The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-20

ment of Congress June 23l was taken ur
and passed
The bill for the benefit Of occupying
claimants on public lands was passed
The bill authorizing San Francisco to
Use the Preside reservation rs park, was
taken IN
HOUSE.
The house took up the senate amend
ments to the naval appropriation bill
Some OF them were concurred in, and others
were nonconcurred in The latter were
sent to Il committee of conference.
~ bill to remove the political disability
from Thomas Claiborne of Tennessee WAS
passed.
The house then took up the bill reported
by Mr.. Roberts from the ways aud means
committee, to amend certain laws and to
repeal moieties.
Mr.. Dawes moved to strike ont the thir-
teenth section and add provision to the
sixth section that any informer may have
the perpetual right of action against any
federal officer who is paid any money by an
iniormer.
Mr.. Beck offered An amendment, pro-
hbitng any member of congress acting as
agent or attorney for persons sued nv the
governnt.
Mr. Roberts explained the bill.
~ lengthy discussion occurred between
+. III. Roberts and NJ. Beck. touching on
the Developments of the late rloiety iuyes-
tigaton and the right of Senator Conkling
to act rs advisor Of customs officials, Mr..
Beck quoted largely from the testimony be-
fore the ways and means committee, and
insisted that the third section should be
stricken from the bill.
Mossrs. kasson and Dawes also had read
portions of the same testimony
Mr. Wood OF New York spoke in advo-
cacy Of the bill
Mr. Niblack advocated the bill except
the third section.
Mr. Beck said he had been informed by
Mr. Roberts TINT his Beck - amendment
might cndanger the passage of the bill,
and as he regarded the bill as too important
to run any risk in the matter he would
withdraw his amendment and offer it with
the bill which would be reported in regard
to the Sanborn contracts
Mr. Dawes, chairman OF the ways and
means committee, closed the debate in a
speech supporting the measure. He read
to the House list of the enormous amounts
PAID the custom house officials in New
York since 1869 rs their share Of the fines
and penalties, the aggregate being 1886
73l. The law had been well likened to
the case of farmer telling his hired man
who gathcre his crops to g,ean for him
self every mans experience, would tell
him that when such an order was issued
the cleaning would he more than the first
raking.
Mr. L II Roberts called attention TO the
fact that it was the republican administra-
! ton which first of all brought this thing
to light and which first proposed to strike
down this abuse The majority of the
committee on ways and means were repub-
licans, and he challenged any one to say
that republicans need not have been Jealous
in commencing this work and carving it
forward step by step.
Mr.. Wood Of New York protested that
his colleague WAS the first 10 introduce
partisan considerations into the bill, and
that he had taken advantage of the closing
minutes of the debate to do So
The House then proceeded to vote ON
Mr. Dawes amendment to strike ont the
third section of the bill and to add to the
sixth section agreed to, o. to 93, and the
bill as thus amended WAS passed
Mr. Smith of New York, from the cleo
ton committee, made report in the Louis
lana contested election case, in which he
said that neither pnchhacli or Sheridan
had presented evidence to establish his
right to Il seat as large,
but that they shall have to take further
testimony
Mr. Lamar Of Miss, presented the mi
nority report that Pinchbach was not elect
ed, and that Sheridan was Reports ordered
printed, and are to be called mp hereafter.
During the debate on the monty bill Il
message was received from the Senate an
nouncng the passage of resolution of adj
journment.
Mr.. Beck who had the floor at the time
suggested that the senate should be taken
at its word and said that he would yield tC
the motion to agree to the resolution.
Mr.. Dawes of Massachusetts coincdet
with that view aud asked leave to submit
motion, but Mr.. Kasson of Iowa, objected
until the pending matter should he dis
posed of.
At the close of the moiety question
another effort was made to take up the ad
journment resolution, but an objection wa
made.
The house at $50 p. m. took recess
until 730. Evening session to he fo
general debate.