Connecticut western news., 1876-04-07
FORTY.FOURTH CONGRESS.
The Business of General InteresG Trans acted.
 

The Business of General Inrereat Trans
 acted.
 SENATE.
 MT. Jones (Rep.), of Nevada, introduced bill to prohibit the transportation of liquid nitro-glycerine, and to regulate the transporta- tion Of dynamite. Referred. The bill abso- luteIy prohibits the transportation from one State or Territory to another, or to or from foreign country, of nitro -glycerine in any other form than that of dynamite, and prohibits the transportation of the latter substance except by merely freight conveyances, and on condi- ton that it is packed in metallic cases, and unaccompanied with any means of exploding it. In the event of 8 death being caused by explosion when dynamite is transported in any other manner, every person who knowingly permitted or aided in its transportation is to be deemed guilty of manslaughter. The Chair laid before the Senate the House bill in relation to political contributions. Re- ferred to the committee on privileges and elections.
 The Senate took up for consideration the Post Route bill. MT. Hamlin (Rep ), of Maine, said the committee had paid personal attention to all the proposed routes, and had made per sonal inquiry from different members as to the necessity of all they had proposed. After some discussion the bill was amended as to minor points and passed.
 The Senate resumed consideration of the bill to count the votes of President and Vice. President, and the bill was passed by 8 vote of 32 yeas to 26 nays.
 Mr Conkling Rep.), of New York reported favorably on the House bill relating to the execution of custom house bonds providing that when any bond is required by law to be executed by any firm for the use and benefit | of such firm, the execution of such bonds by | any member of such firm shall bind the other members of said firm in the same manner as | though each of the other members had per- sonally executed Said bond. Placed on the | calendar.
 The Chair laid before the Senate the Consu- | lar aud Diplomatic bill. MT. Sargent (Rep ), of California, said the committee had declined to agree to all the cuttings down of the House, and inserted amendments restoring salaries, l but not expending any more than has been ex- pended in former years. About forty copsu- | lates had been abolished by the House which the committee had restored. The first amend | ment proposed by the Senate committee was agreed to. It is as follows
 For salaries of Envoys Extraordinary and | Ministers Plen1potentiary to the governments | of Great Britain, France, Germany, and Russia | fixed by the House at $14, 056, the committee move to strike out $14, O56 and insert $17,57O. | The next amendment was on restoring Italy to it's former position, but which had been stricken out by the House.
 HOUSE.
 MT. Caulfeld CDem. ), of Illinois, from the | judiciary committee, reported the bill making
 1t misdemeanor for any person in the
 employment of the United States to solicit or
 contribute funds for election purposes or to
 canvass in any election in any State, county, or
 district in the United States. MT. Blaine
 (Rep.), of Maine, offered proposed amend
 ment to the bill, prohibiting election contribu-
 tions from government clerks. The amend
 ment is to include senators, representatives
 and delegates in Congress, and to add these
 words: And the contribution of money or
 other valuable thing, as herein prohibited by
 any senator, representative, or delegate in
 Congress whie he was 8 candidate for Con-
 gress, shall, in addition to the penalties pre-
 scribed, operate as disqualification to his
 holding his seat
 Mr:Wells Rep.), of Mississippi, introduced
 bill to pay bounties to colored soldiers and
 their widows and heirs. Referred. The House took up the bill reported from
 the judiciary committee, prohibiting contribu: tions to election funds by officers of the United
 States government, the question being on the
 amendment of Mir. Blaine to extend the appli-
 cation of the bill to senators, representatives, and delegates in Congress.
 After long debate the House proceeded to
 vote on the bill and various amendments. MT.
 Townsends amendment, providing that ex- / pendltures for election purposes allowed by the law of any State should not be construed
 as being affected by the act, was rejected.
 Mir. Blaine's amendment, including senators,
 representatives, and delegates in Congress in the provisions of the bill, was agreed to-yeas 128, nays 88.
 Mir. Hoars amendment providing that noth- |
 tributlons for the purpose of circulating docu-
 ments for the purpose of giving information, was rejected-yeas 91, nays 119. Other amendments were rejected, and then ) the next vote was on Mr. Browns substitute. The first section reads
 That no officer or employee of the govern
 ment shall require or request, give to or re- ceive from any other officer or employee of the
 same, or other person, directly or indirectly, any money or property or other thing of value
 for political purposes and any such officer ol employee who shall offend against the provis- ions of this act shall at once be dismissed from the service of the United States, and also be
 deemed guilty of high misdemeanor and, or , conviction thereof, fined not less than $5OC nor more than $3,000, and imprisoned moi ? more than one year, at the discretion of the 3 judge trying the case.
 The second section is the amendment offered by Mr. Cobbe, of Virginia, and adopted. The third section gives United States district courts 8 jurisdiction of the offenses created by the act ! The substitute was agreed to without the yeas aud nays, and the bill as thus amended was passed-yeas, 173 nays, 8.
 r Bills were passed: Prohibiting the cutting a of timber on any Indian reservation or lands
 to which the Indian title or right of occupancy
 has not been extinguished; repeating the law f which forbids the appointment to any position :, in the army of any person who served in aD! capacity in the military, naval, or civil servict . of the Confederate States in the late civil war f MT. Banning (Rep.), of Ohio, from thu . | uluLdTy COmuLCU00, TSpOTG0U d Dl11 LO T0Su1ht
 the pay of army officers. The bill fixes thu ,. pay as follows: General, $1O0O0 lieutenant n general, $8 coo; ma jor- general, $6,O0O; briga V dier-general, $5,Ot0 colonel $3.5OO; lieu :, tenant -colohtl, $3,00O major, $2,50O; captail Il (mounted), $2 OO0 captain lnot mounted) B 81,8OO; adju ant, $1.SOO; first lieutenan
 (mounted), $1,600; first lieutenant Ono Y, mounted), $1, 800 second lieutenant (nount 'A ed), $1, 5O0; second lieutenant (not mounted) s $1, 400.
 A bill to sunnlv a defciancv of S62 ono fo the manufacture of postal cards for the yea '' ending June 30, 1876, was passed. e Under the call of States the following bill n were referred:
 e Mir. Willis Oem.), of New York, to restor
 the sational credit by funding the non-interes 4 bearing debt into four per cent. bonds, and t g. repeal so much of the resumption act as re e quires the secretary of the treasury to redeem all outstanding legal tenders by Jan. 1, 1879. -' MT. Jones (Dem. ), of Kentucky, for the dis m tribution of the official patronage of the gov B. ernment at Washington equally among tn a. States of the Union.
 o- MT. Burchard Rep.), of Illinois, to grar ID bounty lands to soldiers of the late war. a, Mir. Payne (Dem ), of Ohio, moved to SUI ,e pend the rules and pass his bill to provide ft n the gradual resumption of specie payments. y The first section of the bill directs th It, secretary of the treasury to set aside and reta 'i- in coin each year UT til United States not' 10 shall be appreciated to par with gold an amour
 equal to three per cent of the outstandln ~S 4oSaA toAuSIS OE 40Sdl uOCos LO Do A64u d6 A II on sumption, fnnd for the redemption of suG va legal tender notes. Provided that such CO ,o set aside and retained shall be counted as 10 part of the sinking fund.
 D. The second section requires national banl
 to set aside and retain from the coin receive
 by them as interest on the bonds deposited a, security for their circulation an amount equ to three per cent. of their circulation sut