Connecticut western news., 1876-02-25
FORTY.FOURTH CONGRESS.


 The Business of General Interest Trans mittee on finance, reported adversely on the Senate bill to secure depositors in the Freed mans Saving and Trust Company from ulti.
 mate loss. Laid on the table.
 Appropriate eulogistic remarks on the death
 of Senator Ferry. of Connecticut, were made by Mr. Eaton of Connecticut Sargent, of Cali fornis, Bsyard, of Deleware, Howe, of Wis
 consin, Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, Thur
 man, of Ohio, Wadleigh, of New Hampshire,
 and English, of Connecticut and, as further mark of respect to the memory of the de- ceased, the Senate adjourned.
 During the discussion on the Centennial Ap- propriation bill, MT. Edmunds (Rep.), of Yer mont, said he believed that Congress had the right to appropriate money for the Centennial exposition, and was bound to make the appro- priation, but thought the million and half would not be sufficient to make the exhibition successful, and Congress would be called upon | for another million and 8 half, or possibly two | or three millions. He gave notice that he would offer an amendment requiring the Gen. | tennial commissioners and board of finance to | file with the secretary of the treasury the acceptance of the provisions of the bill before receiving the money.
 Mr. McCreery Dem.) ), of Kentucky, offered | the following as substitute for the bill That | it be recommended to the people of the United States to assemble on the fourth day of July next, in such numbers and manner as may be convenient, in their respective cities, towns, | and villages, neighborhoods, or wherever they | may be, publicly to testify their joy at the one hundredth return of that suspicious day, by l suitable eulogies, orations, and discourses, or | by public prayers and such religious exercises and ceremonies as may be appropriate to the
 occasion and sanctioned by their own con- science.
 | MT. Edmunds' amendment was rejected by 8
 rising vote, 12 to 31. MT. McCreery's substi-
 ute was rejected, 12 to 45.
 Mir. Edmunds moved U strike out the pre-
 amble. Rejected, IS to 34.
 | The Centennial Appropriation bill passed the Senate by 8 vote of Al to 15 It had previously passed the House, and the bill appropriates $1, LOCO in aid of the Centennial the money
 to be repaid the government out of any earn
 ings. gS, ., a,,.r..,o,, <. .,o
 bill to extend the time for the construction
 and completion of the Northern Pacific rail- l road.
 This was most important bill in the inter ests of the bondholders of the road, who have investtd $30,0 1000, GOO in it. Mir. Kelly, of Ore | gon, said. in advocating the passage of the l bill "Of all persons who should be encour | aged were those who had invested their money
 in good faith to complete the road. If the | time should be extended, the work would be pushed forward next summer "
 The bill was read 8 third time and passed l yeas, 35 nays, IS.
 The Chair announced Messrs. Merrill, of Maine, Sargent, of California, and Thurman, | of Ohio, as the conference committee on the
 part of the Senate on the bill to pay the inter-
 est on the 3.65 District of Columbia bonds. | MT. Frelinghuysen (Rep.), of New Jersey | called up the Senate bill to sFnend certain pro- | visions of the revised sta relating to the transportation of animals. The amendment
 reported by the judiciary committee to the l effect that animals shall not be confined in
 any railroad car or vessel without food or
 water for longer period than twenty-four cong | secutive hours, and that they shall have time for rest and water of at least seven consecutive hours, providing that the amendments shan
 take effect on July 4, 1876, etc., were agreed to, after some discussion the bill was passed.
 MT. Mitchell (Rep.) of Oregon, called up
 of the Oregon Central railroad and telegraph | line from Portland to Astoria and McMinnville, | in tho State of Oregon. He submitted an
 amen 1ment to protect homestead rights and I entries made prior to the time of the notice of
 withdrawal of the lands from market, which
 was agreed to. Mir. Mitchell said the only ob- ject of the bill was to extend the time for the
 completion of the road five years. The grant
 was made to the road in May, 1870, and all of | the road had been constructed except about
 eighty miles. The bill was amended and passed.
 The President pro tenepore announced that
 he had signed the bill to aid in the centennial
 celebration of American independence. The bill repeating the Bankruptcy act was passed yeas, 178; nays, 58. After the passage it was discovered that there was an error in it's
 recital the date of the original law being given as the second instead of the twenty first of March. This mistake MT. Lynde asked unani-
 nous consent to have corrected, but MT. Kas- l (Rap ! of TnWa 0hiantA0. aaVinp that fha
 bill placed the whole creditor class of the
 country in the power of the debtor class. The
 bill therefore goes to the Senate with that i'm
 perfection in it. '
 A message was received from the Senate an- l nouncing the action of that body in regard to the death of the late Senator Ferry, of Con- , necticut. Eulogies were pronounced by Messrs.
 Phelps, of Connecticut, Seelye, of Massachu- setts, and Garfield, of Ohio. An interesting l feature in the proceedings was the fact that , MT. Garfield, in lieu of any remarks of his
 own, read speech which had been prepared
 on the subject by MT. Starkweather of Con necticut, himself since dead.
 The committee reported to the House the
 Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill. All the amendments adopted in the committee were agreed to in block, except that abolish
 ing the mission to the Hawaiian islands, on
 which 8 separate vote was demanded by Mir. Hale, of Maine. The amendment was agreed } to-yeas, 130; nays, 87. A vote by yeas and 3 nays was then taken on the passage of the bill which resulted--yeas, 191 nays, 2. It appro. , priates about $914, 900, being reduction o1 about $47O, 600 from the bill last year. The following bills ere introduced and re- ferred:
 By MT. Meade Oem., N. Y.)-To provide for the payment of the United States notes l and to strengthen the public credit. ] By Mir. Jenks (Dem., Pa.)-To repeal the third section of the act of 1874 establishing : the National bank redemption agency. By Mir. Lawrence (Rep., Ohio)-To provide ? for taking testimony in criminal cases on in ? terrogatories. By MT. Riddle (Dem., Tenn. n.)-Directing tho
 transmission of printed matter through ths 3 mails when the postage thereon is insufficient B By Mir. Baker (Rep.. Ind. )-To make bank
 ing free and to repeal the Resumption act. By MT. Harrison( Dem. Ill. ,)-For the repes . of parts of the Resumption act, and for thu 3 purpose of preparing 8 way for the resumption
 of specie payment, and for the resumption o1
 specie payment