Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-03-21
Alter some discussion the Tariff bill

BUsE. ketcham moved as
suhtitute for the st. Croix land grant a
bill FORGETTING the lands to the United
Stses and reserving them for homestead
enry and settlement A discussion
arse, during which Mr. Cox denounced
th protection on pig iron. While he
WIS speaking Mr.. Kelley of Pennsyl-
vaia approached him, when Mr.. Cox
ADDRESSING Kelley said he was always
mving around like perturbed ghost
wen he heard pig iron, and he asked
th Speaker to request Kelley to return
tthis own side of the House, Laugh
te.
Mr.. Holman moved to amend Mr..
Ktcham's substitute by adding pro-
vio reserving these lands exclusively for
til beuefit of actual settlers. The
amendment was accepted.
Adjourned.
! FRIDAY.
5ENATE.-The Post office bill was TAX
enup, and Mr.. Sherman addressed the
Saate in explanation.
Hr. Scott offered an amendment to
th Tariff bill, to make tea and coffee
FIRE, but without reaching a vote the
Saate adjourned till Monday.
IoUsE.-The House resumed the con-
sieration of the Senate bill to extend
! tlr time to the State of Wisconsin, to
| complete a road from Lake st. CrOiX to
Like Superior.
| Mr.. Ketchum's substitute that no land
gRnted to the ST. CrOix railroad cOmpa-
| n shall revert to the Northern Pacific
Company, and that the lands heretofore
! ganted to the st. CroiX company, the
! Imitation of which is now expired, shall
bt forfeited to the United States, was
ADOPTED, yeas 81, nays IS.
The bill as thus amended was passed,
aid the title changed, on motion Of Mr..
Retchum, so as to read an act to declare
forfeited to the United States certain
hnds granted to the State of Wisconsin,
&C.. and to reserve the same under the
homestead law to actual settlers.
Mr.. Eldridge suggested that the cor
rct title would be ''tO grant these lands
t. the Northern Pacific railroad.
The House at 3.45 adjourned, the SEES
son Saturday to be for debate only.
SATURDAY.
HoUsE.-The House met as in COM
nittee of the whole, not One-tenth of
the members present. A number of
speeches were read or filed on misCClla-
1eous subjects.
MONDAY.
SENATE. Chicago relief bill was
taken up, and discussion arose, but
without taking action the Senate went
into executive session and soon after ad.
burned.
HousE.-Mr Kelley of Pennsylvania
moved to suspend the rules and take
from the Speakers table the Senate bill
u contract with proprietors of the Gem
q'csSj0AaI G5066 for reporting and pub
fishing the debates of Congress for two
Years The rules were suspended and
the bill taken up yeas 1913, nays SO.
After some discussion and several votes
by the yeas and nays the House at APO
adjourned without having disposed of
tue bill, which comes up a. unfinished
business Tuesday.
TUESDAY.
5ENArE.-Mr. Ferry of Michigan, pre-
scented petition, signed by 400 citi-
zens of Michigan, against the Chicago
relief bill.
MI Anthony called up the bill for the
relief of the officers and crew Of the
United States ship kearsarge, which
was passed 1t directs the Secretary of
the Treasury to pay them $3.50, 900 prize
money.
Mr.. Anthony asked unanimous con
sent to take up the bill for the relief of
the officers and crew of the United
States ship Wyoming, but objections
were made.
Mr.. Sherman, from the committee of
finance, reported adversely the bill to
substitute the compound interest notes
for legal tender notes.
Mr.. Corbett called up his bill to faCi-
litate specie payments, by compelling
the banks to hold their reserves in coin,
and addressed the Senate to take mea-
sures for that purpose.
The Senate then resumed C0nsidera-
ton of the Chicago relief bill.
Mr.. Sherman gave notice that if the
Chicago bill should not be disposed of
to-day, he would insist on going on with
the tariff bill
The tariff bill was discussed, and Nor
rill's amendment, specifying the articles
to be admitted free of duty, was reject
ed by a vote of Is yeas to 30 nays. 1t
was unanimously agreed that the final
vote on the bill should be taken at ,
o'clock tomorrow.
Adjourned.
HOUSE. The House resumed the con
sideratiOn of the Senate bill to provide
for reporting and publishing the debates
of Congress.
Mr. Bellamy offered an amendment
that no person shall be employed as re-
porter of the proceedings of the House
without the approval of the Speaker
Adopted.
Mr.. Amber offered an amendment
authorizing the publication for three
months of an advertisement in at least
one leading paper in each State. inviting
proposals for reporting and printing the
debates of the Forty-third Congress, and
also to have estimates made of the cost
Of reporting and publishing the debates
by the Congressional printer. and pro
yiding that no debates shall be reported
and published after the close Of the pre-
sent Congress except on a written CON
tract entered into therefor by the author
ity of Congress. The amendment was
finally agreed to-
Mr.. Cox offered a resolution instruct
ing the committee on rules to report a
rule restricting the publication debates
to debates which actually occurred.
Agreed to.
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts offered
resolution authorizing an investigation
into the charges against Mark H. Della
bay, United States District Judge for
Kansas. Adopted.
Mr.. Taffe offered arcsolution instruct
ing the committee of ways and means to
inquire into the eXpediency of making
the fiscal year commence on the first day
of January. Adopted.
Mr.. Sargent presented a petition for
the enfranchisement of women in the
territories and District of Columbia. Re
ferred to judiciary committee.
The House then went into committee
of the whole on the post office appropri-
alton bill, the pending question being on
the doubling of the China mail service
and subsidy Without disnneinr of the