The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08
Congressional.
MoNDAy. Feb. 3,

SENArE-Messrs. Cragin, Morrill,
Maine) and Bayard wereappoint-
ed Committee Of Conference on the
bill providing for six sloops-of-war.
The bill for subsidy for an Austrian
GWebb's] steam ship line, was laid
on the table, The third section of
Buckingham's banking bill was a.
mended SO as to provide that after
January, 1874, national banks shall
redeem their notes in coin or in
United States legal tenders No
action was taken on the bill.
HousE-Ares declaring it
inexpedient to grant any. part of
Goat Island, in San Francisco Bay,
to the Pacific Road, was passed
| A bill was introduced for the es-
Enlistment Of a board of three
railroad commissioners, to report
at the next session the condition of
all railroads that have received Gov
| yernment aid in land or bonds
The Ways and Means Committee
reported back adversely the various
bills for refunding the cotton tax.
A motion to, suspend the rules to
pass the bill of Hawley, Illinois,
providing for the appointment Of a
board of railroad commissioners, to
collect information as to the rates
for freight and passenger traffic on
the various roads, and report wheth
er the same are unequal and excess
sive, was lost-ayes, Is; nays 80.
TUESDAY, Feb. 4. s
| SENArE.-A bin was introduced
to raise the salary of the President
| to $50, per annum and of the
Vice President to $4,000; also, a
bill to authorize the consolidation
| of two or more national banks
Humans amendment to the bill
for the resumption of specie pay
ment, reducing the interest on
bonds to be exchanged for green
backs from five to two per cent,
was lest. An amendment author
ling the Secretary of the Urea
srry to reissue greenbacks so re-
! ceived, and that the principal of any
United States bonds bearing coin
interest shall be payable on demand
in legal tenders, with the interest
due in coin. An amendment to the
amendment, providing that twenty
per cent. of the greenbacks receiv-
ed in exchan ge for the bonds shall
be retired, was lost, as was also the
original amendment. A copy of
the evidence taken in the Credit
Mobilier investigation was received
from the House. Patterson moved
the appointment of select com
mittee Of five, with power to send
for persons and papers, to whom
the matter should be referred, which
was agreed to. tas
| HoUsE.-The evidence taken be-
fore Poland's Credit Mobiier COM
mittee was reported and ordered
printed. The bill for the payment
of the Montana war claims was
passed.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5.
SENATE.-A resolution was In
troduced instructing the Commit
tee on Elections to inquire aud re-
port whether there is any legal
State Government in Arkansas.
Laid over. Senator Anthony, in
the chair, appointed Messrs. Nor
rill Me. ]. Scott, Stockton, Wright
Stevenson, special committee to
consider the testimony Transmitted
by the Credit Mobilier Committee
of the House. The Finance Bill
was laid on the table. The bill for
the relief of Mrs. Wood, daughter
of the late President Taylor, was
referred to the Committee on Pen
sions.
HousE.-A bill was passed re
pealing act of July, 1864, which
prohibits the allowance of pensions
unless prosecuted to successful is
sue within five years from the date
of being fled, and allowing claims
SO barred to be granted upon paroI
evidence, within two years from
the passage of the act. An amend
ment to the Postal Appropriation
Bill increasing the appropriation
to carriers from 81, SOC, 900 to ST.
700, 900, and allowing the employ
ment of carriers in places having
10000 population, was agreed to.