, 1874-06-24

THO conference report was agreed to.
THE osAaE LANpa.
Ii1o ecnato amendments TO tho House bill ex-
tending the stmo for completing thu entry Of tho
Usagn a11sn i lanus IN Annaaa, MAS oonourrcd III,
THE prsTnlor BURGLARY.
Mr.. WILSON, Of Indiana, from Tho Joint IA.
ieot i lnyoatigating Committee Oh tho District OF
Columbia, mntle rorort tn tho matter Of tho
was adoptod. '' "'-@S%'
INDIAN corrHArTs
Mr. AVERILL, from tho Comn1ttoe an Tnf7tan
hnait8, nlado report In ths matter Of Tho ia.
and furnishing supplies in tho % Inj.n g'n55sc.a nce
with tho volu1no Of Testimony. Tie ronort nT'
onorhtcd tho Conamissonera and Interior ne-
pa1tmont aud Shows that frauda wers obsrpon
p oisn MsS cnnttsGfs s3 tGss resetea Bidders
Of to'n show either frauds, ,unfa,rnesa, Or rrer,-
iartttcH In the conduct of the Interior Dennrt.
mont Or Board Of Indian CommlrBtonors. The
investigation occupied two nnonthB, and tho rn
Port IL = complete Tlndicaslon Of the Govern
Mr.. aARF1ElD, Chairman Of tho Committee On
Apntopf!ht'ona summed mp tho work Of the BeB-
sign r. In TIE M n, matter Of public appropriations.
no gaye llio following comparative sthtouont
of tho appropriations laat year and this:
s:s ssss siss1sssa e. EtSs
3l7t0,9oo 27,7snuoo
Fegs'insa'to,s Fsg'ii;s,ts 2oS9 a59 9 osooog9
na'as;sy 1sstsmy. ~ sst,sSo M SSsss 90
Tho conauiar and Diponato bin v.s s1p;us ABOUT
tho aamo III both years. excort TINT tho bill this
yaar contained az itom Of 50, 900 QUO to pay the
elaIin Of tho Dritiah hi1od Commission. Tho
lint year, but DO thought II likoly that .horo
would bo a. deficiency to that amount. Tho
WA lab ,ooo th!a yoar 1t wan $2,655.000, and
.liis yoar'a bill contained tho unusual bill Of
hlinalHhtppi 1siyur. THO 11nrbor bill last wear
va waH s6' ll2ooo; this year 1t was $5,24s.-
ooo. Tho nggregato Of those bills showed
dimtnution below last yoar'a appropriations Of
s2I, ,G3, 7a7. Lily statement Of oourso did mt
TINT though moro private bllia than nbual we're
1lagseu at THIS acssiun, tho amounts appropriated
tu tholn wo1o leBH than uBual.
PNopOAED REFORMS,
Tho Senate bill authorizing tho Commttoos On
Appropriations Of both uouHpB to moet during
tue reccss Of Congress- to mako inquiry into thu
machinoIy by which reforms can be made In tho
expenditures Of tho civil brauchoa Of tho service
whB paBnod.
Mills DlspnsED or.
The bonato bill In regard to tho arryoY of linda
of tho Northern Pacific Itailroad Company was
referred 10 tho COMMITTEE on Public Lands,
The benate bill recognizing tho several staff
corpa Of tho army Waa passed-ycas, 131:
Tho sonato amendments to tho Houso hill In
relation to courts and judicial oflicurs In Utah
were cono,lrro1 ir-1t2 to SO.
At 2:a5 tho House took rocohs to 0:15 p. m.
MIBoELLAxEouH,
After recoss, Mr. WILSON Ind.) offered \
tho Speaker and sergeant-at.Arms 10 Tho suits
brought by JoReph D. Stewart for alleged fa]so
imprisonment ~ Il rccusant vitncBB.
Aftot lomarka by tho SPEAKER and Mr.
MA;YNAND' tue resolution mas adopted without
ANOTHER ExTENs1os.
Tho concurrent resolution extending ths ses-
sion until G, 10 allow bills to be enrolled and
signed, was offered by Randall, and agreed to,
aud tllen ut $3.50, the House took another re-
cess until p. m.
THE p1sTalor GOVERNMENT.
After tho rocosa the SPEAKER announced
That ho had appolntod Messrs. +. R. Hoat and
Mitchell committee to Franc nen Govern
mont for ths District Of Columbia.
1uTLERs nonnY ONCE MORE.
Mr. BUTLER (A1aAs.) made second attempt
to get in his bill providing for preference being
given to discharged soldiers md snilors and
their relatives for appointment and retention in
1Ir. DREAMER objectod, ptatipe that Mr.
Butler had humbuggel tho peoplo long enough
this session.
PARTING sA1urAr1oss.
In ono Of tho lulls Of buBilioHs, AIR. MAYNARD,
from tho Committee to wait on tho President,
announced that tho Committee hnd performed
tnat duty, and Ind boon informed By tbs Pros-
idont TINT ho bad no further communication to
make to Congross; that ho tondered bis congrat-
uatons, and gavo the Committee = parting
''lqta;iGn; Mt i ; r.! ! [1Laught.es;] q: s. ,
cd. (Laughter.1
THE GREENE srAruE.