The Portland daily press., 1872-04-11
XLIID CONGRESS-. SECOND SESSION.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON April 1O.-Mr Sherman NOV
ed reference to the Committee on Elections, the
message returning the Senate tariff bill He
said the power of the Senate to amend reve-
nue. bill in any way it thought best had been
disputed now for the fist time in the history of
our government. The Committee on Finance
had considered the subject, and had agreed
unanimously that the Senate had the same right
to amend revenue bill as to amend any other
bill, but as rights and privileges of the Senate
involved this, he thought it best to send this
matter to the Committee on Privileges and
Elections. 1t was so referred.
MI Frelinghuysen, from the Committee on
Judiciary, reported without amendment bill
supplementary to the enforcement of the act of
May ol 1871, providing that the Circuit Court
OF the United States for any judicial district in
which at any TIME Circuit Judge or District
Judge designated by Circuit Judge, shall hold
a Circuit Court for the purpose for said act
shall hereafter be deemed the Circuit Court
mentioned in its I'd and 18th sections.
Mr. frelinghuysen by request, introduced a
bill giving the American & East India Tele-
graph Company the right to have and maintain
lines OF telegraph cables between American
and Asiatic coasts
MI. Sumner presented the resolutions of the
Massachusetts Legislature relative to the French
spoilation claims, which were ordered to be
printed. ,fLI 2E
Mr. Howe from the Committee on Public
Lands, reported bill for the relief of home
stead settlers in Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Michigan, who suffered by the fires of last au-
tumo. Passed. .-s
The Senate resumed the consideration of the
Indian appropriation bill
Mr. Hitchcock's amendment prescribing the
manner III which claims for Indian depreda-
tons snail be settled, was adopted.
Other amendments were also adopted and the
HOUSE. E
MIR. Hill of New .Tarcau raportoJ hill ahoI-
ishins the ranking privilege after the LIST of
July, 1873.
MI. Carroll Of New York opposed the bill
and offered an amendment excepting public
documents and petitions to Congress. D..
Mr.. Potter of New York regarded it as
buncombe, and offered an amendment that the
departments and clerks of the House be fur
nished with stamping machines.
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts opposed the bill
saying that the cutlery for it came only from
metropolitan newspapers who are anxious to be
the only organs of communication between the
people and their representatives.
Metropolitan papers were anxious TO crowd
out and crush down small local papers through
out the country and to have in their own bands
the character, position. and fame of every pub
lie man, so that by their associated kilograms
and their associated ISLANDERS and scandals they
can crush down public men. He had voted for
a like bill in the last Congress but with some
understanding on which all other members
zone 50 tudt tut WOuiu hot pass IL ana
that it would be all right. Laughter
Mr.. Sargent of California moved that the bill
and amendment be recommitted.
Mr.. Holmes of Indiana-With the power to
report any time
Mr.. SARGENT do not consent to that.
Mr. Holmes-I call for the yeas and nays on
the motion to recommit the bill because that
kills the bill.
The yeas and nays were not ordered and the
bill was recommitted.
The House then went into Committee on the
Legislative appropriation bill.
There was long discussion of the question
of appropriating $4,000 for the expenses of the
civil service reform system. The debate, which
was generally adverse to the proposed reform,
was carried on by Messrs Garfield, Butler of
Massachusetts,, Willard, Maynard Coburn,
Conger, Potter, Dawes, Beck, McCreary, and
Sargent. The remarks of Messrs. Garfield,
Dawes and Willard were in favor of the pro-
posad reform system No vote was taken on
the proposition, when the committee rose and
the House adjourned