The Portland daily press., 1873-01-25
XLIId CONGRESS :.
SENATE.


WASHINGTON, Jan. II.
Mr.. Wilson introduced bill to authorize the
construction of pneumatic tube road from
New York to Chicago.
Mi. Morrill, of Maine, reported from the
Naval Committee bill to authorize the Presi-
dent to appoint Capt. G. III. Preble 4 Commo-
dore in the navy.
Mr.. Wilson introduced bill for the relief of
Nathapiel Mckay Referred to the Naval
Committee.
AT the expiration of the morning hour the
Senate resumed the consideration oi the legis
lative appropriation bill.
Mr.. Sherman of Ohio, said there were ques-
tons connected with the currency which it was
indispensably necessary for Congress to consid-
er at an early day There was already law
requiring the transfer of $25,O00,OOO of the
banking capital from the east to the west
which the Comptroller claims to be impract-
cable Another was also the question of the
right of the Secretary of the Treasury to re-
issue any portion of the retired and cancelled
United States notes. .-EI-e .rf
Mr. Edmunds of VT, offered an amendment
to- the appropriation bill, directing the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to withhold all payment
to any railway company on account of freight
| or transportation of any kind, to the amount
| OF any payment made by the United States,
) issued to any such company and not reimbursed.
| Mr.. Edmunds advocated the amendment as
necessary for the protection of the people.
| Mr.. Sherman regarded it hardly pertinent to
the bill.
Mr.. Stewart opposed the amendment and in
| stanced the report of the Judiciary Committee
| last Winter as showing that the government
| had no right to withhold any money due the
roads. -a
| Mr.. Edmunds conten led that the amendment
| was nothing against the companies, but merely
provided for legal adjudication He offered an
addition to the amendment, allowing the COM
| panies to sue in the United States Court of
Claims, subject to appeal to the Supreme
| Court. -..-- 0f
Mr.. Stevenson offered a substitute directing
| that the President sue the roads in the Court of
| Claims, for the recovery of interest paid by the
! United States on their bonds.
Mr.. Trumbull was not an advocate of the
companies, but the Withholding of the whole of
| the compensation due them would be viola
| ton of the faith of the United States pledged
| In the act of 1864. 0~aEg
Mr.. Frelinghuysen favored an investigation
but would notvote in advance to withhold the
| whole compensation because under the report
of the Judiciary Committee last year the pre-
sumption is that they are entitled to the pay
| meut of one half. -s.-.....--s5 ..
Mr. Stewart presented substitute for Mr..
| Edmund amendment, directing the Attorney
General to institute proceedings in the proper
| court to ascertain if any obligation of the Pa
cifc railroad in relation to the interest on bonds
remain unfulflled and to enforce the same if
| necessary. l,f,srs Il. .--..sF ..-.s-.-..
Mr. Morrill, of Me-, offered an amendme Mt
| directing the President to take measures for
the recovery from the companies of the inter-
est paid by the United States on bonds for the
use of the roads, and comforting jurisdiction to
hear and determine the subject in the Circuit
Court of southern New York.
Pending action the Senate went INTO execu-
tive session and soon after adjourned until
Monday.
ss -.-.-.-.. HOUSE.
Mr.. Hoar Of Mass, reported from the Elec-
tion Committee, that neither Delaise nor Bow
en- were entitled to seat from South Carolina.
The frauds and irregularities at the election
were so great that it was impossible to deter
mine who had the lawful majority of votes
The consideration as the naval appropriation
bill was interrupted by the business of the
District of Columbia, specially assigned to this
day. -
After passing large number Of bills the
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