The Portland daily press., 1875-02-13
Forty Third Congress Second Session.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. Feb. IL

WASHINGTON. Feb. IL.
Mr. Anthony presented the credentials OF
Ambrose E. Burnside, U. S. Senator from
Rhode Island, for six years from March 4, 1875
Placed on file
During the morning hour Mr.. Clayton moved
that the Presidents message on Arkansas af.
fairs be taken up for the purpose OF having ii
referred.
Mr.. Edmunds raised the point of Older that
it could not be done as by the recent rule of
the Senate the committees must be called in or
der and nothing but unanimous consent could
set that rule aside. He therefore objected to
the taking up of the message now.
Mr.. Clayton withdrew the motion.
A bill providing for the construction of the
Portland, Dallas & Salt Lake Il. R." ard tele-
graph, and for the performance of all govern
ment services free OF charge, was taken up, but
Messrs Sherman, Edmunds and others object
ed on the ground that it was subsidy bill.
After some discussion Mr.. Kelly asked that the
committee on railroads be allowed one hour
and a half to present this bill to the Senate.
1t was agreed, and the bill was then discussed.
During the debate on the Portland, Dallas q
Salt Lake railroad bill, Mr.. Frelinghuysen said
the Committee had before them during this
session six or seven bills providing for subsidies.
The committee had considered them carefully
and heard arguments, and had concluded that
they would not report any of these bills favor
ably. Many of the bills thus treated had inf
mite more merit than the one before the Senate.
order to third reading the Portland, Dallas q
Salt Lake railroad bill. Messrs. Cameron and
Flanagan were the only senators who voted in
the affirmative.
Mr.. Ferry of Connecticut, presented resolu-
tions of the Common Council of Hartford, Ct,
for an appropriation for continuing the i'm
provement at the mouth of the Connecticut
river. Referred to the Committee on Com
merce. aif
Mr. Edmunds from the conference committee
upon the bill to amend the 23d paragraph of
the act in regard to fees allowed clerks and
marshals of the United States, made report
which was agreed to.
After the expiration of the time allowed the
Committee on Railroads, the Senate resumed
the consideration of the bill to provide gov
eminent for the District Of Columbia. the pend
ing amendment being that of Mr. Sargent to
provide for the election of a delegate to Con
gress.
Mr.. Sargent's amendment was rejected, yeas
q, nays 20.
Mr. Morton submitted a substitute for the Sd
section. Rejected.
Mr.. Allison moved an amendment to the
Gath section. to provide that the claims pre-
scented and allowed under the act of June Goth,
1874, shall be presented within four months
after the passage of this act, and nothing in
that act shall be construed to pledge the gov
eminent to the payments of debts of the Dis
trct or of the cities of Washington or George
town, other than the fifty year bonds provided
for in the act of 1874.
Mr.. Morton gave notice that tomorrow he
would move to proceed to the consideration of
the resolution for the admission of Piuchback.
Pending the discussion of the amendment OF
Mr. Allison to the bill to provide a govern
ment for the District, the Senate at BIS went
into executive session, and at $50 o'clock ad-
journed.
HOUSE.
After the reading of the journal, the House
to-day, on motion of Mr.. Dawes, went into
Committee of the Whole on the revenue bill.
floor and made an elaborate speech on the SUBJ
ject. He estimated the total receipts for the
next fiscal year at 100000, and the ex-
ponses at $275, 315, 900. The expenses may
exceed the estimates and the receipts may fall
below, so that there was grave danger that the
Treasury will find itself at the end of the year
with the deficiency upon current expenses,
and with no means whatever of providing for
the sinking fund.
Mr. Kelley followed Mr.. Roberts, saying that
the imposition of war taxes in time of peace
was as ill-judged as it was inopportune. He
differed from the majority of his colleagues on
the Ways and Means Committee, and attributed
the present financial distress and the embar-
raised condition of the country to our vicious
system of legislation.
At the close Of Mr.. Kelley's speech the fur
Their consideration of the revenue bill was post
poned. ..
The House took up the pension appropriation
bill
Objection was made to the consideration of
the pension bill, and the private calendar was
taken up.
A large number of private bills were acted
upon.
Mr. Dawes remarked that as well as he could
gather it from the gentleman's speech his
(Kelley's) policy was to carry on this govern
ment bp abOlishing ali taxes and by paying the
current expenses by the issue of new loans
Mr.. Kelley retorted thai the chairman OF the
Ways and Means Committee might, in his OBJ
tuseness, understood him to have made that
argument, but not man in the gallery (point-
ed to gallery crowded with negroes) so under
stood him. Uaughter.)
Mr. Dawes acknowledged that Mr.. Kelley's
argument had not been addressed to the House,
but to the galleries; but he was sorry his friend
could so mistake the general intelligence of the
people as to suppose that ever the galleries
could be persuaded that the government could
pay its obligations by issuing more of them.
Mr.. Kelley remarked be had not proposed to
repeal tax or duty. All he asked was that
the House should pause in the hurried work OF
contraction which was condemning the indus
trious laboring classes to want; that Congress
should have some sympathy and consideration
for the producing classes, and not bestow all of
itson the boud and bullion brokers who dealt in
the national credit
The Com mittee rose and the House went
into Committee of the Whole on the private
calendar and soon adjourned.