The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-16
Forty-fou Congress.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Is.

| provide necessary means to defray the ex
penses of the District of Columbia unit
Dec. /, 1876, and the bill passed as it came
from the house.
On motion of Mr.. Logan, the senate In.
sisted upon its amendment to the house bill
to authorize the president to accept the ser.
vices Of volunteers to aid in suppressiDg
the Indian hos,ilties, and committee of
conference was asked for
The chair appointed as the committee
Messrs. Logan, Hitchcock, and Maxey.
The chair laid before the senate COM
municauon from the president inclosing a
report from the secretary of state in an.
swer TO the senate resolution of July "a as
to the number of civil officers and employees
in the state department.
Mr. Ciay Yin said this completed the list
of reports from the several executive de-
partments, and showed that the entire num-
Der of civil employees in the year 1875 was
62172, instead of 94,119, as stated by Mr.
Menimon. Ordered printed and laid on
the table.
Mr.. Morrill,, by request, INTRODUCED a bill
to authorize tie secie airy of the interior t.
receive the educational material now on ex-
hibiiion at tie centennial exhibition 4; lie
1c1c1 to tie committee on foreign rela
tons.
The chair laid before the senate mes
sage from the president, returning without
his approval tie senate bill to provide for
Il SAT Of Tie nc crvation of the copfcder.
aled Olte and Missouri bands Of Indians,
ard Sac and Fox Indians in Kansas and
Nebraska ; also another message from the
PRESIDENT stating that lie was convinced af-
ter further examination that his message
returning The bill without his signature was
premature, and requesting that the bill
might lie returned to him for his signature.
Mr. Edmunds SAID when the bill was re-
turLel by the president without his sigma.
tuie the te0aie must proceed TO CONSIDER
wle her it should be passed over his yelo.
Blr. Ingalls, argued that the presi6en'
could no more recall u bill after lie had We
toed it than he could alter be had signed
it. The bill was then passed over the veto
by unanimous vote.
The house joint resolution appropriating
50, 900 to defIay the expenses of the joint
commission to frame permanent form Of
government for the District of Columbia
was agreed to. The chair announced as
members Of the committee to frame per-
manent government for the district,
Messrs. Sherman, Window and Whyte.
Dir. Spencer called up the resolution sub
United by him yesterday, to provide for the
appointment of special committee Ct five
senators to inquire into the circumstances
attending the late election in Alabama.
Several senators on the democratic side
rose to debate the resolution.
MIR. Spencer said If it would lead to de-
bate he would not press his motion to con.
slider it, but would let it so over until De-
cepber next.
Mr.. Morrill, called up the house joint re-
solution providing for the appointment of
q commission to inquire into the change
which had taken place in the relative value
of gold and silver, the causes thereof, etc.
He said the senate committee on finance
had proposed amendments to the resolu
ton, but on account of the near close Of
the session they did not desire TO press them
now. They were willing to have the reso-
luton passed as it came from the house.
The resolution was passed.
The house bill for the relief of the widow
OF ex-President Polk was discussed at
some length and passed.
A large number of private bills were
passed and the senate at G:l5 went into ex-
ecutiye session. When the doors were re-
opened N. Logan called up the report OF
the conference committee on the bill to au
thor;ze the president to accept the services
OF volunteers to aid in suppressing Indian
hostilities, and it was agreed to.
Mr.. Window called up the house joint
resolution providing for final adjourn.
Dlent and moved to amend so as to provd
that the two houses Of congress adjourn a.
7.30 p. m. this day; agreed to and the reso-
luton as amended was agreed to.
Messrs. Window and Met alery were ap.
poinred a commit re to join with the CON-
n.i,ee of he house of representatives t.
wait upon the president and notify him
t1at congress was ready to adjourn.
The senate then, at GAO, took recess
till Is.
Upon reassembling, Mr.. Window, from
the committee appointed to wait upon tht
president, reported that they had dis
charged that duty. The president replied
that he had no further commun cation to
make to C ngress.
The chair announced as members of the
commission TO inquire into the change
VIII n has taken place in the relative value
of gold and silver and the causes ther, of
Messrs. Jones of Nevada, Boutwell, and
Bogy.
Mr.. McCreerey submitted resolution re-
rnlng the thanks of the senate to the
president pro tenn, Hon. Thos. W. Ferry,
for the dignity, justice and impartialiiy
with which he had presided over the DELHI
erations of the senate agreed to unani-
mously.
At 1880 p. IN. the gavel of the presiding
officer, Mr.. Ferry, fell, and he returned
thanks for the trust conlided and for the
courtesy extended to him throughout the
session, and pronounced the regular ssion
of the senate of the 44th congress adjourned
without day. Applause on the floor and
in the galleries.
HOUSE.
After come further discussion the amend
ment was nonconcurred in.
The message received from the president
regarding the diplomatic and consular bill
was referred to the appropriation commit