The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-04
General News.
fORTY.FOURTH CONGRESS.


FVkTY.FOUkTH CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-The Committee Of
the District of Columbia was instructed to
consider the propziety of providing proper
form of government for the District.
Mr. Cragin introduced bill for the con-
struciion of the Southern Maryland Railroad.
Referred.
The bill for the removal of restrictions to
the sale of public lands was resumed, but
gave way to the District interest bill, which
passed. ...,
The resolution giving Mr. Sykes, contest
ant from Alabama, mileage and Senator'S
pay from 1873 to 1874. was referred to the
Privileges and Elections Committee.
The Louisiana Senatorial question was
calie Just before adjournment, and comes M
tomorrow as unfinished business, when it
can only be set aside by vote of the Senate.
The Judiciary Committee in the executive
session of the Senate to- day reported favor
ably on the nomination of Billings to be
Uaited States District Judge tor Louisiana,
vice Durell. resigned. Tho Senate remained
in executive session only ten minutes after
the report, and adjourned without q vote.
The vote in the committee Can not be ascer.
tanned.
Ia the Senate Mr. Spencer introduced bill
for the relief OF the Mobile, Ala, Marine
Dock Company. Referred to the COMMITTEES
on Claims.
The House election committee heard Brom.
berg in case OF Bromberg W. HARRISON. The
repeating and bribery we're both proved, but
whether the votes secured by bribery should
be cast out is the question before the COM
mittee Bomberg claims that throwing ouk
the repeated and bribed votes would give him
q majority.
Brombergs argument is not concluded.
The Ways and Means Committee copsid-
cred the bill suggested by the Treasury De-
partment, increasing four per cent bonds
from two to five hundred millions, and the
time from fifteen to thirty years.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3-Bills introduced:
BY Mr.. Young: For q Custom-House ct
Memphis Referred.
By the Committee of Accounts: To pay
fourteen Union soldiers on the roles of the
House. Es
Mr.. Fort, of Illinois, denied there were 70
many.
Messrs Holman and Williams maintained
there were. -r-',.
The bill Was adopted.
BY the Appropriations Committee Request
ing the President to appoint an experienced
army officer to investigate the causes of the
deficiency in the appropriations for the Sioux
Indians, and partially take charge of the Red
Cloud agency. Adopted.
The bill regulating practice in the Circuit
and District United States Courts passed.
The judiciary Committee reported adj
versely on bill allowing the heads of De-
par ments q seat on the floor; also the bill TO.
the relief of the owners and purchasers Of
lands sold for direct taxes. Referred to Com
mittee OF the Whole. Also to authorize United
States Courts to appoint Commissioners to
take dispositions, affidavits and verifcations
of pleadings. Passed.
The House went into Committee of tho
Whole on diplomatic appropriations.
Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi, who had
charge of the bill, said, in the course of his
speech, he accused the politicians in tho
House with the effort to create discord, and
thereby make political capital, but he knew
that the people saw through that disguise.
The South, he said, had three schemes to &C.
complish in this Congress. One Was to i'm
prove and protect the levees of the Missis-
sippi, and to reclaim the alluvial soil OF tha
della, which would be Of more value than oil
the Black Hills in the country, as seven mil
lion bales of cotton could be raised on this re-
Mr.. Hale asked him to state what the other
schemes were. -.
Mr.. Singleton replied that another was the
Southern Pacific Railroad.
Mr.. Hale-I- lot the refunding of the cot
ton tax another?
Mr.. Singleton-I do not propose to discuss
that question now.
Mr.. Willis, of New York-The Democratic
party does not propose to help the South by
building Southern Pacific Railroad. We will
leave it to our Republican friends to do SO.
Mr.. Douglas, of Virginia, asked MIR. Hale
BY what authority he spoke of the gentleman
from Mississippi (Singleion) as the Representa-
1--we Of the apu hern Democracy?
Mr.. Hale replied that his authority was the
position which that gentleman occupied ~
Southern man; because he spoke distinc ~ for
the Southern Democracy, and also because he
ISingleton) had been selected as one OF the
southern representatives, on the money COM
nitiee of the House-the Appropriation Com
mi.tee.
Liz. Holman, Of Indiana, declared that the
Democratic party in the House WAS neither
for the Southern Pacific Railroad, nor tor the
Of the cotton tax.
MIR. Douglas of Virginia, denied the right
Of Mr.. Hale. or any other Republican menu
Der, to designate the member from Missis-
,ippi, or "A member from any other STATE, As
the Representative man Of the Southern De-
Hs (Douglas) represented part of the
Southern Constituency, but he was not pre-
pared to inform the gentlemen from Maine
what might be or what might not be the uisi-
mate action of the Southern Democrats on
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