Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-11-19
FORTY.FIFTH CONGRESS-.
Extra Session.
House..

WASHINGTON. November IL.
Atkins, chairman of appropriations, reported
back the army appropriations bill with the Senate
amendments, recommending concurrence in some
OF the amendments and non concurrence in the
others.
Atkins explained that the Senate amendments
were immaterla, the chief point of difference be-
tween the two houses being the clause limiting
the army to 20 900 instead of $4,000.
The House then proceeded to vote upon the
amendments.
The Senate amendment. reducing the appropria-
ton for expenses of commanding officer from
three thousand dollars to twenty hundred dol
lars was concurred in.
The next amendment was one striking out the
clause providing for five cavalry regiments to be
kept upon the Texas frontier, and inserting in
stead of it proviso that the cavalry regiments
may be recruited to one hundred men TO each
company, and the cavalry shall be employed in
| defence of the Texas frontier.
The recommendation of the committee on an
preparations was to non-concur, but Foster moved
to concur; agreed to, yeas lao, nays l26.
The following democrats voted with the repub-
icans in the affirmative Aiken of6outh Caro-
lima; Benedict, Lockwood and Hart of New YoIk |;
Cause of Arkansas; Mackey of Pennsylvania;
Williams of Michigan; Williams of Delaware /;
CulbersoD, Giddings, Schleicher, Throckmorton,
and Mills OF Texas.
The next amendment of the Senate was to in
sert 25 900 instead of 10000 in the clause prohb
Foster of Ohio moved to concur.
The vote resulted, yeas 1884, nays 1870. The 70
publcans voted solidly in the affirmative, and were
joined by Williams of Michigan, Williams of Del
aware, Culberson, Schleicher, Gliding, Mills and
Throckmorton of Texas, Luttrell Of California,
and Randolph of Tennessee.
The next amendment of the House was to strike
ont the appropriation of $50 900 for the CONVEX
sion of ten inch smooth bores into rifles was
concurred in.
The hill now goes back to the Senate for action
on such amendments as were not concurred iE.
l.. s. Metcalf was then sworn in representa-
tive from the third district Of Missouri, taking the
IRON clad oath.
Stephens of Georgia introduced bill for the
financial relief of the country, and to facilitate
return to specie payment without injuriously sf-
fecting the commercial business and general in
dustries OF the people.
Referred to the banking committee.
Swami called up the bill appropristing $3.50 900
representation at the Paris exposition.
Buckner raised question of consideration, that
is, whether the House would now consider that
bill.
A vote resulted yeas LA, nays l24.
The House went into committee of the whole
on the Paris exposition bill.
The bill and various amendments having been
read, Swadn, chairman of the committee. on for
eign affairs, sent to the clerks desk and had read
the report of that committee on the subject. He
then proceeded to express his views orally but il
was impossible to hear word which he uttured,
beyond an area of few feet, lHnd therefore the
members VINO had any curiosity on the subject
surrounded him. A very close and narrow circle.
Hamilton had sent to the clerks desk and read
the report of the minority adverse TO making any
appropriation out OF the treasury for the purpose
proposed. He spoke in favor Of that view, plac-
ing it on the ground of popular demand for econ
omy and retrenchment
The committee arose and the House then i'd
journed.