The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-11-16
CONEREssIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The senate.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.-The President laid be-
fore the Senate communication from the Secre-
tary OF the Interior transmitting. in accordance
with resolution of the Senate, report from
road; Referred TO the Committee on Railroads
as re-
BY Mr. Dawes: A protest from forty-f1ve ma.
tional banks of Boston against the passage Of
the Pill pending providing for the remonetizing
BY Mr.. .Hoar: A similar protest from several
savings banks and national banks In Massa-
BY Mr.: Dorsey: A bill to revoke the charter of
ths Ms hasen Market Reon Company % RIGGS
BY Mr.; Bruce: A petition from eolored citi-
Gems asking an appropriation of 100000 to en-
BY Mr.. Cockrell;. A petition from citizens Of
soadInty Me- askng for extension
q sng q tne M uohrs oI Claims SO as
h BY Mr.. Eaton: bill to amend article /, section
2.of the constitution. In relation to the election
Of President and Vice President Of the United
States, questions arising In presidential elec-
Mr. Maxey called up the bill to remove the DO
litieal disabilities OF O. ". Fields, OF Virginia
:, Mr., Thurman offered a resolution. instructing
the n Naval As to inquire into
IN The e city,. he had read letter from Pa the
Mr.. Sargent, from the Committee on Appro-
priations, reported back the deficiency bill and
asked its immediate consideration. He said the
bill was reported back without amendment, and
would occasion NJ debate.
whole and passed without amendment. al - '''o
Mr.. Anthony. from the Committee on Print
Ing, reported q bill to provide for the printing
Mr.. Mitchell Introduced bill to establish a
railroad and telegraph line from Portland to
Astoria. In Oregon.
a resolution uuQ QHnntnI
By Mr.; Mitchell: A bill to create land dis
trict In the Territory Of Idaho.
The President laid before the Senate the ap-
MI. Beck said the bill was an anomaly. He
asserted that the number Of officers in the army
Of enlisted men. He read the clause Of the law
which provides for the army, and then said that
the regiments had been so much reduced that
there were not over ten men to company and
yet. both companies and regiments had their
full complement len a Of officers He said he should
session the regiments & w would % be consolidaed @ .A
Mr.. Window explained briefly the nature Of
the a amendments proposed by the Senate Com
mlttee on Appropriations.
The bill was read by sections. and the first
amendment reducing the expenses of the Com
mandIlng Generals office from $4,000 to ,ooo
The second amendment. q verbal one. chang
ing the word privates to enlisted men. was
The third amendment. increasing the pay of
paymasters clerks from $52 to s54 was adopted.
The fourth amendment. to strike out the fol-
lowing: Provided that q force of four cavalry
regiments shall be recruited to 100 men in each
company, and shall be employed to defend the
Mexican and Indian frontiers Of Texas" was
adopted.
The next amendment, to strike out Provided
that nothing herein contained shall authorize
the recruiting of number of men on the army
rolls, including scouts and hospital stewards.
beyond 10000 men, of whom four full cavalry
regiments shall be kept in service on the Mexi-
can frontier OF Texas" was amended. on mo-
ton OF Mr. Thurman, making the number 25 900
and restoring all but the words after thou
sandI
TheNether minor amendments were adopted,
and the bill passed in committee Of the whole
and was reported to the Senate.
Mr.. Eaton moved to restore the words 20, 900
and erase the words q. 900.
Mr.. Thurman said he moved to make the num-
ber %, 900 because he feared that. as it read 1t
be recruited UP to 10000. and he wanted to limit
the number to 25 900. He preferred to have the
number as 1t came from the House. viz: 90 OOO
He was certain that it would be confined to that
number.
The chair said the question was on agreeing
to the amendment made in committee of the
whole making the number 25,O0o and On that
the yeas and nays were ordered, resulting:
Yeas 81, nays 10.
The amendment was adopted by the Senate,
and the bill was then passed.
s Mr.. Davis, of West Virginia. said he had
yielded to day, as he did not wish to antagon-
lie the army bill. but gave notice that he would
address the Senate Tomorrow on his resolution
relative to the treasury discrepancies.
on motion Of Nj. Hamlin the Senate at 2;25 p.