New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-08
XLWTH CONGRESS-2D SESSION
.prc1uAR REPORT OLE PROCEEDINGS.

| SENATE WASHINGTON. Feb. z. 1877
| The Senate was called to order at lO a. Ill
by Mr.. WINDOW, tine President pro ten'' Mr' fc'iy
having been called away from tho Capitol ana Oh o
ton Of Mr. SARGENT further recess was taken "n''
| 10 o'clock m Upon reasscmbng. on motion OF MI
| WINDOW the Senate insisted upon it, amenSmen's "
the Military Academy Appropriation bili' ana co''''
| tee Of conference ordered
| Mr. INGALLS, Qsep, Kan). from the Comm'ee on
Indian Affairs reported with amendments te oe'o 'u'
TO enable indians to become citizens OF the Oh'ed o'
Messrs IJamlin Dorsey and Davis were appointed the
new conference committee the part OF me o
the hill establishing certain post routes which
the question OF restoring fast man Trims anu ''o ~
III" M. DORSEY n,cp Ark intgpduced a bin to repeal
the act to incorporate the Nafhal Capitol Lie igs .
Company AMI to provide Ios win h mmittoc on
| the District Of Columbia -. ,,onso h,,
Mr. sIERMAS cp 0o, ca, r the a rre"gman saw
Jugs and Company 20 buy In certain rca ana o,i
Wc submitted an amendment providing that no sale o.
real estate shall made by the Commissioner except a.
Shall be first approved by one of the Justices OF tue
| supreme Court Agreed TO- r, ,ossod
WRIGHT rep ISwn from ri, tie 70 comn' sat %
Claims. reported adversely on INC pi 20 pinst t
United States for advances made III me war oi lol- anu
the bill for the relief OF persons having =, c
and Abandoned Property act both OF WHICH were iue"
Mr.. WINDOW rep. Mimi called mp the House oil
reportcd adyci sey yesterday 10y Ghe Committee on AI
Eads for construction of ettcs at the SCUM lass of
' Mr. IRrp. VIZ said he hored this bin would
be passed IA IL came the House, and that MI has
wod be paid in money instead OF D9hds ~ ne cihe t
| HIM prosecute the claim I'm the eonrts IT.,
Mr.. CAMERON Repr Pennl sad It seemed TO- 70 MN
ma N there was some sharp practice In TINS Dill lie was
in favor of the Mississippi River Improvement, o,i
thought Mr. lads should be paid in money and not III
MIR. WINDOW said Mr. Eads had agreed to do tiat
which other contractor IN tbs country ever lRe 70
| It's success The work performed by the eHlehdl-
tne of his own private MONEY me aT ho.iGn ne ~
work. when completed Capt. Eads should be PAID IN
fanIi a. no appropriaon had been pay for the
work which was completed last Dec"mber ana already
For more than 40 years the Government had been
gagged in the futile attempt TO open the mouth OF he
Mississippi River Capt. Eads by his own shil ana
courage had given To the country OF the greatest
improvements Known TO engineering san ana
should he paid for II promptly. AZ the money hiu not
been appropriated 10 meet his demand, he SHOULD nave
the bonds as pE2yaed in the contract no oud rot agree
r Ti ting the bl adversely o believed the biz ass
came from the House OF Representatives should be
passed. He denied that the Government was III dei1ut
government in the act authorizing the improvement,
Itself he right to pay Eds either IN money
Pending discussion, Mr.; GORDON Dem, Ca called
the regular order. and tho Lads Dill was lila asiuc;
Tho senate then resumed consideration OF the diminished
business being the bill To amend the Paclhc kaiiroad
|
indebtedness due the Government ~ racine haroau
companies. .,.,,..,o a.. s.;1 ba
believed the bill introduce by him and reported fayoIa-
bly, by the Committee on Railroads vas in accordance
with the contract made with the Pacific railroad com
en,s That bill was certain than the biz reported
hy the Judiciary Committee, aud would produce me
hitch all dc sired, and that was 10 protect
the Government of the United states Should the Dill
reported by the Judiciary Committee become law, no
no could See He had been informed tiht lLe Dii
which lac had the honor To Introduce, ana Whlch hau
| prtpGfu
| would Do accepted BY the railroad COMPANIES ana u
W0u!d produce result which, 10 sIy He least WOG DC
doubtful under the bill Of she judiciary Committee me
Latter was doubtful cOuStltutUnaltE, ana oShl NOT
- E Ia shall be the net earnings the roads, he
asked VINO could tell what the net earnings would DC
a,ler competing lines shall have been Completed mod
Indebtedness in the specified tnc after the IeKas racine
shall have been completed or dter tne oi
waterway across tc Sthhis, which would reduce lhe
freight rates from Tie Paclt ost very LOW waS T. SEM,
Ole the Government 10 Itih upon sum sioniet sB
mort as the Judiciary bl of"rcd In hs OPINION there
never had been introduced In Congress bl which
would be more uncertain ID It's tt3its III ,io Di ~
ported by lhc Commdtce on iailOauS tcFt was no iu
bigity or uncertainty. 1t WAS plain direct ana TO inc
point. lie proposed TO exact from these riroau com
pqnies the dollar due the Government on account OF
shortest process eohpable WIN tne Ignie4 li %
the Goyernnen zen, ing fI The d" oney crd and
faith OF the Government ne novel II lS substitute oi
The bill reported By iEe Judiciary Committee.
Mr KELLY Dem. OT'g0O also opposed the MI re-
ported by Judiciary Committee, ana favored that r.
ported by IN. Railroad Committee. ~
Mr. LOGAN Qtrp., III opposed ttc Di.,
Mr. WALLACE tDen., Pcnu.) sail bonds were i7sued
to the i've companies named the bl of the Judiciary
SoTmiiicc amounting to about @Gl 100000 The Gov
nruurut had p1it interest Oh them 10 me amount Ol
about s}i coo 900; tBIs mad been reimbursed Dut
anou = 800 900, leaving the amount actually advanced
10 dale about r5l .O1O.oUO We pay Tor them annually
about - 900 interest. Toe bll OF the JudOlafy
Committee Proposes TO reimburse Us Annually aDOut
81 800 OoO ana even 1t should be- adopted We ml De,
mind Annually over S}pOc0O. and apply nothing toward
lac past, while the ul O the la'load C"nnI'tec pro
yidcs for rciinb sing only - 1OOOCO ana te HoNeH
r.nt advances annually T2,lOOOOO more tiin II VIII
receive il that should Du adopted. InC lormer oil comes
nom the Law COMMITTEE ana Is well considered Ibc
question o. land mag be coso one Dnl IL is uettcr 10
solve our doubts 81 repayment ~ soon as posi-
bic, for al rlir best We tI b' hind III payment -
The debate was inrther continued by MeSsrs' CoCh
Pending discussion ilr WINDOW (Rep., MIMI called
M TIE bll appropating S3j0000 to supply deficiency
in The appropriation for printing during Tue culth' US
cal year. moved that the senate now concur IA the
amendment House providing that from and after
the present OF Congress tne Public Printer shan
rot pay than Is paid for similar WORK III me CITES
of New-York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. After dis
cu5sion the fused Ia concur in the amendlet
mite Of Conference was ordered on he b
Mr. CoNkMSG rep, N - presented the petition OF
active list of the navy Referred to the Committee on
| Naval Affairs.
Pacific Railroad bill informally, and That the Senate pro-
| ccrd to consider the Indian Appropriation bill .
dscussio the Railroad bill was lad aside win
the understanding that it should come up rs unfinished
business at the expiration of the morning hour TO NOR
MIR: SARGENT Rep., CALI from the subcommittee OF
the Committee Privileges and Elections assigned TO
Investigation of the ate election in Florida reported
the evidence taken IN regard to the eligibility OF FC
Iiumphreys Republican Pres iential eector IN that
The CHAIR announced as the Conference Committee
the Military Academy Appropriation bill Messrs Ai-
| son. Logan, and Wallace.
The senate then took up the Indian Appropriation bill,
the understanding that II should bc considered be-
the hours of 10 and II o'clock tomorrow aud at
4:i0 p ILL., the Senate took recess until 10 a. H. to'inor'
| row.
| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The House at 10 o'clock took recess till