The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-01-18

any institution, public or private, in any state
under the United States which shall be sup
ported in whole or in part from any public
fund.
Mr. OBrion said he would offer it as an
amendment to Mr.. Blaine's proposition.
Also bills appropriatng $3,000,000 to repair
and rebuild the levees of the Mississippi; to es
tabllsh bureau of transportation, and to reg
ulate the management of railroad and trans
portation companies employed in the interest
of commerce.
By Mr.. Kinds, to restore gold and silver to
their monetary use in the United States, from
and after January LIST, 1877, and to repeal the
act for the resumption of specie payments.
Mr.. White of Kentucky, moved to suspend
the rules and bring the House to vote on the
amnesty bill introduced by him, and from the
benefits of which Jefferson Davis is excluded;
also to vote on the amendment striking out
that section.
The motion to suspend the rules was lost.
Yeas 165, nays no.
A large number of Democrats voted with the
Republicans in favor of the motion, but the
more prominent of them voted againstit.
Mr.. Holman moved to suspend the rules and
adopt resolution declaring it unwse and in
expedient at this time that specific and arbi-
trary periods should be prescribed by law at
which legal tender notes of the United States
should be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury
and that therefore the act entitled an act to
provide for the resumption of specie payment
approved Jan. IA, 1872, ought to be repealed,
and iestructing the Committee on Banking and
currency at as early period a practicable to
report bill for that purpose.
The rules were not suspended-yeas 112, nays
152.
The following is the vote in detail
Yeas -Ainsworth Anderson, Ashe, Atkins, John
H. Bagley Blackburn, Bland, Blount, Boone, Brad
ford. Bright, Brown of Kentucky, Buckner, Capell,
bell, Cason, Cate, Clark OF Kentucky, Clark Of
Missouri, Clymer. Cochrane Collins. Cook, Oowan,
Pssn R1aSs PaDRnsr
Franklin, Fuller, Cause, Glover. Goode, Goodin,,
Gunter, Hamilton Of Indiana, Harris Of Georgia
Hatcher, Raymond, Hereford. Hewitt Of Alabama,
Hill. Holman, Hopkins House, Hunton, jerks,
Homes of New York Kelley KnS LandsTs Of In
Milliken, Morgan Neal New, Oliver Phelps, Phillips
Of Missouri Phillips of Kansas, Piper, Poppleton,
SAVER Scales 81 M
Slemons, Smith of Georgia, Southland, Sparks,
Springer, stenger Stevenson, Stone Terry, Tucker,
Walker of Virginia. Walling, Whitthorne Williams
Of Indiana, Williams of Alabama, Wilson W. Va,
Yates and Young.
Nays-cAdams, Bagby, Bagley, Baker Of Indiana,
Blaine. Blair, Bradley, Brown of Kansas, Burchard
of Illinois, Burchard Of Wisconsin, Burleigh, Cand
conger. Cox, Grape, Crounse Cutler, Danforth, par
rail-, Davy. Dennison, Dunnell, Durand Eames,
Ellis. Ely. Farwell Fort, Foster, Freeman, Frost,
U
sey, Hancock, HARRISON, Hardenburgh. Harris of
Mass, HathOrn, Hendee, Henderson, Hewitt of New
York; Hoar, Hoge. Hooker, Hoskins, Hubbell,- Hun.
ter, Hurd, Hyman. Jones of N. H., Joyce, KassOn,
Kshr, Ketchum, King Lamar, Landers of Conn.,,
Lane, Lapham, Lawrence, Leayenworth, Levy, Lut-
McDill, Meade Metcalf, Miller. Mills Morey. Mon
roe. Morrison, Mutchler, Norton, O'Brien, O'Dell,
O'Nei Packer, Page, Parsons, Payne, Pierce, Plais
Reagan, Robbins Of Pa, Ross of N, j Ross of Pa,
Rusk, Sampson, Schlecher, Seele, Singleton, Sin
dickson Smals, Smith Of Pa, starkweather. Strait,
Throckmorton, Townsend of N. Y, Townsend of
Pa. Tufts, Van Voorhees, Wallace of p, Walls
Mississippi Wheeler. white. Whitehouse, Whiting
Wigginton Wike, Willard of Michigan, Williams OF
Michigan, Williams of Wisconsin, Williams of
Delaware, W. B. Williams of Michigan, Wilson of
Iowa. Wood Of Pennsylvania, Wood Of New York,
W0odburn-158.
Mr.. Cox of New York, from the committee
on rules, reported back the proposition intro
duced some weeks since by Mr.. Holman to
amend the rule governing the offering of amend
make the rule read, ENo appropriation on bill
shall be reported in such general appropriation
bill, or be in order as an amendment thereto
for any expenditure not previously authorized
by law, except in the continuation of the ap-
preparation for such public works and objects
as are already in progress; nor shall any pro
vision in any such bill or amendment thereto
changing the existing law be in order except
such as being german to the subject matter of
the bill shall retrench expenditures"
A long, discussion ensued on the proposed
change. which was opposed on the Republican
side by Messrs. Banks, Garfield. Hale and
Kasson, on the plea that it would enable the
committee on appropriations to control practi-
cally all departments of the government, and
was defended on the Democratic side by
Messrs Cox, Holman and Randall, on plea
that it was in the interest of economy, that it
only placed the proposition to reduce the ex-
penditures on the same footing as the PROPOSE
tons to increase, and that it gave no additional
power TO the committee on appropriations,
inasmuch as its action could be only recommen-
datOry. In the course of the discussion, Mr.
Randall having spoken of the desire of the
committee on appropriation to push into the
way OF retrenchment, was told by Mr.. Banks
that I'VE 1.-THE Republicans) will push into it
even to the extent of cutting down the salaries
of the members" to which Mr.. Randall re-
piled, eve (the Democrats) will come to that
at the proper time"
The new rule was adopted, yeas 156, nays 1902,
nearly party vote.
On motion of Mr. Hopkins of Pennsylvania,
chairman of the committee on the Centennial,
the House went into the committee of the
whole, Mr.. Wood of New York in the chair on
the bill appropriatlng $1,5OO,OOO for that pur.
pose.
The bill provides that the amount shall be
paid on drafts of the Treasurer of the Centen-
NAL Board of Finance, ore-third Immediately
after the passage of the act and the remainder
in four equal monthly payments provided that
in the distribution Of any moneys that may re-
main in the treasury of the Centennial Board
of Finance after the payment of its debt, this
appropriation shall share equally with holders
of Centennial stock, and a like percentage
thereof shall be paid to the United States gov
eminent; and that the government shall under
no circumstances be liable to any debt or obi
G alton of the Centennial commission for any
additional payment
Mr.. Hardenburg of New Jersey, favored the
bill. He wished to see in the centennial cele-
bration the closing of all hostilities, the heal
ing of all the wounds of the war and the gath.
ering of nations in frieadly competition. he
believed that it would announce an era of pros
perity, give confidence to the people, revive in
dustry and spread to the winds of every sea the
sails of American commerce.
AT the close of Mr.. Hardenburg's speech
the committee rose without any action on the
bill. 1>
Mr.. Morrison Of ILL.,, offered a resolution
calling on the President for copies of the cor
respondence with Spain in reference to Cuba.
Adopted.
Mr.. Wood offered a resolution instruc ting
the Committee on Ways and Means to enquire
whether the lease from the United States to
the Alaska Commercial Company, of the right
to take fur seals 10 Alaska, was made and exc
cuted in pursuance of the law, and for the bes t
advantage of the United States; also whether
the interest of the United States was properly
protected and whether the Alaska Com mercial
Co. have complied with the terms and condi-
lions. Adopted.
Mr.. Wood offered a resolution instrueting
the Committee on Military Affairs to enquire
whether since the close of the rebellion any
army officer on the army list had or exer-
cised the functions of civil officer,
either in the diplomatic or consular
service, or carried on any negotiations
Or arrangement with any foreign government
nro ntad cn1a rIr e
or performed any civil duties in or
about the executive office and under what au-
thority, and what legislation is necessary to
prevent such assignments. Adopted.
Mr. Hendee of Vernon introduced bill for
The printing of speeches delivered in Congress
a the language in which they are delivered
Referred.
A resolution instructing the Judiciary Com
mittee to consider the law now in force in the
District of Columbia relating to libel was
adopted.
House at 4 80 p. m. adjourned.