The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-03
Forty Fourth Congress.
WAsHINaToN, Mar. 2.

WARRINGTON, Mar. 2.
Mr.. Morrill, submitted. resolution au-
thorizlng the appoint ment Of a committee
of three to make necessary arrangements
for the inauguration of the president
Agreed to.
MIR. Morrill, reported adversely on the
house resolution directing the secretary of
the treasury to report upon the necessity Of
public buildings at Rochester and the CON-
mittee were discharged from its further
consideration.
MIR. Sargent from the conference com
mittee on the deficiency bill, submitted
report which was agreed to-
The president pro TEN appointed Sona-
tors Morrill,, Howe and Mcdonald as the
Inauguration committee.
Mr.. West from the conference commit
tee on the post office appropriation bill re-
ported that the committee were unable to
to agree and moved that the senate insist
on it's amendments and ask for new con-
ference. 1t was so ordered. In submit
ting the report he said the points of diff
ference between the house and the senate,
were in regard to the appropriation for
the transportation of the mails by railroads
senate having increased the amount from
80, 000, 900 to $50, 100000. The senate con-
freres were willing to reduce the amount
but the house confreres would not
agree thereto. The senate appropriated
$500, 900 for China and Japan mail service
and like amount to the Brazilian service,
but the house confreres would not con-
cur in that appropriation. The senate
confrereg offered to reduce the amount to
$500, 900 for each route but that was not
acceptable to the house confreres
Mr.. Howe from tho subcommittee on
privileges and elections which investigated
the election in Louisiana submitted a por-
ton of the report and moved it be printed
so ordered.
Mr.. Salisbury was granted permission to
file and have printed the views of the
minority.
Mr.. Whyte submitted a resolution call
ing upon the secretary of war to furnish
the senate with copy of the final report
of the troops in the Modoc country under
Gen. Gillem agreed to.
Mr.. Ransom presented the credentials of
M. G. Butler as senator from South Carolina
for six years from March 4th, 1877. They
were signed by Wade Hampton as COVER
n opd haI tho cool Of ctota NJ I'D
read and placed on file.
Mr.. Mcdonald was excused from SER
vice as member of the inauguration COM
mittee and Mr.. McCreary was appointed
instead.
Mr.. Jones of Nevada presented the re-
port of the silver commission, which was
ordered printed.
Mr.. Boutwell, submitted a minority re-
port signed by himself and also one signed
by Prot. Francis Bowen. one of the ex-
perts appointed by the commission which
were ordered printed
Mr.. Sargent from the conference COM
mittee on the naval appropriation bill re-
ported that the committee were unable to
agree, and moved that the senale insist
upon its amendments and ask new con-
ference; SO ordered.
A concurrence resolution to print 300 900
extra copies of the agricultural report WAS
agreed TO.
Mr.. Window reported with amendments
the sundry civil bill and gave notice he
would call itup for consideration tonight.
Mr.. Allison submitted report of tine
conference committee ON the military aca-
deny appropriation bill agreed to.
A recess was taken till this evening.
EVENING SESSION.
The bill amending the statutes relative
to damages for patent infringements was
taken up and opposed by MIR. Conkllng,
and indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. West from the new conference on
the post office bill reported that they were
unable to agree on the points of difference,
| and moved that the senate insist ON its
amendments, and asked further confer
ence. Messrs. West, Dorsey and Bogy
were appointed.
| The senate conference amendments to
the sundry civil bill were agreed TO, in
GLIDING the provision that all public docu-
ments already printed or ordered shall pass
through the mails free under the frank Of
senators and representatives until January
LIST next also appropriatng 100000 for
several expenses district of Columbia
| $3.50, 1000; for the erection of national
museum 100000; for light house on
Stannard rock, Lake Superior to $4,000;
appropriation of 100000 to purchase Bar
thol's fountain exhibited at the centennial ;
and necessary appropriation for signal SER
vice to $3.50, 900.
The report of the senate Louisiana CON-
mittee presented to the house to-day states
that the testimony taken is insufficient tc
say positively what would have been the
result of the election if intimidation had
not been employed. Intimidation is charged
against seventeen parishes, and not charged
against forty. These forty parishes re.
turned 65,747 republican votes and so, 39s
democratic votes, so that where no intiml'
dation is charged the republican majority
was 6.353, while in the seventeen parishaI
where intimidation is charged the republi
cans had 1907 democrats 81, 1913, there
being in these parishes majority of nearly
1000 colored voters.
Mr. Morrill, submitted an amendment ap
proprlating 100000 for work upon th'
public building at Albany, and providing
that the cost of building shall not exceeC
$500, 900.
Mr.. Window submitted an amendmen
appropriating $7,l4S to pay assignees o
the Dominican republic rent for occupa
| ton of bav and peninsula of Samoa; agreed