Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-10
FORTE-FOURTH CONGRESS.
THURSDAY, February 10.


District 3 65 bond bill.
On motion of Mr. Whyte, the Senate in
sisted on Its amendments and agreed 10 the
request for committee of conference
| Mr. Sargent presented Joint resolutions OF
| the California legislature in favor of the
centennial appropriation. Laid on the
Mr. Cockrell, from the Committee on Mill
| tary Affairs, reported with amendments the
bill granting the right Of way through the
public grounds to the Leavenworth Street
| Railway Co.
Mr.. Mcdonald, from the Committee on
Pensions, reported bill granting pension
| 10 the widow of Gen. l.. III. Rousseau.
| Mr.. Howe, from the Committee on the Lii
| brary, asked to be discharged from the
further consideration OF the memorial of
Admiral Charles Wilkes and it be indea-
| nitely postponed. So ordered.
| Mr.. Frelinghuysen, from the Committee
On 5he ndieia1y exported on Amending the
| OF the writ OF mandamus. Amended, dis
| cussed and laid over.
Mr. Logan presented memorial addressed
to him by telegraph from prominent business
| nrmS OF Chicago, as king that If the Senate
passes the House bill repeating the bankrupt
act IL be made to take effect July l. Com
Mr.. Window Introduced bill for relief of
Elias j. Grand. Committee on Naval AT
| fairs.
Mr.. Cameron wis introduced bill estah-
fishing port OF appraisement Committee
| on Commerce.
| Mr. Merrimon introduced bill TO authorize
| eastern band OF Chicopee Indians % tnsti =
tute suits, and for other purposes. Indian
| a fairs
| Mr. Capertou introduced bill 70 aid the
| Washington and Ohio railroad. Referred To
| Committee on Military Affairs.
| Mr. Hitchcock called up bill for the relief
| of {. II. Frederick, late lieutenant OF 18th
| Missouri infantry. Passed
| MIR Edmunds presented memorial In favor
OF the completion OF the Washington Ma
| tional monument. Referred 10 Committee
| on Public Buildings and Grounds.
Mr.. Kelly called up the bill IN extend the
time for the completion OF the Northern
| Pacific railroad.
Mr.. Sargent moved to amend the second
| section, In regard TO pre- empt!on and home
| stead claims that where such Claims have
| been invaded the lands embraced I'm the
| same shall not be regarded within the
| grant to the railroad. but shall be patented
To the parties lawfully entering the same,
| and in case OF abandonmeI shall be open to
| presumption AMI settlement.
| Mr. Kelly accepted the amendment, and IL
| was adopted.
| come before the 5th section, providing that
| this act shall not be construed to affect ex-
| listing private rights, except as hereinbefOre
| expressly provided and this act, as well as
| SAID charter, and other acts and resolutions
| heretofore mentioned, shall be subject to
liberation, amendment. or repeal, at the
| pleasure OF Congress. Adopted.
Mr. Ingalls, moved TO strike out the pro-
| yiso in the second section "That this con-
dition shall not apply to lands heretofore
| patented to the company, nor to entries al
| ready cancelled, and upon which the pur-
/ chase money or other consideration has been
| returned TO the respective parties in interest.
Agreed to.
| Mr.. salisbury opposed the bill. He said
| this immense land grant should never have
| been made in the first instance. He was OPP
| posed TO continuing it now TO parties who
had bought up the bonds al mere nominal
| value.
Mr.. Kelly advocated the bill as just and
| Mr. Morton introduced a bill TO incorpo-
| rate the National Bank and Mortgage COM
| pany, of the District of Columbia. Referred
to the Committee on the District of CO.
| lumbia.
| HE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL
| PASSED.
Debate continued at some length on the
| Northern Pacific bill, when it was passed
| ayes IS, noes 1S-Harvey, Cockrell, Johnston,
| Merrimon, Norwood, salisbury, Stevenson,
| Thurman, Wadleigh, White, Withers, Bay
| ard, Booth, Cooper Davis and Goldthwaita.
| On motion of Mr.. West the bill for the re-
| lief of Miss Dickson was placed on the CAL
endar with the adverse report.
| The Chair laid before the Senate a commu-
\ n1catiOn from the Secretary of War. SHOW
| ing the number of organized militia of the
several states. Referred 70 Committee on
| Military Affairs.
| The unfinished business being the
| CENTENNIAL. AUTHORIZATION BILL.
| was taken up, on which Mr.. Norwood (GaO
| was entitled to the floor
| Mr.. Norwood, after some preliminary re-
| marks ola general nature. proceeded to say
| that there was no question of patriotism
| involved In this measure. A Senator had
| said here yesterday that IL would be mean
and Indecent to refuse 10 give this appropri-
| alton, therefore those of us who vote against
| must be mean and indecent.
| MI Morton interrupted and said that
| in using the term indecent, he had meant TO
| apply IL entirely TO the nation. He did think
| that after the government had invited other
governments 10 participate i'll 1t, that il
would be an indecent act for us as a nation
to shirk out OF 1T. He did not in the least in
tend TO reflect upon The motives of any Sem
ator; ii was not bis habit TO do so. He had
also said he thought IL was mean to put in
Mr.. Norwood said he accepted the Sana-
tors explanation with pleasure, and would
not say now what be intended 10 say on this
point.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The
Speaker laid before the House number OF
executive communications, which were re-
ferred to appropriate committees.
On motion ofMr. Randall (Pa) the morl.-
Ing hour was dispensed with and the House
went into Committee OF the Whole on
THE CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC APPRo-
PRIATIoN BILL,
Mr.. Hoskins in the chair.
The Chair announced that by an arrange
ment Mr.. Hale (Mel was TO have half an
hour, Mr.. Lynch Miss a half hour and
those TO be followed by Mr. Blaine, who was
TO have an hour.
Mr.. Hale then addressed the House, and
said he had believed that there could be a re-
duction of ten per cent. made on the bill and
so stated, but since then the bill had been
torn ard dlsmembered. He DEEMED and de-
Tended diplomacy, and said that next to the
force of arms the success of the revolution
was due to our representatives abroad, and
that during the late war the departure of
IRON clad rams was prevented by the social
and political influence Of Mr.. Adams.
Referring TO the comments made upon the
social courtesies of diplomatic life, he said:
suppose the gentleman from Indiana should
write: "Mr. Holman has the honor to ack-
nOwledge the receipt of an invitation and
will be pleased to dine with Secretary Fish
att O'Clock" and this fall into the hands OF
one OF his Indiana constituents who took as
narrow a view of Washington life as the
gentleman OF diplomacy. He would say: Is
this what We pay our representative 5000 q
year for to dine with black republican
Secretary of State, and at an hour when
honest men In Indiana are in bed? Laugh.
teri
Mr.. Hale was willing 10 admit that the |
consular system Of the country was not per-
feet, but in the main 1t was good and of vast
importance to the commerce Of the country.
He cited the case of the thousand American
whalers who were compelled to abandon their
vessels in the northern Pacific and were re-
lieved in their distress by the consul at Hon
olula, and asked what would have been their
fate IL they had gone to place where the
consul bad been abolished or the appropria-
ton for the reliefof American seamen cut or
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