National Republican., 1877-02-05
CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
Senate.
SATURDAY, rebruar,


FEnnY. Present, Senator PADDOCK. During
the opening exercises Mr.. KELLY came In.
President pro TEN. FERRY. The recess hav-
ing expired, the Senate resumes lis session.
What is the pleasure oftho sonatct
Tho Senator from Nebraska moves that the
Senate
Mr.. PADDOCK, (interruptipg.) Mr.. PresI-
dent, feel the weight In some degree OF tho
great responsibility resting upon me in repre-
senting the Senate upon this occasion, and am
glad now to sharc that responsibility with the
% ms 10 bear % Il % longer, i moys % that % the Senate
THE PRESIDENT pro lem Does the Senator
The PREsIDESTp T pro i lem, Tho ch,lrho,r, no
TIL twelve o'clock.
AFTER REcEss.
The Senate reassembled at u M, tho PRESI-
DENT pro fcmpore 10 the chair. Prayer was
offered BY the chaplain. Thejournal Of yesterday
The CHAIR laid before the Senate the ere.
dsnss,s dent % q Hon; H. @: DAVE as SsnstSr & % elect
Mr.. PADDOCK presented the certificate of
Nebraska for sly years from March next. Read
MI. ANTHONY introduced a resolution to
the superintendent Of the coast survey for the
year lsis iCI gsS Sf the S Pssed.
rate the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
name YO. O. Freudenberg upon the retired list
OF the United states army under the rank and
grade q lieutenant colonel, instead Of captain,
effect December l5 1870. The bill was amended
to make II take effect from the passage Of the act,
anS MI Si' hsn called up the bill to provide
for the deposition Of Fort Dallas military reser-
woa Mr. 9pGs a s. o Senate
recess TIL 10 o'clock on Monday. morning. He
said u was his understanding. and he Thought 1t
Legislative business should bo transacted today,
and no thought in Justice to some Senators who
ought not to do il. He was appealed to to with.
draw the motion, and said he would yield for In
PRODUCTION o. bills and other morning business;
MIR. MCMILLAN introduced joint resolution
from the Legislature Of Minnesota asking for a
bounty on the destruction Of grasshoppers. Com-
's' MI. CHRiSTIANoY III I AMY introduced bill author
izing the Commissioner OF Patents to extend the
patent Of Horace H. Stone. COMMITTEES on
Also, from the Committee on tho Revision of
the Laws, bill providing for the preparation and
publication OF the Revised Statutes. Placed on
Mr.. WTYTE introduced a petition from cltI.
Fort Carroll from he harbor Of Of Baltimore, as be-
ing an obstruction to commerce. Committee on
Mr.. TELLER introduced a bill to pay certain
contractors for furnishing -four to the Indians.
Mr. ANTHONY introduced n resolution rc.
questing the Committee on Appropriations to
take into consideration the proprety OF an appro-
priation for the public printing. he said the
anew appropriation was made the printer could
not execute the orders to print Committee on
Mr. EAMIIN reported some amendments to
the Post Once appropriation BILL Committee on
He also reported favorably the bill to authorize
the Postmaster General to pay rent for certain
post ofnces; which was placed tho calendar.
KELLY called up his bill again, which was
being discussed when the morning hour expired.
d 4. ss OIL Ill aRa SSTs 4.
MI. CHAFFEE offered an amendment, when
any business this morning when II was under.
stood yesterday that 1t should not bo done, and
preVsiied pr and Al iiS the 's Senate went into ea
AT i2S the Senate took recess until 10 o'clock
Monday.
House Of Representatives.
There were not more than dozen members
present when the House was called to order, at
| 10 o'clock, and Mr.. ATKISs moved Q further
| recess, but Mr.. WILSON, Of Iowa, and Mr.. HoL-
| MAN suggested that, as 1t was 90 late In the
season, they should go on with the business
The House accordingly went into Committee Of
the whole on tho
| LHGIsLATIvE APPROXIMATION BILL;
Mr.. REAGAN in the chair. When the para
graph In relation TO the Presidents salary
| was reached, Mr.. kRHR, Of No., moved 70
strike out the clause making It t2S,ooo, so
as to leave It at the present sum-eSo,oc0
The motion was declared defeated, and as there
was manitestly no quorum present 1t was agreed
that vote should be taken upon the clause In
the House. ., o.
MT. WALLACE, of Pa, offered an amendment
to one Of the paragraphs relating to the Treas
ury Department, to repeal so much Of the appro-
pration bill Of 1875 requires the clerical force
Of the Treasury to he distributed proportionatoly
among the States; but the amendment was ruled
out on q point Of order made BY Mr.. HoLnAs.
The approximation for dies, paper and stamp
for the Internal Revenue Bureau was increased
When the paragraph reducing the collection
MI FosTER is s said ke would NOT ask for d.ci
sion on the question, but he desired to protes
Der. 1t was false economy, for the Government
lost more money than would pay the additiona
The items for the District of Columbia wer,
agreed to, as reported In the bill. viz; for main
teaance Of Fire Department, e2c, 900; inspector apt
assistant inspector q gas and meters, 800 lth'
eondnciins Ss sanitary % u the District
sloe1o, fike sum to be paid BY the District. tn,
sum not esceedins siS, 90 IS authorized to BE- eI
pended in case Of an epidemic in the District.
without ulfpOslng OF tine Dill, the commltte
rose at three minutes Of ~ o'clock, and at II tn
Chaplain offered prayer.
THE YLoRIDA RESOLUTION.
Mr. HOPKINS, Of Pennsylvania, said that tn
confederation Of the report Of the special commit
tee Florida affairs had been set for to-day, al
ter the reading Of the Journal. OF course, n
| Journal could or would be read to-day, and h
would therefore ask that consent be given to TAX
up the report on the nrst day after the journa
shall have been read. The request was agreed to
The House then went into committee, and re
sumed confederation Of the Legislative Appropr
alton bill.
The appropriation for collecting agriculture
statistics was increased to Slb 0)O and the apprc
pration for the distribution Of seeds was increase
10 tT5,O0O,
The bill was completed in Committee Of tn
J Whole at 336, and the committee then rose an
reported It to the House with the amendments.
The main question was ordered on the bill an
amendments, when Mr., COX moved to reconsde
the vote ordering the main question, so that h
could offer an amendment to amend the clause RI
lating to the printing for tho Internal Revonu
Bureau, by striking cut the provso that the print
ing should be done In the Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing; tThe object was to throw 1t ope
The House refused TO reconsider.
A separate vote was demanded on tho amend
. ment striking out the clause which reduced tn
: pay Of Senators to ~ 800 per annum. The amend
ment was declared agreed TO by rising vote, an
, | Mr.. HOLMAN could not get the yeas and nayl
!, nor could he even get tellers on the yeas an
agreed to, and the salaries remain at 5000.