Wilmington journal., 1876-02-04
The Ways and Means Committee

The Secretary OF the Treasury in
forms the Hou4e tina all iuforma tiol
respecting the Freedman's Buii
called for is in the document pre-
. . sented to the Senate by the commis
4 sioners. and reminds the House tha
: his c,nnection with the commissioner.
terminated with their selection anG
e bidding.
i The District Commissioners since
their appointment have paid SII1,7iC
for advertising, viz: Republican. S55..
. Crisic, 81 coo and small sums abroad
Decrease of the debt, $1,5Ou. 600
coin in the Treasury, $73, ,625 900, cur
rency, S2,000,O00.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-HoUsE-The
Comm ttee on Foreign Affairs was di-
rected to inquire into the expediency
: of requesting the President to neeoti-
ate a treaty of commerce with the
Republic of France.
The bill authorizing the sale OF
Indian lands in Kansas to actual set
tiers was passed.
The Judiciary Commit ,e reported
the hil reorganizing the Judiciary of
the United States, which was made a
special order for February 10Th. The
bill providss for circuit court in
each judiciary district, and establishes
in each circuit court of appeals,
which is to have appellate jurisdiction
of cases arising in the courts within
such circuit. The terms of the
court OF appeals are to be held III
Is ston, Albany, Philadelphia, Rich
moud, New Orleans, Louisville, Chi
cago, st. Louis and San Francisco.
Decisions Of these courts of appeals
| t., hA hnt
review upon the law may be ind on a
writ OF error or appeal to the U. S.
Supreme Court, where the matter in
controversy exceeds the SUN or value
Of SO, 900, or where the adjudication
| Involves a constitutional question or
any treaty of the United tates, or
where the courts shall certify that it
! involves a legal question Of sufficient
| importance to require a final dec ,ion
by the Supreme Court.
From the SAINT committee was re-
| ported bill regulating the practice
on the Unit, d States circuit aud dis
| trIct courts as to the tine and manner
of instructirg juries and arguing
cases, requiring them TO conform to
the practice of the States III which
they are held. The bill Was discussed
until the close of the morning hour,
when il Went over wit!:0u6 action.
The considerat on of the amendment
to the Constitution regarding the
Presidenti.d term was resumed. |
Knott closed the debate, quoting the |
maxim III regard to Otfic" holders, that |
''fegg die aud none re>igu" He pic:ur- |
ed the iurem"uts of the Presidential |
office as follows "A salary OF |
so 0Ul. man~inn sustained III |
4
persons dream 4: # furnished, re-
patr.d and heated at az annual ex-
pense of 225 900. with the very air
bfeathed ere perlumed by rare ex-
osIcs propagated Ii "a so, 600 garden
h0ucr. m alntuinPd at an anHnli expense,
of s., 900, a private secretary at s., ,00O
Il year 10 do the Presidents writing,
two assistant secCs taries at 81, 800 d
year to do the work OF the private
sacyt tary, two clerks 1T 81 $50 to
do the work IF the assistant
s"cretrries Caughter), stewart at
s., 900 to supply the Presidents table
with the choicest wines and the rich
est viaud- that could tempt to sutiGte
his appetite, with $4,000 year for
books. periodicals, stationery, tele-
grams and-(a comIcal pause)-other
contIngencies-wha that meant he
did not know, but he thanked God for
the contingencies. Naughter). If
the children of Israel sighed for the
flesh pots of Egypt, what must be the
anguish of sensitive soul when
taking IL last long farewell of such
salary aud luxuries." BE asked the
gentleman to go home to their honest,
hard worked, over-taxed constituents
aud tell them why four years was not
Of |
Amer can citizen to enjoy such an
office
The vote to recOmmit the bill was
lost by 1877 to 127, tie, the Speaker
voting in the negative. The vote was
then taken on the passage of the bill
and it as lot by vote of yeas IA.
nays 106, a strict party vote except
Randall, VII" voted nay IN order TO
move a rcconrideratjon, which was
pending at adjournment.
SENATE E-Sherman, presenting petl-
tious for the virtual repeal of the re-
act, said he did not agree
with the petitioners, but he knew
many of them to be men Of the highest
character, and therefore presented
their petitions.
Clayton called up the bill repeating
the restriction in dlsposing of pubic
lands IL certain Southern States.
Jones also urged Its passage.
Edmuuds WAS afraid speculators
would get hold of the lands The bill
was postponed till tomorrow.
The District interest b'll vas dis
cuAsed to adjournment without action.
The large reduction of tue force at
the navy yard continues.
Mr.. Storrs appeared to day before
! hn fio |
Railroad in behalf of the Southern
Pacific Railroad of California. Con
fnirg himself to the local points in
volved Col. Scott said if the Southern
Pacific Railroad would open the line
between Fort Yuma and San GeOrgOnio
Pass to the Texas Pacific Railroad and
let Cong ess control the rates on tn at
piece of the road the Texas and Pa
cific would use it and build no parallel
lii e.
Mr.. Huntington agreed TO this and
said he would do SO on all the South
ern Pacific roads if they were allowed
to build east to meet the Texas Pa
cilic.
Col. Scott insisted that San Diego
should be the terminus of his road;
but Mr.. Huntington thought the open
road bed of San Pedro was qui &c suffi-
cient, though he would in time build
to San Diego. Mr. Redfeld of Arkan-
sas appeared on behalf of the Little
Rock, Mississippi and Texas Railroad,
asking that 7s miles should be ircld-
ded in the bill.
Mr.. II. E. Morquand Of New York
or the ST. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Railroad, pro-
testing against the proposed aid to the
Memphis branch, stating that his road
was ready to carry to and from Mem
phis at the most reasonable, rates and
furnish every facility.
The Committee will hear no more
oral arguments.
In pursuance of Representative Hol-
man, resolution the House Commit tee
on the Judiciary rnet this mo' nIrg to
inquire whether any acts had been
committed to affect the charter of the