Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-04-29
HOUSE.
To Pay for Louisiana Relief.


WASHINGTON, u. G., April .26.--Mr.
900 for the purchase of rations to be used
i'm the relief Of persons suffering from the
inundation Of the lower Mississippi. Passed.
Judge Story.
On motion of Mr.. Wilson; % Indiana;
the Judiciary Committee was instructed to
inquire whether Judge VIM. Story, United
States District Judge Of the Western Dis
trict OF Arkansas, should be impeached for
high crimes and misdemeanOrs.
The New York Custom-HOuse Cor
ruptirg Stale Legislators.
Mr.. Wood offered the following reSOlu-
ton which was referred to the Committee
on WAYS and Means:
Resolved. that the Committee on Ways
and Means be authorized and directed to
inquire whether any, and if So, whom of
the United States Government officials of
the city of New York have abSented them
selves, or are absenting themselves from
their official duties to influence and control
by corrupt or improper means the State
Legislature al the Capital; and also, whether
for these objects they have offered to menu
bers of the Legislature inducements or
places of profit connected with their offices
in New York, to lie given after the adjourn
ment of the Legislature.
The Appropriation Bill.
The House then took up the legislative
appropriation bill, and Mr.. G artield, Chair
man of the committee, addressed the
House, giving a full resume of the pro
visions of the bill and the changes made in
| il by the committee of the whole.
Over Million a Year for Printing
Paper Money.
The question of printing bank notes and
| bonds was debated at considerable length
by Messrs. Garfield, Dawes, Hale, Of
| Maine, Potter, Randall, Maynard and 9th
ers. An amendment having been voted by
committee of the whole, increasing the APP
preparation for that purpose from SJOJ,OOo
to 81 100000, the objection made to that
amendment by MeSsrs. Dawes, Hale and
Potter was that its object was to break VI
the present system of printing bank notes
and bonds, which worked well and was
| properly guarded with all necessary check;
and to place the matter in the hands of the
printing division Ct the Treasury, or vir
tually in the hands Of one maa, aud it was
charged, in the course of the discussion
that one of the objects was to give thu
work to the Columbia Bank Note Engrav
ing Company in Washington.
Mr. Randall advocated the amendment il
the interest of economy and of safety. Id
contended that the objection to the amend
ment was in the interests Of three bank note
engraving companies in New York.
At last the discussion closed, and TIN
House proceeded to vote on the various
amendments. The amendment inc easins
the salaries of some of the officers Of tn
House was agreed to without yeas and nays
The amendment appropriating $4,000 TO
the purchase of official stamps for tn
Treasury Department instead Of S2OO,OOU
the object being to break up the system O
requiring each department to pay its Owl
postage was agreed to, yeas $50, nays w.
The House refused to agree to the aEeno
ment, making the maximum pay of gau
gers 81 per day instead of s.. The HOus
also refused to agree to the amendment
striking out the appropriations for an ASA
office at Charlotte, n. c., yeas %, nays l3t
The Attorney Generals Carriages.
The House also refused to agree to tn
amendments striking out the items fo
horses and carriages, for the Department
Justice, yeas 100, nays 10}. The amend
ment offered by Mr.. Speer, OF Pennsylyar
ia, requiring the Attorney general to repoI
in detail the expenditures of the COntin
gent fund, was agreed to; also the amend
ment requiring the Clerks and Marshall
of District Courts to be residents Ct th
district.
The amendment in reference to the Ell
craving and printing of notes and bonds b
the Treasury Department, increasing til
amount from 100000 to 81 ,2500OO, wa
agreed tO-yeas l53, nays 50.
, The paragraph appropriating 500 U
, for printing notes, bonds, etc, was strieke
, out without division.
The amendment striking out the par
graph requiring Department clerks to wor
seven hours day instead of six hours, ";
stricken out without yeas and nays.
The amendment eXempting the apprOpr
ations Tor river and harbOr improvement
lighthouses and certain public works frol
the law which requires unexpended ba
ances to be covered into the Treasury {
the expiration of two years, was agreed
without division.
- These were all the important amen,
ments. The bill then passed and the HOu
, | adjourned.