Wilmington journal., 1875-02-26
FAVORABLE REPORT ON THE
TEXAS PACIFIC BILL

FAVORABLE REPORT ON THE
TEXAS PACIFIC BILL.
POLAND REPORTS AGAINST IN
TERFERENCE In ARKANSAS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S-NoOn. SEN
ATE-Senator Merr mon, of North Car
olina, closed o six hours speech at 3
o'clock this morning.
Edwards, at 8 80 o'clock this morn
ing, offered the following amendment:
E'Strike out the resolution seating
Pinchback and insere that the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections ne
and it is hereby instructed to report
forthwith bill declaring that 10 con-
stitutiOnal government exists ia Lou
| ieiana aud providing for the election
! of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor ALI
members of the General Assembly
| for Louisiana and all other State Off
| GERS which are by the constitution OF
that State elected by the people of
! that State"
| Senator Ransom, of North Carolina,
/ then took the floor and spoke at some
! length on his desire to restore peace
between the North and the South
The House adjourned at 11.30 last
night without action on the telegraph
! bill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S-Night. -
SENA NAEB-ThurmAn snid the question
before the Senate was not question
for Congress but a question for the
Senate alone. IF there is to be an eX-
ira session this resolution could be
considered then, and 1t seemed to be
admitted on all hands that an extra
session of the Senate would be con
vened on the 4th of March. He be-
leved it was the first duty of the Sen
ate to provide means to carry on the
government, and would therefore vote
for taking up the appropriation bill.
Morrill,, of Maine, said he was dis
posed to regard this resolution entire
ly as an order of business, and with
view to getting the Indian Appropria-
ton before the Senate, he moved to
lay the resolution on the table. Upon
this question the yeas and nays were
ordered and the resolution was tabled,
yeas 80, nays %.
Ferry, CT Connecticut, who would
have voted in the affirmative, wss
iired with Boutwell,, who would have
voted in the negative.
West moved that the Senate adjourn,
which was rejected, yeas 6, nays so.
Window, of Minnesota, moved that
the Senate proceed to the considera-
ton of the Indian Appropriation bill.
The Indian Appropriation bill was
taken up and the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE-The House spent three
hours on the tariff bill. All amend
ments offered by the; opponents of
the measure were voted down. but
an amendment was adopted on motion
of Dawes, increasing the tax on
domestic cigars from five dollars to
six dollars q thousand and on ciga-
rettes from So so to $3 rs. Having
got through the first two sections OF
the bill, the whiskey and the tobacco
sections, the Committee rose and the
House took up as a special order the
bill reported by Stanard, of Missouri,
| from sthe Committee on Commerce,
| for the improvement of the mouth OF
! the mississippi river on the Eads'
| ietty system. The House passed the
! Eadss bill without division.
| The House then resumed the tariff
| bill. The third Section abolishing the
tav on matches was struck out. The
fourth section, increasing the duties
| on molasses and sugars 25 per ce4t
was amended by including Melada.
The Committee then rose, and Co
burn, Of Indiana, reported the caucus
| force bill, which was ordered to be
printed and recommitted.
The Committee on the Pacific Rail
road will vote on the Texas Pacific
on Friday. They are about evenly
divided.
1t is stated that the majority of the
Senate judiciary Committee consider
the Pacific Mail Subsidy as contra ct
which Congress cannot abrogate.
WAsHIEGroN, Feb. 19-Noon-The
President has issued a proclamation
calling an extra session OF the Senate
! to convene on March 5th
| SENATE-The credentials of Came
ron, U. s. Senator from Wisconsin,
and Mcdonald, Senator from Indiana,
were read and placed on file.
HoUsE-On motion of Harriss, Of
Virginia, was inserted, in a bill pro-
viding for artificial limbs for pension
| efs, a provision repeating all laws tina
prohibit the payment of Revolutionary
or War of 1912 pensions on account Of
| disloyalty.
! The House refused to go into Com
mittee of the Whole on the tariff. bill
and went into a Committee of the
Whole on the private calendar
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19-Noon-Full
Cabinet meeting to-day.
The Consular and Diplomatic APP
preparation bill has been approved.
! The euiogistic honots to the late
i Senator Buckingham have been post
| poned.
The House Committee reported
| favorably on the Texas Pacific Rail-
road bill ,and it was recommitted. The
House will give night session to its
consideration next week
La the Senate to-day, Flanagan pre-
sented concurrent resolutions of the
Texas Legislature asking pension for
| the soldiers and sailors of the Mexi-
can war.
A bill was introduced making West
Po Mt, Va, "a port of entry.
A squabble ensued over the order of
business-Logan wanted Pensions Ed
wards wanted Civil Rights and Ser
geant hoped Pichback would come up
again. It involved peace or war in
Louisiana. He would sooner the case
should be decided wroug than not
at ALL
Hitchcock said when the Indian APP
preparation bill was disposed of he
would call the bill up for the admis-
sion of Colorado. The Indian Appro-
priation bill was taken up, and the
Senate is considering it tonight.
HoUsE.-The Committee on the Pri-
vate Calendar rose without reporting
single bill, and then the Army Ap,
preparation bill was taken up and
passed.
Poland, Of Vermont, from the Select
Committee on Arkansas affairs, re-
ported resolution that it is not ad-
visable that there should be any inter-
ference with the government of that
State, and gave notice that he would
call it up for consideration next week.
The House then adjourned.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2O.-Noon.-I
Carpenter occupied his seat in the