New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-04
CONGRESS-
senate.


WASHINGTON, March 3.-The tariff and
tax bill passed the Senate after midnight
without amendment, by q vote of so to -.
1t goes to the President to be signed to -dav.
Ihe bounty bin goes Is the House for
concurrence in ar amendment. The gov
ernment to be allowed to borrow money to
meet the wants of the bil-there is another
amendment that soldiers shall not be
charged with bount.es paid them by State,
which, 1t is claimed, will swell the drain ON
the treasury fabulOusly.
Ihe Senate has been engaged ali day in
the discussion of this sundry civil appro.
priatien bill.
A large number OF amend,uents to the
sundry evil appropriation bill were agreed
to, and the bill passed.
The river and harhor appropriation bill
was then taken up, ana number Of amend
ments reported by the Committee on Trans
portation Routes were agreed to.
The Senate Appropriation Committee
propose numerous amendments to the sun
dry civil appropriation bill, which. if
agreed to, will effect reduction of over
two and quarter million dollars in its
total. They diminish the items for the
public buildings as follows: For Chicago,
from $750,000 to $500, 0,9oO; for Cincinnati,
from $6OO,O00 to 100000; for St. Louis,
from 100000 to. S50O,Oo0; for Hartford,
from $lo0,G0O to $4,000; for Philadelphia,
partment building. in Washington, from
$4,000 to 100000. A reduction of
xl,75O,O0G is made in House appro-
priations for repairs and miscella-
neous expenses Of public buildings
throughout the country. The item for re-
pairs at navy yards is reduced from $780,
600 to $.DG, 600. The following items arc
stricken out altogether: $4,000 for ser
veying the Indian reservations, 5000 for
purchase of Gatling guns; all items for new
vessels tor the lighthouse and coast survey
service, amounting in the aggregate to over
$500 OOGo; $4,000 tor the publication of tho
rebellion record; the appropriations for tho
paying OF the Montana war claims and for
sizes OF forts In Texas. and numerous items
Tor improvements Of various ,:uds in
Washington City.
The committee recommends the j, -, ftion
of an item OF 100000 for eontinu.r.. ,bo
customhouse building at New Orlea4- nd
OF $500, eco gold to pay the interest or the
District Of Columbia bonds guarantee hv
the government.
The section known as the Kellogg bin for
the reorganization of the Treasury Depart
ment is stricken out
The clause relating to government secu.
rites is changed SO as to make it obligatory
instead OF merely discretionary that two OF
three OF the prlntings shall be executed
outside OF the treasury, and 1t is also re-
quired that the work when thus contracted
tor shall ba done in the District of Colum-
ba. =
In the Senate tonight an amendment to
the river and harhor bill was adopted, au-
thorizing James B. Eads and others to con
struct the jetties for widening and deepening
the t channel between tho South Pass of tho
Mississippi river and the Gulf of Mexico,
Various conditions are prescribed, upon
compliance with which the United
States hereby promise and agree to
pay to said James Il. Eads, or to bis
assigns or legal representatives, s.. 2ssa, 600
for constructing said works and obtaining
q depth of thirty feet in said chanuel. and
every year that said depth of thisty feet
shall be maintained by tho jsttiss and
auxiliary works aforesaid in the Sou n Pass
during twenty years after the first lssourinr
the siad depth.
. The House, in last nights session, closed
tho debate on the Arkansas question ano
proceeue1 TO vote. The substitute offered
by Mr.. Ward, of Illinois, DECLARING ,Josenh
Brooks the Governor, was rejected by
vote OF 50 yeas to l53 nays, and the reso,n-
ION OF tho special committee, that no in
'erference with the existing State govern
nent is advisable on the part of any de-
Dartment OF the United States government,
was adopted by vote of lf9 to So
A"o NSheiOhoJ Uiii WAS passed al al A,
A resolution Of thanks 70 Mr.. Blaine. as
Speaker, was offered by Mr. Potter, OF New
ork, and unanimously adopted
a motion to suspend the rules and pass
pills for the admission of Colorado and New
slexico as States was defeated by vote of
bl yeas to 81 nays, not two-thrds in the
1t was almost a party vote.
The conference report On tho postoiiiee
bill has been presented and
agreed to. 1t contains partial restoration
II the franking privilege az to the Congress
Honal Record and other public documents
lp to next December and permanently as
% seeds and agricultural reports.
The Louisiana election cases have been
lecided by the House with yerv little dis.
ussiou; Pinchback's claim was reiacteI
md George A. Sheridan was declared dnlv
lected and was sworn in; Sypher was do.
Jared not elected, and Eifngham Lawrence
:as admitted in his stead and tool, tho
ron clad oath. They have each about
fifteen hours to serve,
Inc resolutions reported in the Pacific
lail investigation have been adopted
The bounty bill wac sent to the conference
ommittee.