Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-04-30
CONGRESS-.

ported from the Commerce Committee repeating
the law providing for an additional subsidy of
| 100000 to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company,
| aud annulling the contract with said company
| days session devoted to the dis
cussion of the Louisiana bill, and the bill to pay
the bonds of the Louisville and Portland canal. No
action was taken upon either measure.
! Hotse.-Morey introduced joint resolution for
furnishing rations, forage, and clothing to the
people suffering from the inundation and
/ flow of the Mississippi and tributaries.
The General Appropriation bill was considered
| by the House in Committee of the Whole, and
long discussion occurred in reference to the clerical
| force in the Treasury Department, Garfield making
elaborate explanation of the bill in that respect,
aud Beck arraigning the Administration for ex-
| travagance.
SATURDAY, April 1S.-Senate not in
session.
HOuse-A bill was passed donating 10 pieces of ar
tiery to the people of Concord, Mass, for monu-
ment to commemorate the first repuse
of the British troops at old North Bridge,
! on the 18th of April, 1775...
resolution of thanks to Sir Lambton Lorraine,
commander of the British frigate Niobe for his
humane AID generous interposition, at Santiago de
| Cuba, in protecting the lives of the survivors OF
the Virginius expedition, was introduced by
adopted instructing the Committee on Civil-service
| Reform to inquire into the expediency of pro
viding for the election Of Postmasters by the peo
pie. A bill was passed empowering the President
to direct the Tissue of food and disused army cloth
| ing for the relief of the sufferers by
| the overflow of the lower Mississippi river. Gar
field, from the Appropriation Committee, reported
a Deficiency bill. 1t appropriates g, 251, 1853.
The House then went into Committee of the Whole
on the General Appropriation bill.
MONDAY, April 2O.-SenGte. from
the Judiciary Committee, reported unfavorably
the bill for the relief of purchasers of lands sold for
direct taxes in nsurrectionary States. House bill
making an appropriation for sufferers by the South
western floods fayorably reported upon....A
nil to equalze the bounties of soldiers who served
during the late reported from the Military
Committee and placed on the calendar. The bill
to authorize the issue of q supply of arms to Ne
braska was discussed and laid over. Majority
and minority reports were presented from the
Election Committee in the case of Sykes against
Spencer, for the seat "a Senator from Alabama.
Both reports ordered printed. The Louisi-
ana bill discussed by Bayard, Bogy, Sherman
and Morton.
Rouse-Bills introduced: BY Southland, to fix
the compensation of the President of the United
Stales at $4,000 per snnum; by Starkweather,
levying tax of one-twentieth of per cent. on the
sale of stocks, bonds, gold and silver bullion,
promissory notes. and other security; by Beck,
increasing the tax the circulation Of national
banks from one-twelfth to one-quarter of per
cent. per month; by O'Brien, to abolish the grade
and rank of Commodore; also to authorize the In
dian nations and tribes in their corporate capacity
and individual members thereof, to sue and be sued
In United states courts. Dy TOsttr prONluluB IOr
the collection of mohey and recovery OF lands
wrongfully held from the Government by the Kan
Pacific Railroad Company. A bill was passed
appropriating 100000 for the construction Of
military telegraph line from Denison, Texas, TO
Fort Sin. The bill appropriating s3,000,000
for the Centennial celebration was
made the special order for the 5th
of May. Senator Carpenters resolution In favor
Of according belgerent rights to Cuba was intro
dnced and referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations A resolution was adopted instructing
he Cou q on BANKING and Currency IA, iulurp
into the e1pediency of establishing by law uni
form rate Of interest throughout the United States
and Territories.
TUESDAY. April 1.-Senate.-House bill
for the relief of sufferers by the Mississippi
flow was rassed The Senate resumed considera-
ton of the Louisville and Portland Canal bill, and
the amendment providing that the canal should not
be taken possession Of nor any money be paid till
the State of Kentucky, should cede to the United
States the jurisdiction the same was stricken
out.
House-A bill was passed extending for one year
the time for completing the entries of the Usage
In dian lands in Kansas Hurlbut, from the Com
mittee on Railroads, submitted long written re-
port the bill to charter a double-trsck freight
railway from the Atlantic to Council Bluffs. Or
dered printed. Morey presented bill to provide
for commission Of engineers to report on
permanent plan for reclamation of the alluvial ba-
sin of the Mississippi river subject to inundation.
-. Randall introduced bill directing the tempo
rary suspension of the Legislature Of the District
of Columbia. Referred. The House resumed
consideration of the General Appropriation BILL and
at o'clock adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, April 22.-Senate.-The bill to
enable the Mennonites of Russia to effec. perma-
nent settlement the public lands of the United
States was discussed, amended, and laid over.
Buckingham introduced bill to enable indians to
become citizen of the United States Referred The
Louisiana bill vas again under consideration. AT
DO p. m. Gen. Babcock brought to the Senate q
message from the President vetoing the Finance
bill. When the message was read, Conkllng moved
that 1t be printed and laid the table. Agreed to-
House.-E. r. Hoar, from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, reported bill to carry into
ton the provisions Of the Fourteenth Amendment
to the Constitution concerning citizenship and to
define certain rights of citizens of the United
States in foreign countries. The House, in Com
mittee of the Whole, disposed of fourteen pages OF
the General Appropriation bill and adjourned.
THURSDAY, April 23.--Sendte. intro
duced bill to reduce the tax the circulation Of
State banks to an amount equal to that paid by
tional banks. The Mennonite and Louisiana bills
were discussed without action.
Housc-Southard offered a resolution nstructing
the Committee Banking and Currency to inquire
and report the why SIS 100000 of the ma
tional bank currency authorized to be withdrawn
from the States having more than their proportion
has not been withdrawn and distributed under the
provisions of the act Of the 18th of May, 1870.
Hereford introduced a bill providing that the tax
on State banks shall not be other greater than
the tax national banks. The House devoted
eral Appropriation BILL and the bill concerning the
rights OF United States citizens in foreign countries.
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