National Republican., 1877-02-16
that /, should be disposed OF to.

understanding that 1t should bc disposed oil to.
&r. SPENCER then Withdrew his motion to
lay aside All prior orders and the consideration
Mr. HERMAN proposed an amendment to on.
empt all school property. actually occupicd for
The amendment was favored by Messrs. DAVIS,
KEENAN,, ALcoRN and SAuLsBuRyS and opposed
BY Mcssrs. ISoALLs, CAMERON, OF Pa, aodCLA :.
The. vote wss taken by yeas and nays, and
Mr moved 10 s%Snc BY OK
empting the Louise Home and furniture from
'apa M. MERRH&oN HsieS moved to insert after the
words "Corcoran Art Building" the words ''and
works Of art therein" that such words bc OK.
The bIii was then further amended in slight
particulars, and then passed.yeas 80 nay,i2
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House met at 10 o'clock, and seven out OF
the eleven members present wanted to go on
to insist upon Quorum !. wa. eycntssiiyr agreed
to take further recess until II o'clock.
A, this hour the House went into COMMITTEES OF
' " NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL,
Mr.. MILLS, Of Texas, In the chair. s,
offered Tas pSgd%F % sf Mhss is %s9
tsoo,ooo q tho appropriation for the Bureau Of
ton OF the President during the current fiscal
year
There was maniiestly no quorum, and MT. CON
ORR at first insisted upon having one, but finally
withdrew tho demand and the amendment was
Mr. WHITTHoRNE, Tenn. made pro .Jorma
amendment, to say that tho House could not be
too careful In making appropriations for the
@ sf RAY sR aS Tia, tho gentle
man had SO long condemned the Secretary Of the
Navy that he was known as the great regulator
| The bill having been read through Mr.. WHIT
| TBoRSE offered Ias an amendment his bill for
commission to determine the future policy Oft
Points Of order were made by Mr.. oosoER, Mr..
Hall HALE and others on the ground IN that the amend:
new legislation and that II was not In tho line Of
| rctrenchmcnt.
vending an appeal from the decsion 0tS the conn
mittee rose and the House was called to order as
| Mr.. MAUKEY, Of Pa, introduced a Joint rcso.
luton for the establishment OF commission Ter
| tho exploration Of the northern States Of Mexico
Referred 10 the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
| Mr.. MONROE, ofO., from Committee on For
o 70 hs asGnf uned
S S1 i, motion ,p Of MT; BROWN, P KY, the Senate s
Joseph y. johnson, Of Virginia, was taken up
IN Mi. KEHR, NO., introduced bill for the relief
ofthe Iron Mountain Banking Association Of ST.
oien RefTsd RI 70 %sy. sRd Means
l
81 & % ssEsa leave Hs
to enquire into any Irregularities abuses or frauds
that may exist in the letting Of mail contracts,
and to report what change Is necessary to pro
Mr. CANNON, Ill, objected. That subject
Ind already been Investigated to death.
the CnAIh was withdrawn. ~ v
pending hsie 81 no ap sUna
Ing such commit sion, except the regular and cur.
ron, % salaries Of the members Of the commission.
Mr.. WInTTHoRsEs amendment as amended was
the Cenntee or Inc whoe roport shS LII
back to the House, with a Recommendation that
Il be committed TO the Committee on Appropr
ations, with instructions to reduce the amount o
appropriations to nine million dollars.
After further discussion, MIR. BEKBR's motion
was Is)eetsd &c & AND me Siii, as amended, was 70
The SPEAKER laid before the House mes
sss the S r q.
simply because Of the insertion OF q clause in re
lation to section as23 in relation to the advertise
M. DURHAM, Of KY, Chairman of the Com
mittee on the Revision Of the Laws, said tn,
committee and the Senate Committee were OF th,
opinion tha. the veto should DO sustained, and III
by the President.
SUSTAINING A VETO
The question was then taken, and the veto wa
sustained.
Mr. DURHAM thon, in accordance with notice
introduced the bill with the Objectionable claus
omitted, and II was passed.
Mr.. SINGLETON, Of Miss, called up the Con
sular and Diplomatic Appropriation Bfll, and tn,
amendments Of the Senate were concurred II
| with amendments, none Of which were material
| Mr.. HENDEE, of VT, introduced bill to pre-
vent default and delay In the payment OF the In
terest on the bonds Of the District OF Columb
| authorized by act Of 1874. Referred to the Com
| mittee on District OF Columbia.
| MT. BAKER,yof Ind, offered a resolution
which was agreed TO to print 1000 bound copies 0
the eulogies on the late Speaker kerr, with
The House then, as the rsxular ordsr prooe...A a
cd TO the consideration Of the Bill to ratfy Sg0s n
frenzy made wit the bands Of the Sioux and wit
tne northern Arrapachoes and Oheyennes an,
pending ior their removal from the Black Hills
MT MILLS, OF Tex, offered an amendment /
dian Territory.
The amendment was agreed to and the bill wa
| passed as amended. "
The House then went into Committee OF tn
whole, Mr BUcKNER in the chair and took u
the bill TO regulate the rates Of toll for freigh
and passengers over tho Omaha bridge.
ANer debate, and without reaching q conclu
sion, the committee rose, and the House then n
$40 took a recess until 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
Ing.