The Portland daily press., 1873-02-01
XLIID CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.
I'M ATE

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30
SENATE.
The Vice President laid before the Senate a
message from the President vetoing the bill for
the relief of the University of East Tennessee.
Messrs. Window, Hallan and Stevenson were
appointed committee of conference on the In
dian appropriation bill.
Mr. Frelinghuysen presented a petition from
the sisters of George Catlin asking Congress to
purchase Catlin's Indian collection.
Mr.. Edmunds gave notice that tomorrow he
would ask the Senate to take up the bill to dis
pose of the Alabama claims award
Mr.. Harlan introduced joint resolution pro-
p osing to amend the Constitution so as to have
Senators of the United States elected by pop
ular vote.
peal the bankrupt law, taking it for granted
that Senators had made up their minds on the
subject, and that the vote on his melton could
indicate views of majority in regard to the OBJ
ject of the bill.
Mr.. Edmunds said there were very important
questions to be con idered in DISCRIMINATING a
disposition of this bill, and protested against
the Senate being called to pass upon them an
undoubtable motion like this.
Mr.. Wright introduced his motion and cave
notice that on Wednesday next he would move
to proceed to consideration of this bill
The Webb Australian steamship subsidy was
taken up.
Mr.. Nye addressed the Senate at length in
support of it.
Mr.. Buckingham argued against the bill. He
was not opposed to subsidies where they could
be wisely granted, but investigation had proved
this was not such case. 1t was an axiom of
commerce that there could be no profitable
commerce between two nations in any articles
produced by both in superabundance, and there
fore there could not be such commerce between
Australia and California because the staple
productions were the same gold, grain and
wool. There had indeed been a temporary traf-
fra, -
in Europe resulting from the war between
France and Prussia, but he (Buckingham) pre-
dicted that the returns for the current year
would show that the trade had fallen away to
almost nothing.
Mr.. Chandler offered the Burnside subsidy
bill as substitute for the pending bill, an
nouncing, however, that on final vote he
would oppose both.
Mr. Morrill,, of Maine, favored the bill The
Senator from Connecticut had argued that it
would be unwise to substitute this line for the
reason among Others that it terminates at
half way point, leaving transportation between
San Francisco and the Atlantic coast to be
done in costly manner by railroad. If this
argument were sound, Mr.. Morrill, said it was
an equally good argument against sustaining
the China or any other line terminating on the
Pacific coast. This Australian line deserved
encouragement as an American line and also as
pioneer line, which would open up new field
for the shipping of the Atlantic coast now
struggling i'll ruinbus competition with the sub
sidized shipping of Europe
Mr.. buckingham in reply said our trade with
China was different in character from any trade
we could hope to have with Australia, besides
the China trade was with 35O,OO0,O0O of people,
while the other would be much smaller num-
Der.
Pending q motion by Mr. Thurman to lay the
subsidy on the table for the purpose of killing
it, the Senate adjourned to Monday
HOUSE.
This being private bill day, large number of
private bills were reported and passed.
After spending the whole day on private bills
the House adjourned.