The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-15

MIR. Spencer objected, saying one of BIZ.
constituents, who charged fraud in the mat
ter, would be in Washington in few dsys.
A bill to provide for the preparation and
publication of a new edition of the revised
statutes of the United States was passed.
Mr. ingalls, reported fsvorably the
amendment of the house to the bill increas-
ing the pensions of those who have lost
both an arm and leg from S24 to $50 a
month amendment coucurred in and the
bill passed.
DIR. Dorsey introduced bill amendatory
of and supplementary TO the act of March
., 1871, TO incorporate the Texas Pacific
railroad, and the act of July 81, 1866,
granting lands to ard in the construction of
the railroad and telegraph line from the
states of Missouri and Arkansas to the Pa
cltic ocean referred to the committee on
railroads. The bill ia copy of the 60
called compromise Texas Pacific bill re-
Gently reported to the house.
AT the expiration of the morning hour
the senate resumed the consideration of the
Pacific railroad bill, which was discussed
by both West, Harvey and Wright The
amendment of Mr.. Booth providing that
$3.50 900 to be paid by the companies to
the credit of a sinking fund shall lie 10 ad-
diton to other payments instead of in lieu
thereof, was agreed to. Pending further
discussion the senate went into executive
session and, when the doors re-opened the
Pacific railroad bill was laid aside until to-
morrow.
A bill appropriating $1,000 for the ex-
penses of the electoral commission passed.
Sargent, from the conference committee
on the bill appropriateing $3.50, 900 to supply
the deficiency in the Appropriation for pub
lie printing and binding during the current
fiscal year, made report which was agreed
to and the bill passed. The bill as passed
provides that from and after the present
session of congress the congressional print
er shall not pay plice exceeding fifty
cents per thousand ems for composition
and 40 cents per hour for time work in
binding, etc.
Window reported back the legislative
judicial and executive appropriation bill
with sundry amendments placed on cal
cndar, recess till ten tomorrow.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Saylor asked leave to offer resolu-
ton directing the secretary of the treasury
to report within ten days the actual amount
of gold coin and bullion, and silver coin
and bullion now in the treasury, together
with q detailed statement of all outstanding
obligations payable On demand in coin,
with the balance actually owned by the
treasury available for the resumption of
specie payments and also whether any
bonds or other interest bearing obligations
had been issued during the past or present
year in the purchase of any such coin or
bullion.
Mr.. Kasson objected.
The house resumed the consideration Of
the resolutions reported by the special
Florida committee, and was addressed by
Mr.. Thompson, chairman of the commit
tee. He defended the majority from the
charges made agains. it by the minority re-
port, and stated that the minority had been
treated with the greatest fairness, and any
charge to the contrary was utterly untrue.
He declared the minority report was sub
stantially untrue from beginning to end,
although facts were well known to them
when they made the report. The Tilden
electors had been as truly elected in Flori-
do as the Hayes electors in Massachusetts.
The majority resolution declaring the Til
den electors duly elected in Florida was
then adopted, yeas 142, nays so, a party
vote except Purman who voted in the af-
formative.
The house then went into committee Of
of the whole On the naval appropriation
bill. Mr.. Whithorne and Mr.. Hale dis
cussed the condition of the navy.
The bill was then considered by sections,
but without disposing of any the commit
tee rose.
The conference report on the bill provid-
ing for the deficiency in the appropriate ms
for the support of the public printing office
was agreed to.
The house then took n recess until 73O
this evening, the evening session to be for
the consideration of the naval appropriation