The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-10
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4aD CONGREss...sECOND SESSION.
senate.


w honiNtloNs TtD. u
The vice president announced as mem.
bers of the committee of conference on the
part OF the senate on the legislative, judi
cial and executive appropriation bill,
Mcssrs. Morrill, of Maine, Sargent and Da-
Wis.
On motion of Mr.. Johnston, the vote by
which the bill referring to the court of
claims the claim of G.. w. Gusts Lee for
the Arlington estate was indefinitely post
poned yesterday was reconsdered and the
the bill was placed on the calendar with an
adverse report.
MIR. johnson gave notice that he would
address the senate upon the subject at an
early day.
MIR. Cameron, from the committee on
foreign relations, reported favorably on the
joint resolution authorizing the President
to appoint commissioner TO attend the in
ternational penitentiary congress, TO he
held at Rome next year, and asked its
present consideration.
MIR. Sargent objected and it was placed
ON the calendar.
MIR. Logan, from the committee on mill.
tary affairs, reported favorably on house
bill to reduce and fix the Acknowledgements
department of the army passed.
Mr.. Clayton novel that the senate take
up the message of the President on Arkan-
sas affairs, sent in yesterday, and refer tito
the committee on privileges and elections.
Mr. Bayard of Delaware hoped that the
order would not be made now. Docu-
ments accompanying the message had not
yet been printed, and motion to refer
would lead to debate. lie understood 1t
was the intention of the senate to adjourn
at one o'clock as mark of respect to the
late Senator Buckingham of Connecticut,
and the motion to refer the message should
go over for the present.
Mr.. Thurman said this was an excep-
tional case, and if anything could be
demonstrated 1t was the fact that the mes
sage should 60 to the judiciary committee.
lie had not time to argue the matter, it be-
ing one o'clock. He moved that the un-
finished business, the steamboat bill, be
taken up.
The yiCe-president announced that the
morning hour had expired and the senate
would iesume the consideration of the
steamboat bill.
MIR. Ferry of Connecticut moved that the
senate adjourn, as mark OF respect to his
late colleague, Mr.. Buckingham, whose
funeral took place to-day.
Adjourned.
House.
To day, after the passage of some unim-
portant bills and resolutions and the pre-
sentaton of memorials praying for resto-
ration of the tax on sugar, the repeal of
which had resulted in the loss of fourteen
millions of dollars in gold to the govern
ment, without any reduction in price to con-
sumers, the Hennepin canal bill, which was
unfinished business from Saturday, was
taken up.
Mr.. Hurlbut, who had charge of the bill,
yielded the floor to allow Judge Poland to
present privileged report from the COM
mittee on revision of the law, which was
considered at length.
After the passage Of several bills from
the committee on revision of laws an effort
was made to get up report from the CON-
mttee on contested elections in the case of
the Mormon Cannon, but the house refused
to consider it,
The Indian appropriation bill was then
taken up in committee o. the whole. All
parts OF the bill except Choctaw and Chick
asaw amendments were considered and
agreed to. The friends and opponents of
the eChoctaw claims have renewed their
struggle over that measure. Speeches are
being made on both sides, and several
amendments have been offered.
Mr.. McNulta of Illinois, opposed it, be-
cause he believed not single cent of money
would 60 to the Indians; it was all owned
by the lobby around Washington. A long
debate followed, and various amendments
were offered and rejected finally the bill
passed by 1862 to 62. Adjourned.j