Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-11-16

against any reduction of the army and were
reinforced by, the Texas members, Luttrell,
of California, and Williams, OF Michigan.
In the last vote on fuckers amendment the
Republicans were left without allies. Mr..
fuckers amendment above referred to was
as follows: And no money appropriated by
this act shall be paid for recruiting the
army beyond the number Of enlisted men, in
cluding Indian scouts and hospital stewards,
actually on the army roll on the LIST Of No
vember, 1877, except for cavalry service, and
for employment exclusively in defense of the
Mexican.Rnd Indian frontier, and so far only
as shall be necessary for that purpose, and
no further. Mr. Conger made the point Of
order that the amendment proposed newleg,
islation and was not in the Interest of econO-
my. The point Of order was sustained. Mr..
Tucker then modified his amendmentby by add
ing: "But nothing therein Contained shall
authorize an increase of any cavalry com.
pany beyond the number now authorized by
law" In this shape the amendment was
declared in order, and was agreed to-125 to
115. Mr.. Banning moved to add to Mr..
fuckers amendment the words, Provided
that nothing herein contained shall author
ize tberecruitiDg Of the army beyond 5000
enlisted men," Adopted. Adjourned. y
House, NoU. Decentralization of the Army
Appropriation bill was continued in Com
mittee Of the Whole, and amendments "that
the recruiting of enlisted men be limited to
20 900, of winch four full regiments of caval.
ry shall be kept on the Mexican frontier -
andprovidiug What officers assigned to staff
duty shall not be entitled to additional rank
or pay" were agreed TO. 4 An amendment
prohibiting the use of troops to suppress in
surrection or protect order in any State ex-
cept upon demand of the Legislature or Ex-
ecutlve gave rise to an animated discussion,
and it was defeated--thirty- eight Democrats
voting with the Republicans against It., The
bill was then reported to the House, but as
it was found that some amendments cou-
ficted, and it required time to straighten
them out, the House adjourned. grC.
Senate, NoU. 12.-H on. D. w. voorhees, was
sworn in as Senator from Indiana. A num-
ber of bills were introduced and referred to
the appropria te committees. Among them
were the following: To establish depart
ment of Commerce; for the enforcement of
Judgment and DEGREES in States other than
those were rendered or made; to provide for
the survey Of an inland waterroute and canal
from the Mississippi River TO the Atlantic;
TO remit taxes on insolvent savings banks.
The Senate then went into Executive session,
and, when the doors were re-opened, ad-
journed. .I 4.fLs lF@.E.
House The Army Appropriation bill, as
reported from the Committee of the Whole
Saturday, came up for consideration as the
regular order. An amendment was con-
Cured in striking out the clauee prohibiting
recruiting the army beyond the number of
enlisted men on the rolls Nov. /. The
amendment OF Mr.. Culverson, providing
that four cavalry regiments be recruited to
100 men to each company, to be employed
in defense of the Mexican and Indian
frontiers of Texas, provided nothing
herein contained shall authorize recruiting
beyond 10000 men, was concurred in-yeas
1874, nays 1877. An amendment providing
that staff officers shall not be entitled to or
receive any additional rank, pay or allow
ance was rejected-yeas 12S, nays 1871. After
a lengthy debate, participated in by Gar
field, banning, Hewitt, OF New York, Conger
and Dunnell, the discussion closed and the
bill was passed without division. A large
number of bills were then introduced and re-
ferred, including a bill to amend the laws in
relation to mailable matter, third class;
existing banking laws; designating the
time for the meeting of Congress
as the first Monday in January;
to reduce the number of military cadets; for
payment for all cotton seized after the Goth
of May, 1865; also to refund the tax on raw
cotton collected from 1868 to 1868; to pro-
hibit by constitutional amendment the pay
ment of claims arising out Of the late rebel
lion; to prohibit the sale of policy or lottery
tickets in the District Of Columbia; for the
payment of import duties in legal-tender
notes as soon as they are quoted at par with
legal tender coin of the United States. The
House then adjourned.