Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-12
CONGRESSIONAL.

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 4 sEa@ssz- FsIEzs1eApaSa importers presented d F1sTs som asking for reform of the present usHN os c=zSs0z@S oOssecti0n--There was suuzss IekzEss oxer bill zsking an appro- pCI1s6c1 oE sra. .ssS0 for the district investi- rzeRau zzs7 5s ExS referred Mr. Ramsey, aE Mn. =s18FySsed the Senate regarding cheap trx-x-soEsztzol- He said the pres wus srNSeAkx were zb0ut 40 cts on bushel .aS wAss4t En szEMSr and 57 in winter; these s-zzI be EafRcel half by an improvement .sF the Lake CT Mississippi water. routes, sr hr eGEk3Ewg government freight rail EusEzL TAe present system of railroads Eas A1zusEsi s0 the day of small begin mEM-rs. no sss the eaOFEnoas business of our fine -CazsS3e<ztiOa of the Centennial bEsI EzS thEE Ses1me1 NIT. Sergeant op- Fsssg,3 sn zpFsOpEIzsiOn- MT Sumner said tAs oET=TEzl zcs contained an express pro- vS.sissa thzs there ShOald be no appropria- taaz zri HgE three millions were asked for zasI be opposed any change of program. Ta@ 4=easfweat for an appropriation was FeIsss-taI = to IT, 7,and the bill was referred. The hEaOr cUamiSsson bill passed, 26 te @t
 Asses,--Oa Tuesday of last week bIH waS passed amending the homestead hw--Mr- NeCrary. of Iowa, then spoke sa the bill for regulating railroad fares anal freiGhtS~ He said his bill was not prepared In any spirit of hostility t0 the raIIruasf<- It provided two things only in the HAtzre cf reformation: First, that persaas engaged in railroad commerce shall nos make unreasonable or extortion- afs charges. and second, that they shall gsak make any unjust diScriminations i'll the matter cf charges. He asked the house to consider seriously whether these powerful mORoPOlies having to do with the interests of forty millions of people asght tO be left permanently independ- rnt of any legislative control. He only proposed tO build national railroad in r-1ss all other expedients proved futile. Nr. Arthur of Ny. opposed the bill.
 tn WesieSSiay. petition of New York business men, representing near 300 mil IIons of capital, was presented, opposing JndztiOn and the issue of Treasury notes by the SeeretOEy of the Treasury.-The Utah bill was referred to the committee uf the whoIe.-The Indian appropriation bill was reported.-Mr. Arthur finished his speech against the railroad bill Mir Hurlourt of Illinois favored it and char acteFIzEsl the argument made by Mir Ar thur against 1t as an exhibition of the wretched old heresy of extravagant state sovereignty.
 On Thursday, the motion to reconsider the vote rejecting the franking bill was carried. 121 to 106. \ motion to recon. init with instructions to report the Butler bill was rejected, 46 to 1S3, and the orig inal bill was also rejected, Ill to 120.-In the Virginia contested election case Mr. Thomas was given his scat-The Legis- tafive Appropriation bill was then dis ccssed MT Garfield replied to Mr. Dawes recent speech. He said that taxes had been greatly reduced since the war. He regretted the repeal of the tax on tea and coffee He said the revenues had been cut down S146. .O00, 900 since 1866, which explained our present difficulties. He said that Mir. Dawes in his speech claiming that there had been an increase of appropriations for the current year of s9 millions had included the Sinking Fund. and had not reckoned it in the former year. He said that the Commit Zee on Appropriations Iof which he is chair mani could not agree to cut them down to to the level of the revenues. He thought that they could reduce the national ex- peRditure for the coming year to 22T0, . tS0 O0a. if the House would stand by them He thought this amount with the reEFval of confidence and business, would be raised without additional taxation: if not. there must be additional .axes. MT. Beck, of Ky. claimed that the sinking fund of former years WAS included in MT. Dawes estimate. He criticised the ex- traxsrance of the Administration.
 On Friday. bill was passed authoriz- ing tine Secretary of the Navy to contract tor bronze statue of Faragut. t.-The rest of the session was taken up with the dis s.asSson of private bills.