, 1877-03-04

| CLOSING OUT
! IN THE HOUSE.
| ~ Special Dispatch to Tie 1fiouaA =.
| WASHINGTON, D. c., March 3-The day
session Of tho. Rouse lasted from 10 In the
morning until 5 in the afternoon. at the very
outset the House had Ill the appearance Of q
closing day OF the session. Every member had
his little bill to care for, and scores OF these
gathered about the Speakers table with loud
c1alnor for the floor, and with every variety Of
motions. Many OF these punctual people SUI
cecdcd IN getting their favorlte measures passed,
OUT among these docs not appear to naYu
occn any considerable job. The schemes Of these
carly corners wcre, however, soon defeated by tho
appearance on tho door Of Dir. Holman: He IL
determined to retain his appe1lation Of watch
dog OF the Treasury" to the end, and to snarl
and gToTl until the gaycl falls tomorrow at
noon. Holman had hardly entered the Cham
ber before
HIS ETERNAL III op,rcrn :>
| was heard. aud bis appearance was greeted with
| petulant denuncfations On ali sides.
| The desperate Tiidcn faction, certain thai
Judge Cartier, Of the District Court, would ro-
| lease the members Of the Louisiana Returning
Board upon habeas- corpus granted yesterday
ordered their release from the custody Of the
House to-day, and did not include in
the resolution the propositions so insulting to
the Republicans "hicht*ere repeatedly offered
in this connection yesterday. The habeas-cor-
pus suit was Immediately dismissed. The fol-
lowing was the more Important legislation
transacted in the closing hours Of the session:
THE FAMOUS cHocTAw SCHEME :
was killed, the bill authorizing the nation TO
bring suit in the Court of Claims failing to get
the necessary two-thirds. The bill TO- extend
the Southern Claims Commission for two years
passed both Houses. .
The Democrats could not resist the tempta-
tion to put on record in some formal way the
assertion that Tilden was elected President:
They did this by adopting resolution from;
Proctor Knott's Committee declaring such to
be tie tact. After the unsuccessful attempts
ofsycsterday, however, to commit the House to,
the general Endorsement of lampoon upon tho
Electoral Commission, and an assault upon the
Republican party, the Democrats Withdrew ...
THE1E OBJECTIONABLE WuEREAsEs, =.
aud presented resolution which did not have
in Il 50 much Of the partisan jingle Of fraud and
did not libel the judiciary Of the country. There
was no opportunity allowed for debate, but
White, Of Kentucky, III enthusiastic young Re-.
publican, said loud enough to be heard that the
resolution was revolutionary, reasonable, aud,
damuable. Nevertheless tle Democrats adopt
ed it,-7eas, 1877; nays, 5s-a strictly partg vote,
with the single exception that Haymond, of.
Indiana, voted in the negative with tue Repub-
Icans.. David Dudley Field WIS destined to Ec
successful in having one proposition which he
presented to the House favorablT considered
HIS QUO wARnA>To BILL s1GSALLr FAILED,
although he WIS so confident Of It's passage
that he had 1t enrolled last night in order to bo
ready to be immediately transmitted to the -
Senate after the vote To-day he presented,
likewise from the COMMITTEES on Privileges,
resolution defining the general Democratic
deata asott1e}t. IT, fhhtt IL Pfss5@
tic that was not published when this Commit
tee made its first report
- THE APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The following wcs the state OF the .Appropria+
ton bills at the close Of the day session: Tho
Fertilization bill adopted. The Sundry Cir1t
bill in its first conference. The Legislative bill IL
its se:ond conference. The Indian bill agreed to-
The Army bill in its first conference Tho Post
Office bill in its second conference The River
aud Harbor bill not passed. The West Point
bill agreed to. The Deficiency bill and Consular
Diplomatic bill agreed to. The great point Of
difference in the Legislative bill is upon tho
amendment to reduce the Presidents salary to
s25,00O- Gen. Garfield, who ought to know.
what be is talking about, said that President
Grant had once vetoed bill which reduced his
salary; that it was not fair now to put IL on this
bill; as 1t would not be manly for the outguing
President to approve It, and that If the amend
ment WAS insisted upon
-. THE BILL WOULD FAIL, :
and an extra session be inevitable. The Demo
Gratis declare that the President md the Senate
must take the responsibility. as they would never
recedc from their position. The indications are
that the House will not, and unless the Senate
consents to the reduction this important bill
must fail II it should fail an e1tr. session
must necessarily be called to have tic bill passed.
before the end of the fiscal year, as every branch
of tho Government depends upon this particular
bill.
was agreed to between the two Houses, except
Us to the clause app1opriating S5 COO for postal
car service The Scnatc struck o11t the two appro~
priations for ocean subsidies. This WAS done
Under somewhat peculiar circumstances Sen
ator Booth, the anti-monopollst, CHANGED to be
temporarily in the presiding officers chair when
the Conference Committee came up. An oppo--
nent OF the subsidy called for the ayes and noes
L presiding officer more favorable to tue sub
other person. Booth, however, recognized the
mover, and ..~
QUICKLY PUT THE QUESTION
Brought face to face with direct vote upon the
subsidy. scheme, the Republican Senators did not
dare to vote for it, and many who had voted for
it as chance in the general bill, changed their
votes today on. this independent motion
Notable among them was Cragir1. Of New Aamp-
shire, who is caudidate for Cabinet position
under Hayes. The amendment for the postal
car service is
OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
to the country. Persons familiar with the in .
tentions of the railroad managers, say that I'M
less the appropriation is made the principal rail-
road companies Hill withdraw the greater poF-
tion of the postai-c:,r service from the lvading
routes within a mouth sitter the adjournment Ut
Congress. ,,,,,
III the Conference report upon tho NaEal bill
the House confcrees recctlcd from the very tua-
po1tant provision for the appointment oi Eoia-
.niaafo,, .,ra.,.Ee t,:sx1l t4nfr. Tl;S lad