Connecticut western news., 1875-03-12
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
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HOSC-O1Hce AppfOpflatlOn D1ll, Lne queStlon De- ing to strike out the clause in the House bill repeating the act which authorized the contract with the Pacific Mail Company.
 The Senate refused to strike out the clause by vote of 23 to II.
 The bill was then passed.
 The House bill regulating the Quartermas- ters department was passed.
 The following amendments to the Army Appropriation bill were reported by the com mlttee on appropriations, and were adopted Increasing the amount for hire for quarters for officers and soldiers, safe keeping Of stores etc., from $1, 400, 900 to $1, ,500,000; increasing the amount for the manufacture of small arms from 1000 to $1O0,000; appropriating $2O,- 900 for repairing ordnance, protecting sea coast defenses, etc.
 Mr. Sherman submitted section which pro- vides that where States were charged for issues of arms and ordnance to preserve the Unon during the war, the Secretary of War may credit the States with such amounts. Agreed to-
 An amendment was agreed to authorizing tho expenditure of $50, ,000 before the end of the present fiscal year for supplies, when it may be found of advantage to the government.
 The bill was then reported from the commit tee of the whole to the Senate, and the bill passed.
 Mr. Windom, of Minnesota, presented petition signed by 48, ,883 farmers of the North vest asking for the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers.
 OotOA~~O State in the Union was discussed at length, and eventually adopted by a vote of 43 to 13, after the following amendments had been added: Ono paying to the State five per cent. of the amount received from agricultural pub lie lands sold by the United States government subsequent to it's admission State, instead of prior and subsequent, the section orlgl- nally stood that the section should not apply to any lands disposed of under the homestead act, or to any lands set apart for public uses .Erl,o off 11iT1ip1 fifty sections of land to be reserved for public buildings should be selected with the Presi- dents approval.
 The bill to admit New Mexico as State was taken up and after adding the same amend ments as the Colorado bill received, WAS passed by vote of 31 to II.
 The Senate, after some debate on the bill in regard to counting the votes for President and Vice-President, adopted amendments appoint ing two tellers instead of one providing that the certificates of the electoral voters shall be opened and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the States that only such returns shall be counted as the two Houses, acting separately, shall decide to be true and valid also striking out the clauses providing that any other questions pertinent to the object for which the Houses are assembled may be sub- mitted and determined in like manner as ques- tions which may arise concerning the electoral votes The bill was then passed by vote of 2o to 20-notwithstanding seven Republicans voted with rhe Democrats against it.
 The following bills were passed The House bill restricting the refunding of customs duties and prescribing certain regulations of the Treasury department The Senate bill to OK tend the time within which the board of audit for the District of Columbia may receive. audit and allow certain claims that have never been presented to said board; the Senete bill amend ing the charter of the Freedmens Savings and Trust Company and for other uposes l The Civil Rights bill was before the Senate for it's last reading and to be voted on. -. | Senator Carpenter, 8 Republican from Wis consin, delivered an able argument in opposi- tion to the bill, in which he held that all it's provisions were in conflict with the Federal constitution, as expounded by the Supreme i Court --
 After one or two others had spoken, the bill was read third time and passed by & vote of | 38 to 26 Messrs. Carpenter Ferry, of Connec- ticut, iiamilton of Texas, Schurz Sprague and Tipton voting with the Democrats against it.
 The following bills reported from the com mttee on commerce were passed: To abolish the consulate at Amoor river and establish a consulate at Viadivostoek, Russia ; to authorize | the construction of pontoon bridge across the Mississippi at or near Dubuque, Iowa; to pro- mote economy and efficiency in the marine hospital service, with an amendment fixing the salary of the supervising surgeon at $4, 900 in stead of B, ,000; the House bill for the further security of navigation on the Mississippi river
 The Tariff bill was fully discussed in the Senate, Messrs Morrill,, Scott and Freling huysen favoring it, and Messrs. Schurz Sher man, Johnston, Thurman, Stevenson ant l Sprague opposing it.
 An amendment was adopted providing tha the increased tobacco tax should only apply tt tobacco manufactured after the passage of tht act
 House.
 The House in Committee of the Whole having the Tariff bill under consideration adopted numerous amendments, the most i'm portant of which was one assessing tax ol incomes at the rate of three per cent. on al incomes between $3, 900 and $l0,0OO, and tlv' per cent. on those over $10,O
 | After the committee had reported the bll and amendments to the House, MT. Dawes ad dressed the Chair, and after stating that l was necessary to provide for the deficit ln tn Treasurv spoke of the impcssbility of framing bill which would satisfy all sections and in terests and as he did not think this bill coulc be passed he offered substitute, which pro vdes for taxing whisky hereafter made ninet cents per gallon, and restoring the tn pc cent on manufactured goods.
 The bill was passed by vote of 123 to l13.
 Section one of the bill provides that tax o
 ninety cents per gallon shall be collected o
 all distilled spirits hereafter produced.
 Section two raises the tax on tobacco fror
 twenty to twenty-four cents per pound, in
 creases the tax on cigars from five to six dol
 lars per thousand, and on cigarettes fror
 $2. co to $2.75. But does not increase the ta
 on those already paid for under the previou
 law.
 Section three increases the duty on al in
 ported molasses and sugar twenty-five pc cent. and of the drawback allowed on refine sugars exported, only one per cent of tn
 amount so allowed shall be retaired by tn
 United States
 Section four repeals the abatement of te
 per cent. heretofore allowed on manufacture , goods.
 shall not affect any goods actually cn shil board on or before February 10, 1875, nor warehouses or public stores at the passage (
 this act. Section six states that bolting cloths are 1 be admitted free, and does away with the use ( ) stamps on receipts in the passbooks of saving
 banks. ' The House held thirty-four hour sessio over what is known as the Force bil bill { provide against the invasion of States, to prt f vent the subversion of authority and to mail
 tain the security of elections. All the sessio was consumed in dilatory motions by tl l Democrats, who opposed the bill.
 The House went into committee on the Sul dry Civil Appropriation bill. An item for $5, 0t for Winnie Ream's statue of Admiral Farragl n was inserted in the bill, and two items appr t prating $I0,000 for Miss Random's painting I Gen. Thomas and $25, 900 for Carpenters pi N ture of the reading of the Emancpatio Proclamation was struck out on the point Il order that there was no law authorizing ther G An item of $20, 900 was inserted for maintain :, ing Eghtship off the mouth of the Detrc D river. Lake Erie.
 T While the Force bill was pending in u j. House, Messrs. Young, of Georgia Pierce, " Massachusetts, and Luttrell, of Californi :, spoke against the measure. Gen. Butler maC a characteristic speech ill it's favor. | An amendment was agreed to by vote q 164 to 140 which limits the suspension of u = hdbeas corpus to two years, and con6ning u Il suspension to the States of Alabama, Missi Il sippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. J. After number of unsuccessful dilatory m z, tions had been made the voting on the bill b 5 gan, and resulted in it's passage by 1855 yeas IS IA nays.
 The following are the Republicans VI d joined the Democrats in opposing the bil