Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-01-31
Proceedings of Congress.
House..

lowing:
BY Bannng--To establish Mint at Cincin
natl.
By Garfeld-m regard to alleged new evi
dence in the Fitz John Porter case
The House then proceeded TO consideration
of business pertaining to the District of Co
| lumbia.
On motion of Garfield the rules were sus
pended, and the bill passed, lG4 to 76, appro
priating $4,000 to defray the expense attend
ing the bringing of King Kalakaua to tn,
United States.
long discussion took place on the bill t,
relieve from taxation the Home for Indigen
Old Ladies Of the District of Columbia, whicl
finally passed. Adjourned
Luttrell introduced bill relative to Wagon
roads, which he said he would not endorse
though it was accompanied by petitions pray
ing for its adoption. 1t is Caleb T. Fay's Roat
Bill. The petitions favoring it have one thou
sand signatures OF residents of Butte ant
Plumas counties.
Hoar (E. r. offered resolution for the ap
pontment of select committee to inquire
whether the privileges of the House had not
been violated by the arrest of Whitelaw Reid
at the suit Of A. R. Sheppard, while Reid was
in the District of Columbia under subpoena
from Committee of the House
Butler, of Massachusetts, opposed, and
moved to table the resolution. Rejected, A
| to 102, and the resolution was adopted 1877 to
A. The Speaker appointed E. r. Hoar, Hale
of New York, Orth, Clymer and Sayler the
| Special Committee
Dawes presented the case of c. A. Wet
more, correspondent of the Alta California
| and other Pacific coast papers, who having
said in his dispatches that there were strange
rumors about Becks connection with the
| Pacific Mail subsidy, was summoned before
the Committee, when he said the rumors were
| about tracing check from Font, banker, 10
Beck, but refused to give the name of his au-
thority. After an indignant speech by Beck,
a resolution was adopted summoning Wet
more to the bar of the House.
The Sergeant-at-A Arms appeared with Wet
more, who still declined to give the name of
the person who mentioned Beck's name to
him. He asked till tomorrow to consider
whether he could answer without a breach of
confidence
The Appropriation Committee agreed to in
clude the following items in the Sundry Civil
Appropriations Bill. For refunding State ex-
penses in raising volunteers, S279,O0O; con-
struction and maintenance of military tele-
graph lines, especially in Texas, Nevada,
Mexico and Arizona, 100000, for collection of
bounty, prize money, and other claims of col
orcd soldiers, $4,000; Freedmens Hospital
$4,000.
Storm, Sypher and Crittenden denied the
truth of the charges that they were implicat-
ed in the Pacific Mail subsidy scandal. Dawes
said he had the affidavit of Crittenden, from
New York, denying that he had received
money. kilograms were read from d. W,
Voorhees,, of Indiana, and Boyd of Winches-
ter, KY, protesting against the charges made
against him in the matter, and requesting to
be subpGnaed
proposition to pay the Choctaw Indian |
award, nearly 100000, was discussed at |
length, and finally agreed to- and the bill re- |
ported to the House The Choctaw claim |
was then amended by reducing it to SG00000 |
and agreed to. The bill was then rejected |
1 nays to 10 ayes
The Speaker presented letter from Irwin
the recusant Pacific Mail witness, stating his |
desire to answer questions and purge himself |
Cox presented petition of importers and |
dealers in foreign wines protesting against an |
increase of tax on low grade wines to 40 cents
per gallon, as eXOrbitant and unjust
Garfield, OF the Committee on Appropria- |
tons. reported in favor of the bill appropriate
ing $4,000 in coin to pay the interest on the |
1855 bonds of the District of Columbia |
Ordered printed.
Smith of New York, from the Committee |
on Elections reported i'll the case of the Utah
delegate resolution to exclude him. on the |
ground of polygamy. Ordered printed
Maynard presented the report of the Com
mittee OF Conference on the Little Tariff Bill, |
and explained its notifications Among
other things it increases the duty on mixed |
silk goods from 50 to 60 per cent. After some
discussion the bill was agreed to, 1876 to 3d.
Charles A. WetmOre, the recusant Pacific |
Mail witness was again brought before the |
House, and asked whether he was now ready |
to answer questions In the course of the |
examination WetmOre made some impudent |
remarks for which the House ordered him to |
be confined in the common Jail The next
day Dawes presented Wetmore's apology, in |
tmated that II was satisfactory, and moved |
his discharge, Agreed to-
Senate.
The Senate considered the amendment to |
the appropriation bill to continue the Bureau
| OF Statistics. 1t was agreed to-
Edmunds offered an amendment recurring
this bureau to furnish statistics with regard
10 the foreign and domestic commerce of this
country, the railroad systems of this and other
countries, their cost, etc. cost of transporta-
tlon on railroads, canals, rivers, etc. Agreed
| to.
Morrill,, OF Maine, moved to admit the ap-
preparation OF $4,000 to defray the expenses
of the bureau Agreed to.
Window moved to make the renorts Of the
Bureau of Statistics quarterly instead of
monthly, as heretofore Agreed to.
sargent moved to lay the amendment of the
| Committee, as amended, on the table. The
amendment as amended was then agreed to.
Sherman, from the Committee of Confer.
ence on the dlsagreeing votes of the two
Houses upon The House Tariff Bill, submitted
a report. ne sad the report was substantial
| ~ the same as that presented last session,
with the exception Of duty on hops, which
had been fixed at eight cents Two sections
relating to Tobacco, and the tax on sales of
bonds, etc., were both stricken out The re-
port was agreed to- -
Clayton introduced bill to protect each
State OF the Union from invasion. and for
other purposes The bill makes the invasion
OF any olat1' !or the purpose of violating the
laws of said State or Of the United States. or
interfering in any manner with the execution
of the laws, felony, punishable bv fine and
Imprisonment 1t gives United States Courts
Jurisdiction IN such cases. Officials of such
Courts, ana all other officers who NAV be
specially empowered by the President of the
United STATES, are especially required to insti-
tute proceedings against offenders, and they
are authorized to call upon the land and ma
val forces of the IJnited Stotne ;f oaoos,or,,