The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-22

to-yeas 80, nays .House-The re-
sumption bill was again taken up. When
the debate ended, the number of speakers |
had reached forty. Messrs. Eames and
Ballou both answered for Rhode Island
in ~anti-repeal speeches. Mr.. Ewing hoped
to reach a vote on Saturday evening, but
the army appropriation bill, received from
the Senate to-day and sent to the COM
mittee, may take Ewing off the floor for a
day, in which case the vote must go over
to next week. The opponents of the bill
intend to have a yea and nay vote on
each amendment, and there are between
forty and fifty in number. This may pos
sibly throw the vote over to the regular
session, though it is thought by members
that the House Democrats will not allow
an adjournment until the vote is reached
in that body.
NOVEMBER 16.-Sendte-A resolution was
submitted requesting the President to
furnish information to the Senate concern
ing instructions given to the agents and
marshals Of the United States in the States
of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and other
States, touching the seizure of logs, lumber
and naval stores without warrant. Agreed
to. Mr.. Davis called up the resolution SUBJ
mitted by him on the 18th of October last,
providing for the appointment of a special
committee of five Senators to inquire
into the alleged discrepancies in the
books and accounts of the Treasury
Department. Several amendments were
proposed, but pending discussion, the Senate
adjourned .........H ouse-Mr. Swami reported
a bill relative to the Paris Exposition. 1t
accepts the invitation from France to take
part in the Exposition, and appropriates
$3.50, 900. Mr.. Cox offered a substitute ap-
propriating $4,000. All referred. A resolu.
ton directing the Military Committee to
inquire into the strength of the cavalry
and infantry regiments of the army, how
many regiments are employed on the Texas
frontier, the character of the troops en-
ployed there, the military management OF
the frontier, and what additional force is
necessary to protect the peop,e of Texas
from Mexican raiders, was adopted. Mr..
Singleton reported a deficiency bill, which
he will call up tomorrow. The bill appro-
PIRATES the following items: For payment
of the judgments of the Court of Claims,
s649 $780,; library of Congress, $50, 800
Treasury Department, various items, 1925,
600; Postofice Department, salaries
$6S1,6S1; other items, $4,000; exec
utiVe Office, contingencies, $500.
House of Representatives, various items
$11 1865; Supreme Court, printing, $4,000
expenses of the payment Of bounty money
etc, $4,000. Total appropriated, 1850,
223. TIL Post-ofice is a reappropriation
Consideration of the bill relating to re
sumption being resumed, the House was ad
dressedby Mr.. Hartwho opposed its passage
He was followed by Mr.. Garfield against tn,
repeal of the bill. Other speeches wer,
made by Messrs. Townshend, Muldrow
Wright, Crittenden, Herbert, in favor of re
pealing the bill, and by Messrs. Hewitt
| Keller, Dunneh, Sampson and Lorinl
, against its repeal.
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: ported back the army appropriation bill witt
: the Senate amendments, recommendin,
l concurrence in some of the amendments
2 and inconvenience in others. Mr.. Akin
; explained that the Senate amendments wer
mainly immaterial, the chief point of differ
e ence between the two houses being tn
5 clause limiting the army to 10000 men, an
!, limiting it to 20, 900 men. The House the
7 proceeded to vote on the amendment:
T The Senate amendment reducing the apprc
: p~riation for the expenses of the Command
: ing Generals Office IRON three thousand t
= twenty-five hundred dollars, was oncurr
u in. The next amendment concurred i
! was one striking out the clause providin
d that four full cavalry regiments shall b
: kept up on the Texas frontier, and inser
ing instead of it proviso that cavalry con
: panies may be recruited to one hundred mel
u and that sufficient force of cavalry may b
employed IN de1ense OF the lexas Irontle
The amendment to insert $4,000 instead
y $1,000 in the clause prohibiting the recruit
y ing of the army beyond thatnumber WI
q c~oncurred in by a vote 1874 to 100. The mel
amendment of the Senate was to strike OF
n the words "of whom four full cavalry reg
ments shall be kept in the service, on Il
= Mexican frontier, in Texas" which was CO..
u Cured in without opposition. The amen
ment striking out the appropriation of So
900 for the conversion of ten-inch smoot
bores into rifles was not c~oncurled in. tt
u bill now goes back to the Senate for actio
on such amendments as were not concurrt
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