The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-12-06
Forty Third Congress-First Session.
HOUSE.

10 eStaDllSn an educational fuud and apply me
proceeds of public lands to the education of the
people; to reduce postage; providing for an out,
fit and yearly allowance of clothing to enlisted
men in the navy; for the improvement OF the
Dismal Swamp canal; relative to payment tor
quartermaSt> rs and cOmmissarieS' stores; 10
strengthen the credit of Reconstructed States
and afford them financial relief; relative to
circulating newspapers and periodicals through
the mails; to require national banking assOcla-
tons 10 retain part of their legal reserve, the
coin interest On bonds deposited as security for
circulation; to aid the establishment of free
schools throughout the United States; for the
transmission by mail of newspapers in the coun-
ties where they are published; to abolish the
tax on CIGARS tobacco and snuff; to employ let
ter carriers in every place of 1000 inhabitants;
to complete the James river and Kanawha can
al; to afford cheap transportation by water from
the interior to the Atlantic by way Of the great
lakes; to renew, protect and improve the cOndi-
ton of the national currency.
MIR. Cox of New York, presented a petition
signed by over 5000 sailors. asking for the re-
peal Of the act for the appointment of shipping
commissioners. The petition contains ten rea-
reasons for the repeal ...-s.,
On motion o. Mr. Dawes of Massachusetts,
the Senate bill for the redemption of the loan
of 1858 was taken up. 1t was explained and
advocated by Mr. Dawes, who said that the
bonds would be paid at their face value in gold
and that commissions would be paid for their
redemption. I'll
Mr.. Eldridge of Wisconsin, objected to the
bill unless it was referred, and the bill was
therefore referred to the Ways and Means
Committee. Y-, - h7l.
Mr.. Hoar of Massachusetts, offered resoiu-
tion directing the Secretary of the Navy to COM
municate the facts tending to show what legal
or equitable claims the owners, officers or crew
OF the Tigress may have upon the United
States for assistance rendered the officers and
crew of the Polaris. Adopted. l9Il0 ga
A resolution was offered and referred to the
Committee on Rules to abolish the Committee
The Speaker announced the standing COM
mitteeS of the House:
Committee on Elections-Smith, Thomas, Hazel
ton, Todd, Pike. Robinson, Harrison, HYDE Speer,
Ways and Means-Dawes of Massachusetts, Kelle, :,
Burchard, E. H. Roberts, Kasson, Waldron, Sheldon,
Foster, Beck, Niblack and Wood. S}CIf Is !
Appropriations Garfield, Hale of Maine Wheeler,
O'Neill, Starkweather Of Conn, Louhmridge, Tyner,
Parker, Marshall, Swami and Hancock.
Banking and Carrencyz-Maynard, Farwel, Meri-
Miles, Randall. Mitchell and Durham. n :
Pacific Railroads-Sawyer, Sypher, Killenger,
Houghton, Croker of Mass, Willard, Corwin, Nc
Dill, Wells, Barnum Of Con-, fStandeford, Dreamer
Claims-Hawley of Ill., Shoemaker. Lansing, Dun
nell, Mum, Smith, Burrows, Howe, W. E. Roberts,
Commerce-Wheeler of N Y, Sawyer, Conger.
Hooper of Mass, Negley, Stannard, Parsons, Clay
t0n, holman, brOWDry, T.. >. wine.
Public Lands-Townsend, Dunnel, Orth, Bundy
Morey, St John, Phillips, Bradley Herndon, Here
ford and Clyme.
Wa Claims-Lawrencc, Hazelton, Cobb, Kellogg
of Ct, Woodward, Scudder, Smith, Wilson, Holman
and Morrison.
-, On Post Office and Post Roads-Packer, stowell,
rlatt Williams of Mass, Page Danforth, Cobb Cam
non, Randall, Read and Atkins.
Manuacturers-Farwell,H athorne, Very, Ram
sur, Field, Whitley, Woodwork, Wadden, Wilson,
Agriculture-Hays, Lamport, Hazelton, Begole,
Wilson, Ray, Ross. Cain, Davis, Hatcher and Nc
Indian Affairs-AverilI, Lowe, Butler of Tenn,
Rainey, Richmond, McNulta, Lawson, Harris Of
Mass. Adams, Comings and Giddings.
r, Military Affairs CobuIn, Dosnan, Hawey Of M,
ThOInburgh, Nesmith, Young and Hunton.
Mililia-Butler of Tenn, Hazelton Snyder, Ross.
Grouse, Elliott, Wallsstorm, Sloss, Hereford and
Cook.
District of Coumbia-Hale, Harmer, Cotton, Rice,
Hendee Of Vermont, Clark, Pelham, Lofland, Ell
bridge, Barnum of Conn, and Leach.
in iiciary-Buler of Mass, Wilson Of Ind, Poland
of VT, lremain, Frye of Maine, Cessna, White,
Ward, Eldridge,, Potter and Jewett;
Public Expenditures Whitley, Richmond,
Pike of n. H.. Wilder, Smith, Begole, Hyn es Clark
Robbins and Luttrell.
Private Land Claims Myers, Eames of R. l., ses-
Bright, Sayles OF Ohio, Dewitt and Buckner
Naval AffaTs-Scofeld, Gooch Of Mass, Hays,
Platt, Packard, Scudder. Burleigh of Maine, Pur-
man. Archer, Whitthome and Lamison.
Oh Foreign Atfairs-Orth, Myers, Willard of Ver-
mont, +. r. Hoar of Mass, Clarke, Ward, Albert,
Williams, Robinson, Cox and BrannlDg.
On Observation-Disclosures, Curtis, Williams, Hayens,
Haskins. Crounse. Fort, Hynes, Schumacher, Brown
and Mills. Ir1 =, 49,
On Revolutionary Pensions-shoemaker, Lansing
Sprague, Williams, Smith, Crutchfeld, Vance and
Rows, Blunt and Caldwell.
On 1.valid Pensions-Kusk Wallace Barry, Nc
yonns mesa sSg br sma Of N
On Railways and Canals Messrs. McCrary, G. F..
Hoar OF Mass, Hurbert Bass, Sherwood, Lewis,
Taylor, Smith Of Va, Arthur, W off and Stone.
On Mines and Mining-Lowe of Kansas, Negey,
Burlington. Rusk, Huhbcll, Page, Sheats, Lynch,
Kenda !, Southland and Harris.
~ On Freedmen's Affairs--Cobb, Mum, Rainey,
Townsend, Cotton, Morey, Barker, Senior. Comings,
Eden and Adams.
On Education and Labor-Monroe. q. F. Hoar of
Mass Elliott Dorral Field Crooke, McDill, Rapier,
On Revision of /, aws-Poiand, E. R. Hoar of Mass,
Lawrence DUEL, Barber, Pendie on of R. l.. Moore,
On Coinage, Weights and Measures = Messrs.
Hooper Of Mass, Houghton, Harmer, Banere, Will
lard, Sayles OF Ind, Strait Mills, Berry, Be II and
On Patents-Conger, Games, Smart, Clements.
Crutcheld, Dobbins, Sayes Of Ind, Smith of N. c.,
Public Buildings and Grounds Sessions,
Kil,inger Sprague Hersey Pierce, Lowndes, Strait,
Wells, Perry and Milljken.
of VT woodford, sheats HurlS1ft, Butle- of Mass,
Strawbrdge, Willard OF Mich. Sayles Of O. Suttrell
and Whiteh0use. 80
Mileaga-Bundy, Biery. Raw, Nesmith and Parker.
AGcounts-Bufington, Sawyer of Wis, Hoskins,
Wallace and Archer. h.= 200
ON Expendil ures in the State Department-Pack-
ard, Cobb, st. John. Morrison and Lamson.
On Expenditures in Treasury Department 9Sy-
pher, Snyder. Phillips, Schumacher and Southard.
On Expenditures in War observation-disclosures
On ExDenditnres in Navy observation-disclosures
ken, Burrows, Walls, Magee and Herndon.
On Expenditures in Post Office Department-Bar-
ney, Todd, Mellish, Whltehouse and Young of Geor-
gia. ...
On Expenditures in Interior Derartment-Orr,
Woodwork, Lynch Of Mississippi, Robinson Of
Illinois and Rawls
On Expenditures on Public Bulldings-Duell,
Cessna, smith of Ohio, Platt eff Virginia and Nc
lean.
Committee on Rules-The Speaker, Maynard, Gar
field, Cox and Randall. =. s,a T. IN
On Printing-Donvan of Iowa, Hale of New York,
On Library-Fyre. Munroe ar d Clymer
On Enrolled Bills-Darrall, Pendleton of Rhode
Island, and Harris. .r
Mr.. Hazleton of New Jersey, asked leave to
offer resolution instructing the Ways and
Means Committee to inquire into the exediency
of reporting bill to abolish the duty on coal,
Mr.. Cox desired to amend, by making it i'm
perative on the committee to report such bill.
Objection was made.
Mr.. Sheridan, Liberal Republican of Louisi-
ana, rising to q personal explanation, said he
had some agency in seating his colleague Smith,
from the 4th District of Louisiana, and if any
wrong was done he considered himself person.
ally responsible Some newspapers had charg-
ed that the certificate read to the House had
been executed prior to the receipt and canvass
of the returns in New Orleans He was in
formed on reliable authority that the returns
had arrived and been properly canvassed on
the 18th and 29th of November, prior to the
execution of the certificate. 1t was not a mat
ter of physical impossibility, as had been said,
for man could go in three days from any part
of the District to New Orleans. He assured
the House that the statements to the contrary
were untrue. 1t was also a mistake to say that
was Democratic district. No Demo rat had
ever been or ever could be elected from it.
Adjourned until Monday.
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