Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-05-20
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
WEDNESDAY, May 20.


WEDNESDAY, May 20.
Mr.. Wright, from the com mttee Of confer
ence on the bill to facilitate the expectation OF
distilled spirits, submitted . report, which ga
| laid over and ordered TO be printed.
Mr.. Buckingham, from the Committee on
Indian Affairs, reported the bill 70 authorize
the Secretary OF the Interior 70 pay sleO 900 GU,
| the Cherokee strip 20 the Cherokee nation.
THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD DEPOT
Mr.. Johnston called mp bill 20 authorize the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad 70 construct .
| lateral branch into the District OF Colum bis
and TO change the location OF the depot. Il
said the object OF the bill was TO bring the Met
ropolitan branch and the Washington branch
| together outside Of the city, 20 that they car
| enter the c.tv by one common line, and also "a
remove the depot here one square back fiom
Mr.. Stewart said much injury had sSSady
been done TO the city by allowing the indis
eliminate laying Of railroad tracks. He favored
no more legislation on this snhject until com
mission Of engineers was appointed 20 settle
| upon the proper location OF tracks in the city
for ell the railroads. Before a very long time
provision would have to be made for these rail
roads coming In either under or over the ground
The Is. " y. X. X. now crossed Massachusetts,
avenue, and he did not believe this would be
permitted for five years longer.
Mr.. Morrill, (Vt) said he had fer some time
been trying to effect an smicable arrangement
by which all the steam railroads could haye the
same facilities In the city, and he did not yet
was no question that in q very short time the
Baltimore and Potomac depot must be removed
| from Its present location and ut whatever cost
He hoped that Arrangements could be made to
| Accommodate IL and the Baltimore and Ohio.
| He asked now that the pending bill 20 over
until to norrow 20 that he could examine it
| provisions.
The bill was then laid over until TO- morrow.
Mr.. Scott, from the Com mittee on Claims
reported adversely on House joint resolution
directing the commissioners Of claims to send
| to Congress without delay the claims decided
| prior TO April 1, 1874 Also, from the same com
mittee, adversely on the bill introduced by MT.
10y al persons against the United States aecrung
\ during the late rebellion, and for other pur
poses Both bills were indefinitely postponed.
On motion OF Mr.. wadleigh, the Secretary OF
War was directed to communicate to the SEN
ate copies Of all documents on file in his depart
| ment In relation to the claim Of Norman wizard.
/ MI Logan, rom Committee on Military AZ
| fairs, reported bill for promotion OF Capt. WIN
Myers to the rank Of major in the quartermas-
| ters De apartment
Mr.. Ingersoll called up bill 10 enable the See
| Rotary Of the Interior to make final settlement
with the Pottowatomie Indians OF Michigan ana
Indiana under treaty stipulations existing with
them; which was discussed at some length, and
then went over.
Mr. FrelinRhuysen moved to take up
THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.
Messrs. stockton and Salisbury appealed TO
the majority not to take up the bill until Messrs.
Bayard, Stephenson and others, who desired %
speak on it, were able to be present.
On q division, majority voted TO take up the
Mr.. Salisbury called for the ayes AMI noes
he said he wanted it TO 60 ON the record that
the dominant party in the Senate, which deter
MINE d the whole order of business in caucus
refused to grant the courtesy to absent mem
bers TO express their views on an important
subject.
Mr.. Hamlin said he was very glad to have an
Opportunity TO put his vote on the record In the
Affirmative 10 take up bill tn at b sd been de
bsted at the greatest extent, year ia and year
out.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Mr.
Dawes Mass moved to take up the Senate
resolution providing for the adjournment o.
Congress on the I'D of June, but Mr.. Kasson
(Iowa) objected.
DIR. Dawes then, as a privileged question
offered an original resolution for an al joarn
meDt on the I'D.
Mr.. Coburn lIud.l moved to adjourn, but the
Mr.. Kssson moved to lay the resolution on the
table. Rejected-yess 81, nays l55.
The previous question on Mr.. Dawes resolu.
ton was ordered by vote Of ll2 ~ Is.
The resolution was then adopted by a vote OF
143 yeas to 60 nays.
Those voting in the negative were Messrs. At
kins, Biery, Bradley, Bright, Brombers, Brown.
lKan), Coburn, Cook, Grassland, Donnau.
Dunnel, Eldredge, Fort, Harris lys.), Hsrri-
bell, Hunter, Hurlbut, Hyde, Hynes, Kasson,
Knapp, Lawrence, Lawson, Loughridge,
Lynch, Maynard, McCrary, McDill wis.,,
Packard, Packer. Parker MOI, Plat (Va.)'
Pratt, Purmsn, Ransier, Rsper, Sawyer, Say
Ter (Ipd.), Sener, Sherwood, Shoemaker, Sloss,
wallace, Ward IN. j., white, whitthorne,
Willard (yt), Williams Mich }, Wilson (Iowa)
and Woodwork.
The regular order was demanded and the
Speaker announced that the bill in relation 60
the SaL born contracts Was in order, but at the
request Of Gen. Butler, who is sick, and who
desired to speak, the discussion was postponed
The House then resolved itself into committee
Of the whole on
THE POST OFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL,
Mr.. Parsons in the chair. By order of the
House general debate was limited TO one hour
and half.
Mr.. Holman (Ind.) called attention to the in
crease of three and a half millions in this bill
over last year, and said that it would be well to
sop and inquire whether this arose from the ex-
tortions OF railroad corporations. He referred 20
the tables showing the rate paid the Erie rail-
road, which had grown a. follows; In 1869
S12S,5; 1870, sl22 675; 1S7i, Sl22 6I5; ~, $685.,
600; '73. slI2 600; and for the present year by
1872, 500. This rate, he said, was greater By
SIS 600 than If the same space was devoted b.
the transportation Of passengers
Mt. Holmsn bad read the confidential clrcu-
lar Of Giles A. Smith, inviting railroad cooper
alton in securing an increase of compensation
and charged that the present enormous in.
CT. ase was the result Of the plans then lad in
1872 by Giles A. Smith, who had held the posi-.
he denounced the increased payments to the
railroads, and said IL was a hundred per ceEt
more than was paid during the war, when the
currency was deprecated and values Of al
kinds inflated.
Mr.. Ward (N.Y.) said he desired to know
why IL was that the bill exceeded by two mil
lions the amount stated by the Postmaster GEN
eral that he would require, and why the de-
fciency allowed between the receipts aud ex-
penditures was put at IS ,63i 900, when the
Postmaster General, in his report, stated that
but q, 636 900 would be required.
Discussion was continued at some length,
when the time to which the House had limited
general debate in committee having expired
the residing Of the bill by paragraphs for amend
ments was resumed.
GEN. JOIN TYLER, son Of the late ex-Pres'
cent, contrsdictz the report that he and his
brothers and sisters have ever been engaged In
lawsuits with his fathers second wife conce rn-
ing his will He says they acquiesced In his
fathers disposition Of his entire property 10 his