San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1877-11-24

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adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 9th, anumber Of bills
were introduced and referred. The Vice.
President appointed Senator kirkwood
member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
Senator ingalls, a member OF the Commlttee
on Privileges and Elections, and Senator
Saunders u member of the Committee on
Railroads, to fill the vacancies on tnese
of senator Morton. Adjourned
till Monday. .........In the House,
Mr.. Swami, Chairman of the Committee ON
from the Secretary OF State in reference to
the Paris Exposition. They estimated the
expense of an American representation at
$255, 900. Ordered printed and recommitted.
Rev. D. w. d. Harrison was elected Chaplain.
The House went into Committee OF the whole
on the Army Appropriation bill, but after
long discussion again adjourned without
definite action.
The Senate was not in session on the 10th
1.-The House again took up .the.Army APP
preparation bill in Committee of the Whole,
and after considerable discussion. the bill
passed through the committee. The com
mittee rose and reported the bill, but as 1t was
found that the amendments agreed to in the
committee conflicted, and as 1t required time
to straigliten them out, the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, a number of
bills were introduced and referred, among
them the following: BY Senator Window,
to establish Department of Commerce by
Mr.. Conover, to provide for the survey OF an
interior water route and canal from the Mis-.
sissippi River to the Atlantic. Senator MaXey
submitted a resolution instructing the Com
mittee on Military Affairs to inquire into the
eXpediency of constructing defensive works
on the Rio Grande frontiers. Laid over for
sworn in as Senator from Indiana. Senator
Booth was appointed Chairman of the Com
mittee on Patents, in place OF Senator
the Committee on Privileges and Elections.
Senator Davis of Illinois was excused from
further service on the Committee on Tensions,
and Senator Saunders was excused from FUR
ther service on the Committee on Transpor-
tation Routes to the Seaboard. SenatorCo nk-
ling rose to q personal explanation concern
ing recent publication in the New York
Herald which purported to give his (Conk-
ling's) expressed opinions on certain persons
and matters The Senator said the statement
contains some remarks which he made in
casual conversation at times, and contains
time. A number of appointments were con.
frmed in executive session. among
them the following; John L; stevens Minis
ter t9 Sweden and Edgar
John d. Defrees, Public Printer; Kenneth
Rayner, Solicitor of the Treasury; Ellory Nj.
Brayton, Collector Internal Revenue for
signed. United States Marshals- Robert II.
Plies, for Northern Missouri. .........In
the House, the Army Approximation bill, re-
on Saturday, came up for consideration as
the regular order, and after lengthy discus
sion, passed without division. The following
amendments to the bill were previously con-
Cured in: BY Mr.. Notwithstanding out
the clause prohibiting the recruiting of the
army beyond the number of enlisted men on
the rolls the first of November. By Mr.. Cul
that four cavalry regi-
ments be recruited to one hundred
men each company, to be employed in de.
Texas, provided nothing herein shall author
ize recruiting beyond 20, 900 men. The Repub.
licans voted solidly against this amendment
and were joined by Messrs. Giddings,
Mills and Schleicher: The amendment
providing that staff officers shall not
be entitled to or receive any additional
rank, pay or allowances was rejected-yeas,
1913; nays, 13l. The negative vote was given
by Republicans, backed by Messr5 Black
burn, Carlisle, Cook, Harrison, Eickhof, Null
leI$ Potter, Willis and Randolph. large
number of bills were introduced and refer
red, including the bills to amend the laws in
relation to mailable matter of the third class;
designating tie time for the meeting of Con-
gress the first Monday in January; to reduce
the number of military cadets; for payment
of all cotton seized after the 29th of May, 1865;
also, to refund the tax on raw cotton collect
ed from 1868 to 1868; to prohibit by constitu-
tional amendment the payment of claims
arising out of the late rebellion, etc., etc.