The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-08-05
Forty Fourth Congress-First Session
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. D. c., August 4


The concurrent resolution from the House,
providing for final Adjournment of this session
at noon Monday next, was read. Mr. Window
moved to refer it to the committee GU approprl
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Mr.. Herman asked if it was necessary to refer
the resolution Congress had been in session
so long that unless adjournment was hurried
up little they might never get way.
Mr.. Sherman said the practice of the Senate
had been to refer such resolutions to the COM
mittee on appropriation. Motion of Mr.. Win
dom agreed to- p. -
The Senate insisted on its amendments to the
bill to provide for sale of Usage coded lands in
Kansas to actual settlers, and agreed to confer
ence asked by House. Chair appointed as such
committee, Ingalls,, Edmunds and Herman.
In Senate at l. 30 p 20. Mr.. Davis of West
Virginia, called up the report made by the COM
mittee on finance some weeks since in regard
to discrepance in statements of treasury depart.
ment and spoke at length on that subject.
Mr.. Logan from the committee on military
reported back the House joint resolution to
provide for the protection of Texas frontier, on
lower Rio Grande, without amendment placed
on calendar. He also reported Ssaate bill
authorizing the employ ent of Indian scouts.
Passed.
Mr.. Window from the committee on appro-
prlatiohs reported favorably the House bill to
provide means to defray expense of the Govern
mept of the District of Columbia, unit, Deem
Der 1st, 1876 Placed on calendar. He also re-
ported favorably the House bill to provide for
payment of certain Indebtedness incurred in
construction of New York post Office. Place1
on calendar Also reported no further legisla-
ton necessary in relation to public partnership.
Mr.. Oglesby from the committee on public
lands reported fsvorably the Senate bill TO ex-
teld time of completion of Green Bay, Stur-
geon Bay and Lake Michigan ship canal.
P laced on calendar.
Mr. Hamilton of Texas from committee on
public lands, reported favorably the Senate bill
for relief of settlers upon reserved government
sections, public lands within railroad limits.
-i5 ash aiiE HOUSE. fW aai isf9tt i"
| The HOUSE refused to concur In the Senate
amendments to the river and harbor bill, the
Democrats voting solldly in the negative.
l Mr.. Holman of Ind, said he was opposed to
to the whole bill, but he understood the Senate
amendments reduced the House appropropria-
tions and be therefore moved that they be con.
/ CURED In, Mr. Holman's motion was rejected
and he then moved to lay the bill on the table.
| Rejected-yeas 46. nays 145 Mr.. Heretord's
motion was agreed to and a conference COM
mittee was appointed consisting of Messrs.
Hereford, Reagan and Dunnell.
Mr. HolmaIl then moved to lay the bill on
the table for the reason that the season is SO
late appropriations could not beiused to advan.
| tage This also was lost and Herefnrd's mo-
ton to non-concar and ask committee of CON-
ference was agreed to. M ,-...s..f.. ~.
Mr.. Rnrlburt of ILL.,, from the Committee on
l OiVh ocTtict LAtlOIuy SuUmlGtcQ q report" OF
the committee in regard to the Chicago PEN
| sion evidence, which was ordered to be printed.
The committee recommend the passage of a
| resolution declaring that the acceptance or de-
| manding of money by any person as a consid-
Grafton OF real or pretended influence in pro-
curing appointments to public Office is dis
l graceful to individual and preiudical to public
l interest, and that such misconduct is good
| cause for removal, and directing the Judic-
ciary Committee to report a bill for the punish
| ment of such offences.
Mr.. Banning Of Ohio, chairman of the Com.
mittee on Military Affairs, submitted report
on the matter of the contract for soldiers head
stones. The report declares that the contract
was irregular in its character, and reflects Sc
verely on ex-Secretary Belknap, but recon-
The House at 2.2O o'clock went into COM
mittee of the whole eden in the chair) and
was addressed by Mr.. Garfield of Ohio on the
subject of general politics. He admitted that
while some Of the premises of Mr.. LamaI's
speech were correct, with most of them he
could not concur; but admitting that all the
premises were correct, he denied that the con-
clusion was logical. He (Garfeld) should at
tempt to show that the good which Lamar
sought was not to be secured by the ascendency
OF the Democratic party at this time. He had
noticed one striking omission in the logic OF
the speech and that was it made no attempt to
prove the fitness of the Democracy to accom-
/. plish the needed reform, and without that
ptool Oh utnesS Ine organization must OF
course be an absolute failure. Was the gentle.
man Namar) correct in his statement that the
party conquered in the late civil war has
acquiesced in the result of the war? He (Gar-
field) went further and asked whether the re-
suit of the war had been adopted. "Great
IDEAS" he said, travel slowly and oftentimes
noiselessy like the footsteps OF the Gods whose
feet were shod with wool' 1t would not do to
speak of the gigantic revolution through which
the country had lately passed, as a thing to be
bound upby a mere change of administration.
1t was cyclicaI, epechal, century wide and was
to be prospective. He did not speak of that
revolution too loud, or to condemn those who
acted in it on either side, but he spoke of it as
the memorable logic of events. He drew his
torical sketch of the last two centuries and of
the contrast between freedom and slavery, Gull
minating in war of rebellion. The men of
the North and of the South were equally honest
in their convictions and that subject but the
question was far beyond them In this con-
nection he read extracts from a speech made
by Mr.. Singleton of Miss. in the House, on the
10Th of December, 1852 declaring that the in
st.tution of slavery must be sustained, that
emancipation would produce war of races
and if the Black Republican party elected its
President, he was for dissolning the Union.