The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-03
F0RTY-THIRD CONGRESS-.
WAsHIHGToN. March 2.
SENATE.

The reading of the journal Of yester-
days proceedings WAS dispensed with.
A number of bills were reported by
the Committee on Pensions and passed
The credentials offs. B. Morey, United
States Senator elect from Texas, were
received and placed on file.
The sundry civil appropriation bill was
received from the House and referred to
the Committee on Appropriations.
Action on the Force Bill
On motion of Mr. Morton the bill to
provide again the invasion of States,
known as the Force Bill, was read sec
ond time by the teller
Mr.. Bayard objected to Y third read
ing, and it was laid over, no motion hay-
ing been made to refer it to any com
mittee
By Il vote of 81 ayes to % nays the
blll for equalization OF bountics was
taken up.
Mr.. Bayard objected to the third read.
ing. and the bill was laid over, no motion
being made to refer it to any committee.
Mr.. Chandler, from the Committee on
Commerce. reported back the river and
harbor bill. without amendment and
without recommendation. He said the
Committee made this report on account
of the action of the Senate last night in
laying the tariff bill on the table. 1t
was placed on the calendar.
The Senate then proceeded with the
bill to equslize bounties, etc.
Mr.. AlcOrn moved to amend by ad-
ding an additional section, repeating all
laws prohibiting the payment Of pensions
to soldiers of the revolutionary war and
the war of 1872 and the widows of de-
ceased soldiers on account of disloyalty.
Mr.. Logan said this bill wonld call Tor
less money than any Of the other bounty
bills which have been before Congress
for several years past. 1t was impossi-
bic for any person to make an accurate
statement rs To what a bill of this kind
would cost The calculations by the
auditors were entirely erroneous. lie
believed the bill would not require more
than $50, 1852.
After some unimportaut business the
Senate resumed the consideration of the
bounty bill Several amendments were
offered and agreed to, and the bill was
then reported to the Senate and the
amendments made in the Committee Of
the Whole agreed to. The question be-
img on the passage of the bill, the ayes
and NAYS were demanded and resulted,
yeas. 50; nays, 80. 1t being tie vote,
the Nicc-Prcsident voted in the atiirma-
tive and the bill was passed. When the
fact was announced there was applause
in the galleries, but it was promptly
checked.
Mr.. Conlilng called up the House bill
to prevent cruelty to animals in the Dis
trict of Columbia Amended and passed
Also the health bill, to provide for de-
ductions of the terms of sentences in the
United States prisons. Passed.
Mr.. Morrill,, of.Vermont, moved that
the Senate take up the bill to further
protect the sinking fund, and to provide
for the exigcncies of the government,
known rs the tax and tariff DILL. Agreed
10; yeas 20. nays %.
Mr.. Conkling introduced the House
bill to authorize the Secretary of the
rehsNrN 10 ADJUST anu relIllI CcII"ill
taxes and penalties claimed to be due
from the mining and other corporations.
in the sixth collection district of Michi
gan.
Mr.. Conkling, from the Committee on
Commerce, reported with amendments,
bills to aid in the improvement Of the
Fox and Wisconsin rivers, in the State
of Wisconsin. Placed on the calendar.
The Senate then took II recess until s
O'Clock, when the tariff bill comes up.
The tax bill was taken up and discuss
ed. and various amendments were offered
and rejected. a motion to non-conrur
in the amendment recommended in the
Committee of the Whole regarding the
taN on tobacco. was carried. The bill
was finally passed in the same form in
which it came from the House. Yeas 30;
uaVs 80.