The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-08-10
Forty Fourth Congress-FIrst Session,
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. D. c., August 8.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON. D. c., August 8.
Several private bills passed.
After discussion the old conferees on legisla-
tive appropriation bill were reappointed without
objection, it being understood their reappoint-
ment was an expression of the sense of the Sen.
ate that they should adhere to the position taken
by them against the reduction of salaries of the
President and of Senators and Representatives
in Congress.
The amendment of the House to Senate bill
to provide for the sale of the reservation of
confederated Otoe and Missouri Indians in
Kansas and Nebraska, were agreed to and the
bill passed.
HOUSE.
Bill allowing the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.
to carry the mails on its new iron steamships
was passed.
Postoffice Committee on the investigation into
straw bids were made by Mr.. Clark of Mo-,
chairman, and MIR. Cannon of Ill.,, and were
ordered to be printed and laid on the table.
Mr.. Bagly of ILL.,, from the Committee on
Invalid Pensions, reported bill giving a pen
sion of $50 per month to the widow of Capt.
Yates of the 18th cavalry, killed at the battle of
Little Big Horn. Passed.
Mr.. Lynde of Wis. from the Judiciary Com
mittee. made report in the cases of Schu-
maker of New York. and King of Minnesota,
as connected with the Pacific Mail subsidy,
report. They were ordered to be printed in the
Register with tho intlmation that they would
soon be called up for discussion, &c.
The majority report recommends that the
House leave the charges against those mem
bers where they now are, in court, to be finally
adjudicated and disposed of without any fur
ther interposition or adjudication of the House.
The minority report, signed by Messrs Lord,
Lawrence, Hoar and Caulfeld, is that the
House has jurisdiction, and that the Committee
Nirsl ayrsp Dat oh ~,
and re port the facts. Mr.. McCrary signs an
additional paper expressing the opinion that
the House may properly take jurisdiction of
the charge of receiving money to be used in
corrupting legislation, although the offence
was committed prior to the election of those
members, but not as to the charge CT perjury
He favOrs further inquiry, and to that extent
concurs in the views of the minority.
The Senate resolution for printing 1000 copies
of the Mississippi report was adopted with an
amendment giving $500 to the House and 1900
to the Senate.
The resolution appropriating $4,000 for pub
fishing the history of the United States surveys
during the present century, was adopted.
House then proceeded to the discussion of
political subjects and was addressed by Hoar of
Mass., who commenced by commenting on Mr..
Lamar's speech which he said, however, cover
ed IN philOsophic guise or concealed by calmness
or apparent impartality was in full accord with
the uniform current of speech that prevailed
among tnaG gentleman COll6aRueS, Wn6n
questions relating to the position Of the South
had arisen.
That speech he said was bitter invective
against the government under which the gen.
tleman lived and of whose magnanmity that
gentleman was a conspicuous instance. He
| trusted the people of the North would read that
speech and judge by it the expediency of com.
| mitting the government to the democratic
party.
Mr.. Singleton of Miss, interrupted Mr. Hoar
| to have read telegram from the colored citi.
zens to himself, inviting him to speak at col.
ored barbecue. as showing that the relations OF
the Democrats with the cOlored people of
Mississippi were friendly.
Mr.. Hoar did not question the kindness and
goodness of the heart Of the gentleman (Single-
toni. Passing from that point he again revert.
ed to Lamar's speech, the substance of which
he said was that if there had been outrages at
the South they were abundantly justified by
| misgovernment, and by unwarrantable federal
| interference with local self-government. He
| then took issue with Lamar's claim that there
was prevalent corruption or NAL administration
in the public affnirs, and be declared his belief
| that the period of sixteen years in which the
Republican party held power was freer from
| corruption and mal-administration than the
period of sixteen years which folio wed the in
auguration of Gen. Washington.