The Morning herald., 1876-04-22
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III {. dWAlh1Ns1ox, April 81.
| The Senate yesterday having adjourns'
DYER TIL Monday, there was NO sesaion Q
fhat body to-day
HOUSE.-Mr. Kasson, Iowa, called At.
tention to the fact that by the journal,
appeared that the resolution offered by Mr.
kG0le, of Wisconsin, yesterday, IN relation
/ u the bark Mary Mennill, was referred Il
kthe Committee on Expenditures IN tn
| Treasury Department. He said 1t was IN.
derstood v hen the objection was Withdrawn
that motion was to refer 1t to the Way
and Means Committee. l..
The Speaker said the gentleman, Mr.
Cole, had subsequently changed the refer
dnce, and the chair had asked for objection
and none was made.
| Messrs. Kasson, Hale and Burchard, said
they had not heard the change of reference
Which the Speaker explained as probably
owing tothe confusion In the House.
Mr.. Kasson entered motion to recon
oder the vote by which It, was referred. q
Mr.. Ely, N. Y, said the Committee on
Expenditures of the War Department were
prepared to give the resolution immediate
attention.
Mr.. Kasson said he desired to oaer q
1ight amendment TO the resolution. ss -
Mr.. Burchard, ILL.,, from the Ways and
Means Committee, reported bill concern
ipg corporations engaged in the business Of
distilling. Passed. '' -
The regular order was demanded and the
House proceeded to the consideration of
bills of q private nature reported from COM
nittees. A large number of pension bills
were reported from the Com mites on ID.
valid Pensions, adversely and fsvorably. /,
The former were LAID onths table and the
hitter went 10 the Committee of the Whole
On the private calendar.
Mr.. Bagley, New York, from the Com
mittee on patents, reported o. bill TO su--
thorize Harvey Tull to apply to- the Com
missioner Of patents for the extension Of q
patent for self fastening shutter hinge.
Passed. Also bill to authorize VIM.
Wheeler Hubben to apply for patent
for self firing gun. Passed. p y2T'stn 4
A number of bills were also reported
from the Committee on Claims, and ordered
to be placed on the private calendar. Other
bills of private character were reported,
and referred to committee Of the whole
on the private calendar. s = z. ~ 4
At the close of the morning hour, Mr..
Kasson called up the motion to reconsider
the vote by which the resolution Of Mr..
Cole, directing the Committee on Ways
and Means to investigate the remission of
iLes imposed upon the bark Mary Merrick,
of Detroit, was referred to the Committee
on expenditures of the Treasury Depart
ment: the motion was agreed to. Mr.. Kas.
son then moved to strike out "Ways and
Means" and insert Expenditures In the
Treasury Department" in order to perfect
the resolutions. Adopted. He then offered
q further amendment that the Com
mittee shall be open to the public, and
they shall report 40 soon as possible. Mr..
Cole said he did not object to the session
being open, but he wsuld leave the COM
mfttee, as other committees:to act for them
selves. Mr.. Kasson said he would ask a
q vote by the House, and would then move
the adoption of the resolution instead of its
reference. On a division, the vote was
ninety Eight to three. No quorum voting
! Mr.. Hoar, Mass, said this was an i'm
portant question and there should be sec,
ond vote. He therefore demanded the yeas
and nays and they we're ordered, the vote
resulted yeas ITO; nays, 36. The resolution
was then adopted.
Mr.. Sparks, ILL.,, then called up the In
dian Bureau transfer bill as the unfnished
business of yesterday, and yielded twenty
minutes of the final hour to Mr.. Townsend,
of New York. .....t
Mr.. Townsend said he did not believe the
stories about the corruptions In the Indian
Bureau, but he advocated the passage of
the bill and addressed the House in support
of it. <, q ,!..s-,. ,f-r l.taE
Mr.. Oliver, Pa, opposed the bill, charging
that the administration of Indian affairs
under the War Department was quite as
corrupt as under the Interior Department,
Mr.. Hancock, Texas, advocated the bill
as securing the future and permanent best
interests Of the Indians.
Tho amendments allowing the detail Of
officers on the retired list as officers of the
Indian service at the full pay of the rank
held by them at their retirement, were
agreed to.
Z The amendment retaining the clerks in
the Indian Bureautwas also adopted. The
new section providing for the admission Of
civilized and intelligent Indians to citizen
ship was also adopted
! The bin was then passed; yeas, 139; nays,
~, and at 4.35 p. m. the House adjourned.
. The Connecticut Republicans.
BY Ana can Press Association.
New HAVEN, c.; April 81 "A meeting of
the delegation tothe Cincinnati Convention
was held today at the New Haven House,
and opened at II o'clock, and continuing
until about 8. Eleven of the twelve dele
gates were either present or represented by
letter. Eight in person and three by letter
one of the letters was from Mr.. Fessenden,
of Stamford, who was injured BY an acci.