The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-04-29
XLIID CONGRESS- SECOND SESSION.
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WASHINGTON, April 27.-Mr. Ramsey called
up tne postal telegraph bill reported by him
l:onI 'he committee on POst-Office some DAYS
then laid aside
Ine denclency appropriation bill was taken
up, the pending question was Mr.. Frelinghuy-
sen motion to reconsider the vote by which
nj: Morriis amendment restoring the juris-
dlction to the court of claims in such value of
captured or abandoned property was Rejected
yesterday. 7q -a
AFTER considerable discussion the motion to
reconsider was tabled and the naval bill was
taken up. S5t," W
Among the amendments adopted are the fol-
lowing: .Sose18 ava
Surveying in the Pacific $4,000, providing
tnat no money appropriated by this act be ex-
pended ON account of engines contracted for
during the war; for making charts $40, 900, also
appropriating $4,000 for comparing tables of
planets discovered by the American astrono-
mers. fNH rill..
The bill having been considered in Commit
tee OF the whole it was reported to the Senate.
The amendments providing that the number
yards shall be the same as is customary in their
immediate vicinity, was rejected. The bill was
laid aside and the Post-ofice appropriation bill
was taken up and read a second time With
out further action the Senate adjourned.
raq HOUSE
On motion of Mr.. Dawes it was ordered that
the House meet hereafter at IL o'clock
Mr.. Sargent OF California, made personal
explanation in reference to the press dispatches
from San Francisco rejecting ON himself and
his colleagues in connection with the Goat Is
land bill. He characterized them as utterly
unreliable. %a KS ia kS
Reports Of a private character were made
during the morning hour from the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, and acted on.
The House went into committee of the whole
on the tariff bill, and was addressed by Mr..
Wood of New York. He questioned the sin
certify OF Congress in regard to the passage of
any bill to reduce taxation.
Mr.. Dawes of Massachusetts, denied that the
War Department received monies from the sale
of property which was not accounted for.
Mr. Beck ofakentucky, reitered that $685.
100000 had been received by the War Depart
ment within tive years, and the Secretary of
War failed to tell what had been done with it.
MIR. Garfield of Ohio, said he would soon
make specific reply to Mr.. Becks statement
Mr.. Kelly of Pennsylvania, said that the
Ways and Means Committee should explain
this tariff bill.s,as
Finklingburg speech he, had no right to com.
Mr.. Kelly replied that after three of the ma
iority had spoken, they would hear from him
leaving the fourth to cover their rear.
Mr.. Beck then again charged the War De-
partment with misrepresentation, when Mr..
Dawes sent letter from Quartermaster Gene
raj Meigs, stating all the receipts of property
had been paid into the treasury
Mr.. Beck insisted that $105 200, 600 had been
spent by the War Department and not yet Off
cially accounted for. -H
Mr.. Wood of New York, resumed and sup
ported the abolition of duties on articles of un-
iversal consumption 1870 = a
Mr.. Burchard followed in support of the bill.
The committee rose
II = !.
soldiers and widows Of the war of 1872, strik-
ing out limitations3of service and restrictions
as to participation in the rebellion, passed
The House then adjourued till Monday