The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-02-10

Secretary Of War 10 report To the House
the entire cast for the last fiscal year OF the
signal ser :ice. Adopted.
Mr.. Glover offered 4 resolution r-citing
the belief that certain political and personal
Influence has been exerted 10 SECURE the re-
moyal oi 4 Federal Judge, and the appoints
ment oil another IN Colorado Terri .ory, ior
the corTupi purpose Of procuring certain
orders anu dIcrecs Concerning certain min
irg interests now in litigation, and direct
ing the Atlorney-Gene;al 10 furnish copies
OF letters and paPeIs, asking ior the removal
oi Judge Bedford, and Tor the appointment
Of Judge Stone in his stead Referred to
the Judiciary committee.
Alter some further but not important
business, the House went into committee Of
the whole On the consular and diplomatic
appropriation bill, which appropriates
S922, ,Sl1.
Mr.. Atkins, from tile committee ON ap-
propriations, reported resolution request
ing the President 10 appoint a competent
and experienced military officer to execute
the duties OF Indian agent, so far As TO re-
PAIR 10 the he'd Cloud Agency and other
Sioux agencies, 10 inquire into the cause OF
the deficiency appropriated for the Sioux
Indians. Adopted.
MIR. Singiety", who lad charge OF the
bill, as member OF the committee on ap-
preparations, advocated the principles Of
economy on which lne bill was founded
and argued that the general depression OF
business throughout the country rendered
this economy an Imperative duty. He
said that official salaries had grown out of
all proportion to what they had been ia
the better days OF the Republic, when
Edward Everett was Minister to England
General Cass to France, and Wheaton 10
Prussia. The salary then paid to these
men was $4,000 year. lie had never
heard OF the Ministers OF those days writing
essays on poker, or dealing in stocks OF
Emma mines, in order TO add to their
means. Laughter.] They were gentle
men oil the highest order OF respectabaiity.
Mr.. Garfield suggested that in those DAYS
Ministers not only received an outfit, but
also an amount 10 cover the expenses oi
their return.
Mr.. kasson suggested that the expenses
OF living abroad had been very largely in
creased since 1885, when Democratic Cor
gress increased the diplomatic and consula r
salaries.
Mr. Singleton, in the course OF further
remarks, referred to what Mr.. Hale, of
Maine, had said last week in reference to
the claims of Southern citizens, and said
that he was tired Of these reflections upon
the Southern men. He was himself a
Southern man, from the hair of his
head TO the sole OF his foot, but
he had not come here for the purpose of
getting up a discord. He had come for the
pf paoaa apJ ba u.,,ol
Republicans treated like gentlemen. The
South he said, had three schemes to accom-
plish In this Congress-One was 10 improve
and protect the levees Of Mississippi and to
reclaim the alluvial sale of the Delta.
which would lie OF more value than ali
the Black Hills in the country, as seven
million bales of cotton could be raised on
this Southern land. Another was the South
ern Pacific Railroad bill. Is not the re-
funding OF cotton tax the third?
Mr.. Singleton said 81 do not propose TO
discuss that question now. Ii the Demo-
cratic party does not propose to help the
South by building Southern railroad, We
will leave it to our Republican friends to
do So"
Mr.. Blount, a member of the appropria-
tion committee, said that himself and lis
would not propose to state what
their actions would be on the measures I'M
til they had an opportunity of considering
and discussing them. The gentleman from
Maine would find, when the time came.
that the South would do what was right
and proper, and their country would APP
prove OF their course.
The chairman of the committee OF appro-
priations remarked that il would be time
enough for the Democratic party in the
had taken action Oh the measure.
Mr.. Singleton disclaimed bein. consider
ID representative Of his party; he had
simply presented his own views and nobody
slse was 10 be held resposible for them.
Without action on the bill By the House
he committee rose.
The Speaker laid before the House a
message from the President, returning with /
rat his approval an act transferring the /
'ustody OF certain Indian trust funds from |
he Secretary Of the Interior 10 the Treas
irer OF the United States, with a commu-
lication from the Secretary Of the Interior |
citing forth that the act was not sufficient
Y defined to accomplish the end desired. |
The message was referred to the committee !
N appropriations.
The House then adjourned.
WASHINGTON, ID. c. February S.-The
peaker called the committees ior reports
1 public nature
Mr.. Lynde, from the judiciary committee,
epOrted bill 10 repeal the bankrupt act
I the 2lst OF March, 1867, and ali laws
nj parts OF laws amendatory thereto. The
econd section provides that all suits and
roceediDgs now pending in the L. 5.
ourts wherein an adjustment in bankrupt
y has been made, shall be proceeded with,
nd be governed by the provisions Of the
xisting laws, which are to cuntinue in full
,rce only for the closing up OF suits and
roce dings now pending, the act TO take
lect from and after January /, 1871
After some discussion the bill passed
eas, 10; nays, IS.
After the passage cf the bill it was dis
,vered that there was an error in the
cital, the date OF the original law being
wen as the 2d instead of the Dist OF
Iarch. This mistake Mr.. Lynde asked to
ave corrected, but Mr.. Kasson objected,
I'd 1t went TO the Senate with that imper-
ction in it. !
went INTO committee Oh
e whole, Mr. Hopkins in the chair on
e consular and diplomatic appropriation
II, and was addressed by Mr. DunnelI.
Mr.. Wood reviewed the consular sys-
m, and spoke in opposition to the recon-
andatiOn OF the Committee on appropri- !
ions. After he had concluded, the com I.
ttee rose, without further action en- the Il
u, when message was received from the 7
nate, announcing the action OF that body e
regard the death OF the late Senator q
Try. Eulogies in his honor were pro- !
unced by Messrs. Phelps, Garfield and .
,ers. An interesting feature of the pro-
'dings was the fact that Mr.. Garfield, in -
u of any remarks of his own, read a
.ech on the subject, prepared by Mr..
himself since dead.
\: the close of the eulogies the House 4
ourned.