The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-05-14
xLIIId CONGRESS
SENATE.

The House bill for the relief of persons
suffering by the overflow in the Mississippi |
river was reported in the Senate and passed,
with an amendment providing that the act shall
expire on Sept. l, 1874.
When the Louisville and Portland Canal |
Bill was discussed it was shown that the u. s. |
Government held 9995 out of the 10, 900 shares
in the canal.
The Senate considered the bill to enable the |
Mennonites, from Russia, TO effect a perma-
mont settlement on public lands of the United |
States Mr. Ramsey, of Mimi, submitted an
amendment providing that in the 9th section of
tho bill tho aggregate of lands held under
declaration statements shall not at any one time
exceed 800, 900 acres, instead of 100000, as
reported by the committee. Nor shall any one
filing embrace more than $4,000 acres, instead
of 100,0 ,000 Agreed to. Mr.. Ramsey also sub
mitted an amendment to the I'd section of the
bill providing that location might also be made
upon certain Indian lands in Minnesota, held
in trust by the Government, not exceeding 100
acres for each member Of the society. Agreed
| to-
The Senate passed the bill amendatory of the
act to provide internal revenue to support the
Government to pay the interest on the public
debt, and for other purposes, approved June
| 80, 1864. 1t provides that no legal document
or paper require by law to be stamped which
was made, signed or issued in the Southern
States prior to the 1st of July, 1865, shall be
deemed or held as invalid and of no effect by
reason of the failure to impose thereon the re-
| quired stamp.
Davis, of w. Va, introduced bill to reduce
the tax on the circulation Of State banks to an
amount equal to that paid by national banks.
He said the tax on national bank circulation
was one per cent, and that on State bank cir
culation ten per cent. which practically pre-
| vented any circulation of the latter class. He
saw no reason why national banks should have
an advantage over State banks ten to one.
Mr.. Stewart of New, introduced bill to
prohibit national banks from lending money on
money as security and for other purposes. Re-
ferred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr.. Window, from the Committee on Com
merce and Routes, in presenting their report,
delivered long speech. He said that the value
of commodities moved by railroads in 1872 was
over $40, 900, 900 900, for which their gross re-
ceipts were $473, ,241 ,055, and yet the facilities
were inadequate to supply the demand. Con-
sequently agriculture is paralyzed and labor
interests languish. The various routes for
carrying Western produce to the seaboard were
spoken Of in detail, and the committees OBJ
servatons and conclusions stated.
Mr. Edmunds, of VT, introduced by request
a bill to provide for a commission upon the
subject Of postal telegraphy. Referred to the
Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads:
The Chairman of the Judiciary Committee
reported unfavorably OIL, the bills to relieve the
political disabilities of ]. w. Bennett of Mary
land, John Forsyth of Alabama, George Pickett
of Virginia. David A. Tefair, of North Caro-
lima, and Raphael Semmes of Alabama. Most
of these bills did not have the necessary petit
JlOnS from tne parties named, ana tne laCter
one the committee was not disposed to consider
favorably. However the committee was dis
charged from their further consideration.
The veto message of the President Of the
Finance bill was considered, and the Chair an
nounced that the Finance bill was before the
Senate and the question was, Should it pass.
notwithstanding the Presidents objections !?
Upon this question the Constitution required
that the vote should be taken by yeas and nays.
No one taking the floor, the roll was called, and
| the vote raSnlte6 q follows.
YEAs.-Messrs. Allison, Bogy, Boreman,
, Cameron Carpenter, Clayton, Conover. Den
MS, Dorsey, Ferry (NIich.), Goldth,oaite, Cor
don,, Harvey, Hitchcock Ingalls,, Johnston,
Norecood, Oglesby, Patterson, Pease, Pratt,
Ramsey, Robertson, Spencer. SPRAaUE, Upton,
West, Window and Wright-34.
NAYs.-Messrs. Anthony, Bdyard, Boutwell,,
DaUis, Edmunds, FENToN, Ferry Conn },
Flanagan, Frelinghuysen, Gilbert, Hdger,
Hamilton (Md.). Hamilton (Texas), Hamlin,
Howe, Jones, Kelley, Morrill, (vt), Sargent,
Scott, Sherman, Stevenson, Stewart, Stockton,
Thurman and Wadlegh-30.
, Democrats in italics and Liberals in small
capitals.
Two-thirds not voting in the affirmative the
: bill was lost.
, Mr.. Hurlbut, of Ill., submitted report on
the bill to charter double track freight rail.
way company from tidewater on the Atlantic tC
: Council Bluffs on the Missouri river, and tc
limit the rates of freight thereon. The report
recites the various features of the existing
railroad system, and says that the company
, proposing to build this great freight railroad
, will accept the low rates of freight agreed
! upon by the committee-15 cents bushel tc
I Chicago 18 cents to st. Louis, &c. The com
pany asks the Government to guarantee its
{ per cent. bonds at the rate of $4,000 a mile
and while the committee is not in favor of rail
road subsidies it thinks proper that the subjec
!, should be fairly submitted to the consideration
Of the American people. 1t therefore reports
a bill without any recommendation. Ordered
{ to be recommitted and printed.
: Mr.. Southard, of Ohio, offered resolution
. . instructing the Committee ON Banking and Cur
rency to inquire and report the reasons why thu
S25, 900, 900 of national bank currency, author
e lied to be withdrawn from the States having
more than their proportion, has not been with
drawn and distributed under the provisions o
> the act of the 18th of July, 1870, and wha
: further legislation is necessary to secure tina
/, result.
/ Mr.. Hereford, of W. Va, introduced bill
providing that the tax ON State banks shall no
:, be other or greater than the tax on nationa
banks
g Bills were introduced repeating all statute
Y which forfeit widows pensions for second mar
A riage; to permit parties to testify in their owl
6 defense in United States courts; to provide
,, free system of national banking and for tn
IeSuuiptlon ol specie pAynentsi 10 laclllUaC
!, the resumption of specie payments and t.
e prevent fluctuations in the value of Unite
1 States notes; repeating all laws imposing a ta
: on State banks; to impose a tax of five pc
, cent. on all incomes of individuals and corpora
d tions exceeding $4,000; declaring it oppressiv
to impose additional taxation, and inexpeden
/ to retrench on necessary appropriations alread
l. made i'll the interests of commerce, and pro
/ vldlng as measure of temporary relief TO
the issue Of an additional fifty millions of lega
n tender notes.
:. Mr.. Negley, Of Penn, asked leave to offer
q resolution instructing the Committee on Mill
4 tary Affairs to prepare and report bill t
amend the act of the 9th of June, 1872, relativ
: to soldiers and sailors homesteads so as t.
: allow honorably discharged soldiers and sailors
S their widows and orphan children to acquir
/ homesteads on the public lands, without ben
q required to commence settlement and improve
y ment.
The amendment to the appropriation bi
striking out the paragraph requiring the de
partment clerks to work seven hours da
instead of six was struck out A number o
amendments were made to the bill and
r.