The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-11-29
HOUSE.

| hAsHlN1TOS, November II, \. ID. 1874
Numerous bills were introduced and re
ferred.
The House then went into a committe,
OF the whole, with Mr.. Wright in the Chair
ON the deficiency appropriation bill.
Mr.. SINGLETON, member OF the ap
preparation committee, planned the pro
visions OF the bill.
| MIR. FOSTER called attention to the fac
that this was the second deficiency bill
brought before the House-the former on,
appropriating S2,500,OOO, and the present
=, 10000. That was another illustration
of the economy of the Democratic House ol
last year.
| Mr.. BEEBEE, of New York.-Did moi
the naval deficiency grow out of the fact
that the money appropriated at the last
Congress had been mis-appropriated by the
| executive officers?
| Mr.. FOSTERING at all There is q
great difference OF opinion about that
The bill was read by clauses for amend.
ment. The first paragraph was for the pay
ment OF the award of the Court of Claims
to the amount Of S694, ,0i5. The paragraph
| specified individual eases and amounts.
Mr.. GARFIELD moved to strike out all
| OF the paragraph except the total amount
He said that it would seem as ii the cases
and amounts were specified as if Congress
were exercising revisionary power over
these judgments.
Mr.. SINGLETON replied that this gross
sum OF money should not be appropriated
that there was an outstanding judgment in
favor OF the Union Pacific Railroad Co
which, by agreement, was not to be paid un-
i'll and 4
appropriated, it might happen that the
judgment would be paid.
The discussion finally closed and the
amendment was withdrawn.
Mr.. IEATES offered an amendment, ap-
propriating Sl7 900 for continuing the work
OF propogating and distributing shad and
other food-fshes. Agreed to.
The clause for postmasters' salaries hav-
ing been reached, Mr.. Waddell gave notice
that the post-otfice committee would report
a change OF the present law, by which the
compensation OF postmasters is graded by
the amount of stamps sold by them.
Mr.. WARD offered an amendment ap-
propriating the surplus of last years appro-
priation for the 'star service" which means
the carrying of mails by other than by rail-
roads or steamer, to the same source for the
current year.
After long discussion, it was agreed to-
Mr.. COX, of Kentucky, offered an amend
ment making such appropriation as may be
required TO pay the wages Of laborers, work
men and mechanics employed by, or on be-
bali OF, the government in excess of eight
hours labor per day, as prescribed by law.
Rejected. Only twenty-one members voting
for it.
Mr.. FRYE, OF Maine, brought up the
question of the alleged discharge by the
door-keeper OF cripples and disabled Union
soldiers, who had been on the door-keeper's
roll, and remarked, in the course of an I'M
passioned speech on that subject, that when
the President saw fit to take men who had
been in the Confederate service, and who,
to-day, are Democrats, and put them
in positions of responsibility and
power, and when the Republican party of
the country commended the President for
so doing, it might probably be that the
door keeper should, IN the interest of paci-
fication, be allowed to discharge crippled
and disabled Union soldiers and put Con-
federate soldiers in their places.
Mr.. CABELL-Does the gentleman con-
slider that the President has done wrong in
doing what he has done in forming his
Cabinet.
Mr.. FRYE do.
The discussion was carried on for some
time amid great uproar and confusion.
Finally, as the proposition offered by Mr..
Foster directing the retention of these dis
abed soldiers was ruled to be out OF order,
and the ruling was, on appeal, sustained,
the committee, soon afterwards rose and re-
ported the bill and amendments.
The vote on the amendment appropria-
ting 100000 for the star service" or mail
contracts, was ordered to be taken by yeas
and nays and resulted-yeas, los; nays,
l29, So the amendment was rejected.
There was an effort on the Democratic
side of the House to have the bill finally
disposed OF this evening, apparently in or
der to get it out Of the way Of the anti-re-
sumption bill, but there was
no DISPOSITION manifested on the Repub-
lican side of the House to aid the Dem
ocrats in doing so.
Several motions to adjourn were made
and voted on.
The North Carolina and Texas members,
who desired a reconsideration of the vote
on the ''star service" amendment, were
most active in their efforts to delay final
action on the deficiency bill. Eventually
the committee on appropriations had to
yield the point and let the bill go over
without final action. The House then ad-
journed.
WASHINGTON, d. C., November 22-The
following bills were introduced and re-
ferrc:d
By Mr. MILLS. Authorizing the Secre-
tary of the Treasury to pay to the owners
of all cotton seized by the Treasury officials
since May 30, 1866, also for the payment OF
all debts contracted by the Government in
certain states since the close of the war.
BY Mr.. FRANKLIN. For the organiza-
ton Of the territory of Oklahama.
BY Mr.. STONE, OF Iowa. Creating posta
savings banks
Mr.. CRITTENDEN asked leave to offer
a resolution calling upon the President for
information as to the failure of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company to operate its
road and branches. agreeably to the provis-
ions Of the several Pacific Railroad acts
Objected to.
Mr.. HALE, as question of privilege, Of
fered a resolution discharging the commit
tee on elections from further consideration
of the contested election case OF Belford vs..
Patterson, of the state Of Colorado.
He said the case had occupied the atten-
ton of the House for ten days, and then
had been referred To the election committee.
That had been done twenty-seven DAYS ago.
and nothing had been heard from that
and as far as he could learn,
there was no indication of any majority re-
port coming from the committee.
Mr.. TAYLOR made a point OF order
that this was not privileged question.
The SPEAKER overruled the point OF
order.
Mr.. STEPHENS, of Georgia, concurred
in all, the gentleman from Maine had said.
This was question Of very high privilege.
He thought the committee should report at
a very early date, but he suggested that the
resolution be amended so as TO direct the
committee to report by Saturday next, or
thev should be discharged from considera-
ton of the subject
The resolution, being amended a. sug.
ges,ed, Mr.. Saylor moved to lay it on the
table. Agreed to. Yeas. 155 nays, "a.
The House then resumed consideration Of
the deficiency bill, the question being on
the vote of yesterday reject
ing the amendment offered by Mr. Waddell,
appropriating 500, 600 for the star service"
in carrying the mails.
The motion to reconsider was laid on the
table. The bill was then passed.
The SPEAKER stated that the special
order, the bill to repeal the resumptiou act,
would now come up, a1d that TIE euaele-
nan frOn Ohio, or. EuiaO vs s1fillsd
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