Connecticut western news., 1875-02-05
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
Senate.

MT. Sherman, of Ohio, from the Committee, 4 of Conference on disagreeing votes of the two l Houses upon the House bill to amend the ex- isting customs and internal revenue laws, and for other purposes, made report which was read. He said the report was substantially the same as that presented last session, with the exception of duty on hops, which had been raised to eight cents per pound. The House proposed duty of ten cents per pound, but the committee agreed upon eight cents. The two sections relating to tobacco and the sale of bonds, etc, which were the principal subjects l or dlsagreement last year, wore now both stricken out. The report was agreed to- The amendment of tho Appropriation bill, providing new Bureau of Statistics and Com merce was stricken out. Collating facts about railroads was made part of the duties of the present Statistical Bureau. Mir. Clayton of Arkansas, introduced bill to protect each State of the Union against ir- vasion and for other purposes. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs - The House bill to constitute Patchogue, on the south side of Long Island, in the State of New York, 8 port of delivery, was passed. The Appropriation bill was reported to the Senate and all the amendments made in Com mlttee Cf the Whole were agreed to- The bill was then read third time and passed. The only amendment of importance reported to the Diplomatic bill by the committee was one appropriating $2s 700 for the salaries and expenses of the United States and Mexican claims commission, which wassagreed to. The | i-l WAS tuen E0tu Il unlfu tune ana passed. The proposed amendmentt to the Constitution that the President and Vice-President of the United States bo elected directly by a vote of tho people was presented and read.
 The Fertilization bill, appropriating $s50, 900 for sea coast fortifcations was passed by the Senate. --A-a f Wright. of Iowa, from tho Committee on the Civil Service and Retrenchment. reported ad- versely on the bill D abolish the system of mileage, and it was indefinitely postponed
 Ham1in pf Maine 10 cornnittan reported adversely on the bill to reduce the salary of the President of the United States, with the request that it be placed on the calen- dar with the adverse report. So ordered Q, Logan, of Illinois, from the Military commit | tee called up the. House bill for the relief of Gen. Samuel w. Crawford. He said that there had been numerous instances where officers had been retired on 8 rank much higher than that which they actually held while ill active service. He submitted an amendment to pre- vent this, but excepting from it's operation those who had lost an arm or leg, or both eyes, or who have served twenty-five years in the army; He had nc desire to mention names, but there was gentleman formerly connected with our army, in the civil service ill Europe whose rank in active service very low, but he was retired with very high rank. There were others, now ln the employ of rail road companies, who were retired with rank higher than that actually held by them before retirement. The amendment was agreed to, and the bill passed. &eS ss1
 Edmunds of Vermont, presented 8 joint resolution of the Vermont Legislature against the ratification of the proposed Canadian recip- rocity treaty. Referred to the committee on foreign relations.
 Wright, of Iowa, introduced bill for the re- duction of the salaries of all United States en- ployees ten per cent, if they. $1, 200 per annum, for two years from July 1, 1875 The President and United States judges are ex- empted.
 Schurz's resolution instructng tho Judiciary
 
 cessary to secure to the people of Louisiana the right of self-government under tue Gonsti- I tuition, called forth an earnest debate in which Sherman of Ohio, upheld the course of the I troops in New Orleans, aud denounced the act of Wiltz in taking the Speakers chair as an act of usurpation. Bayard, of Alabama, said the question not whether the conduct of Wiltz was regular or irregular, but that 1t was not within the province of the President to inter fere in the organization of the State Legisla- ture. @ G&
 Schurz, of Missouri, said if the Senator was willing to take the report of the House sub committee, which visited New Orleans, as true, then he must admit that the grossest frauds were committed blythe returning board, and therefore that board was the cause of tile trou- ble. g '~* .'--A- ,.- '---' @-- ~- a~9
 Mr. Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey in pre- senting 8 memorial of the operatives in the Raritan woolen mills, N. J., for the repeal of the act of June 6, 1872, reducing the duty on certain foreign products, said he believed the granting of this petition would increase our revenue and give activity to our sluggish in dustries. A protective tariff, while giving prosperity to the people, also increased the ' revenue of the country. Referred to the com mlttee on finance.
 The following bills were disposed of: Tho House bill te provide for enlistments in the navy indefinitely postponed; the Senate bill to amend the act of July IT, 1862, for the better government of the navy, and the Senate bill for the relief of the survivors of the Polaris were passed.
 Mr. Crounse, of Nebraska, introduced a bill appropriating $3O,000 for special distribution of seeds to the portions of the country that have suffered from tho grasshopper ravages. Passed
 Mr. OBrien, of Maryland, asked leave to offer resolution calling on the President to state by what authority the courts and officers of the State of Mississippi at Vicksburg have been interfered with by the military.
 MT. Lynch, of Mississippi, objected to the resolution in that shape.
 The vote rejecting the Indian Appropriation bill was again reconsdered without the yeas and nays, and then finally the bill was referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union-yeas, 142 nays 102. The Speaker stated that the bill went to the Committee of the Whole as an entirely new bill, subject to amendment.
 The Little Tariff bill, as it is called, was considered, and the House agreed to the con-
 
 bill goes to the President for his signature.
 Garfield, of Ohio, from the committee on ap- propriations,S reported bill appropriating $182, 800 in coin to pay the interest on the 3.65 bonds of the District of Columbia. Ordered to be printed and recommitted.
 Myers, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of the Soldiers and Sailors Union at Philadel- phia fer the passage of the bill equalizing bounties. -. <
 Mir. Crooke, of New York, introduced bill for the exchange of lands at Wallabout bay be- tween the United States and the city of Brook lyn.
 Mr. Cessna, of Pennsylvania, offered 8 reso- lution providing that the rules be so far sus- pended during the remainder of the present session as to prevent the Speaker from enter taining any dilatory motion pending the con- eideraton of any public bill or joint resolution, or of any motion to bring, or the result of which may bring before the House for consid- eration, such bill or joint resolution. It was vehemently. opposed by the Democratic mem bers who claimed that it was in violation of the Constitution, would open the Treasury to all kinds of schemes, and set 8 bad precedent The Republicans held that it would prevent 6 waste of time. The resolution was lost.
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