Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-03-07
TELEGRApHIC.
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Last Day Of the Present
Congress.
South Carolina and Louis.
lana to be Let Alone.
WASHINGTON, March 3.

WindolG, Dorsey and Wallace were
appointed conference committc on
the sundry civil bill.
Window from conference commit
tee on legislative appropriation bill
submitted report. lie said the
house undertook to reduce very
large number of salaries which were
fixed by the compromise act of last
year. The senate restored these and
the house conferees agreed to accept
in very few cases. The conference
were discharged on reduction of the
Presidents salary and on his motion
the senate agreed to the committees
report and insisted on the Presidents
salary.
A new conference was asked on
that point.
Blaine and Mackey were appointed
visiting senator's to West Point Acad-
envy.
The chair presented a communica-
ton from the Sec. of War, enclosing
letter written by the Sec. of the
Treasury, suggesting legislation to
secure q reduction to which gov
ernmentis entitled for transportation
sc, under the recent supreme court
decision. Referred.
West, from the postoflice confer
cnce, submitted report that the
committee had agreed on the item in
creasing the appropriation for mail
transportation by railroad.
The senate agreed to $9,3OO,OOO.-
The house demanded 100000. On
account of last years reductions the
mail service to the great west was
less efficient than in 1875. The l00,-
coo reduction meant injury to the SER
vice, as estimates of the postoflice de-
partment were over 81 100000.
The conference also failed to agree
on the Pacific Mail and Brazilian sub
I sidy.
| After long discussion, the Senate,
by vote of 20 to IL, receded from its
amendments appropriating 100000
for mail service between San Fran
cisco, China and Japan and for the
Brazilian service.
The Appropriation Committee re.
ported substitute for the House
army appropriation bill similar to
the bill of last year. A long discus
sion ensued on Davis motion TO re-
duce the army from $4,000 to 10000
/ HOUSE.
i The last day of the 44th Congress.
began at noon.
Parker moved to suspend the rule
and consider the Choctaw Indian bill
Defeated, yeas "a, nays Ill.
| Tho ron fnrnnco ranOrt IN fha pOct
Office appropriation bill has beer
agreed to.
On postal car facilities a new con
ference was ordered.
, The franking privilege is restore,
, for all public documents published
by order of Congress.
A vote was taken on the question
o and the House by strict party vot
decided to consider Knots resolu
ton now. The vote was temperate
G interrupted by an alteration on tn
floor, in which member and tw
. newspaper correspondents were in
i volved, and finally it was adopted b
: a party vote.
4 The resolution declares that Saml ]
: Tildcn received 1876 electoral votes, Q
electors legally and constitutional
! appointed and was thereby dull
S elected President of the United State
r. and that it is the opinion of tn
4 House that Thos. A. Hendricks hay
ing received like number of vote
for Vice-President was duly elected
: The bill passed without discussio
a and without calling the yeas an
: nays. making all pensions for death
or wounds dated back to the tim
of the soldiers death or discharg
It from service and providing for tn
n payment of all arrears on that basi.
The conference report on the legi<
= lative appropriation bill was agree
ii to. 1t omits items for payments g
l. judgments of the Supreme Court i
Y favor of the Union Pacific Railroa
= Company and in favor of the trustee
of the Sloo Nicaragua transit claim
Tucker offered resolution recitin
that as all Investigations had close
owing to the termination of the Sc
l. sion, and the imprisonment of wi
1t nesses cannot conduce to the ascel
4 tainmcnt of truth, therefore, the Sci
geant-at-Arms be directed to di
charge all persons in his custod.
y Adopted.
Vt Singleton, from the appropriate
q committee. reported back the Senat
a bill fixing the Signal Service appre
y priation with certain amendment
u Passed.
k On motion of Holman the Sena
v amendments to the sundry civil bi
; were non-concurred in.
Eden, from the committee on W,
: claims, reported back the Senate hi
IS extending two years the claims con
d mission. Passed.
j. Raymond, from the banking con
"a mission, desired to call up the repo
= declaring. exempt from taxatio
IS savings deposits.
II Morrison objected and the Hou'
adjourned.