Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-03-11
EVENING STAR.
CONFERENCE.-THE


COS'GRESsIOFxL.
Cssesssasa re.seraay's Prece,ss.~,
sENATE-Afser our report closed
The Chair appointed Mr.. Pes-e OF Ml.-s..
app,, An additonai member OF the Com mittee
Mr.. Stevenson, from the Committee ON IN.
judiciary, reported . substitute tor the House
bill for the relief OF X. q. Boudinot
Mr.. oglesby presented Joint resolutions of ths
.innols legislature asking the passage OF Laws
70 prevent discrim In sting tarfis on rallroads
hs.efrea 20 The Gem mittee on Railroads.
MI Ccnklins presented sandry meu,ri.,.
ss.ihs, tne extension Of Wells hat body nat
ep.s. heierred 20 the Committee on Patents
Mr. Howe presented joint reeolutiens nj n.
Wisconsin legislature in favor OF innr.S
Sat.r Communication between the east ~ ~.
vel. Referred TO the Committee on Trsns-
Mr. Logan presented petitions from ess,.,.
OF Illinois IN favor of an increase i'm the yol. -.
OF me currency. Referred % the COMMITTEE
MT. Boutwell, presented the resolutions M a..
legislature OF Massach usetts re<ciniins sss
sesolutlons OF oensure based upon senator
slso the letter OF the Governor OF Massschu.ets.
on the subject
Mr.. Logan, from the Committee n, Mu,,.r-
Affairs, reported, without amendment, Hous.
bill allowing officers on duty west OF Omaha tn
have 60 days leave Of absence in twO wears, or
90 In three years, or l2o in four years, without
deduction Of pay or allowances, AZ taken AZ o,e
time. Also, with Recommendation OF passage
bill approving the action OF the Secretarv of
War in regard 20 the deductions from the pay
OF officers who we're mustered out under the act
of July IS, $50, with one years extra pay ana
who were subsequently resppointed.
The bin 10 equslize the distribution OF the ns-
ucnAl banking currency WAS taken up.
MIR. Ferry (Nich.) took the door, and made
me most elaborate and lengthy speech which
has been delivered this session on the finances
ne replied seriatim a. the different Arguments
that have been made In favor OF specie resump-
loh ana IN opposition 10 Imitation, and adhered
10 nus position IN favor OF what il known A a
,hUss n ave expansion Mr. Ferry spoke over
MIR. BrOwnlov introduced bin 20 adm,, GER
IAN u. sculpture nee OF duty. Referred 60 the
Mr.. Conkling presented the petition Of s.p
Morton and other Louisiana bond -holders 49,
ing that the Legislature IL repudistins the state
bonds, and ssking Congress to pass Mr.. Car
penter's election bill. Referred TO Committ,.
on Privileges and Elections
The Senate, AT 35O p. m. on motion OF Mr.
adjourned.
HoUSE-After our report closed
There was long debate on the general an
preparation bill, during which Mr.. Garfield at
some length replied TO Mr.. Becks statement
that he had silenced MIR. Dawes, and said All
that had been done was 60 point out Mr.. pa vess
error, and he msnfully Acknowledged IL. He
insisted that ms statement Was strictly correct
and that the appropriations for this wear we're
A. low a. the expenditures Of last year.
The committee then rose.
were excused from service on the special CON
mittee appointed to attend the funeral of err
President Fillmore, and MesSrs. Swami Mae
Dougall, Sayler of IndiaHa, and Bass were an
pointed In their places.
The House then, at AIS, adjourned.
SHcoKISe TREATMENT OF THE Is.Arx
fooR IN PENNsHLvANIA ALMsHoUss-The
Philadelphia Bulletin publishes a description OF
the treatment OF the inssne poor In the almshouso
near Esston, Pa. A visit TO the county poor
mouse betrayed a terrible condition of affairs i'm
the insane department. All sanitary measures
were neglected, and q sickening odor prevailed
In the department named. The insane paupers
were connned IN wooden cages, having only a
small opening, protested by IRON bsrs, to admit
were covered with piles Of dirty straw and nj n
and the atmosphere was indescribable. In
cage No. was an agricultural laborer, clad in
rags. he was quiet and civil, his arrangements
not being OF violent character. He had bean
shut up in the filthy box for eighteen months,
simply because they had no other place 20 put
him in. In the other cages the scenes Presented
were even more iBhuman and revolving. The
unfortunate inmates we're nearly naked-twO of
them wholly 80. They crOuched among the
straw and litter In their dens, some asleep or
IN astnPor, and all suffering greatly from the
wsnton neglect OF their keepers. Some could
not rise from weakness. their limbs having
been so long in a crOuchinR attitude that they
could not move Their. still more shocking
slsht, hoWeyf:, wa revealed on proceeding 20
the bsSement Of the hospital. There, In q
SIMILAR cage, lying on heap OF loose straw, was
distorted, and idotic. For eighteen years she
has been confined in the poOThouse, and six
years she has occupied the cage, her only cloth
ing piece Of coarse bed ticking. See IL 90
weak nom lying down that she can neither move
her limbs, rise, nor walk.