Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-15
FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS,
MONDAY, February Is.

! the Vice President stating that he would be
/ absent from the city for several DAYS.
| On motiol of Sir. Hamlin, Mr.. Anthony
was chosen President pro ten, and the usual
| notification was ordered to be sent TO the
| President and the House OF Representatives,
! Mr. Ramsey presented petition OF citizens
| of northern part of Dakota territory asking
/ the as age OF the bill creating the territory
GI Algonquin. Referred TO Committee on
| Territories.
Mr.. Morton presented petition OF one hun
| cr, d women taxpayers OF the District Of Co
! lumbia, asking that suffrage. without n SarI
! 10 sex, &c. be provided FOR in the bill for the
| eoNerrment of the District.
| MT Clayton presented petition OF citizens
| OF hot Springs, Arkansas. asking that a
/ receiver be appointed To take possession OF
thnt reScryation. Public Lands.
! Mr. Chandler said he was directed by the
! committee on Commerce 10 report bac& the
skeleton Of
THE sTEANBoA ELL.
/ lie asked Senators 10 examine the bin cara
| iully. and II they considered now that it was
| worth while 10 spend any time upOn il. he
| would ask that il be taken up tomorrow.
| There were two good things presented in the
! bill. One was the Stoppage of the collection
! OF pIlOtaCe at He'll GATE which wO1ld save
| Two or three hundred thousand dollars TO the
| New England states; and the other was in
| regard to patent rights.
Mr.. Bogy said, when this bill was recon-
mittcd il was not with the understanding
that there were TO be any amendm nntS. and
| he now saw that the motion was a trap. and
| this bill, which had been pending for four
years, would again fail.
Mr.. EdmuHdS. from the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported without am ondmelt. the
CIVIL RIGHTS BILL,
and gave notice that he wOIli call IL up nj
the first opportunity. He also from the SANE
committee, reported bill to prov ide for the
| selection OF grand and petit
JURIES IN THE DISTRICT
OF Columbia, and asked for its present col
sideI;tion, but Mr.. Sargent objec.el, AM il
wen; over.
Mr.. Conkling. from the Comrnitt,eoY the
IuHiciarN- oh
bill to prevent cruelty tOanimals in the Dis
trict OF Columbia.
Mr.. Scott made report from the Commit
| tee of Conference on the bin 10 fiN the com
pcnsatiOn Of bank examiners. which was con
Cured in.
Mr. Stawart. from the Committee on Rail
reads, reported the bill regulating the con
stIUctiol Of railroads in the terri tories. and
granting them the right Of way through the
public lands, with II recommendation That
the Senate nOn-c0rcuT i'm the House amend
ments, and ask for a committee of cOufer-
eIcc.
At request of Mr.. Edmunds the bill was
Ia over till tomorrow.
Mr.. Pratt said that on Wednesday he
would ask for au evening session To consider
number of private pension bills and also
several general pension bills. inclu ling the
BIN in relation 10 the soldiers and sailors of
the war of 1872.
Mr.. Ingalls, submitted report for the
Committee of Conference on the bill author
izinE the Seneca nation OF New York India.S
TO lease lands within the Aliega1y and Cat
tarauguS reservations.
MIR. EdmundS objected to the report he
cause the Congress had undertaken TO alter
the text of the bill in part where there hal
been TO dispute between the two Houses.
He objected to establishing a precedent OF
this kind which he considered very dan
geTous. After some discussion on this point
Mr. Hamlin moved that he report b. recon-
mittcd to the Committee Of Conference
which was agreed 20.
BILLS OF DISTRICT INTEREST.
Mr. Robertson introduced bill 10 secure
IN fIa.aE
Trust Company the money lost b. them.
Referred 10 Committee Oa Finance,
Mr. Hitchcock intro 1ucai bill 70 authorize
the Board OF Audit for the District o; Colum-
bia 10 examine and adjust claims for dam
ages by reason of the change in the grade OF
IcEnsylu luania avenue. Referred 10 Commit
tee on District OF Columbia.
When the unfiniSe1 business, which was
the bill for the government Of the District of
Columbia, came up. Nj. Morrill, (Me.) said
lft did not feel justified, under the circunl-
stances. in asking TO proceed with the bill
but he indicated that hereafter he might feei
called upon to ask the Senate TO again pro-
coed with it. The bill was then laid over
Mr.. WaShburn presented resolutions of the
EoStOn Beard OF Trade against any change in
The lighthouse service. Referred To Commit
tee on COmIlerce.
Mr.. dorsey introduced bill regulating the
transmission OF registered packages, ana
moEey letters through the United States
mails. Referred TO Committee on Post
Offices.
Mr. Morrill, (Me) submitted an order that
hereafter the daily hour OF meeting OF the
Senate shall be II a. m, and asked for its
present Considera tion, but Mr. Thurman OBJ
iected. and il went over.
Mr.. Window, from the Committee on A p
prOpTiations, reported the Indian ApprOpria-
ton bill with amendments, and said that if
possible he would call ii up tomorrow.
Mr.. Morton moved 10 postpone all previous
orders for the purpose of proceeding with the
case of Mr. PihcsIback.
THE DISTRICT BILL LAID on THE TABLE.
Mr.. Thurman appealed TO Mr.. Morrill, not
n nj har dan laG nf D.. Ia
think that any factiOus opposition had been
made to the bill. He thought that il was now
in such position that if proceeded with it
would not take long to finally dispose of il.
If ihe bill was abandoned it was dead, there
was 40 doubt of that.
Mr.. Morrill, said he h, no intention OF
abandoning the bill, but n could not press
its consideration to-day aft,r the statement
lie had made on Saturday. He, however,
would say that ii was his purpose to ask FOR
some other day to proceed with the bill He
had been chagrined and pained by the man
ncT in which ne had been treated by the SEN
ate on saturday. lie thonght he had right
To ask the Senate 10 stay here till or till
10 O'Clock that the bill might he finally dis
posed of. And he did not think the skirts of
his Ohio friend CThurnan) were altogether
free from blame in this respect, for that Sen
atOr and all of his (Mr MS other allies Oh
this side had voted for the motion to adjourn.
He MIR. M nad OF course no more interest
i'm this matter than any other Senator shouli
have.
Mr.. Thurman having called for division
of the motion, Mr.. Morton Withdrew il, and
moved to lay the District bill on the table.
which was carried by ayes 81, noes %, those
voting in the negative being the democratic
Senators, and Messrs. Fenton, Upton, and
SpTague.
Mr.. Morton then submitted a motion to
proceed with
THE CASE OF Mr.. PINCHBACK.
Mr.. BOgy moved an amendment 10 pro-
ceed with the consideratio of the steamboat
bill, which the Chair decided out of order.
Mr.. Bogy moved then to lay Mr.. MortOns
motion on the table.
Mr.. Edmunds raised the point that this mo-
ton was not in order.
The chair decided that the motion was in
order, but subsequently submitted the
motion To the Senate, when, by vote of %
10 %, il was decided to be out of order
The motion to proceed with the case of Mr..
Pinchback was then agreed to without a di-
vision, and Mr.. Morton proceeded to speak
thereon.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
ing to the lateness of the session the number
Of bills introduced under the Monday morn
ing call for reference only, was much less
than heretofore, and those introduced were
generally for the settlement of claims and
the granting of pensions.
Among those OF a general nature were the
following:
BY Mr.. willard, (Vt.)--Bill to authorize
in, arfo in Of