New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-08
BY TELEG R APH
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON.
A Relief Bill Rejected.
WASHINGTON, January THE Commit
tee on Claims reported adversely on the
bill forlthe relief of l.. Madison Day, Ut
New Orleans.
The Arkansas Memorials.
The memorials of the Arkansas Legisla-
ture were presented, asking the refundlng
of the cotton tax and construction of ma
tional levees for the reclamation OF the al
luvial lands of the Mississippi river.
The Atlanta Grocers.
Mr.. Gordon presented the memorial OF
| the Grocers' Association of Atlanta, Georgia,
against the restoration of the duty on tea
and coffee.
The Senate went into executive session,
| and adjourned to Monday.
Combinations.
Seward. minister to China; Merrill. min.
lister to Belgium; Carpenter, second cop,
troller; Campbell, collector OF internal
revenue, third Texas district; Mathews,
supervisor of internal revenue, vice Mum,
| resigned; Mosely. postmaster at Talladega,
| Alabama; Muller, postmaster at Tusca-
| lOOsa, Alabama.
Reduction of Postage.
! The Postal Committee of the House will
vote Tuesday on the bill reducing postage
on newspapers and third class matter.
| Calling ON the President.
The members of the House Committee on
| Foreign Relations called at the executive
mansion to-day and paid their respects to
| President Grant
| their respects to the President tomorrow.
| NIorrison's Clerk.
| DR.. j. B. Hambleton. of Georgia, has
been elected clerk of the Committee OF
Ways and Means.
Ex Congressman A. Boarman, Of Louisi-
| ana is here.
The Transportation Question.
Colonel B. w. Frobel, of Georgia, ap-
pointed by the National Board Of Transpor-
| tation and Commerce has arrived here.
His object is to meet the other mem
bers of the committee, soon to arrive,
and present to. Congress the action
last December, and urge the construc-
ton of the water lines recommended by the
Senate Committee on Transportation
Routes. The view of the convention was
that the expenditure of liberal appropria
tions along these lines would not only re-
suit in the revival of commerce, but re-
lieye the present necessities of the people
in sections of country where there is the
most distress resulting from financial en-
barrasement
MIR. Hale's Bill on Compulsory Pilotage.
Representative Hale's bill, now before
the Committee on Commerce, provides that
no owner, agent, master or consignee OF
any ship or vessel duly registered or en-
rolled, shall, by virtue of the laws of any
State. be compelled to take, employ or pay
a pilot. not voluntarily employed, on enter
ing or departing from any channel, passage
or strait within the waters Of the United
States.
Committee on Appropriations and the
Military Academy Appropriation Bill.
The House Committee on Appropriations
had long session this afternoon On the Mill
tary Academy appropriation bill, and COM
pleted it tor report to the House next Mon
day. This will reduce the pay of the cadets
from about $500 to $3.50 per year, which
will diminish the item tor that purpose some
1900. The pay of the professors is re
duced twenty per cent, and numerous small
reductions are made in other items. The
total amount Of the bill is reduced about
$50, 900 from last year Of $32O,0O0
Pensions.
The pension appropriation bill was aist
finished, and will be reported to the House
by Mr.. Athens, of Tennessee, an ex Con
federate. No reduction was made from tht
| department estimates, tor this bill it;
amount being $29 100000.
The Presidency of the Senate.
The report of the Committee on Privileges
, and Elections, made yesterday by Senator
Morton, has just been printed. Although
, the conclusions have already been an
nounced, the following extracts may be o
, general interest: The committee did no
%ho% fhorv cd tf
, report upon any question OF prOpriety o.
! expediency in prOceeding.tO an election O.
President pro TEN. for the Senate on the day
, named in the resolution, but inquire intt
the character and tenure of that officer.
, The language of the constitution desig
mates the Speaker as an officer of the House
: and. as he is chosen by the House, he sus
, | tains the same relation to that body which
. the President pro temd0es to the Senate
: The committee did not think it necessary
to extend the argument to prove that the
. President pro TEN ia an officer of the Sen
ate. 1t appears that Mr.. Jefferson's pro
= position that the Office of president pro TEN
| of the Senate is determined at the meeting
= of the Senate afterthe first recess, as not onl.
sustained by usage of the Senate, but is over
. whelmingly ccntradicted by it. The four in
J. | stances referred to sustaining Mr.. Jefferson
theory have been reversed by the unbrOkel
!. | usage of the Senate from 1903 down to tn
! present time. The committee, therefore
= assume the rule to be we'll established tina
f | President pro tenn. of the Senate chosel
r | at the expiration of one session does no
q cease to be such with the beginning of tn
next, but continues until the Vice Presiden
a | appears and takes the chair, or until tn
:. President pro tenn. shall himself fail to ap
a | pear in the Senate and take the chair, ant
' thus require another to be elected, or unit
l the term OF Office as Senator of the Presi
dent pro TEN. ehall have expired.
? The committee are of the opinion that tn
I death of the Vice President does not hav
the effect in any way to change the tenur
f of Office of the President pro tenn. 1t
a true that under the act of 1892, the Pres
a dent pro tenn. ie, upon the death of the Vic
a President, placed in the line Of immediat
| succession to the performance of the dutie
. | of President, in case of the death, reeigns
;. ton or inability of that officer, but as ye
a the duties of the President pro tenn. are il
q nowise changed. The President pro ten
. | and the other officers of tho Senate are a
| all times under the control of the Senate
| and may be changed at pleasure.
). POLITICAL.
: Texas Democratic Convention.
4 GALVESTON, January AT last night
session, at q late hour, the following nom
nations were made unanimous:
For Governor, Richard Coke; for Liel
. tenant Governor, Il. B. Hubbard; for pres
: dental electore, ID. C. Giddings and B. L
z | Ennarson. AAtnrnav General H. H. Boone