The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-28
CONGRESSIONAL.
FRIDAY, February %.

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Senate.-Mr. Bayard, from committee
on finance, reported a resolution direct
ing the Secretary Of the Treasury to in
form the Senate whether any additional leg
islation is necessary to prevent defalcations
by officers disbursing and receiving United
States revenue stamps and public moneys,
and whether bond and security should not
be exacted for the proper discharge Of
their duties.
The bill to provide for the appointment
Of q commission to investigate the alcoholic
liquor trafic,,was taken up.
The amendment Of Mr.. Morrill,, of Maine,
appropriating $10, 900 for the expenses of
the commission was adopted.
Further amendments were adopted, and
after further discussion the bill was laid
over. VI
The House bill in reference to the Cen
tennial Exposition was taken up.
Mr.. Sumner moved q substitute for the
bill, providing that the celebration of the
o~ne-hundredth anniversary Of American
Independence shall be national in its char
acter, and the arrangements shall be left
in the hands of the original commission,
and shall be carried out so as to conform
to the provisions Of the act of Congress /;
that no money shall be appropriated from
the national treasury for account of the
celebration.
Mr.. Sumner then addressed the Senate
on the subject. He SAID the idea of a
worlds fair was inharmonious with the
idea of celebrating the national independ-
ence. Joining the two would be as UNI
natural as the ligament that now bound the
two bodies lying on the surgeons bench in
Philadelphia. He held that it would be in
bad taste to invite England to participate.
He also regarded it as not consistent with
our se~lf-respect to invite the princes and
~potentates of Europe to participate with
us.
House.-Mr. Tyner (Ind.) entered a
motion to reconsider the vote by which the
bill for the free distribution of documents
was lost, and said he would call it up when
the seats were fuller, with a view, if the
motion prevailed, of then moving its recon.
mitment to the committee on postofices
and post roads, with instructions to report
a bill embracing the third section only,
which relates to country papers.
The regular order was demanded, and
this being Friday, the House proceeded to
the consideration of bills ola private nature
reported from committee. Under the call
a number Of private bills were reported
and referred to the committee of the whole
on the private calendar. A number OF bills
were also reported back for a change oil
reference, which was ordered.
Mr.. McJunkin PENN, from the COM
mittee on invalid pensions, reported a bill
giving a pension of $50 a month to Louise
A.. Candy, widow of the late General E.
X. s.. Candy. Passed.
Mr.. Maynard (Tenn.) said he thought
in this particular case the House could, by
unanimous consent, act upon this bill now
without referring it to the committee of the
whole, and by unanimous consent the bill
was passed.
Mr.. McJunkin also reported a bill giving
apension of$50a month to Margaretta S
Meade, widow of the late Major-G Genera
George q. Meade, and asked unanimous
consent that the House now act upon it
Passed.
MIR. McJunkin also reported q bill giving
q pension Of $50 per month to Cynthia
Mcpherson, mother Of the late General
James ID. Mcpherson, and 1T was passed
Also, q bill restoring q pension to Francis
Elliott, widow of the late Jesse d. Elliott
late q commodore in the United State,
navy.
This, with the preceding three bills
were passed by a unanimous vote.
The morning hour having expired, tn,
Senate amendment to the bill granting {
pension to VIM. e. Prince was conquered
IN, and the bill passed.
Mr.. Tyner (Ind.) said that after consul
tation he had decided to withdraw his mo
ton to reconsider the vote by which the
Thanking bill was defeated, and gave notice
that on Monday he would endeavor tc
secure the passage of a bill embodying the
provisions Of the third section, under 3
suspension Of the rules.
On motion of Mr.. Hawley (Ill.), thu
House then went into committee of the
whole ON the private calendar.