National Republican., 1877-03-04

sldered, amended and pa ssed.
Mr.. BURNSIDE called up the bill TO author.
Ize tho appointment Of a Sergeant in the Signal
Corpsas Second Lieutenant In the army. Passed.
Mr; MCMILLAN fdHd A called up the bill for the
On motion Of Mr.. HOWE the bills for removal
n. Hayden and Thoophilus H. Hope, were taken
Mr.. GRhaIN reported favorabiy from the
Committee on Naval Affairs, tho bill to SETTLE tho
affairs OF Admiral J. A. Dahlgren. Placed on
Mr.. HAMLIN submitted the conference report
on the Post Route bill, and said the committee
but four and they reaed to ast I'M mail pPveses
This question was LEFT to the two Houses to
yyothS y0h ,0ppS ,SpCn separately and the House
compelled to ask the Senate to reccde
from the amendment, even though he thought It
said he had labored hard TO have adopted such
bill as would prove to be for the very best In.
terests the country, and regretted that he had
Jailed IN some partlculars. The report was
mr.; guLEsBY called up the bill for tho re.
liei o. sarah L. Garland and Frank NJ. Hopkins,
At ten minutes of five Mr.. ANTHONY moved
That the Senate proceed to executive business
executive session, andat hve o'clock took recess
TIL eight O'Clock.
The Clerk of tho House appeared, and an.
nounced the disagreement of the House to tho
amendments to the Army bill, and asking a con.
On motion of Mr.. BLAINE, the Senate in.
sisted upon Its amendments, and agreed to the
MIR. LOGAN called up tho bill for the cqualIsa.
tion OF bounties to soldiers In the hte war, pro.
for each month Of Service. TGc iii was S amsndsd
Vice. m moSsa m S sks 81 @S
all after the enacting clause and substitute tho
original House bill, thus cutting of all the
wonld neccssitato action by the House, and as
this could not be obtained ct this session, the
Dill would be defeated, hence he moved the sub.
The CHAIR ruled that the substitute offered
was In reality the pending bill, and could not be
MIR. SARGENT submitted an amendment re.
iating 10 tax on tea and coilee and said he did SO
in order to defeat the bill. He said he had voted
So as II was bill in the interest OF claim agents
who were the parties that were clamoring here
for the passage OF the bill and who would receive
greater DEMENT'S from It's passage than the sol.
MIR MIR. LOGAN addressed tho Senate q,
and called upon: the Senate to be just to the
= S1SiiixsG i ENT replied and said # voa,d cos,
q 90 hundred million dollars to carr carry out Out
2&EQgpvisions of the bill.
y ehding the discussion the Clerk of the House
announced the disagreement OF the conference to
the legislative bill, and asking for new confer
Mi Mr. WINDOW said the only item of disagree.
ment was the reduction Of the Presidents salary
from $4,000 TO S25, $780, and he moved the Senate
insist upon the amendment, and agree to the new
Mr.. ALLISON submitted n report from the
third conference on the Postoifice Appropriation
bill, showing the agreement thereon. The re.
MIR. MORTON favored the Bounty bill, and
said no matter what 1t cost. II was only costing so
country could not safely refuse to do Justice to
them, and the wrong, 4 permitted, would Ger.
taiply come back upon those who permitted 1t.
He said the amendment offered by Mr.. SARGENT,
to put tax OF three cents on each pound OF tea
and coffee, to raise revenue to pay the expense
OF this bill. was unconstitutional as ali bills for
raising revenue must originate In the House, and
the amendment was eventually out Of order, He
appealed to the Senate to defeat all amendments
and pass the bill untrammelled.
Mi. HARVEY favored the passage OF the bill
The CHAIR announced Messrs. WINDOW, Al.
LIsoN and DAVIS as the new conference on the
Legislative Appropriation bill.
Mr. BLAINE reported from the conference on
the Army bill, and said the conference could not
daction Of the army 10 1000, and the Sc Section d.
rccting the President in the method OF using the
army. He said the irst difference might posi-.
not be, and he should regard the loss the Army
bill as a very small evil compared with tine
iGss s5a, meDd%.n St fRs principle ,5 pdvd%a IN
ate members Of the Committee were not
quite prepared TO suggest an amendment to the
bill. He would move that the Senate insist, but
would prefer that the request Tor q new confer
ence should come from the House, and he asked
The Bounty bill was continued, and the amend.
ments came up for adoption In the Senate.
shSy s wStSd IN
upon slngly, and:on each Of them the yeas and
nays were demanded. Before the amendments
be indefnately postponed, and on this the yeas
and nays we're demanded, and resulted: yeas, 81,
nays, q, and the bin was indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. STEVENSON called up the bil:Lo remove
the political disabilities Of Charles l.. Scott.
n9eu, Nr,I,Ny -..,.,., c-,,- -, 49,,
TO print 5000 copies Of the report OF the Silver
Commission. Passed.
He also called up the resolution to print 5000
copies Of the Oregon Investigation report. The
resolution was amended to print 1000 copies and
MIR. CAMERON, twls.), called up the resolu.
the expulsion OF william X. Sebastian, late Sen.
ator from the State Of Arkansas.
BLAINE said that in hope Of coming 10 an
agreement on the army bill he would ask the ap.
po,n,ms1nt pIoen Of ia, new new :COnisrsnce committee.
nv yhgreed 10, anu Messrs. BEAiNE, ALLISON and
Mr. WINDOW reported that the conference on
the tegislatlye 6iil @ were still unable g agree,
amendment and ask new conference.
Agreed ,nt 81 and Mes:rs sHssTs,o, WISpoS
sIderatlOn OF the resolution was resumed and was
opposed by Mr.. ALLISON and advocated by Mr.
CLAYIoS, who said that he often met NJ. Sebas.
tian and knew him 10 be true and loyal man,
expulsion.
Mr. WADLEIdH submitted an amendment TO
pay salary and mileage 10 Joseph Segar as a
Senator from Virginia In 1903.
Mr.. WADLEIGH advocated tho adoption Of
his amendment, ae Just and equitable.
Mr.. CAMERON said the claim might be Just,
but he would prefer to have the resolution un.
trammelled, and passed or defeated on its own
merits. The amendment was lost.
MI. COCkRELI. opposed the resolution, and
claimed that the whole import Of the resolution
was to enable the heirs 10 draw the salary Of Mr.
amt STEVENSON favored the resolution, and
said he believed Mr.. Sebastian was loyal, and
that his expulsion was an act of injustice.
Mr.. BLAINE, MT MAxEY and Mr.. ALcoRS ia.
vored the resolution.
After further discussion, Mr.. INGALLS,
ing pay for the services, and which'the yeas and
maps were demanded, and resulted yeas ~, nays
"a, and the amendment was lost.
The resolution was then passed unanimously
On motion Of Mr.. GORDON the bill for the re.
lief OF Nath. b. Harbin, was taken up and passed.
At 3l5 the Senate, on motion Of Mr. LOGAN,
went into executive session.
After further discussion Mr.. INGALLS, moved
to amend by striking out the clause giving
pay for the services, on which the yeas
and nays were demanded, and resulted:
yeas 10, nays 81, and the amendment was lost.
The resolution was then passed unanimously.
On motion Of Mr.. GORDON, the bill for the re.
At 3:l5 the Senate, on motion Of Mr.. LOGAN,
went into Executive Session, and In ten minutes
the doors were re-opened.
Mr.. wADLEIGH called up the bill for relief
OF Francis NJ. Strong. Passed.
Mr. INGALLS, called up the bill for granting
pensions to John Cox, J.. W. Thompson, Eliza.
beth b. stone, John Z. Winderlin and Kate Roy,