Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-01-09
WASHINGTON MATTERS.
Senate.

The Committee on Commerce reported favor
ably on the bill to constitute Patchogue on the
south side of Long Island, in the State of New
York. a port of delivery.
Mr.. Hurlbut, from the Railroad Committee,
reported bill charterng double-track freight
railway company from tide-water on the At
lantic to the Missouri river, and to INIT the
rates of freight thereon. Ordered to be printed
and recommitted.
Numerous petitions were presented from
temperance organizations, ministers, and others,
III Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont, and
other States asking Congress to prohibit the
manufacture and sale of all alcoholic liquors in
the District of Columbia or Territories of the
United States. Referred to the Finance Com
mittee. ........
The Senate passed without amendment, the
bill "to provide for the resumption of specie
payments" all the Democratic members voting
against it. A number of amendments were
proposed but rejected. The vote was as follows:
YEAS. Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Boutwell,,
Carpenter Chandler, Clayton, Cragin, Ed
munds, FENToN, Ferry (Mich.) Flanagan,
Frelinghuysen Hamlin, Harvey Howe, Ingalls,,
Logan, Morrill, (Me.) Morton Oglesby Patter-
son, Pease Pratt, Ramsey Sargent, ScHURz
Scott, Sherman, Spencer, Washburn, West,
! Wright-32.
NAYS -Messrs. Bogy Cooper Darts, Dennis,
| GOLdthl1dite. Hdger, HAMILTON (Tex.) y John
ston, Merriam, Ransom, SPRAGUE Stevenson,
| Thurman, TIPToN-14.
Democrats in italics; Liberals in small capitals.
House.
The House, in considering the Legislative
Appropriation bill, rejected motion to increase
the clerical force of the Bureau of Education.
The House passed the Legislative Appro-
priation bill, after heated discussion over the
allowance for the Department of Justice.
i The hill intrOducad in the House 1v Mr.
Eames proposes to repeal all taxes and stamp
duties imposed by the internal revenue laws,
, except such as relate to distilled spirits, fer
mented liquors, tobacco, snuff, cigars /; to in
crease the tax on d stilled spirits ten cents pei
gallon and to repeal the second section of the
act of June 6, 1872, which reduced by ten pei
cent the duties on manufactures of cotton
wool, iron, ETC.
The House refused to adopt the resolutions
against government subsidies, to investigate
the district safe-burglary prosecution and tc
inquire into the acts Of certain army officers il
the South.
The Committee on Elections report a resolu.
ton declaring Snyder (Rep.), the sitting mem
Der from the Second Arkansas District, entitled
to his seat, and dismissing the contest of Bel
for the same. .-..
The House passed the Naval Appropriation
BILL which appropriates in all about ST., co., 000
and during the debate on it Messrs Creamer
Randall and Chittenden charged the Navy De
partment with extravaganza and corrup
practices in connection with the navy yards
The principal items in the bill are: Pay of tn
officers and $500 men of the navy, Sc $50, 900
civil establishments at the navy yards ant
stations, $1,250,000; general maintenance o
navy yards and docks $3.50, 900 provisions TO
, officers, seamen, and marines, 81 800, 900
preservation of vessels, purchase of stores, etc.
So, 300, 900; repairs of boilers, machinery, etc.
J $1,000, 900; naval academy, $175,000 marin
corps, 1878 900.
Mr. Donnan reported resolution for printing
$50 600 copies of the agricultural report of 1872
, and 10000 copies of that of 1878. He sal
that the former would cost about AZ cents
copy. and the latter about 40 Gems. The reso
luton was passed.