The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-15
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate,

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-THE Chair laid before
the Senate the Matthews resolution, on which
against paying the bonds in gold at once. and
argued that silver should be remonetized He
gave a long account Of the manner in which
The act of 1875, demonetizing silver. was passed,
and classed that legislation as fraud. He closed
by reading an extract from the speech O, Sir
Robert Peel. on leaving the office of Prime Min
Mr., Merrimon took the floor. but yielded to
Mr. Edmunds to move for an executive session,
resume its session for the purpose of allowing
him (Mr. Merrimon) to submit his remarks
upon the pending resolution. and at 1:5o .. m.
the Senate went into executive session.
At p. m. the doors were reopened. and the
Senate resumed Its session.
The House.
Bills were introduced by unanimous consent
and referred as follows:
presentation of claims for horses and equip
ments lost by officers and enlisted men in the
military " HE sesyen Snnn Of 70 ee * Rnbd Sa s"e saS o
BY Mr.. Aldrich: To remit taxes on insolvent
Mr.. Singleton submitted the report of the
Conference Committee on the deficiency appro-
priati2n bill:
OF the amendments OF the Senate and the action
of the House thereon in accepting them, there
was only one difference in the conference com
mittee of about $4,000.
Mr.. Eden called attention to the fact that the
bill was double the amount that 1t was when it
there which Should never have been there. s.a and
he hoped the report would be rejected.
Mr.. Hale called attention to the fact that the
priations and the conference committee had to
take them as they. found them.
Mr.. Atkins called attention to the fact also
that the House had put on all the large appro-
priations. and he therefore resented the refec-
tion cast upon the conference committee by the
gentleman from Illinois.
Mr.. Eden denied having reflected upon the
committee.
Mr.. Atkins replied that motion to lay the re-
port on the table. or request that the House
be made. The gentleman seemed to forget that
aeonferenee committee m must yield something
House and the Senate, before the conference,
was sl1o,ooo, and he was free to. confess there
We're some things in the report of which he did
not approve, but the items upon which the
House yielded were mostly for small amounts
Neither the Committee on Appropriations. nor
swelling the bill to its large amount 1t was the
House itself that had done it. by agreeing to the
$50 900 for the star service and to the for
the State Department. which swelled the aggre-
gate over 100000.
Mr.. Eden suggested that the gentleman
Ing the Whole BILL and rejecting the og
Mr.. Atkins said he would be glad to defeat
some items in the bill, but he could rot vote
against the conference report.
Mr.; Eden argued that deficiency was mat
ter OF calculation. ana he could not understand
how there could be difference of 81 900 900 be-
tween the estimates and the amount appropri-
ated.
Mr. Blount said that not one twentieth of the
amendments put in by the Senate we're for de-
fciency. but the Ser ate had put in the items in
defiance of the action of the House at the last
Congress.
Mr.. Eden did not desire to reflect upon the
committee. but he wanted this report defeated
Mr.. Conger was glad to see the quarrel arise
among Democrats on the question of appro-
priating money enough to run this great gov
ernment
After further discussion by Messrs Cannon
of Illinois. Clymer. House and Morey, the coIi-
ference report was agreed to.
a number Of executive documents were re-
ierred, including message from the President
transmitting special report on forestry by the
Commissioner of Agriculture.
The Senate amendments to the bill to estab-
hsh reservoirs for the promotion Of the nayiga-