Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-03-06
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.


I - tht NlCe-iIeHldetth Oedh 10y Ar. t6rry, and
! the oath Of office was administered 10 him by
I ce-President Wilson.
/ Mr. Sargent, of California, presented the me-
moral Of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
demonstrating against the repeal Of the act Of
I juno i, 1872, granting subsidy for tile mail
service between San Francisco, Japan and
China, and praying for am appropriation to
| carry said subsidy into effect. Ordered 10 be
[ printed, and referred 10 the committee on APP
preparations,
The memorial urges that its repeal would
not only cause a loss of millions of dollars to
innocent stockholders and 10 their steamship
builders, but would also be quasi aclmowl-
edgment that Congress was bribed TO pass the
set OF 1872, although the committee investigat-
ing the scandalOus assertion has not vet made
its report, and the testimony so far has utterly
failed to show any truth in the charge.
The Senate, in considering the bill to provide
a government for the District of Columbia
agreed to an amendment providing that claims
allowed under the act Of June 20, 1874, shall be
presented for exchange within four months
from the passage Of this act, and if not 80 pre-
sented the privilege Of thus exchanging shall
not be exercised by any holder of any such
claim Also prohibiting the sinking fund COM
missioners of the District of Columbia from is
suing any bond, as provided in the act Of June
20, 1874, after the expiration of four months
from the passage of this act, and providing
strued in any manner to pledge the faith of
the United States to the payment of any debt
of the District of Columbia, or of the cities of
Washington and Georgetown, other than pro-
vided by the act of 1875, and amendments
thereto, as to the 50-year bonds therein re-
ferred to.
They also amended the section which makes
it a misdemeanor to sell or give liquor without
| being licensed, by adding clause exempting
private residences and societies not OF a BUSH
ness character and changed the compulsory
education section to read children I" between
the ages of eight and fifteen years" instead of
Six and eighteen rs reported by the committee
Mr.. Conkling, of New York, presented me-
MORALS of fifty medical societies and institu-
lions i'll the State Of New York in favor of such
Legislation as will promote the efficiency of the
medical corps of the army.
Mr.. Gordon presented similar ones from
physicians Of Georgia. Referred to the COM
mittee on military affairs.
Mr.. Hitchcock, of Nebraska, presented the
credentials Of A. S. Paddock, Senator-elect
from the State of Nebraska, for period of six
years from March 4, 1875. Read and placed on
| file.
The House bill for the equalization of boen-
ties was read twice, and referred to the COM
mttee on military affairs.
! The Speaker presented letter from the
| Clerk in reference to the resignation of Mr.
| Purman, of Florida, and directed the name of
| Mr.. Purman to be stricken from the roll of
members.
| Mr. Howe, of Wisconsin, called up his mo-
ton to reconsider the vote by which the bill to
grant a site for tho Peabody school in st. Au-
| gustne Fla, was passed.
| Mr. Boutwell,, of Massachuse tts, said he was
/ opposed to the bill as it now stood, because it
excluded colored children from the school.
/ The motion to reconsider was agreed to
| yeas, 81 nays, 25-Alessrs. Boreman, Gilbert,
/ Lewis, Morrill,, of Vermont, Sargent Sherman,
! Sprague and Upton voting with the Democrats
against the reconsideration.
Mr.. Gunckel, of Ohio, from the committee
on military affairs, reported bill to equalize
bounties
The bill provides for the payment to every
non-commssioned officer, musician, artifcer,
WAGNER, and private soldier Gncluding those
! borne on the rolls as slaves), who served in the
army and were honoraby discharged of So 33L
q month for the term of his service, between
| April H. 1861 and May 8, 1865 with a deduc-
ton of all bounties heretofore paid by the Uni
| ted States and by States. Substitutes or such
as were prisoners of war at the time of enlist
ment are excluded also such as were dis
charged as minors, or at their own request from
other causes than disability incurred in the SER
| vice, prior to April 10, 1865, unless such dis
charge was obtained with view to re-enlst-
ment or to accept promotion in the military or
! naval service. Where the soldier is dead the
bounty is to be paid to the widow (if not mar
ried), or the minor child or children.
The Unconstitutional estimated that it
would take $137, 0O0,0 900 to pay the bounties as
provided in the bill, while the Second Con-
troller said S10l, 100000 would do it.
Messrs. Hawley and Kellogg of Connecticut,
commented on the injustice of requiring States
which had already paid bounties to their
soldiers to be taxed for the benefit of those
States that had not done so.
MIR. Willard, of Vermont, opposed the bill on
the same ground, and showed that Vermont
had paid all her soldiers a bounty of $500 per
month, and they would simply realize the diff
ference between that amount and SO. 1871 per
month.
Mr.. Small, of New Hampshire, also opposed
the bill, and said that as his State had paid
bounties during the war. her soldiers would not
now receive a dollar from this money, although
the State would be taxed to help pay the soldiers
of other States
Further discussions were INDUCED in by
Messrs. Dawes, Garfield, Sypher, Gunckel,
Cohun, Speer and Dmneu.
Mr.. Comngos amendment, making the bill
apply to the Missouri regiments, was agreed to.
Mr.. Myers amendment, to include sailors
and mariners, was agreed to.
The bIil was then passed-yeas, 177 nays, 80.
luton directing the Judiciary committee to in
quire whether the Western Union Telegraph
Company has refused to transmit dispatches
for the American Press Association, or any
other parties, among the several States, on aC-
count of criticism by such association on the
telegraph company, with power to send fol
| persons and pal ers. Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Hoar, of Massachusetts,
the Senate bill to allow Thomas w. Fitch, ell.
gineer in the navy, to accept wedding present
! sent to his wife by the Khedive of Egypt was
taken from the Speakers table and parsed.
On motion of Mr.. Potter, Of New York, the
: bill allowing the district judge of Vermont his
, salary during life on his resignation on account
of permanent illness, was taken from the
r Speakers table and passed.
The bill which came over for the redemption
of overdue United States bonds, known al
Texas indemnity bonds, was passed / = yeas
to 43 nays.
The House took up as a special order the bill
reported from the committee on civil service
reform by Mr.. Kellogg, of Connecticut, for tht
, reorganization of the Treasury department.
Mr.. Young, of Georgia, offered an amend
J ment requiring the appointments of the de
q partment to be distributed among the State
aud Territories in proportion to the population
l Agreed to.
q The bill was then passed-yeas, 1928, nays
80. OF the principal officers it fixes the salarie
40 ioliOhS' ioOCloJdlyt %OiOuu bWO hsSlsbdi
t secretaries, "a, 500 each chief clerks, So 900
G supervising architect, $4,000; first comptroller
. $5,0O0 second comptroller $4,000; commits
sioner of customs $500; first, second, third
p fourth and fifth auditors, 1000 each audito
for the Post-of1ice department, g. 600 regis
= ter, $4,000 treasurer, $4,000 comptroller o
{ the currency $4,000; commissioner of interna
! revenue, $4,000.
Mr.. Myers, of Pennsylvania, introduced
0 bill to return to the government Of Japan one
half of the indemnity fund paid by that gov
, eminent to The United States under the con