, 1873-02-24

did not boloye TINT nicls postage would ayornvo
moro tl!nn 9foo or t92i|U yoar,
., Mr.. FAnhsWo1srll abhod Mr.. Durchard Il ho
dill not think 1t bottcr to ,nal;o tl,ls rofornl, ln1
to add $4,000 yoar to Tho Halary Of ncrnbor1 OF,
tho preonsc, That tloy would Icncoforth hnvo
Nix @h1r: fUTClIAnD rop1ioa that lao wan not
afraid that tho Bnlaries Of tho 1ncmboYy woi lu
ra8od on TINT account.
Mr.. FA1sNsWo1l'r1I remarked tl,at TINT was
ono Of tho grounds OIL Which tho plun for MI in
croaso OF pGlnrlo8 was put.
BY aIeaurs. col'UNN, DUNNELL, @ and 41WN.
'i'f Mr. b1GNNEtn 11S; regarded tho proposition as
'nGFe Ms aSn9goKE'!in;ni SY Hg Kn1,12n1s a,r,,.,,
tho veto in Oommlttoo Of tho Wholo yostortlny,
increasing tho appropriation for a naval station
at Now London, Conn, from s5,000 to 100000,
Which ho, dononncod as a acliomo for plum
G te soon NaSy Sa To and nroTg Ten9g ng
could not be roplncod elsewhere at cost Of
e50000000. Tho acAomo WIS in tho interest Of
. lot Of real cBtato apcculotors in Brooklyn, who
had boon for yoa5s canting their longing eyes at
tho land occupied by tho nnyy-yartls, waiting to
got It for docks aud railroad purposes. Ho pro-
testod ngninst 1t, and cautioned tho gentlemen
as to what tho result Of the yoto on tho Now
London item waa to be.
Nlr. Il. II. ROBERTS ridiculed tho fcnrs md
approllonsions of thoao mombers WHO Hnw III
Mr.. Banls' amendment IN attempt to roplnco
n1Iopubfican M institutlons BY despotio ones; The
documents had been discovered. tic gon.temau
from Massachusetts (hlr, Honr) Ind assured tho
Housc TINT was tho barrier to anvo tho country
from government by tho Nowapapora. Ho Ind
danger, except HRS. partington'a attcnpt to
sweep bnck tho tido with broom. Tho nows-
paporB circulated millionB Of copies among tho
people. Now 1t Sas proposed to prosoryo tho
putting tho Agricultural report into ovory corner
grocery, to bo uacd for packages or go to trunk
manufacturers. Ho moved to add to Mr.. Danks
amendment, a proviso that tho Secretary Of tho
Interior ahall place a copy Of every public docu-
mont, doomed by him useful for that purpose,
In two libraries In aach Congressional District to
bo accessible to any Citizen on application.
at Mr. hGpgnt f@ o aaac9 M nnks G'n o
was himself In favor Of 1t, but thought 1t wise
to let it go for tho proHont. Ho opposed Mr.
Butlor'e amendment.
Atr. COX advocated nrr. Danke' amondmons.
Tho House thon proceeded to yote on g. II.
noberta' mondmont-rejectnd. Thon tho
amendment oifored by Mr.. Danka waa also re-
iccted without n division, the yeas aud nays
being called for. but refused.
Tho amendment by hIr. Butler TINT mono Of
tho money should bo raod in the expenses Of tho
competitive Civil Service examination waa ro-
octed-yoas, 85; maya, 1903.
Tho amendments aSroed to in Committee Of
the Whole wero thop road and acted on. The
first yoto by yeas and nays was on the alnend-
mont requiring tho Secretary OF tho Treasury to
report to ConEross how he disbursos tho Secret
Service fund appropriation for preventing and
dot; detection M on Of eoantef5oltIngIan M nm amendment
Dock--rejeoted, yoas, q; nays, lo2: rio
{, Government building 1t Raleigh,
N. O., was adoptod. Tho amendment
alte of tho Boston Post Office, on condition Of
tho stroota being widoned, was adopted. An
amendment requiring contracts on public build
ings to bo mado with lowest responsible bidders,
eitor advertisement, waa rejected without yoas
naval station ut Now London, Conn., from
g. 900 to $50, 900 ected-yoas, 9i nays, %.
lilo bill was then passed.
. TIE WARRINGTON MONUMENT.
Mr.. CHAPMAN called for tho report Of tho
Committee Of twelve appointed to confer with
tho officers Of the Washington National Monu-
mont Society on tho practicability tho compile
tion Of the Washington monument by tho ap-
preaching centennial Rtuiyorsary.
Slr. SAWYER, who wantod to take up the
River and Hnrbor Appropriation bill, moved to
pogtpoNo tho Washington monument rnntter till
Wednesday next. Tho motion waB agrood to.
srpHEn.
A1r. KERR, rising TO d question Of privilege,
before tho sonate Committee on Elections, to
tho effect TINT J. II. sypher, member from
Louisiana, before, tho general election
ia5 y9sr oda,on hS 10 70 vas can nas
unlawfuliy and corraptly procured to DO made .
false and fraudulent registration, and false and
fraudulent votes to be cast for himself, and
other gross frauds to bo committed in connec-
ton with such election, referring tho matter to
tho Committoo on Elections, with power to take
aIr. sYpHER eaid that Theodore jacques, tho
witness who testified ngainst him, had como to
tho Capital, hirad by tho Democrats OF Louisiana
sfs s tSs Isni pssse ss tes
rebutting that Testimony, but tho Committee
doniol him that right, stating that his case waB
not before the Committee. Ho hoped tho reso-
luton would DO adoptoil. Ho would prove that
had boon sent to Washington with Democratic
money, utter having forged certificates In tho
interest Of tho Democratic party. Ho called for
an Investigation. Flo thanhod Alr. Kerr for the
4 Democratic mombor-Then you ought to
have Offered it yollraelf.
The resolution was adopted.
Tho Houao thon took up tho
RIVER AND uAnpoH
Appropriation bill, which appropriates s5,507.-
ing out tho Bay Of Superior to the docks Of Su-
perior and Duluth, s100, 1000; for tho Marquette
and Monominoo llarhors, Michigan, $4,000; for
other harbors IN Michigan, s'l07, 600 halbors in
oalumot i iiarbor, Ill, s4o,6oo; Michigan cit City
harbors, Ind, $50 900; Fox & Winconsin Rivers,
$500, 600 St. hIarya Falls cana', e20o, 900; st.
Clair River, at tho mouth Of the Black River,
$4,000; Harbor lsefuge on Lalte Huron 375, COO;
St. Clair Fats Canal, 100000 Toledo Harbor,
Ohio, 61oo, 900; othor hnrbora Of Ohio, $4,000;
IirE Hsrbor, N. w. si0oo6; Buffalo
Hnrbor, Now York, t375, ,000 othor lalzo harbors
IN Now York; a7l, 600; burlington Harbor, Vt,
f1E mn Ht Ant)Iopyta Fin 11a and 1Trrnr h1iH1g.
sipp s55, ,ooo % Minnosota RiTor, SID, 200 ill.,
noIB River, s5U, 900; Dea Moines Rapids,
Misaissipp llivcr, 400 o9o; Rock Island I'apida,
alliasisaippi Riyor, 36o, ,ooQ 11arhor Of Refuge,
Sturgeon Bay 0auRl, $4,000; Aliesiasippi, Mis-
souri, aud ArkanBas Rivers, s100,000; Osago
Niyor, Mo-, 925,oo0;, 0uacbitn River, In,
100000 !; mississippi River, between the mouths
Of tue Missouri and Ohio, 100000 ; Ohio river,
8a00, 600 Falls OF tho Ohio River, a100, 600 !;
Upper AIonongallela ,Riyog,. w. W.,
sGG, 900; Cumberland river, below Nash
yillo, Tenn, $4,000 Wabash Niror,
In Indiana md lllinola, e50, COO; Tonnouace