Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-18
EVENING STAR.
....F~Nruary rs, 1873.
CONGRENsIA'NAI.
Con -i~sso. or Yesterday. Proceedings.
E.-Aftepopr repo-- - o>ei

SENATE.-Aftepour report q osei-
Iebate on the resolution u al MA Nc
iihchhack was continued by Mr. .@erry and
Mr- Stevenson, and at $50 o'clock .. m. the
senate took recess until $50 r. ma
EVENING SESSION
At the evening session Mr. Howe STA Mr.
hamilton continued the debate The SeN ate
remained In session all night, having yo, Il
Gown two motions To adjourn.
hOUSE.-After our report cloSei-
ieoste on the new revenue bill was Gun
tlhued up TO - O'Clock p m, when a re,s--.
was taken until go O'clock. The only
amendment adopted In Committee of the
Mhole was one Offered by Mr. Cox Increasing
, "a. TAX ON lmI orted champagne wines a. fol-
lows; On quart bottles, from s. to - nsr
uozei; and ON pint bottles, from - TO 81 %
Per dozen.
EVENING SESSION
Inc House re assembled AZ : 81 o.cinck f,r
Aie consideration OF reports from the JuIici
Any Committee
The bill TO make all telegraph lines post
rostds was then reported, uIso4 which a II v Nv
debate ensued. The text OF the hill has bay,s
toiore been published in THE SrAE Itvn
debated al some length some OF the b,St Las,
!tIs IN me House opposing a. a. uncon>titl-
toIa MI Butler demanici tne pr,viou.
question. but The House refused u second il
vote viii he taken on the BIN TO-DAY.
During the debate
LIVELY DISCUSSION
was INDUCED in between Mr. Butler api Mr.
Roberts v. W The latter opposed The hill
as nelng Ioreruuner OF the scnrm' FOR ihn
A.
ment- He coUt"nicd that IA, ASSp.fa,.I
Press was important l. was not n, r.pr.-
sentative III the 4 ~sOcIated Press on the hn,r
OF whom members were AFRAID ID was The
gentlemen i'm the gallery OF whom member.
were afraid. As TO the statement male nv
MI Albright the Associated Prs wa
HHlS"G 10 employ such men ~ ~ could. Ia
NtW York the majority OI the asr..t> were
rtiublictHS, and democrats Often connie ina
that their news did not 20 over the wires nf
thS Associated Press. II Mr.. Albright ba
b "a - Il d. II L. -
ana lald for them he could have >rut Then,
10 any newspaper The agent of the A>So-
ciHttd Press was not bound 10 send it
Mr.. Butler inquire if the dispatch semi in
that way would have gone into an Tia. I,tn.r.
aS II was desired il should
Mr.. r.. III. Roberts said he wOulf answer
The gentleman could not compel an aiIt,pv "a,
publish what he did not wish Q" PUBLISH
Mr.. Butler said that WAS not an answer In
the question he asked.
Mr.. Roberts said he a .swcred a. he saw
proper.
Mr.. Butler.-Are you member of the Ne,,
York Associated Press?
Mr.. Roberts said ne would answer in hi.
own time. and
Mir. Butler insisting on the question.
Mr. Roberts said the gentleman could not
browh"at him. He would say, however that
he was not member OF the New York city
Mr.. Butler know that; but i. not your
paper in the associated press?
Mr.. ROberts.-My paper is in the aSsocia-
Mr.. Butler-I thought So
Mr.. RObertS.-YoU have miSrcpreSentel
the associated press. L advocate Il from
principle.
Mr.. BGtler.-YeS, and from interest. too.
Mr.. Roberts, in continuation. explained the
operation OF the New York A>Sociatel Press,
ami said that any paper could come in by
paying AN admittaHce fee.
Mr.. Hawley Comm explained the opera
ton Of the New York Associated Press and
of the state aSSocia lions, and showed the
manner ia which news was collected and dis
Semlnated. He believed there was "A lust
cause of complaint against the New York as
ISOLATION, but the country papers were Them
selves much 10 blame; and he said tSat If the
New England, the Western. and southern
Press associations would unite to form an
association, they could leave the seven pa
perS of the New York association stranded
AT this point Mr.. Randall got the floor and
moved To adjourn, and the question arose a.
10 whether this bill would come up as un-
finished business tomorrow under The new
rule.
The Speaker ruled that IL would and the
House then, at 1!35 p. m, adjourned.