New-York tribune., 1876-03-25

SENATE. .WNSHiHGrON, March III 1870
I'm the Senate to-day bills and memorials
were introduced and referred as follows: The CHAIR
laid before the senate the House bill in relation to po
ltca contributions. referred 10 lho committee on
Privileges and Elections.
On motion of sIr FKEIINGHUYSEN, the Senate yo,ed
to adjourn over TIL Monday when II adl"un' today;
Tg CHAIR laid before the Senate tue bi ON Tie SIOUX
lerirnrcS with notice that the House Will not aSitc
To tae a cndmcnt of the Senate.
The senate voted 10 insist upon It's amendments, ana
asSrd lnra Coirittcc OF Conference. Messrs WitherS
Dem. vaJ. Allison rep, lowah ana ose'sv
Nv Mr. HONE tiep. wsJ-A memorial from the
Chamber of Commerce Of milwaukee, rrnohstIatlhg
against the erection OF bridge across the Detroit RIVER
NJ Detroit and asking that be taken To take the
traffic under tue river instead ol over IT, heioiio "
the Committee on Commerce
posi- ROUTES. AND FRANKING.
The senate took UP for consideration the Post Route
hin NJ UAMIIN (Rep., Mc) explained its provisions
Mr. EDMUNDs (Rcp., VT opposed opening SO many
uc rnrrs II IS now inopporuno TO incur 50 much ex
rcr.e FOR routes
Nr uAMLIN (I,ep, Me- thought the hardy pioneers
who go ont into the frontiers of settlements ought to
ic tr,i,r with reason. blo mail facilities, whether II
paid II rgid economy is the word cut no"h Con
Mir. LDMUNDs rep. va thought all would agree
him That iho present sAary OF n, - nom 70,
ryr when the price of cOmtii0dilics IN this cty i7
tlr into account. uIoss man wishes to ehpairlate
behind him ~ To this b.ll he found upon LOOKING III H.
that tnc hardy pioneer lived IN Massachusetts hrhlnchy
and Virginia. and ncrhars IN Ntrn%n n iGt, , ~ nct4 R
Government would be bound 10 furnish hih wus
morning paper every morning a' ,.iT D'' - '
should c,.rllo Ia away Ont lnto tue Wigs oi tLo
West up shTty to enable Inn 10 attend 10 some
n,lnny scheme !or fcw months ,
Wr SNGESI rep CliJ said ho thought the depart
,rl sla,n system u u useless ami expensive one. ana
shows an apparent but not real bll-lns' TINS Is car
ri,d on Al tn, expense OF about SIJOOo, annually.
AMI oagni to he abolished Let tho delitih, ms heni
the u al matter by stroke OF In" lr. III win take no
mon. time than licG stamp. and II costs NO more |"
s,L thc mail. IN t, manner than II docs WIN ,tahp
ON them. lie believed this economy might pe
c.rrri a lille IN. thcr, and members oi CON
sicss and senators mgnt be put in', com
vitn their constituents by III. irhnkmX pHl!ess.
lie egcd 1t ri gut that me nbers aud sen ors shuld ne
permitted to o"in'ni'at. WIN n.ll % ~ ~
send tH..i such In'"iuat On pfl,c" an, ". U v, ,nJ I
tncy deemed necessary. our courts ate expensive ahu
cy Gic maintained Tor the u, nj oi thc p oiIe ' We
al, moi ,.0p 10 AK II ;hr. scsusi aiming We only
ak mat the, be- no, too EXPENSIVE A,an' tho sisnal
service miSht bo ul'l"nsci ',n W., ,n W We mieht
down io noe slry cNiens ana .9t g O. Sc we, we S ,
liyc p yslen storm Signals aonS tAc toHt di
90 m" s,lnns iast week and at sought
- safe haror would probably nave been lost IN 'uch
Mr.. WINDOW Q,ep. MIMI said that besides the
81 900 xcnd,d for stamps about S'oooV Is vOtei
t i'm The h,ll there /, no post asked for IN the
state ur Vermont. and lac was AFRAID the senator rom
Vermont (,l EdmunGs Is III the position oi 'ic inAn
wno Ms wins TO allow his wilcs rcliion4 10 be drafted
into 10" late war iIe S,'tot nnuinE t"'t n ac tb
routes oihr and oppose the extension oI routes
Tle bill was amended as TO minor points and passed.
STILL PORTRAITS OF SENATORS.
resonton was reported Ia fayo Of printing the eu-
loges delivered upon the life oi Senator o. . fery Win
an amendment providing FOR an appropriation 10 pay Tor
engraving steel portrait OF the Senator to accompany
the eulogy S,mo Informal discussion arose as To
ptoprcy engraving the portraits of deceased Senators
for this purpose, Mir. ANTHONY remaIkInS that the
ptactcr mad at tine d.cd ou. but had Wtnn Few
ycais been revived.
lho resolution passed.
iIe bin l.oyiing that Wilson McCandless, Judge OF
the Distract Court oI the Western DstrIct OF Penhsyi
yanu may be rrtircd on account OF Ill health. although
,.I mas nutIr r.lcn
amended to provide that he should resign ~ INC
end of ak mon after his retironiel and then passed
PASSAGE OF TIE ELECTRAL VOTE BILL
The Senate then resumed consideration of Senate
hill No TO count the votes VI President and ViceProsi
d,nt.
Mr. BURNSIDE Qi,.p., II. ~ moved to reconsider the
vote whereby tho bill passed TO the third reading.
a. d then In ro uccd the following amendment:
by ne Paicnt OF the senate from o s!ase P%ipSFt ng
70 be tho eSr uncatss OF es,ors so'' yiyep At tS
such STATE h. hall mme Iai'y hahe p report ~ tr'go. %
United state VINO sna at once cass use ns Su,ne eo5ft % a 10
pocer tn examine as to who arr mo gr s.ICr' @ o, sa
And sud th.t Justice shall on or before the last
ors Of President President report TO the President ot
s @ snt by the siecor. 80 desgnaed shall II in all
other respects they are Legal be eoun'ed 0eore The Two
Sir EATON Dem., Conn., opposed the bill and amend
W Mr. '1 HAYAi;p Gtsm Deli introduced the amendment
proposed by MI COOPER as follows ,,., ro,ur, .,.r
IA
counted then nat vote snail Do counted which the House
NOng BY states IN the manner ptsciO.d
Dy tie uiIon when the election dcSoves upon the
House shal decide o DO ANA valid return -
Mr MOKiON (iep., lndl ME- fhLLlNHho ioEN
Ciep, n. JJ and MI. oaUlsBUKf lDom., D,L) discus
sed tho BILL - . - 81, 90
Nays, 81.
Inc question then taken on the amendment pro-
posed By Mr. burnside. and III was aso lost.
Inc question then taken up on the passage OF THE
bill ana 1t passed by OF 81 10 26 ioilows
IkepuDlican5 IN roman; Democrats III lt,hes lnde
pcdents in small capltals
YEAS
Allison, Dorsey. Key. Paddock,
Anthony, FoIry, Logan, patterson,
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