Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-19
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
TUFSD AY, January 10.


cOlored women and children, asking the same
appropriation as was made to them last year
sgo,0ee. Referred to Committee on District
of Columbia.
Mr.. Ferry, of Mich, presented protest of
citizens of that state against the new Cana
dian reciprocity treaty. Foreign Relations.
Mr.. Wright, from Committee on Finance,
reported adversely on bill To amend and re-
enact section "A of the internal revenue act
of June 6, 1872, and it was indefinitely post
poned.
Also from the Judiciary Committee. with
amendments. bill for relief of owners and
purchasers of lands sold for direct taxes
Mr Hamlin introduced bill to incorporate
The Corcoran square market company. r.
ferred To Committee on District of Columbia.
Mr.. Sargent called up the following re>olu-
tion, submitted yesterday by Mr.. Morrill,, Of
Maine;
ResO'red, That during the present session it shan
be IN order at any time to move recess, and pending
Appropriation bill to move to conine debate. i,
amendments thereto to FIVE minute. 10y any senator
on on the the pending motion, and such motion shall De
Mr.. Bayard moved to amend by adding:
,at; ln no lsn,e. % - o. any sHch OH making iesS-
the Appropriation contained in the bill shall be
He said this would make the resolution
exactly like the one offered by Mr.. Sargent
Yesterday, and was the same as adopted at
thought, TO move to restrict debate in the
Senate; ii had never before been done at SD
early period of the session.
The amendment of Mr.. Bayard was reiectel
and the resolution was then rejected.
Mr.. Conkling introduced bill to amend the
14th section of the judicial act of 1883. Re
ferred to Committee on Judiciary.
Mr.. Ingalls, introduced bill authorizing per-
sons uDjustly deprived of their property i'm
Utah prior To 1860 TO bring suit therefor in
federal courts, Judiciary.
Mr.. Stevenson called up House bill for pro-
lection of the United States custom house in
the city of Louisville, KY.
1t appTOpriatcS S12, GOO for the purchase of
piece of ground adjacent to the custom
houSe.1
Mr.. Morton said that he understood the
sum fixed was much in excess of the value of
the ground.
Mr.. Morrill, (Vt.) moved that the bill be re-
ferred to the Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds. Agreed to-ayeS, 10; noes, II.
Mr.. Morton submitted an order for the
printing OFFS, 900 additional copies or the report
of the Committee on Privileges and Elections
on the method of electing the President. Re
fcrred TO the Committee on Printing.
Mr.. sherman, from Committee of Confer
| ence on the little Tariff BILL submitted re-
report.
Mr.. Sherman said the substance of this re-
port was the same as that agreed on last ses-
sion, excepc that it raised the duty on hops
three cents a pound and left out the tax on
securities. The report was cOncurrcd in.
Mr.. Sargent then moved to limit debate or
THE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL,
in accordance with the order just adopted.
The Legislative, Executive and Judicial
appropriation bill was then proceeded with.
The amcntment of the Committee to create II
Bureau of Commerce and. Statistics being be-
fore the Senate and the question being on the
motion of Mr. Boutwell, To strike out all that
part of the amendment except the clause
containing the appropriation for the Bureau
| of Statistics. as at present organized the
motion 10 strike out was carried; ayes, 90;
Mr.. Window then opposed making any
appropriation whatever for the Bureau OF
Statistics. If there was to be no reOrganza-
ton of the Bureau of Statistics, then he did not
want any Bureau OF Statistics at all, for the
Information now furnished by this Bureau
was so incomplete as TO be of little use.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr.. Storm (Pa.) rising to a question Of
privilege, had read an extract from the "
Y. Tribune, in which it was intimated that
he and Messrs. Hays, Sypher, Voorhees,, and
Winchester had received each
$1,000 BILL FOR THEIR VOTES
upon the Pacific Mail bill Mr.. Storm said
| that the investigation was commenced in
| the AID Congress. At that time he was in
formed that the bookkeeper OF the Sergeant
alarms had produced before the committee
a memoranda of the initials of certain mem
bers who at the time OF the passage of the
| subsidy had one thousand dollar bills
| changed at the Sergeant -at-Arms office
Among the initials produced were those of
| -. II. s. These were his (StOrmS) initials
He went before the Committee at the time
| and then and there denied the charge He
never had $1,000 bill changed at the office
| of the Sergeant-at-AmS in his life. More
than that he was poor man and
NEVER OWNED A $1,000 ELL
! in bis life. There must bave been q mistake
made in putting down his initials. He did
not know what me could do more than he had
done TO Tepel this foul charge. He spoke and
| voted against the subsidy, and as a member
OF the House he had never voted for anything
| that was called job He repeated he had
! voted against the bill, and if his record was
not to be made secure by his testimony be-
| fore the committee and by his statement TO
| the House, which he made with all truthful
ness, he knew not what more he could do. He
| made this statement with all sincerity, as
| he should answer at the bar of God at the
| great day. He knew not what other means
| he could take to refute these foul charges
| He denounced the charges as utterly and alb
| solutely false, and would add that in all his
Congressional career no one ever approached
| him with an offer OF money 10 vote for any
bill or subsidy.
THE OTHER INITIALS
Mr.. Maynard (Tenn.) said he was lnarn-
| Der of the WAYS and Means Committee when
| the investigation was made in 1872, and ii
| was but just to say that the committee did
not then believe there was the slightest foun-
| datiOn TO believe that either of the gentlemen
whose initials Were furnished had received
| Pacific Mail money, either directly or indi
| rectly. There was nothing TO affect the intay-
| rity or the character of either OF the gentle
men.
| Mr.. Brown (Ky) inquired whether Mr.
Boyd Winchester did not at the time appear
| before the committee and refute the charge
| made against him.
Mr.. Maynard replied that he had, and that
all had, in his opinion, cleared their skirts.
| MR.. SYPHER GOT NAUGHT.
! Mr.. Sypher (La.) said he was one of the
parties charged with the receipt OF a : 900
| bill. He had never received a dollar on ac-
| count of the subsidy. He had probably had
| q 81 COO bill changed there, because he some
| times had as large sum as 1000 on deposit
| with the Sergeant alarms. He did all his
| banking business at that Office. His amount
| on depOst there was much larger than the
| amount which the lobby was in the habit of
| paying to members or to newspaper men,
| He both voted and spoke for the Pacific Mail
| subsidy, and would do SO again il an oppor-
| tunity was offered, because he believed il
| was right. He was further induced to vote
| for it because there was on the table at the
| time bill for line of steamers between
| New Orleans and the ports of Mexico, and he
| wanted to get that through also. He thought
| that was the best way to build up the Grip
| pied commerce of the country. He repeated
/ that he would vote for the subsidy again.
Mr.. Randall pa bore testimony to the
| earnestness with which Mr. Storm opposed
| the Pacific Mail subsidy in all its stages. He
was urged on by Mr.. Storm to oppose it. He
looked upon Mr.. s. as one of its most faith
/ fu1 opponents. He deemed il due to say this
much In behalf OF an honest and faithful col
| league.
Mr.. Chittendenden On. W had read an ex-
tract from the Chicago Tribune in which it
/ was asserted that SimaOn n Chiffandop the