Connecticut western news., 1874-05-15
XLIIId CONGRESS
SENATE.

# SENATE. E# B 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 30, 1864. It provides that no legal document or paper require d 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 toimpose thereon the re- quired stamp I @ A
 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 clr- 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.
 MT. Stewart, of Nev., introduced g. bill to prohibit national banks from lending money on money as security and for other purposes. Re- ferred to the Committee on Finance.
 Mir. Windom, 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 BIO COG, ,0O0 000, for which their gross re- ceipts were SAYS, ,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 ob- servations and conclusions stated. Mir. Edmunds, of Vt., introduced, by request. | 8 bill to provide for 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 ol the bills to relieve the | political disabilities of J. ". Bennett of Mary | land, John Forsyth of Alabama, George Pickett | of Virginia, David A. Telfair, of North Caro- lina and Raphael Semmes of Alabama. Most of these bills did not have the necessary peti- A1av On1 fhn 1ofN 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 resulted as follows:
 o YEAs.-Messrs Allison, Bogy, Foreman, Cameron, Carpenter, Clayton. Conover. Den 'sis, Dorsey, Ferry (Mich. ), Goldth,oaite Cor do",. Harvey, Hitchcock, Ingalls,, Johnston, Noraoood, Oglesby, Patterson, Pease, Pratt Ramsey, Robertson, Spencer, SpRAeUE, TpToN West, Windom and Wright-34.
 NAYs-Messrs. Anthony, Bdydrd, Boutwell, Buckingham, Chandler, oonkling, Craginn Flanagan, FEelinghuysen, Gilbert, Hager Hdmihon (Md.) ), Hamilton (Texas), Hamlin Howe, Jones. Kelley, Morrill, (Vt.) Sargent Scott, Sherman, Ste0enson, Stewart, Stockton I'huynGn and Wadleigh-30. Tc%E@
 Democrats in italics and Liberals In small capitals.
 Two-thirds not voting in the affirmative, the bill was lost.
 MT. Wright, of Iowa, introduced bill ir relation to salaries and the civil service. Il provides for reduction, from and after the first day of next October, of 10 per cent. in the compensation of officers and employees of the | Senate, except clerks of committees, which il proposes to cut down 30 per cent.
 The bill to increase the pay department o the army, fixing the number of paymasters a | fifty, with the rank, pay and emoluments o majors of cavalry, passed by vote of 21 to IS I Should the bill become a law, six new appoint ments in the paymasters' department will be made.
 Mir. Southard, of Ohio, offered & resolution | instructing the Committee on Banking and Cur l rency to inquire and report the reasons why th' | $25, GOO, 900 of national bank currency, author | ized 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 tha | result
 MT. Hereford, of W. va, introduced 8 bil providing that the tax on State banks shall no be other or greater than the tax on nationa banks.
 Bills were introduced repealing all statute I which forfeit widows pensions for second mar riage to permit parties to testify in their owI Idefense in United States courts to provide free system of national banking and for tn, the resumption of specie payments, and tt prevent fluctuations in the value of United States notes; repeating all laws imposing ta, on State banks; to impose tax of five pe1 | cent. on all incomes of individuals and corpora tions exceeding $5.000; declaring it oppressiv, to impose additional taxation and inexpedien | to retrench on necessary appropriations alread, I made in the interests of commerce. and pro viding as measure of temporary relief fo the issue of an additional fifty millions of lega tender notes.
 MT. Negley, of Penn., asked leave to offer resolution instructing the Committee on Mill tary Affairs to prepare and report bill tt amend the act of the 8th of June 1872, relativ, to soldiers and sailors homesteads, 50 as tt allow honOrably discharged soldiers and sailors their widows and orphan children to acquir. homesteads on the public lands, without being required to commence settlement and improve ment.
 The amendment to the appropriation bil 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 i passed.
 MT. Kasson, of Iowa, introduced 8 bill tt amend the act for the redemption of the three per cent. temporary loan certificates and for al increase of national bank notes. Referred tc the Committee on Banking.
 MT. Flames, of R. l., introduced bill te amend the National Currency acts and to es tablish free banking. Referred to the Banking Committee.
 MT. ONeil, of Pa, presented petition fo, the equalization of bounties so as to entitle privates in the Marine Corps to the benefits oi the bounty laws.
 The House took up the Senate amendments | to the House bill relative to the Louisville and Portland Canal The debate, which lasted over three hours, was closed by MT. Wheeler, of N r., who offered an amendment to the effect that no more money should be paid out under it unless the State of Kentucky should cede to the United States jurisdiction over the canal, with all it's property and appurtenances, and should relinquish to the United States the right to assess it so long as the United States | shall remain the owner and should pay to the l United States all taxes assessed and collected on the canal from the passage of the act until such cession. The amendment was rejected 73 to 143-and the bill was then passed without division. s.E Mr. Hazleton, of Wis.,, from the Election Committee, made a report on the Utah con- tested election, that Mir. Cannon the sitting member is entitled to the seat, and that Mr' Maxwell, the contestant, is not. He gave notice that he would call it up for action hereafter, and he gave notice that he would then offer a reso- lution reciting that MT. Cannon, the sitting member, is openly living with woman as his 1