The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-06-05
F0RTY.FOURTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, June 8.
SENATE.

Mr.. Allison called up Senate bill pro-
vidlnp for an agreement with the Sioux
Nation in regard to portion Of their
reservation, and for other purposes.
Mr.. Edmunds offered substitute au.
thorizizing the President, by and with
the consent of the Senate to appoint a
commission to- consist of FIVE persons to
visit as soon as possible, the tribes OF
Sioux Indians with view tonegotiating to
with them for treaty or agreement tor
the accession to the Unitei States, of the
right of the said tribes to the country
known as the Black Hills, and sppro.
priating $4,000 to pay the expenses of
the commission and collect the Indians
in one place for conference.
After some discussion Mr. Ingalls, sug.
gested to Mr. Edmunds to amend his
substitute so as to authorize the commits
stone s tn treat with the Indians for the
relinouishine of the Black Hills and
otherwise for the preservat on of peace.
Mr.. Edmunds accepted the suggestion
and modified his substitute accordingly.
Mr.. ingalls, submitted amendments, pro.
viding that any report made by the COM
misioners shall be transmitted TO the
President, together with any agreement
made with said Indians, and who shall
transmit the same to Congress for ap
proval. Agreed to. The question then
being on the substitute of MIR. Edmunds
as amended bv Mr.. ingalls,, after further
discussion, it was agreed to without di-
vision.
The question then being on adopting
the substitute as amended, instead of the
bill reported by the committee, further
discussion took place, when the substl-
tuted amendment authorizing the Secre.
taIy of War to furnish transportation.
subsistence and protection to the Com
mlssi"ners during the time occupied by
them in the discharge OF their duty, was
agreed to. The bill was then read the
third time and passed-yeas 80; nays 8.
The Senate then resumed the consd-
Grafton of unfinished business, being
the bill making appropriations for legis
lative executive and judicial expenses of
the government, for the year ending
June 80, 1877.
The pending question being on the
amendment OF the Committee on Ap.
rriatlons to restore the salary of the
President to $4,000 from and after March
1877. and it was agreed to; yeas 81,
nays IL, as follows:
Yeas Messrs. Allison, Anthony
Bayard, Booth, Boutwell,, Christiancy,
Clayton. Cooper, Crsgin, Dawes, Ed.
munds, Frelinghuysen, Hamilton, Home,
Johnston, Logan, Mcmillan, Mitchell,
Morrell (Me), Morrell (Vt), Morton,
Norwood, Paddock, Paterson, Ranssm,
Robertson, Sargent, Sherman, Spencer,
Window and Wlthers 81.
Nays-Messrs Boggy, Cockrell, Eaton,
Goldthwaite Hitchcock, Kelley, Key,
McCreery &axey, Stevenson and Thur
man-ll.
Other amendments of the Committee
restoring the salary of the private secre-
tary to the President and salaries of the
employees in the Department Of State
were agreed to, when the paragraph
in regard to the clerical force in the Of
flee of the Secretary OF the Treasury wa:
reached.
Mr.. Eaton said the people of this
country demand that the expenses ps tle
government should be reduced. n his
Judgment there would be deficiency in
he revenues of the government this year
FROM SIS, 600 600 to $50 100000 and next
year the receipts would fall OF still more
and the deficiency would then be between
$4,000, 600 and $50000,00O.
The amendment proposed by the Com
ntt"e on Appropriations restoring the
salaries, etc. OF the clerks in the office OF
the Secretary of the Treasury was agreed
10.
Other amendments OF the committee,
restoring the salaries Of clerks in the
various bu -eaus of the Treasury Depart,
ment, the offices of Controller OF Cur
rency, Com missioners of Internal Reve-
nue. of the independent treasures a;
New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia
st. Louis Baltimore, Chicago, Cincln-
natl, New Orleans and Charleston, were
agreed to.
Also, amendments abolishlng the office
of Deputy Register of the Treasury
making appropriations for DESIGNATED
depositori,.s at Buffalo and Pitts burgh'
and restoring the salaries of the e,npIoys:
in the mint bureau as well as IN the mint
at Philadelphia and the branch mints 81
San Francisco, Carson, Denver and Ne"
Orleans, and the assay offices at New
York ard Helena, and Boise City. AL
other amendments proposed by the
Committee on Appropriations restoring
the salaries of territorial officers, members
bers of the Board of the District ol
Columbia, and the employees in the war
and Navy departments, and their Vsri'
ous bureaus, were agreed 10.
The Senate committee reported in ia
vor of striking out Of the House olll tht
provision repeating sections 3io' ano
1850 of the revised statutes wnich au
thorized the appointment OF supervisors o
Internal Revenue.
On motion Of Mr.. Sherman tine Senate
non-concurred in the amendment, SO th'
sections authorizing the appointment o
those officers are repealed.
After finishing the clause in regard t'
appropriations for the War and Navy
Departments the Senate went into e1ecu
tive sess or, and when the doors were Tt
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