Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-05-02
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-
THURSDAY, May ,.

and inserting substitute perefecting the
saving saving clause of the bill, so as to cover all
may be pending when the act takes effect
which is fixed January lSt, 1879.
MI. voorhees,, as friend of the bill, asked
tnat the amendment might be printed that
! 1t may be fully considered and the hin laid
| over. So ordered.
| Mr.. COnkling, from the committee on COM
merce, reported adversely on House bill PRO
| viding that vessels of the United States shall
hall from places where owned or built in
dehnltely postponed. Also adversely on the
Ronse bii TO authorize the Northern Louisiana
Kallfoad Company TO build bridge over the
Macnta and bridge over the Red rivers i'm
Louisiana. The committee report the bill
adversely believing the state of Louisiana has
thl jurisdiction in the matter, the streams
being wholly within that state. Indefinitely
postponed.
THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT BILL.
, MI. Rollins introduced bill for a new form
oil government for the District of Columbia
Referred TO the District of Columbia
MI: Dawes, from the committee on public
buildings and grounds, reported House reso.
tuition in relation TO the completion of the
washington monument. Placed on the cal
On motion of Mr.. Anthony. il was ordered
meet on Monday.
The Senate insisted on its amendment to the
and Messrs Perry, Paddock and and itf Sausbnrv fTIs
were appointed conferees on The part of the
Senate. "
MI DUN lntIOauctu q Dill 10 amend certain
sections of the revised statutes in relation TO
rank III the navy. Referred TO the committee
on naval AFFAIR.".
MIR. Window introduced bin to amend the
charter OF the Metropolitan railroad company
of the District of Columbia.
On motion OF MIR. Ferry, the Senate took up
the OIL TO repeal the resumption act.
MI. Ferry addressed the Senate i'm SuppOrt
oil the amendments proposed by the finance
committee. His speech was mainly review
OF the action OF the government since the be-
| llEfn nI Il
and OF the surrounding circumstances which
induced the action that had been taken. He
argued that with the passage OF this bill the
country would have resumed before the time
HAed lor the government, and new life and
| new Vlgor would be given to the industries of
the nation. 1t was better uow to attempt to
the breach. The passage of The silver bill had
proved beneficial, and was now looked upon
with favor by those who had feared evil would
result from its passage, and the government
should not now take step backward
Mr. voorhees, followed, charging that misery
and suffering indeScribable had followed the
attempt to contract the currency to meet re
sumption, and that in the effort ten hundred
million dollars had been sacrificed. The House
| had obeyed the popular will, and repealed the
GdiOuS acts, and for five months the response
| Dllty mad rested on tile Senate Had that BODY
| acted promptly, the amount of suffering that
might be saved can never be estimated Bat
It was said the worst had been passed. He
| had consulted the Mercantile R6OiSfpr and
| had found that in the first three months of Ihe
| present yeaE there had been 1856 failures. in.
yolEing a sum OF $S2.07S.S26, which was ST.
5ig,C09 In excess OF the same period i'm 1877, and
| sll ,434,610 over 1876. During the three wears
| when imitation was at its height of 1S63-64-65
the amount involved in failures was but S3l :
l0S.UVO, or about one-third in the whole term
| OF three years of what il was during the short
| three months of the present year
HOUSE-Mr Reagan rose to personal ex-
| p!anatiOn, and sent up and had read extracts
| frem the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette at
| tacking him for not urging action upon the bill
| to regulate Interstate commerce and to pro-
| hlbit unjust discrimination by common car
| rierS. The articles intimated that Reagan as
chairman OF the committee on commerce, had
been guilty i'm this matter of duplicity treache
ry and venallty, and that he had been seen
by certain railroad companies, and advised
Glover that he might catch something if he
! hShed in the committee on commerce.
Mr.. Reagan said that this was the first time
ne ne had felt II his duty to rise to personal eX
| pianatlOn, and he would not do SO now if re-
| ference had not been made to his action as
| member OF the committee on commerce. The
Dll! referred to by the paper was introduced
! In the FOrty-JOurth Congress by Mr.. Hopkins
| OF pennsylvania: and after an investigation
| there was felt to be great necessity for the
passage OF the law. 1t was introduced again
| at the commencement of the Forty fifth Con-
| greSS. and the committee on commerce would
| bear him out that he had always urged prompt
actlon on It. He did not report the bill at the
| last call of the committee for two reasons
first, because there were a large humber of
| other important bills which the committees
! desired 10 have disposed of; and second they
| they could keep it for consideration i'm the
morning hour. for it seemed useless to fix a
day certain for its consideration. He had
made every effort to get morning hour for
the purpose of reporting the bill, and he
| therefore could not be charged with duplicity,
neachery. and yenality, or with having been
seen" by railroad companies. While he had
no doubt multltudinOuS faults none who knew
him would accuse him Ofduplicity, venality or
treachery in the conduct OF public business
And ne Waneed to say about this bill that
while the House was trying to save i'm the ex-
! pendltureS OF the government, he believed that
the passage Of the bill would save millions to
the people of the country. The articles from
| and without the slightest foundation. He had
nothlng put pity and ScOrn for wretch who
was was SO 10 lost e to all feeling of manhood and jus
| ilce as 10 lnf1lct such wantOn injury upon a
lelL0W man and among people where he was
not known.
Mr.. Dunnell, member of the committee on
nnkind, and untruthful statement than that
| Just read. The gentleman from Texas was
Jealous to have this bill enacted into law,
and there was not a charge i'm the statement
| read that was not absolutely false.
THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT BILL.
Mr. Hendee reported back the bill for per-
Columbia, and it was ordered priuted and re.
ferred to the calendar.
Mr.. Roberts, from the committee on com.
ineICt, asked dctl0H On the Dill which came
over from the last morning hour, to amend
the act amending customs revenues, aud TO
repeal moieties: Passed.
Mr.. Roberts, from the same committee, re-
ported back the bill to reOrganiZe the life
whole ''''''0o VI 'n'
Mr.. Dunnell, from the same committee re.
ported bill for the aid of vessels wrecked in
the waters between the United States and
Canada. lit provides for reciprocity in the
matter OF aiding wrecked vessels. Passed.
MI. Reagan, from same committee reported
Dill authorizing the Barratavia ship canal
company to construct ship canal from New
Orleans to the Gulf OF Mexico, and granting
the right OF way through public lands. Passed.
Mr. Reagan, from same committee, reported
the bill to regulate interstate commerce, and
to prohibit unjust discrimination by common
carriers.
After the bill had been read, Mr.. Reagan
said that 1t was his purpose to keep the bill in
the morning hour, il possible, until it was dis
posed OF, Tor 1t was OF great importance to the
country. W. 'He
The morning hour having expired. the hill
went over until the next public morninp hnnr
Inc House then went into COMMITTEES of the
whole, Mr.. Eden i'm the chair. and resumed
consideration Of the legislative appropriation
On motion of Mr. Vance. an amendment
was adopted prohibiting the commissioner OF
pensions from dropping any pensiOner from
tne f0liS on the exparte statement of special
agemt, Dut that in all caaSes the pensioner
snail be notified and have hearing.
Mr. Vance offered further amendment
Patent Office, so as to make them what they
were hpretofore tha committee on anDronria.