Wilmington journal., 1875-02-05
MEXICAN WAR PENSION MEM.
ORLAIIS.
THE SENATE STILL CONSIDER
ING LOUISIANA.
A HARD FIGHT IN THE HOUSE.

ArE-A very large number of peti-
tious were pre- sented against the
restoration o. duty on tea and coffee,
against the renewal OF any internal
taxation, aui Sor the repsal Of the law
of 1872, relieving certain foreign pro-
duets Of 10 per cent duty. Referred
TO Committee on Finance.
The first resolution offered in the
House was one by Hale, of Maine, to
amend the ru:. 5 by adopting the fol-
lowing: ''Whanever question is
pending before the House the Speaker
shall not entertain any motions OF Il
diiatOgy character except one motion
TO adj p0rn ana oiie !AoE:On to tx the
day to which the House shall adjourn,
oug the previous question on the en-
gfos smeut and the third reading OF
Dill OF joint resolution shall not be or
dered during tue first day OF it's con-
s;deratjon Ilui, IS tnreo-fouTtus of tie
mem bers present shall second the de-
mand; pro .ided that this rule shall
not apply To the House resolution
otfsrs-t. II the mOrHlug hour OF Non
day; and provided further, that it
shall nos arp:y 20 any proposition TO
appropriate the money, She credit or
other property OF the United States
excep: the II Gjtiar appropriation bits.
Randall, nf Pennsylvania, made a
point Of order, which, after discus
sion was overruled and the resolution
was referred to tho Committee on
Rules.
The Senate Railroad Committ=e had
a long anu rather exe,t-d session, but
a tjourDed without action The pro-
csediug5 that nave transplred give no
plausible lpdicallpn OF the result,
! thuugl, the through line from ocean TO
! ocean seems TO have fhe l-oSo friends,
/ the argument being that feeders vail
/ come of their own accord. There
are many connecting scho.aes which
| prevent the present and which may
| defeat the final action. It is either
| Tom Scott, pure and simple, OF
! nothing
NAsaINGTox. Feb. 1.-Nigllt- -
! SESATE-P Pratt, of Indiana presented
! the Joint resolution Of the Indiana leg
! islature IN favor OF granting pensions
| to the surviving soldiers Of the Mext-
! can war Or dered to be printed and lie
! on the table. Pratt SAID this matter
| had been discussed by the committee
| but no conclusion had yet been reacu-
| ed He sent to the Clerks desk and
| had read letter from the Com n S.
! sioner of Pensions iii answer to an IN
t guiry addressed TO him by the Chair
man of the Committee, (Pratt) IN
I which the Commissioner states the
! estimated number OF Survivors OF the
! Mexican war is 30, 60t, and the estima-
| ted number Of widows OF soldiers wno
| served Iii that war II, GO.
/ Morton, OF IOdiana, presented a
memorial signed by the officers Of the
| National Christian Temperance Union
and one hundred thousand other per
sons, against the manufacture, imDOT-
tatiou or sale Of alcoholic liquors as a
beverage IN the District of Columbia.
Norwood, Of Georgia, presented
resolutions Of the Legislature of that
State coDdemning he Federal inter
ference III Louisiana affairs. Ordered
to be printed and lie ou the table,
Scott, Of Pennsylvania, from the
Committee OH Claims, reported back
several memorials for con pensation
for quarteImaster' stores taken by
the army during the late war and the
Committee was discharged from fur
ther consideration Of the same. He
said these claims could have been
filed under the statute before the Com
missioners OF Claims before the time
expired. As, the bill vas now D nding
before Congress to extend the time
for fling cinims Of t:Gs character,
the Committee on Claims had dc CT
ded TO take 40 action on such claims
until the policy OF Congress on extend
ing the time should Be settled.
The Senate then resumed the con-
sideration of the resOltion of Mr.
Schurz, instfucting the judiciary
Committee to inquire what legislution
| is necessary by Congress to secure to
the people Of Louisiana the right Of
self government under the C0nstitu-
! tion.
West. OF Louisiana, and Morrill,, of
Vermont, spoke; Sergeant, OF CaiIOr-
MA, has the floor for tomorrow.
The President bas not yet signed
the Little tariff bill.
The Hhediv>'s s present to Sherman 8
daughter IS held ior duties, which are
enormous.
A delegation OF colored men. headed
by FIeo Douglass, waited upon prom
ineIt Republicans with set speech
that If lhey recognized Kellogg ard
reje ctedPineh back, the colored peop.e
you'd regard it as an invidious dis
tiDcjiop
The President signed the bill to pay
the interest on certain district bonds.
The debt statement shows an in
crease of $1,000 :}33 .:55.}4 II the Treas
ury; gold, 500, SEQ, coo; currency, SO
1ZJ, 600
The Committee on Appropriations
have agreed to tie following items in
the sundry evil b,u for pubic build
ings st fb,- places naiaed: Charleston,
SOL, 600; Raleigh, 800, 600
Thte Speaker then proceeded to the
call Of States for bills for ref ! ence,
begia iauing with the State ofMalue.
Hale, of Maine. introduced rcso-
lntion to change the rules of the
House, by the adoption OF the follow
graphed).
Cessna, Of Pennsylvania, also offer
ed d resolution to change the rules,
stantlally the same as the one offered
by Hale, OF Maine, that the Judiciary
Committee may report bills of pub
lie character on Tuesdays aud Thus
days, and that the House nay, by a
majority vote, dispense with further
re tding of the journal after its lead
ing shall have occupied 30 minutes.
A point OF order was also made upon
it by Randall, which was discussed
and over ruled. and the re-oiution was
referred to the Committee on Rules.
An appeal from the decision Of the
Chair was taken by Randall and Beck.
The appeal was presented in written
form as follows:
1.-The undersigned take an appeal
from the decision of the Chair, made
this day, which permits the reading
of House resolutions intended for
reference to the Committee on Rules,
to the exclusion of the business first