The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-12-03
THE SENATE SHUBS HAYES.
A Good Deal of Miscella-
neOus Business Trans
acted.
WAsHINGToN, December !.
SENATE.

Mr.. Wsdleigh presented q resolution
declaring Mr.. EustIs wss entitled 10 q
seat IN the Senate from Louisiana.
Placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Ingalls gave notice that be did rot
concur with the msj1rity OF the commit
tee IN submitting this report and would
hereafter present the report OF the
minority, signed BY himself sud two
others
The deficiency appropriation bill was
tben. taken up.
Several bills OF private nature were
int oduced, when Mr. Davis, OF Illinois,
appealed to the Senators not to present
any more bills or petitions. There were
important matters to be acted upon TO-.
day.
NJ. Voorhees, introduced bill grant.
ing pensions 10 the soldiers and sal ors
of the WAT with Mexico, and TO the
widows OF deceased soldiers and sailors
Referred.
M. Howe presented q memorial In re.
gard 10 the transportation OF animals 10
the sesbosri. Referred.
Mr.. Sargent called up the House bill
to provide Tor deficiencies in sppropri4-
lions for the services Of the Government
tor the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878,
and tor prior Years. He said the bill as
1t came from the House appropriated
sS93,492, and reapproPrIs!ed unexpend-
I'd Daiauces amounting TO S67 ,617.
The Senate CON miltee added new
mstters amounting to S,094 542, but bs
4 million was for the Star NAL service.
The various amendments reported by
he committee were agreed to without
discussion.
Among the important ones are S24,500
for the payment OF the railroad post
office clerks, route agents snd messengers;
S000UOO TOR the inland mail trausporta-
ton on the Star routes and by steam-
b as and all other than railroad routes;
10000 Tor the continuation OF the work
on the court house aud rostotiice build
lqg n: Little Rock; 6l5,0y0 for cor
tnung suvsys aud other works ut Hot
Spin =, Ark IS, COO to usNle the super
Intenuent OF the naval Observable y to
prepare narrative of Halls second
Arctic expedition; $4,000 for the pub.
ucaLion OF the official records'of the Re
b-llioD, both OF the Union and Conted-
ate armies.
The amendment Of the committee 10
strike out OF the House bill the clause
provlding that the appropriation for toe
collection and payment OF bounty prize
money and other claims Of the colored
soldiers ana sailors should close up and
anish the collection sud payment OF such
money al the close of the current fiscal
year, after which time sll papers con-
nected Herewith should be turned over
to the department having charge oil the
psymel: CT bOunties TO white soldiers,
was agreed TO-. Also the amendment OF
the committee allowing the Senators.
Representatives IN Congress, the SeCreta-
~ OF the Senate and the Clerk OF the
House to send and receive through the
mails tree, all pubic documents printed
by order Of Congress; and the amend.
ment approprIatlng $4,000 TO restore
and repair aud preserve The models in
jured by the late IRE At the Patent o.
flee. The bill having been considered in
the Committee of the Whole, was re-
ported to the Senate and passed
The Vice President laid before the
Senate the House bill for the relief OF
the sufferers By the wreck CT the Huron.
Mr.. Beck asked unanimous consent to
pass the bill now.
Mr.. Morrill, suggested that it be re-
ferred to the Committee On Naval At
lairs, and alter brief discussion it was
passed.
The joint resolution authorizing Rear
Admiral Reynolds to accept certain
presents from the Emperor OF Siam was
passed.
Several private bills were passed and
the Senate went iuto executive session,
and when the doors were reopened ad-
journed til 10 o'clock Monday.
In the executive SO, sion OF the Senate,
between two and three o'clock this morn
ing, the nominations OF Thto Roosevelt
to be Collector OF Customs, and l.. Brad
ford Prince 10 be Naval Officer isr the
port of New York, were reported ad.
versely, and both were placed on the
Calendar. The nyniustion of Edwin A.
Merritt to be Surveyor OF Customs, was
not reported,