The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-04-07


The Chair submitted message from the
President enclosing In additional report from
the Secretary of War in regard to military ar
rests in Alaska. Referred 10 the committee on
judiciary. Also announcing that the bill to
amend the act giving the approval and sanction
OF Congress to the route and termini of the
Anacestia & Potomac River Railroad and to
regulate its construction and operation, and the
bill to incorporate the Citizens Building CO. of
Washington, d. O., had become laws without
his sign atures
The Senate then went isto executive session
and when the doors Were reopened at 430 o.
clock adjourned till Monday.
House.
Mr.. Faulkner of West Virginia, rising TO a
personal explanation. referred to an article
published in the Washington Republican
(Which be spoke Of as the recognized organ of
the administration) and which was headed
Serious charges against G. j Faulkner He
would not dignity such a scurrilous article by
having it read at the clerks desk and so have
it Incorporated ia the official records. He then
proceeded TO read an explanation of the charg-
es which had reference TO the appointment and
payment OF mechanics at Harper's Ferry arse
nal prior to the war He said he should have
been disappointed if in the flood of obloouv
and defamation that recently had been poured
upon almost all active and leading members of
the House II he had not received some share of
abuse from this reckless and habtual defamer
" was SNtHS SOuoOidbOu 10 MIN, however, JnaC
in an official life extending through many
years and challenging the most unsparing scru-
tiny and with an eager disposition on The part
OF those hyenas of the press to feed upon filth
and garbage, nothing had been found worthy of
attack except the perverted and easily exnlsin-
ed matters contained in that article
Mr.. Ballou, from the committee en- printing.
reported resolution appropriating blank dol
lars for the purchase of all the prOperty for the
Congressional Globe, embracing ali stereotype
plates. bound ana unbound volumes, copyright
and hre proof building, in which most of the
plates and bound volumes are stored. Referred
to the committee or appropriations
Mr. Holman, from the committee on appro-
priations, reported back the Senate bill fixing
the Presidential salary after the 4th of MARCH,
1877, at $4,000. 1t was passed without discus
sion.
Question was then taken on a motion yester-
day by Mr.. Holman to refer to the committee
of the whole the bill reported adversely from
the committee on banking 10 regulate the rate
of interest throughout the country on national
money. that is greenbacks, national bank
notes, &c, and to make it per cent. The mo-
ton was rejected yeas rs, nays 135, and then
the bill was laid on the table
Mr.. Ward of New York, from the committee
ON commerce, reported back adversely the bill
to restore the ocean carrying trade of the Unit
ed States. Laid on the table; also a bill ex-
empting masters of vessels engaged in trade
between the United States and British North
America, west Indies or Mexico, and masters
of vessels of less than rs tons burden bound
from port on the Atlantic to port on the
Pacific and gice 0erSd, from the necessity Of
shipping their crews or procuring their ship.
ping articles to be signed before q shipping
commissioner After an explanation the bill
was passed.
The House at 2 O'Clock resumed the consider.
alton OF the bill to carry into effects the Hawai-
ian treaty.
number of speeches having been made
Mr. Wood, who had charge of the bill, gave no.
tice that he wonld endeavor to get vote on it
next Monday
The House at 4 o'clock went into the commit.
tee OF the whole, Mr.. Cox in the chair, on the
legislative appropriation bill and at half-past 4
o'clock took recess
Evening Session.
The evening session opened with an attack
on the committee OF appropriations, carried on
by Messrs Joyce of Vermont, Dunnell of Min
nesota. Townsend of Pennsylvania and Will
liams of Wisconsin, which attack was replied
to on the part of the committee bg Messrs.
Randall of Pennsylvania, Whitehouse of New
York and Willard of Michigan.
After half an hours debate proposed
amendment to insert an item for q stenograph-
er for the comptroller Of currency was rejected
by strict party vote. After progressing as
far as the 10Th page of the bill the committee
rose and the House at 10 O'clock adjourned