Litchfield enquirer., 1876-03-02
CONGRESSIONAL

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 It is expected that bill win pass both houses rsdacing the pay of Oongressmen to {, 6OO.a year. .,a.- patent case before the House committees 4o-daY Wednesday,. 5
 On Tuesday of'last week. being Wash ington's birthday. Congssss was not in sssslOn.
 Aenate.-On Wednesday a petition of New York merchants against repeal of the Bankrnpt law Ras referred- ed--A.stenar perance petition was presented signed by 15, GOO Indiana women and IA. O00 Indiana men.-The resolution, providing for a more accqrate feportink of. debates vas then discussed. Messrs. Morton and To- gan said mistakes were sometimes made in finland statements which the speakers ought to be allowed to correct. Mir. Mir. Whyte, of Indiana, wanted the pubh- cation of written speeches in the record of congressional debates, prohibited. Mr. Thurman thought the only real evil was that of printing speeches never delivered Mir. Morton favored publishing an official abstract of congressional proceedings to take place of the present press reports. MT. Morrill said that some of the finest speeches ever delivered in the Senate had been read from manuscript. The bill was recommitted.-A bill was then discussed puRishing intrnders on Indian reserva- tions. Mir. Windom, of Minnesota. said some 1900 or 2000 miners were at work in the Black Hills and he did not believe in driving them away. Messrs. Edmunds and Morrill, thought those miners ought to be made to respect the exclusive rights of the Indians in their reservations.
 :. On Thursday the House bill s.reorgan- 'zlng the federal judiciary was referred E A memorial of New York merchants fa- voring Cheap Transportation was referred, many other bills were referred. MT West denied being implicated in Louls- lana whiskeY frauds.-The bill for pro- lection of Indians in their reservations was debated and the amendment of Mr. Windom excepting the Black Hills from the effect of the bill was rejected. Finally Indian Affairs. .-Euiogies on the late Mir. Starkweather were pronounced by Messrs Eaton, English. Dawes and others.
 On Friday the resolution of the New York legislature against a Texas Pacific railroad subsidy was presented.-A bill authorizing the funding of $500, ,O0O, 900 in :. terest was discussed and passed. d.-There was sharp debate on the House bill low ering the salaries of West Point profes. sors. Senators instanced the low pay of Harvard and Yale professors. while others referred to Congressmen's $5.OOO a year.
 On Monday Senator Sharon of Nevada was sworn in.-The Military Academy bill was debated, and some restorations to it made.-An appropriation to pay the ex- penses of Colorados admission was voted.
 House. On Wednesday a bill was re. ferred reducing the army.-A bill was offered transferring the North Pacific land grant to another railroad companY.-A resolution passed calling on Secretary Fish for information regarding charges oi misconduct made against G. T. Seward, Consul General at Shanghai. A bill passed to prevent the useless slaughter ot buffaloes in the territories. s.-The bill re. garding pensions of the war of 1872 was then debated till adjournment.
 On Thursday the bill for carrying the recent Hau alan treaty was made the spe cial order for Thursday of this week.-A bill passed prohibiting officers in the Patent office from receiving money fol woek done other than their regular salary A bill was debated limiting the expense of the Memphis custom house to $500. .0OO Mir. Kelly opposed parsimony and Tn re- ply to the talk about old and economical times instanced the Charlestown custom house which he said cost from five tc seven millions. An amendment was adopted limiting the amount to be ex pended to $4O0, 900. Remarks were made on the death ofsMr Starkweather.
 On Friday the time of the house wa. mainly devoted to private business. The Oonferenceareport On the District bill fol payment of interest on 3:65- bonds was discussed; the House refused to second the previous question, 82 to 89; and tho matter went over one week.
 In the House bills were offered to re vive iranking, declaring the Black Hilll open to settlement, end appropriatine $25. .O00 for a monument to commemorate the capture of Andre.--For, fear of action on the currency question an early adjourn ment was voted.