The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-04

which have received grants on condition that
tney should be aspublic highway for the use of
Cne government free from tolls or other charges
tae words ''or upon any conditions for the use
OF such road, the object being to avoid any
technical Limitation that might be put on the
definition. The amendment was concurred in
without limitation
The next important amendment was the in
sertlon of an item of $4,000 for the construc.
Lon military post on the north fork of Loup
hiver in Nebraska. Non concurred in. :
All the amendments affecting the decision of
various bureaus of the War Department of
CLAIMS for quartermasters stores, Sc, were non
ooncurred in.
The bill was then sent to the Conference
Committee
Mr. Hale of Maine, presented the conference
report on the navy appropriation bill. Agreed
The Senate amendments to the House bills
10 amend pension acts and increase the pen
81 SONS OF totally disabled men were sent to the
committee OF Conference. Messrs, Rush, Small,
OF N. H., and Holman were appointed on such
a committee.
Mr., Lamson of Ohio, from the Committee on
naval Affairs, reported a bill in relation to the
correction of prize lists. Passed.
Mr. Lawrence of Ohio, from the Committee
on War Claims, reported bill extending to the
thlrd OF March, 1875, the time for presenting
petitions Tor the allowance of claims to the
commissioners Of Claims.
After speech in explanation of the bill by
Mr. Lawrence, an amendment was offered by
MIN for the appointment of two additional
commissioners, which was adopted and an
amendment offered by Mr.. Cobb of North
carolina to allow claims for buildings and
grounds occupied by the army navy in the
Ill
another amendment offered by Mr.. Cobb of
North Carolina, providing that submission to
the ae-tacto authority of a State in retention or
service IN the enrolled militia or in the cOnfed-
crate army shall not be regarded as conclusive
proof of disloyalty, was rejected without yeas
AMI navs
Mr.. Maynard of Tenn, moved to lay the bill
on the table Lost, yeas SO nays 133
Mr. Maynard then moved to ecommit the
OIL to the Committee on War Claims. Agreed
to.
Mr.. Kelley of Penn, asked leave to offer the
following:
Whereas, BY Sec 18th, article first, of the
Constitution of the United States. it is provid-
ed that all bills for raising revenue shall origin
ate in the House of Representatives, and by
sec. Sth of said amendment it is further pro-
vided that Congress shall have power to lay and
collect taxes, duties, imports and exercises and
to regulate commerce with foreign nations;
therefore
Resolved, That the President of the United
States be and hereby is requested to inform the
House whether the Executive Department of
the Government is at this time engaged in con-
SiuCAihS tcImo VI treaty ny WHICH bne COLI IneTce
between the United States and British prov
inces of North America is to be regulated and
by which Congress is to be deprived of its con-
stitutional right to control these important sub
jects thus specifically conided to it by the ex-
press terms of the Constitution
Mr.. Cox of New York, objected, saying the
resolution was reflection on the administra-
ton and he would rather encorage tho admin
istration in this matter. He wanted reciprocity.
The resolution was not received.
Mr.. Hurlbut of Ill.,, from the Committee on
Railways and Canals, called up the bill for the
improvement of the mouth Of the Mississippi
river and proceeded to explain and advocate it.
MIR. McCreary, chairman of the committee,
opposed the bill in that form as being too much
like the Sanborn contract matter. Engineer
problems should be studied and solved by the
United States Engineer Corps, and that what
ever work may be decided upon shall be exc
cutSd directly by government
The House took a recess.
Evening Session.
Speeches were made on the Mississippi river
bill by Messrs. Wells, Stone and Clark of Mis-
souri,, and Cork of Ga; by Page of CAL, on the
coolie question, and by Milliken of KY, on the
Methodist church question. Very few were
present.