New-York tribune., 1874-03-18
uOusE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Mr.. Cox Dem., N. " presented resolutions
recIng that bills for advertising haye boon presented
TO the Treasury Department which advertising had been
done IN defiance Of the law OF July l5 1870 requiring
written orders for all advertising. and directing the
secretary OF the Treasury furnish copies OF all such
bids; and of the correspondence relating thereto.
| Adopted.
MINING BILLS.
| Mr.. LOWE (Rop, KanJ, from the Committee on
Mines and Mining, reported favoraby bill relating 10
placer mining lands in California Tho bill provides
that public lands other than those containing claims or
odos OF quartzbearng gold silver. cinnabar 'ead &C.,
or lands containing coal shall not bo excluded rs min-
eral land from preempHon homestead entry. unless
1t he shown that hde mining claims exist therein,
easement and that the price OF agricultural and placer
mineral lands outside OF the limits OF ralroad
| shall be 81 25 per acre Mr. Lowe explained ana aoVo
Mr. WARD (Rep.. ILL., opposed the bill as reversing
the rule of the Government affecting mineral lands as
surrendering all the control OF the Government over
them and as practically opening all the mineral lands
NOT the bill actually did produce the effect OF allowing
monopoiss buy up these lands TO Gonso date them
o get OF the streams and ghies aud 10 Keep
ont the prospecers and miners VINO are now engaged In
developing the wealth of the miaes OF Cai,orna"
| Mr. PAGE Usep, Call advocated the DILL ana fcpneu
| to MIR. Wards objections to II. -. ,,,
| Mr KELLEY (Isep, Penn was satisfied that the bill
involved a OF thelpOlcy OF the Goyernent as 70
mineral lands and he trusted that would receive am
ple consideration before It finally acted upon The
bin seemed remedy the evil OF having ndch lana
crasped in a few hands in California, aud therefore
seemed invite his sympathy and IN approval OF nis
Judgment: but 1t related not to Agricultural lands but
10 mineral lands, and IL 1t became law these iands
would be taken up under many names. ana woun d Hs
have taken mp by their creatures aud would tncn
procure their conveyance to lor mere song
tions the bill and expressed his beief thit the
more discussed the moro Il would commend sen
to the Committee OF tho whole. The Dli vas
Mr. LOWE also reported a bill exemptng Kansas and
Missouri from the operation the act OF May 10, 1872
which forbids tho presumption Of iron and coal mines
Mr.. NEGLEY Rep.. PENN offered an amendment
hSt own claims or mines on the Comstock lode must
make aPpcaon for patents within nrs sI aons @ %oname,t
that blu shall not affect or make void me proceed
ngs for patents Of applicants for claims on the ComsocS
Mr.. KENDALL Dem. Eey) opposed Dir. .Negieys
amendment which he said involved millions ON millions
of the property Of his constituents.
All the amendments were ordered to be printed. and
the bill then went over Till the morning hour lomof-
TIE LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, AND JUDICIAL AP-
PRoPHATION BILL
After a conflict for precedence between the Cheap
TRANSFORMATION BILL the Legislative Appropriation bill,
and contested election case the House at TWO O'Clock
went into Committee of the Whole. Mr. woodford (Rep,
NJ W in the Chair the Legislative. Executive. aud
Judicial Appropriation BILL
Mr. WILLARD (Rep, w. called attention TO the IN
eonaty of the compensation provided for the officials OF
gress and for those OF the various otDer depart
mants OF the Governmsnt, and he offered various
for reduction OF the OF doorkeepers
and messengers In the CAPITOL all OF when amendments
"Si Mr.. HOLMAN Dem.. Ind) having charged the Re-
publican party with extravaganza, ana ehtoiled tne
oiled TO by Mr. KELLEY Rep, PennJ who asserted
that had been such season OF progacy as
in the four Of Mr.. Buchannans Administration,
when the revenues ran down from $64OoOoo to s39oS
and when tho people were SO per'eSaea Oy taxa
shrank from year TO 9lO0o and the tide OF emil
grafton equaled that OF Immigration
Mr. cox CDem,, N. W Joined IN the discussion ana
that language inadequate to express the
contempt OF the people for tho namSy Pamoy' sn.y
heard good deal OF grinding but they saw no meal
agher That was pesa% ds tSs Sns Se OF
tho House, aided by one honorable gentleman on the
ds S Se h 9 Of tho
present time and those Of 1861 or 1885, ON the question OF
he would remind the scholars on the other
side Of the House that
f. hl,,s NIUE e., ar,T; @,,s,, 81 ',s1; "se,,.
And The plessan. land
Msnabers on tho other side would go homo to their
State Conventions and their County Conventions and
would present resolutions that 1t Is the duty OF all
10 practice economy, and yet they would (he would not
ops to reduce expenses but when the Yeas and Nays
were called they would not be there. He himself
did not belong TO side Of the House. lLaugherl
He was not par cuarly In aiiaton with any side
or the other He eclectic philosopher. Laugh
teri He picked out gentlemen like tho Chairman and
other distinguished members both sides aud made
his marty with them. The people doing the
Hamnshirs and there would be bigger meaning in the
coming election In Connecticut, and more sun among
the Grangers. He understood from distinguished West
ern men that hardly Q member either side OF tho
House would come back. General laughterl
There being a difficulty in getting quorum to vote.
the COMMITTEES rose after having got through only two
Mr MoCkXRY JRep., Iowa) proposed that tomorrow
be set apart discussion the Transportation ball.
giving as q that members would be absent to-
to witness the launch OF the Pacific Mail Steam
sup City OF Peking. at Chester, Penn.
Mr.. Z. II. ROBERTS Rep:, N. ~ objected.
Committee, reported the Military Academy ApprOpris-
tion bill Referred to the Committee OF the Whole.
COMMITTEES. reported bill to provide for the gradual
reduction Of the army which WAS made special order
MI TODD lRep, Penny moved to adjourn over till
Mr.. C0NGER IRep Mich), a member Of the Commit
tee on Commerce, the proposition that
row devoted to the debate the Cneap Tansporta
tion bill. The members of his COMMITTEES, he said,
garded 1t almost part OF their duty to attend tho
launch Of the largest steamship ever built In tho United
MIR. E. II. ROBERTO withdrew his objection. aud
unanimous consent was given
The House then at tsO, took recess until 1880, the
evening seson " be for debate the Transportation
bill.
EVENING SESSION.
In the evening session the debate tho bill to regu
late interstate railroad commerce opened by Mr..
sCUDDER (Rep. NJ j., who opposed the bill legal.
constitutional aud practical grounds There eleven
members present. including tho speaker pro ten. Mr..
spraguo (Rep. Ohio. The debate was continued by
Messrs. HOLMAN Dem.. Ind.) and COTTON (Rep..
Iowa. In support OF the bill In Its general features
NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE President sent
tho following nominations 10 the Senate today;
James W. Steele Of Ksnna be Consul MstsnIs cubs
heLars % be Gols VI Internal Rs'snas for the h District Of
sM,A b Res.i Oii d, Lad oos q L, a'','
Nc, .e 3 ss,. es asss, =. the cane pu .