The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-03-05
WASHINGTON,

house, Mr., Lawrence, WHO contested
the seat of Mr., Sypher aud MI Sherl-
dan, who contested the seat Of Finch
hach ~ congrcssnan.at-arge from
Louisiana, were sworn m,
The bill regulating the appearance
aud compensation at agents nllu Allor-
nCys prosecuting claims before con-
grcss, was pnsSpd,
The senntc's amendments TO the
bounty bill were nOn'Concurrod H. ana
II conference asked,
The army appropriation bill, ~ re-
reported from the committee OF confer
ence, was passed
The senate conference committees
report ON the pOslolllce blll, WIN I'm
amendment directing the Telegraph
companies TO take down their poles
and reach the capital by underground
CABLES, was passed
The judiciary committee reported Ia
V0rAbly on removing the Disabilities OF
General l.. Hawkins aud >, u. lee,
and adversely on Raphael SemmrS,
The committee claimed that ScmneS
had been cruel TO American srameu IN
the Indian ocean,
An amendment % the appropriation
bill giving $3i,OOJ to anle'belluh man
contractors, was ruled ont OF order An
amendment increasing the appropri0-
tions for the Tcuuessec river 10 SOL, wv
was adopted.
The bill appropriating money for the
awards of the southern claims con-
mission, after striking out nine eases
involving $4,000 was passed. This
carried the bill back to the house,
The bill to pay awards for quarter
master and commissary stores taken
during the war, was tabled.
The senate continues In session.
The house took recess from s to .
o'clock
The senate Eads bill for the improve
ment of the mouth OF the Mississippi
river has been accepted 10y the COM
mittee OF conference rs amendmeht
to the river and harbor
The report of the committee OF con
ference on the bounty was laid ON the
table in the senate and the biz IL lost.
Congress adjourned ut noon.
All the appropriation .bills were
passed and signed by the president
The house receded from its Disagree
ment to the following senate amend
ments; -
TO tie bill making the single rate of
postage on fourth class mail matter
one ounce instead Of two ounces slrlk-
inc out the item of fifty thousand dol
lars for q new light house for the MN
district one hundred thousand dollars
for y steam tender on the Pacific coast
fiftv thousand dollars for payment tor
nroperty lost in the military service
thirtv-f0ur Thousand dollars for Mon
tsnn war claims; one hundred auu my
Thousand dollars for the purchase OF
the Stevens battery, and also the pro-
vision authorizing the secretary OF the
treasury to call in, on three poh'ils llo-
tjce, such five-twenty bonds AS Re ,hhy
need for the sinking fund. All OF tlese
senate amendments, therefore, nave
been enacted.
The New Orleans custom house gets
seventy-tive thousand dollars.
Among the bills which remained OH
the senate calendar at the close Of the
ession to-day, and which therefore
failed. are the following: The house
general amnesty bill, which reached
Ehe senate in December, 1873; house
bin fog the protection of elections, etr,'
known As the CAUCUS bill force whlch
got no further in the senate than us sec,
ond reading. All the various postal
telegraph bills introduced in the sen
ate failed in the senate; others Oh u
similar character originating III th'
house failed in the house. A.
The following bills were lett on Vh'
senate calendar and faiieG al adjourn
ment Senate bills for the payment o.
the French spOilation claims to pro
feet the mavigable waters OF the unite'
States from injury aud obstruction
declaring the true intent ana hlean
ing of the Pacific railroad acts
to pay the two per cent cia'Iil'
of Ohio. Indiana and Illinois ! 10 e7
tablish a bureau OF internal commerce
to make general provisions III resAr'
TO cable telegraphic communications
to grant pensions for service III W.
war with Mexico to amend Tue Nv
granting pensions to the SURVIVORS . I,
the war of 1872 to regulate thescouiI'
ing of the electoral votes for presioei'
and vice president the bill OF III
;oiut committee appointed to frame
better government for the district a
Columbia, and many other senate Dill
of minor importance. Also the house
knewn as the McCrary bill, to reglllat
the states; the bill TO repeal the pre-
emption laws aDd secure Homestead.
to actual settlers on the public domai
and the house steamboat bill.
Among the other prominent iali iie
of the session are bills for the equailza
ton of bounties for, the admission
Mexico and the Texas and Pacihc an
Northern Pacific bill, and all otne
land grants OF subsidy bills, except
very few which proposed grants mere
lY Of the right of way.