Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-04-20
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WASHINGTON, April 10, 1874.

WASHINGTON, April 10, 1874.
The President is beseiged by advocates
and opponents Of the financial bill re-
Gently passed by Congress who urge him
to sign or to veto it. He talks freely
with those on either side, and each side
leave the White House with belief
that the President has been fayorably
impressed by their arguments. Among
members Of Congress the prevalent opin-
Ion is that the bill will be signed.
No new financial move will be made in
the Senate until it is known what the
President intends to do.
The proceedings in the Senate to-day
were not very interesting, except to those
who love to hear repeated the oft told
tale of Louisiana politics. Senator West
made an able defence of the Kellogg
Government, and was followed by SEN
ator Hamilton Of Maryland, who de-
nounced it. 1t is said that nearly every
Democratic Senator desires to speak on
the Louisiana question, and viii join
Senator Carpenter and his Republican
friends in voting against laying the
Carpenter bill on the table.
1t was also dull in the House, and
there are evidently reaction from the
intense mental strain and excitement of
the last three weeks. The Committee
on Mileage in the morning hour gave
the House surprise by reporting a bill
abolishing the mileage system for Sena-
tors, Representatives and delegates, and
providing instead that they shall only
receive actual expenses once each way
to Washington every season. 1t will
be remembered that the new salary law
provided that after certain date
December lst next-Congressmen should
be allowed mileage as under the old sys-
TEN. 1t had been the general expecta-
ton that the subject would rest there,
but several bills providing for the repeal
Of mileage having been referred to the
Committee on Mileage, the Committee
reported this morning favorably upo1
one of them. The consequence was tn,
passage of the bill. Although Their
was no debate there was much parlia
mentary opposition to the bill, and al
! evident desire to defeat it by recommit
ting, smothering or tabling without
call of the yeas and nays. These mo
lions, however, were severally defeated
and the bill finally passed by 1876 yea
to 40 nays.
The prOtracted discussion upon f
nance and transportation have done niue
to retard the progress of the work of tn
session.
The House is very far behind.
has seldom happened at this stage of
long session that more of the appropri;
, ton bills have not been passed. II
! House has only passed three. The
the Senate has already concurred in al
] returned. The remaining bills are sue
as will be likely to give rise to very e
tended debate in the House. The ne
J one after the present Legislative bill
. the Indian bill, and upon that bill Il
Democrats and many leading Weste
Representatives intend to exhaustive
debate the entire Indian peace polio
There are many other subjects likely
come before the House in the regul
e course Of business, like the Geneva ava
! the Mormon question, the Louisiana a
, other contested election cases, involvi
long debate. so that while it is quite i
possible to at present forecast any dc
mite Unite to the session, there can
: no doubt that Notwithstanding the p;
. sage of the Finance bills Congress C
hardly adjourn before July first.