.
The yeas and nays were demanded, when, the
| morning hour expiring, the bill went over till
next Monday
MIR. Socum offered resolution asking thu
| secretary whether the visit OF a large number o
| federal officers in New York state, at Albany, Il
| influence the organization Of the legislature i,
| consistent with the civil service policy adopted
| by the department. and, if not so, whether they
| had been rcprimanded or otherwise punished
Mr.. Butler, of Mass, objected.
| On motion Of Mr.. Platt, the military commit
tee was instructed to inquire into the propriety
| Of permitting the payment of hounties to meI
| who were slaves at the time OF enlistment.
The committee on invalid pensions was in
| structed to inquire into the propriety of allow
| ing pensions to the widows OF soldiers of 1871.
who married during the term of service, but af
| ter enlistment.
Mr., Coughlan asked leave to offer resou
| ton, inStructing the judiciary committee to in
quire into the conduct OF the judicial feature Of
| the Louisiana legislative muddle
Mr.. Butler objected.
On motion of MIR. Epson, the committee on
| civil service reform was instructed to inquire
| into the prOprlcty of providing for appointments
| to he made from the states in proportion to Tho
| population, giving preference TO hOnOrably dis
| charged soldiers and sailors.
the resolution offered by Mr.. Kellogg, befor
| the recess, directing the committee on WAYS anC
means to report a bill repeating the income tag
| came up. on motion to suspend the rules for it,
| adoption.
MIR. Dawes demanded the yeas and nays. Re
jected--yeas, 20; nays, So
HEAs-Messrs. Acker, Amber, Archer Arthur
Banks, Beck, Beverly, Bird, Blair of Michigan
Blair of Missouri, Brooks Of MASSACHUSETTS,, BIihn
ton COughlan, Cox, Greedy, Dawes, Dubose
Duell Ely Frye, Garfield, Getz, Goodrich, Harmcr
| hazelton OF New Jersey Herndon, Hoar, Hooper
Houghton, Kelley, Kellogg, ketcham, Klllinger
| Lampert Lynch, McGlelland, McHenry, Merriam
b f. Myers, Monroe, Leonard Myers, Negley
| Niback Peck, Peters, Potter Randall, r. ii. Rob
| erts w. r. Roberts, Rogers, Roosevelt, Sessions
| Sheldon. Shelabarger, Sherwood, SlOcum, Smitl
| OF New York, Snapp Snyder StarkweatheT
| Strong, Swami, Twichell, Epson, Wakeman, Valid
ron, Wells, Wheeler, Williams of New York ant
| NAYs-Messrs. Adams Averill, Barber Barry
Beatty Bright, Buckley, Burchard, Burdett Butle
| Of Massachusetts, Butler of Tennessee Caldwell
| COburn, Ionger, Cotton, Crebs Grassland Donnan
| DOX, Duke, Dunne Eldridge, Farnsworth Finck
| elnburg, Foster of Michigan, Garrett, Hale, Han
| cock, Handey, Harper, Harris of Virginia, Haven
Hay of Illinois, Hazelton of Mississippi Hereford
Hubbard, Holman, Kerr, Leach, Lewis Lowe, Nc
Cormlck, McCrary, Mckee, hercur, Morgan, Orr
Packard of Indiana, Palmer, Parker of New Hamp
shire, Parker of Missouri, Peroer, Platt
nj
Rice of Kentucky, Rusk, Seeley, Shanks
Slater, Sloss, Smith Of Ohio, Speer of Georgia
Sprague Stevens, Stevenson, Terry, Turner Tyner
Van Trump, Waddell, Walden Wall of Florida
WhitthorDe Willard, Williams of Indiana Wilson
of Indiana and Wood-S0.
Mr., Moore, of illinois, offered a resolution, di
rectlng the judiciary committee to inquire into
the dispute about land grants between tn,
ST. Joseph, the Pixies Peak andiOther railroads
the issue OF patents to be, meantime, suspended
Mr.. Wood favored the inquiry, provided il
was extended TO the reported suppression by the
interior department, at the instance of sena.
tor, OF the opinion of Che attorney general ad-
verse to parties interested in pltents. He had
heard that the attorney general had been, on
that account, made TO retire from the cabinet
The resolution was adopted
Mr.. Morgan introduced q Joint resolution 10
amend the constitution, making naturalzed cit
izens eligible to the presidency and vice presi
dency. Rcierted-S1 to 65-leSs than two.thirds
in the affirmative
The bill removing the disabilities of certain
persons in Mississippi passed.
The military committee was directed to inquire
into the proprety Of paving bOunties to soldiers
mustered into the service under the first call for
troops, in excess of the required number.
The committee on coinage was instructed to
inquire into the disproportonatc value between
gold and silver coin.
The Indian committee was directed to inquire
INTO the subject of Indian annuities, pensions
bounty, lands and treaties.
Adjourned.
FROM EUROPE.