The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-12

pointed In his stend.
The Senate then adjourned till Mon
day.
House.
Mr.. Vance, Of North Carolina, intro
dueed bill to authorize tho eastern
band Of Cherokees to institute suits and
for other purposes. Referred.
The committees were then called for
reports OF a private nature, and mum.
Der Of private bills were reported and
placed on the private calendar
Mr. Bradley, Of Michigan, from the
Committee on Claims, reported u bill
for the relief Of the United States Con
sui General at Berlin. Referred to the
Committee Of the Whole.
Mr.. Mills, OF Texas. from the Commit
tee on Naval Affairs, reported adversely
upon tho bill to fix the rank and gey Of
civil engineers Of the United btates
navy. Tabled.
Mr.. Forney, OF Alabama. from the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported
bill to change the location Of tho Con
sulate at Aix-la- -Chapelle to Cologne.
Passed.
A large number Of pension bills were
reported favorably.
Mr.. Garfield, Of Ohio, presented n pc
tition, signed by H. W. Longfellow.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, II. w. Emerson
and six hundred other professors and
men of science, asking that all books
printed n other than the English. Latin
and Greek languages be admitted free
Of duty. Referred.
The House then went into Committee
of the Whole, Mr. Haskins in the chair.
and resumed tho consideration OF the
consular and diplomatic bill.
Mr.. Hewitt, Of New York, moved to
amend by consolidating the missions to
Denmark. aweden aud Norway. In
discussing the amendment Mr.. Hewitt
took occasion to say that he had been
censured by the chairman Of the Com
mittee on Appropriations. because he
had chosen to exercise an independent
Judgment The gentleman had been
long on the floor, but could not drive
him into a line averse to his own CON
victions. He was anxious to act In nc
cord with his party, but not when there
was a divergence from his honest con-
victions.
Mr.. Randall, OF Pennsylvania, said he
had referred to Mr.. Hewitt because the
latter had inferentially. II not actually.
attributed ignorance to the committees.
Mr.. Hewitt denied that he had attrib-
uted ignorance to the committee,
Mr.. h.ndall-You said you doubted
whether the committee knew where the
1HnEcHckHUk TINeT WIS.
Mr.. Hewitt read my speech. from
manus,crtiptt: y, and you cannot find that
Mr.. Randall I heard the gentleman
say 80. II the remark had been
true 1t was unkind to say It. 1t was un-
true. 1t was simply unjust to say II.
Mr.. Hewitt's amendment was rejected.
Mr.. Tucker, Of Virginia, moved to
strike out the appropriation for u min
ister resident ut Hawaian Islands. He
thought consul would serve all the
purposes there. The population Is not
more than $4,000, and the trade there
did not justify q minister.
Mr.. Hale, Of Maine. argued that the
question OF population should not enter
into the question. What we should look
was not u day IN the yctfr that Grcat
Britain was not looking to tho Sandwich
Island trade, and we should do nothing
which would tend to deprive us Of our
influence. The amendment was adopted
Mr.. Tucker moved to further amend
by consolidating the Offices OF Minister
Resident and Consul General az Hawai-
ut n salary Of $500 per year. Adopted.
A number OF amendments offered to
send separate Ministers to South
American States, but were rejected, and
the committees plan Of consolidation
was carried out.
Mr.. Hewitt, Of New York, endoavored
to have the abandoned Consulate In
we're voted down. He said he had u
number OF amendments to offer TO the
bill, but ~ he had been fairly beaten
and tho temper Of the House shown it.
self as opposed to his ideas he would not
detain the committee with his proposi-
tions.
Mr.. Sully also failed In like effort to
secure the restoration Of Singapore to
the fourth class consulates, instead OF
the fifth, rs reported.
On motion OF Mr.. Holman, Honolulu
was transferred from fourth to fifth
class consulate. Also, on his motion,
the consulate at Cape Haytien was
stricken out and Port-au-Princc inserted
in It's place.
Mr.. Kasson, OF Iowa, moved to restore
the consulate at Beyrout, in Syria, and
advocated the amendment on the ground
OF Its being In the vicinity Of important
American missions In Syria.
Mr. Hewitt advocated the amendment
on account OF its commercial value, but
would tell the gentleman that the DEM
ocratic party could not afford to lose the
Presbyterian vote Of New York. G4augh-
ter
Ninety-nine was announced as the af-
flrmative vote. The negative vote was
tifty-seven, SO the amendment was
adopted.
An effort was made by Messrs. Collier,
Lynch and Garfield, OF Ohio, to have
the appropriation OF 500. 600 for the relief
and protection Of American seamen !;
those gentlemen claiming the figures
used by the committee In reaching this
conclusion embraced only the expense
for relief, and did not cover transporta-
ton home, which had to be paid from
this fund. Several amendments to in
crease the fund were rejected, The bill
was read through, when Mr.. Singleton
offered an amendment providing that
sums appropriated for salaries shall be
in full for the year commencing July /,
1876. and all laws to the contrary are
hereby repealed. Adopted The COM
mittee then rose and reported the bill to
the House.
Mr.. Hale demanded Q separate vote
on the amendment, striking out the ap-
preparation for q minister resident at
the Hawaiian Islands, and the amend
ment OF the Committee Of the Whole
was concurred in by yeas, 140i nays, 81.
Mr.. Randall called for. the yeas and
nays on the passage Of the bill, and the
clerk was about to call the roll when
Mr.. Haskins, Of New York, made the
point Of order that the bill had not yet
been engrossed. He made the point