National Republican., 1878-05-20
SENATE.
SATURDAY, May 1s, 1873.
The Senate was not In session to-day.
HOUSE OF REPR rs ENTATIHEs.


The SPEAKER announced Mcssrs. SPARKS,
BISGLEToS, and BAKER (Ind.) as the confcrecs
on the Indian appropriation bill.
Mr.. ELLIS, from the Committee on Elec-
tions, reported in the case of Richardson vs.
RAINEY, from the first South Carolina district
that neither was elected. Laid on tho table to
be called up at will.
Mr.. STEPHENS (Ga.) stated that he was
paired with Mr.. HARRIS (Mass.) yesterday n
the POTTER resolution. If no had been per-
mittcd to vote he would have voted in the
negative.
Mr.. PHELPS from tho Committee Of Ways
and Means, reported back q bill to reim-
burse certain distillers in northern Illinois
from taxes on property destroyed by hre.
Passed.
The SPEAKER announced Messrs. DURHAM,
CLYMER aud SMITH (Pa.) as the conferccs on
the Military Academy bill, and Messrs. SMITH
Pa.l, HEWITT (N. ", and Sparks as conferees
OH the pension appropriation bill.
The regular order having been demanded,
Mr. REAGAN called up his bill to regulate
Interstate commerce.
Mr.. HEWITT IN. " moved to go into Com.
mittcc of the Whole on tho army appropria.
tion bill, and thus tho question Of considera-
ton WINS raised, and on u vote the House de.
cided to go into Committee Of the Whole.
Mr.. BRAGG, from the Committee on Mill.
tary Affairs, reported back the memorial Of
Miss Anna Ella Carroll, and 1t was ordered
printed and reoommitted.
Mr.. GUNTER, from Committee on Indian
Affairs, reported bill for the payment Of the
interest due to the Chickasaw nation, and II
was referred to the Committee Of the Whole.
Mr.. PAGE presented minority report.
Tho House then went into Committee Of the
M ha tuti Mr
SPRINGER In the chair.
MI. HEWETT IN. W addressed the House
In favor Of TIN BILL and made general COIL
paiison of the army rs 1t was In 1860, and as
1t is now, and argued from these premises that
II was absolutely necessary to make n reduc-
tion. The people demanded economy in the
expenditures Of the Government, and ho con-
tended that II could not be done better than
In the army. In the course Of Ibis remarks Mr..
HEWITT referred at length to an article re-
Gently published by General GARFIELD in the
North american Rerirp, and commented on II
to show that the accusation that tho Demo.
cratic side was In favor Of reduction o. the
army was not tue. Ho also quoted from
SHERMAN, HANCOCK and others in favor oil
reduction.
MrGARFIELD said that General Sherman
advocated three battalions In q regiment.
Mr.. HEWITT admitted that fact, but said
that the bill had In certain degree conformed
to that view. They had, however, adopted q
different skeleton arrangement than that rec
ommended by Ceuenl Sherman. The Com
mittec on Appropriations did not pretend t.
know about the details Of army organization
and they had consulted the Military Commit
tee Of the House and upon their sugg, stion
had reported this bill.
Mcssrs. MASH, McCOOK, and WHITE
(Pa.), all members Of the Military Committee
said that the provisions of the bill had ncve
passed that committee.
Nj, HEWITT said they had consulted tn
chairman of the Military Committee, and wer
assured that this bill was proper The Com
mittce on Appropriations supposed that 1t mo
the favor of tho Military Committee. Nh
HEWITT then went on to explain the detail
of the bill, aud argued that 1t made genera
and explicit reduction of expenditures Will
1t did not In the least injure the efficiency o
the army.
Mr. McCOOK made a speech in opposition
to the bill. He claimed that the Military Com
mittce properly had control of the whole sub
ject, and he ridiculcd the idea that the Appro
priations Committee could perfect bill whel
it had not properly considered the question o
military affairs. The Military Committee hat
examined the whole subject, and had never yc
been able to mature bill aud yet the Appro
priations Committee comes in here and pro
poses to revOlutioni2e the whole army. He haC
10 objection to army reorganization, but i
should be dOno with care, and the proposition
should not be put on to an appropriation bill
At the conclusion of Mr. MCCooKs speccl
the committee rose.
Mr.. BURClIARD asked that there be even
ing sessions next week for the consideration o
the bill to revise imtcrnal-revcnue taxes.
Mr.. WOOD said 1t was desired that this Con
gress should adjourn at an early day, and HI
therefore asked that the House would meet TO
general business several days next week HI
therefore moved that Oh Tuesday, Wednesday
Thursday and Friday evenings next weel
there bc sessions for business. The motion
was agreed to.
The SPEAKER stated that he would b.
necessarily absent several days next week.
Mr.. EDEN offered resolution which wa
adopted, electing Mr. SAYLER, Of Ohio, Speak
or pro tem during Mr.. RANDALL's absence.
The House then at 3.i0 p IN. adjourned.