The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-12
Forty Fourth Congress-First Session.
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. II.
Several petitions were presented, including
one from New York for the repeal of the bank
rupt law.
The Senate voted that when in adjourn today
to meet Monday.
Gen. Thomas was reporter from the pension
committee. Placed on the calendar.
The Senate discussed the concurrent resolu-
ton submitted by Mr.. Bayard Jan. Goth in re-
gard to amending the 22d joint rule providing
President of the United States, but before the
final vote was reached the morning hour expir-
ed. The Centennial bill was taken up.
Mr.. Randolph of N. j., spoke in favor of the
bill and replied to the objections raised against
it by Messrs. McCreary, Norwood and others.
After further debate by Messrs. Jones of
Florida, Frelinghuysen, Conover, and Others
the Centennial bill was passed by vote of a
yeas to Is nays.
Yeas-Allison, Anthony, Bayard. Boutwell,, Cam
eron of Pa, Caperton, Clayton, Conkling Conover,
Cragin, Dawes, Dennis, Dorsey, Edmunds, Ferry.
Frelinghuysen, Hamln Harvey, Hitchcock, ingalls,,
Jones of Fla, Jones OF New, Kelley Logan, McDon
Morrill, of VT. Norton Ogesby, Paddock, Patterson,
Randolph, Ransom, Robertson, Sargent, Spencer,
Wallace and Wndom-41.
ilton, Howe, Herman, Key, McCreery, Merrmon,
Stevenson, Thurman, Wadleigh, Whyte and With
erS-l5.
Messrs English, Christiancy. Sherman, Gordan
and Cameron OF Wis, who would have voted for the
bill, were paired with Booth, Cockrell, Davis Nor
wood and Salisbury, WHO would have voted against
Mr.. Allison of Iowa said that his colleague
(Mr. Wright) was necessary absent. Had he
been present he would have voted for the bill.
The preamble was agreed to separately by a
rising vote. yeas 81, nays 16, and the bill was
passed as it came from the House without
amendment.
Mr.. Thurman at his own request, was excus-
ed from service ON the conference committee
on the bill to pay the interest on the 65 Dis
trict of Columbia bonds, and Mr.. Davis of
Virginia, was appointed in his stead.
The Senate at 515 o'clock adjourned till
Monday.
Nearly half an hour was consumed in the
discussion of a resolution to assign a room to
the Committee on Patents. The discussion
developed the fact that the committee rooms
iu the capitol were entirely inadequate.
The House at 1 45 went into into committee
of the whole on the diplomatic appropriation
bill, resuming it at the point where the COM
mittee left off yesterday.
At the paragraph fixing the salaries of Min
listers to Portugal, Switzerland Sc, at $500,
Mr.. Hewitt of New York moved to amend by
providing only one Minister at $500 for Den
mark, SweSen and Norway, to reside at such
place in either of those states as the President
may from time to time direct.
Mr.. Hale of Maine moved to insert in the
paragraph provision for Minister to Uru.
quay, also accredited to Paraguay, Rejected
Mr.. Tucker moved to strike out the mission
to the Hawaiian Islands. Adopted. On his
motion the following was then inserted: "For
minister resident aud consul general at the
Hawaiian Islands $780,"
The next paragraphs were for ministers to
China and Bolivia Zone mission), Peru, Ecua-
do nd p,fsc iOr\ fho a
Republic, Paraguay and Uruguay, Zone mis-
sion), and to Guatemala, Costa RIGA, Honduras,
Salvador and Nicaragua, Zone mission), at &c..
500.
No amendments were offered to the succeed
ing paragraphs appropriating $4,000 to the min
lister resident and consul general to Liberia,
$4,000 for charges ad interim and for dplom at
ic officers abroad, and $1,000 for secretaries of
legations at London, Paris, Berlin and st. Pet.
ersburg at $2625 each.
The next item was an appropriation of $4,000
for salary of the secretary of legation at Japan
when acting also as interpreter, was sought to
be amended by Messrs. Seelye and Conger by
a separation of the duties of secretary and in.
terpreter. but no change was made and nc
amendments were made to the succeeding par
agraphs. Very few amendments were made tC
the remaining sections of the bill.
The salary of the secretary of legation at
China when acting also as interpreter was rails
ed from $4,000 to $4,000. Honolulu, the only
consulate in class two, salary $500, was remov
ed from that class to five, salary $4,000. Beirut
was. added to class seven, salary $1,000, but q
motion to add Talcahuhua was rejected. The
item among contingent expenses for loss by ex
change on consular services was reduced from
$4,000 to $4,000.
On motion of Wells Of Missouri, Kingston
Canada, was inserted among the consulates OF
class seven.
The committee rose and reported the bill.
All the amendments adopted in the committee
were agreed to in block except that abolish.
ing the mission to the Hawaiian Islands, on
which separate vote was demanded by Mr..
Hale The amendment was agreed to, yeas 100
nays 81.
vote by ayes and Eoes was then taken on
the passage of the bill. which resulted, ayes
191, nays 2. 1t appropriates about 1914, 0OO
being reduction of about $4,000 from the
bill last year.
The House OF $50 adjourned till Monday