The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-12
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CENTENNIAL BILL PASSED.
NEW LONDON BANK ROBBER
CAUGHT.
The Forty-Fourth Congress.

SENATE.
WAsnISGroN, Feb. IL.
During the morning hour the senate dis
cussed the concurrent resolution submitted
by Mr.. Bayard, on tbs goth of January
last, in regard TO amending the 22d joint
rule, providing for the count of the vote
for president and vice-president of the
United States, but before final vote was
reached the morning hour expired and the
chair laid before the senate the unfinished
business, being the centennial bill, upon
which Mr.. Randolph of New Jersey was
entitled to the floor. He spoke in favor of
the bill and replied to the objections raised
against it by McCreery, Norwood and
others.
After debate by Messrs. Jones, Csperton,
Alcorn. Frelinghuysen, Ransom, Conover,
Merrimon and Salisbury, the bill was
passed without the preamble by the follow
ing vote Yeas Al, nays To-
Messrs. English, Christiancy, Sherman,
aud Cameron, who should have voted for
the bill were paired with Messrs. Booth,
Cockercl, Davis, Norwood and salisbury,
who would have voted against it. Mr.. AL
lison of Iowa, said his colleague, MIR.
Wright, was necessarily absent bad he
been present he would have voted for the
bill
The question then REQUIRED in agreeing
to the preamble and i, was agreed TO by a
rising vole-yels 81 nays 16 So the bill
was passed, AS it came from the house
without amendment.
Mr.. Thurman of Ohio, lat his own request
was excused from service on the conference
committee on the bill to pay the interest
and Mir. Davis of West Virginia, wa. ar-
pointed in his place.
The senate then at 5:15 adjourned until
Monday.
The house at AS went into committee
of the whole, II ,slius in the chair, ON the
consular and diplomatic appropriation bill,
resuming it at the point where the COM
mit,ee left off yesterday, that is at the
paragraph fixing the salaries of the minis
tiers to Portugal, Switzerland, Belgium,
Neither lands, Denmark, Sweden and Nor
way, Turkey, Venezuela and Hawaiian Is
lands at Sc, 500.
Mr.. Hewitt of New York moved to
amend by providing only one minister at
$4,000 for Denmark, Sweden and Norway,
to reside such place in one of those states
as the president may from time to time d.
rect. Agreed to.
Mr. Hale of Maine moved to insert in the
paragraph a provision for minister to
Uruguay, also accredited to Paraguay. Re
jected.
MIR. Tucker of Virginia moved to strike
out the mission to Hawaiian Islands, stating
that the population of the Islands did not
exceed 10000, and that the export and i'm
port trade with this country did not ex-
coed two million dollars. Adopted, yeas
90, nays So.
Mr. Tucker then moved to insert the
following item: ''For minister, resident
and consul general at Hawaiian islands,
$500" Adopted.
The next paragraphs were for ministers
TO Chill and Bolivia, one mission Peru
Ecuador and Colombia, one mission
Argentine Republic, Paraguay and Uru-
gay, one mission and to Guatamala
Costa Rca Honduras, Salvador and lara
quay, one mission, at $4,000 each. No
amendments were offered.
No amendments were offered in the sue
ceeding paragraphs approprating $4,000 to
Siberia 100000; for charges ad interim and
diplomatic officers abroad and $10,500 for
secretaries of legations at London, Paris,
Berlin and ST. Petersburg at SO, G25 each.
The next item being an appropriation of
So, 900 for the salary of the secretary of
legation at Japan, when acting also as in
terpreter, was sought to be amended by
Mr. Scelye of Massachusetts and Mr. Con
ger of Michigan by separation of the du-
ties of secretary and interpreter, but no
change was made.
No amendments were made to the sue
ceeding paragraphs appropriatlng for the
salaries of secretaries Of legation at Aus
tria, Brazil, Italy, Mexico and Spain at
$1,000 each, and Mt Great Britain, France
and Germany at SO, 900 each.
Mr.. Seelye moved to increase the salary
of the secretary of legation at China, when
acting also as interpreter, from $4,000 to