Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-01-09
Congressional PrOceedin gS.
House


FRIDAY, January 8.
a bill was reported by Mr.. Young of Ca, au.
thorzing the President to promote Asher Red y
and Rufus Saxtop to be Lieut.. C.louels and Dep
uty Quarter Masters, to date from the Doth of Ju
ly, 1866, and to lake place on the Amy Register
next below Col. Stewart Van Welt gave rise TO a
lively discussion in which the whole function OF
the relative merits of the regular and volunteer Of
fcers came up.
Mr.. Butler CT Massachusetts, opposed the bill
because it placed certain volunteer officers lower
on the Army Register, and Messrs Young of Ga
McDougall ofN. u, Nesmh of Oregon and ell
logg of Conn., advocated the bill and defended the
reputation of regular army officers.
| Finally the bill was passed.
Mr.. Butler, OF Massachusetts, introduced bill
to provide for legal and fair election 10 the State
OF Louisiana, and to guarantee to that State re-
publican form of government.
Referred to the judiciary committee.
Mr. Randall Of Pa, men Der of the Banking
Committee. stated that with the consent oil
the comm ittee, that when tile Sen ,te bill to re.
| store specie payment, which was passed ester
day was informally considered in committee, the
chairman. Mr.. Maynard, was requested by the
| committee to allow two amendment to be offered
| in the House. One that the first and scc nd sec
tons be struck out, and the other that redeemed
greenbacks should be cancelled and destroy ed
/ He had therefore complained vest Iday that the
bill was pas ed under the previous question with
out any opportunity for amendments.
| Mr. May nard of Tenn did not deny Mr.. r..
statement, but said that he had acted on his owr
res ponsibilitv-not as the organ of the committee
| but as a member of the House.
| Mr.. kasson, of Iowa, from the committee on
way and means, reported the bill providing that
section 10 Of the act of the 22d Of June, 1874, re
| pealing moities, shall not be construed to affec,
any authority. power or right that might thereuu-
der have been lawfully ex. rciscd by any court
Judge or district alto ney Of the United States to
obtain testimony of an accomplce in any crime or
fraud upon the custom revenue laws by discon-
,nuance or dismissal Of any proceedings against
such accomplice
The bill, after an explanation by Mr.. Kasson
was passed.
| The house went into committee of the whole
&. 7. llOar in the chair, on the private calender
| The first bill on the calender r, and one that gave
rise 10 long discussion, was bill directing the
sale Of registered bonds belonging to the japanese
in the indemnity fund.- to the amount of SIPS 600
and the distribution there of among the eff CT.
and crew Of the U. S. Ship Wyoming and those
who manned the To Kiang on the 9Th, 6 h, I'll
and Sth of Sept. 1874 in foil satisfaction for al
bounty, ransom or prize money on the part of such
officers and crews for the destruction of piratca
vessels at Simoneski on the 10th of July, 1873
and bombarding the forts at the Straits Of Simon
eski in Sept. 1864.
, Without disposing of the bill, the committe,
rose. The house then at haf-past four adjourneS
until Saturday.
| A call was afterwards read for republican
| caucus.