The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-03-25
Expressions of the Mexican
Government.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

Washington, March 24.-The Chair
laid before the Senate the House bill
in relation to political contributions.
Davis suggested that the bill be sent
to the committee on judiciary. Howe
thought it affected political matters
more than anything else and that
there was no law question connected
with it that any committee was not
competent to wrestle and he suggest
ed that it be sent to the committee on
privileges and elections. Agreed to.
The Senate voted to adjourn over till
Monday when it adjourns to-day.
The Chair laid before the Senate the
bill on the Sioux deficiencies, with
notice that the House will not agree
to the amendments of the Senate.
The Senate voted to insist upon its
amendments and asked for a com
mittee of conference. Withers, Allison
and Oglesby were appointed.
The Senate then took up the post
route bill on which full debate en-
sued, during the course of which Sar-
gent sail let the departments send
their mail matter by stroke of the
pen. 1t will take no more time than
to lick stamp and it costs no more
to send the mails in this manner than
it does with a stamp on them. He be-
lieved this economy might be carried
little farther and members of Con-
gresi and Senator'S might be put into
communication with their constitu-
ents by the franking privilege. The
bill was amended as to MINOR points
and passed. The Senate resumed the
consideration of the Senate bill to
count the votes for President and
Vice President which, after some de-
bate, was passed.
Thurman moved reconsideration
of the vote whereby the bill was pass
ed in order to give one more chance
to fix some bill to meet the question
when two sets of returns were sent
in. The motion was entered and the
Senate took up the consular and dip
lomatic bill and made it nextin order
of business, and then went into exec
utive session. Adjourned till Mon
day.
Holman presented a memorial of
the Womans Temperance League of
Indiana, asking for legislation to pro-
mote Temperance in the U. S. Refer
red. Blount reported bill to supply
deficiency of $4,000 for the manu-
facture of postal cards for the year
ending June 30th, 1875. Passed.
Wiltshire reported the bill to provide
territorial government for the In
dian Territory, and moved to have
it recommitted. Southard moved to
refer it to the committee on terrific
ries. After discussing the bill was re-.
ferred to the committee on Indian af-
fairs. The Speaker called the COM
mittee for reports of private nature.
The House then went into committee
of the whole on the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill,
with the understanding that general
debate would be limited to one hour.
Hurlbut replied to the invectives
which had been poured against the
Republican party by gentlemen from
Georgia and North Carolina. Hill
and Yeates criticized the speech ofthe
gentleman from Georgia as an aston
ishing parody on the parable of the
prodigal son, with the difference that
the prodigal son asked his fathers
forgiveness, while the Southern peo-
plo did not.
Kasson and Hurlbut discussed the
bill, when the committee began the
consideration Of it by separate items.
A long and hot debate ensued on the
question of reducing the sala-
ries of members of Congress.
Without acti IN on the bill the COM
mittee rose and the House adjourned.