St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-03-07

latter having done so. the speaker said
that he would intcIline that mobilize
ton i'll the amendment.
subsequently Mr.. FarISworth rcuc,,..
ed his objection, but the speaker ruled
that the objection was too late. Laugh
ter.
CLOSING PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate passed the House Tarifr
and Internal Revenue Amendat"ry hill
first restoring nlaccroni to the free l.t
Mr.. Wilson has offered an amend
ment appropriating $3.50, 100 for the
reimbursement of the State of Na>>a
chusett> for moneys expended for til,
coast defence durng the war and
awarded by the commission appointed
in 1866. Adopted.
| The committee of conference OH the
disagleeing vote of the two Houses or
the Geneva Award hill had a final
meeting without being able to harmon
iZc the features of the Edmunds Sendt.
! bill and the Butler House bill The
result is recommendation that the
award he received from Great Britain
and deposited i'll the Treasury, when 1t
shall he invested in five per cent sturh
to await future legislation.
The Senate had made amendments
to the Sundry Civil Appropriation Till
to the amount OF S6.6UU.UUU. The
House cunterecs cut down theS, amcnG
mcnts $:}.:5O0,0O0 Among the item,
cut down were appropriations, toi
Chickasaw Indians, capitol building.
new Treasury building and District #
Columbia appropriations. The Senate
restored the last item.
In Senate. Mir. Morrill, of Vermont
earnestly opposed the increase of sala
ries, which would. he was sure, receive
the condemnation of the people.
Nh. FrelinghuN scn and Mr.. Scott
successfully followed i'll opposition to
the increase of back pay.
Mr.. Carpenter made one of his char
acteristic speeches, asking if the poor
white trash" of the senate was to board
III the fifth stories of cheap hourdiu.
houses and be fed on crackers ami
cheese. while the nabObS of the Senate
reside III palaces and hide i'll superb
equlpages.
Both Houses passed the bill OF the
Senate 10 secure homcsteads To actual
settles on the public domain. his
Is very important hill. 1t embrace,
IN entire codiiicatiUu of all eXi>tlu.
home stead laws, With mamt nc, .,-..
lItion> tending to pr. tect the Cover.
mcIIt and settlers from fraud.
The conference report upon the Ri
er and liarbor bill was conculcd IL
without opposition.
subsequently a large number of bill
h. tlJ. 4
The original Sumner civil right hI.l
was again buried upon the Speaker
table. having failed to receive the nece,
sary two-thirds vote.
The I'LL for the encouragement of
tree planting was passed.
The Senate. at ten minutes past r..
refused To rccommit the salary To a new
Committee of Congress. by Il vote of -
ayes to 10 nays. The vote Was then
taken on the adoption of the report "t
the Committee of Conference, and It
was adopted. yeas 81. hays p.
MI. Patterson rose at half past T..
and asked for the consideration of the
resolution eXpelling him from the Sen
ate. MI. Carpenter said at this time Of
the Senate it was impossible to take up
the resolution and do justice To the
senator or the Senate. He hoped that
the subject would be postponed to the
executive session, then even if the Sen
atOr Is no longer member of this body.
il can he impartialll discussed
Mr.. Patterson said that all he want
ed was Il full and fair discussion of his
conduct: aud that he would leave the
matter in the hands OF his friends.
The Conference Committee, after vot
ing to increase the salaries of Congress
men to $500. struck out all provisions
increasing salaries of committee clerks
20 per cent. The House had voted this
increase Ivy considerable majority
| The bill now reads. President $4,000
Vice President and Speaker, $4,000
Judge OF the supreme Court, $4,000
Senators and representatives, $500
per annum. without mileage or extra
! allowances.
The House agreed 10 the conference
report on the SundrN Civil AppIopri-
alton bill. by Il vote of Ia to 81.