The Morning herald., 1876-08-10
. The House Yesterday,
BY Associated Press.

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WASHING TOM, August 9.-Mr. Waddell
N. c., called up the Senate bill allowing
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company tt
carry the mails on its new iron steamships
After some discussion as to whether the
bill was sufficiently guarded to exclude tn,
idea of recognizing the claim for extra sub
s1dy, the bill was passed with an amend
ment striking out the words "except sucl
as may lawfully exist under the law OF 18th
of February, 1865.
The majority and minority reports of tn,
Post Office Committee on the investigation
into straw bids, &C., We're made by Messrs
Clark, of Missouri, chairman, and Cannon
of 1llinoise, and was ordered printed anG
laid on the table. Mr.. Bagley reported q
bill giving pension of thirty dollars
month to cavalry killed at the battle of the
Little Big Horn. Passed.
Mr.. Lynde from the Judiciary Committee
made report in the case Mr.. Shoemaker
of New York, and Mr.. Kiug, Of Minnesota,
as connected with the Pacific Mail subsidy
and Mr.. Lord, of New York, made the mi
nority report.
Ordered printed, with the intimation that
they would soon be called up for discussion
and action.
The majority report recommends that
the House leave the charges against the
members where they now are, in court, to
be finally adjudiciated and disposed OF
without any interposition or further action
ofthe House.
The minority report is that the House
has Jurisdiction, and that the Committee on
Civil Service Reform should ascertain and
report the facts.
The House then proceeded to the discus.
sion OF political subjects. and was addressed
at length by Messrs. Hoar, of Massachu-
setts, and Hooker, Of Missouri.
Mr.. Randall, from the Conference Com
mittee on the executive, legislative, and
judicial appropriation bill, reported that
the committee had come to no conclusion
thereon. He explained that after contest
ing and examining paragraph after para
graph, the committee had come to an agree
ment on all matters except the salary of the
President, and the salaries of members of
the House conferees were unwilling to yield
either, and the Senate managers had de-
clared their fixed intention not to yield.
The following resolution offered by Mr..
Lord, was then adopted
WHEREAS, The Senate has refused to
yield the existing differences between the
two Houses on the Legislative, Executive
and Judicial Appropriation bill, which diff
ficulties relate to the salaries Of members of
Congress and of the President and
WHEREAS, We are apprised that any fur
ther conference on the subject will be use
less, and can make no change in the deter
lnnaton of the Senate, therefore
RESOLVED, That the conferees on the part
of the House be, and they are hereby in
structed to reccde from such points of disa-
greement.
Mr.. Randall offered resolution for the
employment of counsel to defend the
Speaker and officers of the House in the
suit brought against them; by Hallett Kill
bourn. Adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. Lawrence, of Ohio, the
Senate amendments to the bill regulating
the partition of real estate in the District Of
Columbia, were not concurred in, and a
committee on conference was appointed.
Adjourned.