The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-05-12

resume legislative control Of the District
Of Columbia and TO provide for the gov.
ernmont thereof; at the expiration Of the
morning hour, the consideration of the
Civil Rights bill was resumed; Mr.. Fen.
ton made an effort to have his Moiety
bill taken up, but objection being made
be proceeded to deliver an address in ia.
vor of repeating all moiety laws. 10 the
House, Mr.. Melish introduced bill to
regulate the payment Of customs duties
and to secure par in value of gold,
United States and National bank notes
report was made by the Committee on
Ways and Means on the Sanborp con-
tracts Mr.. Kasson moved to suspend the
rules and pass the bill to provide for
more equitable distribution of the Nation
al BANK currency the rules were sus-
pended, but, pending a vote on the motion
to pass the bill, the House adjourned.
The Senate during the morning hour
voted to extend for two years the grant
Of land previously made to aid in the
construction Of the extension lines Of the
st. Paul and Pacific Railroad in Mime
sofa. This road comprises two lines, one
from Watab TO Brainerd, which when
completed will tap the Northern Pacific
Railway at point about 100 miles west
of Duluth, turn large part of its tra6c,
especially during the Winter, to St. Paol,
and reduce the distance by rail between
the latter named city and points on the
Northern Pacific 10y at least hundred
miles
The judiciary Committee Of the House
have at last finished the consideration of
the bill for the distribution Of the Geneva
award, and have agreed upon II measure
substantially the same as that known as
Gen. Buffers. ltIrovides that payment
shall be made to the mutual insurance
companies for all losses sustained BY the
vessels for whose depredations We made
Claim against Great Britain, provided no
member Of mutual insurance company
shall recover for any war premium paid
to such company for risks In other
words,theJ will be paid for all losses, and
cut of from war premiums. The amend.
ment further provides that thoy shall
distribute the money so paid them among
their members VINO contributed TO pay the
losses. The insurance companies have
gained great strength from some cause OF
other, having five friends on the Com.
mittee instead of one, which was all they
had when the subject first came up, II
is also noticed that the companies hav,
an unexpected number Of strong advocate:
on the floor of the House. One feature
of the bill will be strongly antagonizet
By the lobby, it being that part relating
to the assignment Of claims. The bll
makes void all assignments, liens, &c.
made by war-prcmium claimants 10 claim
agents, brokers, lawyers, aud others, aLt
not only this, tut it provides that Al
claims so assigned shall be void.
The following is the full text Of the bill
reported Tuesday from the Committee Of
Ways and Means relative to the Sanbor
contracts
Be ii enacted, That so much the &C
entitled IAN act making appropriation
for the legislative, executive, and judicia
expenses Of the Government for the yea
ending June 80, 1873, and for other pur
poses" approved May 8, 1879. as pro
vides for the employment by the Secre,ar
of the Treasury Of not more than tire
persons to assist the proper officers G
The Government in discovering and col
lectiug any money belonging to the Unit
ed States, when the same shall be with
held by any person or corporation be, an
the same is hereby repealed, and th
Secretary of the Treasury is hereby d
rected TO revoke aud annul all contract
for the collection of such taxes mad
under and by authority of said act.
SIC . That tho Ceurt of Cloino sba
p have no authority to consider or decid
, upon any claims for damages by reaso
: Of the dscontinuaDce Of the contract
, aforesaid, or for any profits or percentage
under them.
In the Senate Wednesday, Mr.. Shel
: man reported substitute for the Hous
I Currency bill various bills were intro
a duced and reported the Civil RICH
: bill was allowed to lay over, to perm
! Senator's who desired to speak thereon
prepare their arguments notice was gl'
en- that the Geneva award bill would
called up to-day. Ia the House it wi
ordered, after considerable discussion
that the daily sessions begin hereafter
IL o'clock the consideration OF the Cel
tennial Appropriation bill was then r
sumed, and speeches were made in i
support by Messrs. Frye, llarriso
Shanks, Mccormick, White, and Myer.
Messrs. Cobb Of Kansas, Smith OF Obi
Phelps. Gunckel, and Ward spoke again
the bill; the debate continued during Il
entire day session and was continu,
in the evening no action was taken.
Very little interest is manifested
the new Currency bill reported by Il
Senate Finance Committee, the explain
tion being that very few believe that
has any chance Of passing. The inf
s. tionists of The Senate scout the idea tn
&c The proposed measure is compromise
"a all, ard their representatives upon I
a Committee are said to have voted again
o No. reporting it. Men holding the views
!, Morton, Logan, and Ferry would pref
u to have no legislation to the passage OF
III bill that gives them no more promise
imitation than this The Centennial b
debated in the House had two notal
speeches, and only two, out Of a lar
number . one by Mr. Frye in favor of t
appropriation, and the other by \
of Phelps against it. Mr. Frye's was
nd odds the best speech yet made in ell
I'd House in favor of the proposition, and
I'd times it reached to the dignity of finish
I'd oratory. Rarely has speech been Ii
,rs ened to with more respect and attentiC
i'd 1t was an earnest, courageous, maj
espousal of cause not popular in his o
is section of the country, and he made eve
SITS point that was to be made on that ST
An His speech cheered, for a moment,
to dropping spirits of the great number
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