New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-13
xLuID OONGRESS--1sr SESSION

XLIIID OONGRESS--1sr SESSION
REGULAR REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS
49,. WARD BILL AMENDED AND PASSED
nv TUE sENATE-THE UTAH CONTESTED ELEc-
1D,av c.sE DISCUSSED IN THE HoUsE-CoNsID-
rRAT1oN OF THE PASSENGER STEAMBOAT LAW
RESOLUTIONS ON ARKANSAS AFFAIRS OFFERED
IN BOTH HOUSES
SENATE. WASHINGTON. May Ia, 1874
Mr.. WRIGHT (Rep., Iowa., from the Com-
mttee on Finance reported adversely on the bill Tor INC
relief OF T. BOYD Pendleton, Collector of Internal oo
enue for the With District OF Virginia and 1t was inden
nely postponed -.,,,oo
Mr. MORRILL, (Rep VT. from the same Com"i''.oo'
reported favorably the House bill autnor|ins -,
trustees Of the Massachusetts, Museum OF fine a, E
import and retain for two years. certain "orA' u
free Of duty. Passed ,,,i.,oo on
,,inanoo ronorted an amendment to the new FINANCE
biI which proposes % strike OUT tue io'V"~
the second S seSlp ,SIf o,n.
Be orsd ,- P b. Il as interest Of the uoi'ea
And 10 insert IN lieu thereof the following; ,..
All each sid atoms shan keep and n3'n'se a. p ON
h" & riti State. for circulating notes or
government deposits uaess such sssocaon, sha e 20
such ro2oto9 Si3 ' n = 81 % until the sfst day Of January
1- 70 them by the secretary ofthe Treasury and Teh
NAV De h by srea socoa S1o s boSl s. he
70 such holder teleo anl tpe @ bs
Per s.s s Ys f l. esved shall be applied BY him exclusively
payment ne m per cent ayei"ntY pon ON The table
n VI, ordered tLat the amendment nc vi lho '"O0
aud be printed
TIE GENEVA AWARD ELL.
r., scD,tc then resumed consideration OF the Geneva
Award ol the pending question being on the anlenu
mcus OF r Thurman to strike out the clause eAolUuhS
Claims OF insurance companies.
Nj SCHULZ LIB. Rep, MOI said the dealings OF this
Go~.rpv!en. with the money derived from the Geneva
Trana should he marked by strict fairness, ana every
e1Or should bc made 20 carry out the spirit Oh na.
Tr.luI Tus SITUATION and policy of the United states
were @ n, it mght be expected 9s county %0ga
would De % TO carry out theisprt Oh tudt
Truua auJ carefully guard against any vague notions
~ 'CONkIISG Rsp., \. " said the bill deserved
nm ,,,l .r,fi5n than IL was receiving 1t in
yaly,luslry SlIU0lOO IN money, bat matters beyond
+. 10 ,rn. c0asdl r3t0ns were involved ~ ~ Inc
d,,'r,a!,5l q tine Geneva award concerned the d e
N.Y. the rep taOD, and the discretion OF the American
H.. I'D mi consider tIe Vending bin as wise
ms !; might have been made. 1t was not to
create special court this matter, to invent laws OF
lis osn Ia. II would better to so through the
reonI1r iIilclal process, with the right OF APP
peal 10 consider details OF the bill he thought
panics should applied to all others. If, as claimed
thc money belonged I, tine treasury, no one nau S any
claim upon IT, und arwrlters or any one else c9a
be applied % building lighthouses 10 me Iehei OF te
widows on orphans OF me i9 var or ~ ny
10 follow The lac marked by the arbitration, then Con,
ges9 ought 10 listen g. the cam 81 nun MHPSe ne S
p4rture from Melbourne. The Government presented
%
At presented aUd vOIched Tor its case
Mr FKELiNGHUYsEN Giep, ~ j., said that as he
had voted Tor the bill IN Committee, he esteemed IL
proper t. his reasons now for so dong He re-
Earled claim a material one Tue liability was TO
This Government account OF the English Government
having violated the Neutrality laws After quoting
from legal decisions in support Of his argument
ne SAID that the distribution OF TINS relet fund the
money should 20 10 indemnify those VINO lost by the
II insurance company lost by the war let III DE
making profit out of tho award, and expressly provided
that ho should have only Indemnity. Why should the
COZ nlemutyf
MI STOCKTON Dem, y. j. gave notice that ne
would Olcr amendment TO the IL section, forbid,
ding the allowance OF claims wheIe the party Injured
had received indemnity from any insurance company,
provide that no claim shall be alloWed In behalf
OF any claimant such claimant shall show to the
satisfaction court that during the late rebe hon the
sum OF his losses exceeded the OF his gains He
SAID he saw no reason WHY fish should be made of one
set OF claimants and flesh OF another IL was proposed
tSefrfoJc il shoud be applied 10 all He saw no crime
insurg vessel and Congress had no right to make
such an unnatural distinction In distributing this
fund Ire butcner the baker aud the candes,ckInaker
should all stand the same footing. lie did not agree
Mr. BOUTWELL, Q;sp., MASH said insurance was a
distinct business wen as commerce. and II Congress
compelled thc insurance company to exhibit balance
sheet. upon the same principle 1t should compel ine
ineIcd OF dhihisnel t + iii an b nm Thar hal
aIcsbecs losses incurred by the Georgia and the ii
other Confederate cruisers, for which II had been de-
clarcd that Great Britain was not responsible.
Mi EDNUNDS rep, WI made legal argument IN
reply 60 the Onj cOns against the MI, aHd maintained
That the principles OF me Di4l mo Oeu setteu py III
quoted Judge StOrys and other decisions IN cases
OF American vessels destroyed in the War OF 1872 and
contCndcd that TIE wrong committed by Great Britain
wts not against the lnCly lua CtHcn 0ut against tne
pati1 ana that was the principle which governed the
nTcseIatloE of our case at Geneva; and. he said,
nation would could with respect submit questions OF
s relations bAgatOns 10 its own cuzensto foreign
Inc question was then taken on the amendment Of
MI Thurman, 10 s,riEo out the clause excluding the
cIailIs of insurance companies. and agreed TO-,
Yeas 81. Nays q, as follows: TX pubcans IN roman
Democrats in la.ic. aud Liberal Republicans IN small