The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-02-08
XLIVTH CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.

for the trial of contested elections in
office of president and vice president of
y the United STATES, for the purpose of
having it referred, and spoke long in
favor of his proposition, and was replied
to by Messrs. Herman, Sherman and Begy.
, Messrs, Herman and Sherman spoke
briefly upon the question, and the bill
OF Mr.. Wright was referred to special
committee to devise means for counting
the vote, and the senate resumed cen
sideration of the bill, declaring the true
intent and meaning of the Union
Pacific railroad acts. Mr.. Ingalls, was
entitled to the floor, but a quorum not
being present, Mr.. COnkling presented
petition of bankers, merchants and other
business men of New York city, in
favor of an amicable settlement of the
presidential contest. Adjourned. House.
Mr.. Wells introduced a bill providing
for the repeal Of all taxes on capital and
deposits of state and national banks and
banking institutions Referred. The
senate amendments to the bill for the
sale of Saline lands were cOncurred in.
Mr.. Reagan, reported a bill making the
| ports of Brownsville and Galveston,
Texas as ports to which unappraised
merchandise may be imported. Passed.
| Mr.. kidder, from Dakota, reported back
a bill giving parties contestants time to
enter lands under pre- emptiOn home
| steads on timber culture acts. after con-
test shall have been finally decided. |
Passed. The house went into committee |
of the whole, Mr. Harris of Virginia in |
the chair, on the state of the Union
Hewitt of Alabama granting pensions to |
certain soldiers and sailors of the Next |
can, Florida and Black Hawk wars, and |
certain widows Of deceased soldiers and .
sailors Of the same. It allows q pension .
OF s. month to all who served sixty
days in the Mexican war. or thirty DAVIS
in the Florida or Black Hawk wars, and
to their surviving widows, unmarried.
Passed. Adjourned.
WAsHINGTON. January 5.-Seuatp.-
Mr.. Morton called up the resolution
submitted by the committee on privileges
and elections Wednesday last, declaring
that VIM. NJ. Turner is in duty bound
under his oath to answer the questions
prOpOunded to him by the committee in
regard to the transmission of telegraphic
messages through his Office at Jackson
vile, Oregon, and that he cannot excuse
himself from answering the same by
reason Of his official connection with the
Western t.nion telegraph company as
manager of their office at Jacksonville,
Oregon. Adopted, yeas 33, nays 3. Ad-
jOurned. House. On motion of Mr..
Atkins (Tennessee) senate amendments
to tho bill making appropriations for
invalid and other pensions were concur
red III. The house then went into COM
mittee Of the whole, Mr.. Hooker in the
chair, on the private calendar. When
the committee rose, the question of the i
reCusant witness, Mr.. Barnes, the New
Orleans manager of the Western Union =
telegraph company was taken up Mr..
Barnes was before the bar of the house,
and submitted, in writing, his answer as !
prepared by his counsel. The answer
being under oath. The sergant-at arms
was directed to retain Mr.. Barnes in GUS
tOdv. The house then went into COM t
mittee of the whole on the contingency {
and deficiency bill, Mr.. Hoskin IN. W
in the chair After about two hours
spent over the deficiency bill, the COM
mittee rose, and the bill passed. and the {
house adjourned till to morrow.
WAsHTNGToN, January G.-H0Be.- 4
Mr.. Douglass, chairman of the freed
mems bank committee, reported bill, z
Mr.. Edmunds, bank COM Q
to-day, in property sold I'M @
der foreclosure, to secure the debts of :
the bank and to sell the same at public y
or private sale when it is tor the inter
est OF the bank to de- So and also ratify- 3
ing their former action in doing so. He v
explained that the commissioners, in g
winding up the affairs of the bank and :.
in selling the property conveyed to the =
bank to secure the debts, had been com /
PEELED: in order to prevent a sacrifice of t
property, to buy in a large proportion y
Of it aRd afterwards to resell it. The
legality of this course had been ques-
toned, and this bill was reported to re- "
move the doubts in the matter and to e
prevent expensive litigation. The biIf h
passed. The house went into a commit
tee of the whole on the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill. The first n
being those making apprO- h
DriatiOns for salaries of ministers n
MIR. Holman offered an amendment fix -
ing the following rates of salaries For -
ministers to Great Britain, France, Ger II
many and Russia, $3.50 now SIT 900; s,
spain, Austria Italy, Brazil, Mexico, "
Japan aud China, $4,000, now 1000; q
Chilli and Peru AS at present; Belgium, "
he Netherlands, Sweden and Norway, IL
Turkey, Venezuela, Hawaiian Islands k
md Argentine Republic, $4,000 now |,
II 500; Guatemala Costa Rica, II0ndu- 4,
-as Salvador and Nicaragua, one mission, !,
sS 600 now $4,000; minister and con. Il