Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-02-21
Proceedings of Congress.


A large number of bills, joint resolutions
etc, of no particular interest," were introduced
and referred.
Kelly introduced bill to increase the pub
| lie revenue. In it he proposes to repea
the bill for the resumption of specie payments
approved last January, and substitute his SO
incontroyertiblc scheme. He also propose
to repeal the Act of January, 1874, prohibiting
the increase of greenback circulation.
| After the call for bills and Joint resolutions
the bill giving bounties to the heirs of sol
diers who served less than one year in thu
army came up as unfinished business from las
Monday and was passed.
A bill was introduced by Houghton, of Cali
fornia, fixing the time of holding Circuit
Courts in California, Oregon and Nevada
Also, a bill to encourage and promote tele
graphic communication between America ant
Asia.
Specr moved to suspend the rules, ant
adopt resolution declaring the Judgment o
the House against the election of Prcsiden
for third term, as opposed to the tradition
of the country, and hazardous to the lib
critics of the people.
The motion was lost-yeas, 81; nays, f02
All the yeas, except Smith, of North Carolina
were Democrats; all the nays Republicans.
Dawes moved to suspend the rules to make
in order an amendment to the modification
suspension or repeal of section % of the re
vised statutes, regulating the time for holding
elections for Representatives to Congress, the
object being to make the time uniform
Agreed to, 161 to GA.
Dawes also offered resolution reciting the
facts with regard to VIM. s. King, the fuga-
cious Pacific Mail witness, and directing the
Speaker to issue warrant commanding the
Sargent alarms to take him into custody
wherever found within the United States, and
bring him before the bar of the House, to an
swer for contempt of its authority.
Sayler, from the Committee on Patents,
made an adverse report on the application for
an extension of the Wilson sewing machine
patents. The report shows that the patents
have been in existence twenty one years; that
the combination Of sewing machine compa-
MES which own the patent have received over
$2,000,0OO from them and that the public has
therefore paid heavily for the invention. The
report was tabled Adjourned.
After the passage of some unimportant bills
and resolutions, and the presentation of Il
memorial praying for the restoration of the
tax on sugar, the repeal of which had resulted
in the loss of $l4,0O0O00 in gold to the Govern
ment, without any reduction in price to the
consumer, the Hennepin Canal bill, which
was unfinished business from Saturday, was
taken up. Hurlburt, who has charge of the
bill, yielded the floor to allow Poland to pre-
sent privileged report from the Committee
on Revision of the Laws, which was considered
at length.
A bill was introduced and referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, which has
special reference to the coolie trade. 1t pro-
vdes that when immi grants have entered into
contract or an agreement for term of ser
vice within the United States, either for labor
or lewd and improper purposes, such immi-
grafton shall not be deemed voluntary, and
United States Consul shall not deliver the re-
quired permit or certificate. 1t makes it a
penal otfense for Americans to be engaged in
such trade; forblds the importation of wo-
men for purposes of prostitution invaldates
all contracts in relation thereto, and makes
the importation or holding of women for such
purposes felony, punishable by fine and i'm
prisonment. 1t also makes immigration of
the following named classes unlawful; Per-
sons who are undergoing sentence for felonies
or crimes other than political, or whose SEN
tence has been RENTED on account of their
immigration, and women imported for pur-
poses of prostitution
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the Post Office Appropriation bill. |
The total amount appropriated by the bill is |
S37 ,524 361, of which amount $29l4S, l56 it is |
estimated will be received from the revenues
of the Department
Tyner, who had charge of the bill, explained |
that the expenses of the Department was five
per cent less than last year, while the annual |
increase of business is from to 10 per cent
Holman moved to add to the item for inland |
mail transportation, a prOviso that no part of
the money should be used to increase the com |
pensation of railroad companies beyond the |
rate now received by them. Rejected-45 to
103.
A 4 etn 900 |
for advertising mail lettings, requiring the
Postmaster-General to cause advertisements |
for mail lettings to be posted up conspicu-
ously in each Post Office for sixty days
Smith, of Ohio, moved an amendment re-
pealing the law of 1872 for additional mail |
steamship service to Japan and China, and
annulling the contract made under it, Agreed
to, without discussion.
Coburn moved an amendment for the free
carriage of public documents and seeds sent
by members of Congress.
Finally the House, in Committee of the
Whole, by a vote of 81 to 75 agreed to the
providing for the free transmits
sion OF documents and seeds through the
mails. Democrats and Republicans voted for
the amendment.
The Indian Appropriation bill was then
taken up in Committee of the Whole. All |
parts of the bill, except the Choctaw and
ChlckasaW amendments were considered and |
agreed to.
The amendment to pay the Chickasaws
S2SO,OOO, arrears of interest on trust bonds |
leld by the Government, was rejected without
| division. The bill then passed-162 to 81.
The new Tariff bill then came up. Dawes
said the Customs receipts had fallen off at the
'ate of soO0,O0O per day. He made a state |
nent of receipts and expenditures since
1919, showing badly for the years receipts.
The bill giving all discharged soldiers IS 33
Der month bounty, was passed 1t deducts
III previous bounties.