The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-02-21
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
HOUSE.

hOODEs
In the house, on the 11th, the speaker
announced the regular order to be motion
to lay on the table the motion to reconsider
the vote by which the house on last Friday
refused to pass the bill for the relief of w.
III. Newman and L. A Van Hoffman, known
as the Alexander Mill bill. motion to lay
the table prevailed-yeas, 126; nays 1I9
which dispOses of the ill.,. Mr.. Aiken
moved to amend so as to reduce the pay of
cadets from $540 TO $500. He criticised the
action of the appropriation committee in
several of its appropriations. In conclusion
he said that West Point was an ineumbus on
the people of the country. If the people
knew for what the two hundred and seventy
five thousand dollars was appropriated an
nually, in less than thirty days the house
would be flooded with demands to put West
Point under the hammer or give it to New
York. He was bold enough to say he would
vote for either proposition. The amendment
was rejected, and without further action the
committee rose and the house adjourned.
The house, on the 18th, went into
committee of the whole, Mr.. Blackburn in
the chair, on the military academy appropri>
alton bill......Soon after the committee rose
the senate and house met in joint conven-
tion and received Mr.. Carpenters of "Sign-
ing the Emancipation Proclamation" Mr.
Garfield made the presentation speech. The
vicepresident announced the object for
which the two houses had convened having
been accomplished, the senate would retire
to its own chamber. The senate thereupon
retired, and the ceremony closed. Ad-
journed.
The house, on the 18th, went into
committee of the whole, Mr.. Blackburn in
the chair, on the military academy appropri-
alton bill. The debate closed, and the cons
paratively prOsy business of the bill was
resumed. Mr. Reagan's amendment was
rejected and MIR. Clymer's agreed to, and the
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final action the house adjourned.
In the heuse, on the 18th, consent
| being given, the speaker laid before the
house a communication from the secretary
of the treasury, inclosing a copy of letter
to him from the commissioner of internal
revenue, setting out that the internal rev.
enue receipts for the current fiscal year, in
same time last year, have suffered decrease
of $4,969, ,21S, and suggesting as a cause of
this decrease the agitation of the reduction
of the tax on spirits and tobacco. The secre-
| tary urged upon congress, in anticipation of
the same rate of decrease continuing during
the next fiscal year, a reduction of the appro-
priations to be made for the service of the
government during that fiscal year, or an in
| crease OF taxation in such form as it might
deem best. The letter from the commits
sloner OF internal revenue recommends the
passage of a resolution in regard to tobacco
similar to that passed some time ago, in
| regard to the tax on distilled spirits and de-
clare a reduction of taxation on that article
| inexpedient. Referred to the committee on
ways and means The house then pro-
| ceeded to act on the military academy bill.
| All amendments reported from the commit
tee were agreed to, and the bill passed ....
| The house then went into committee of the
| whole on the state of the union, Southland in
the chair, and took up the bill granting pen
| sions to soldiers and sailors of the Mexican
| war and other wars Mr.. Herbert addressed
the committee in advocaey of the bill, and
Mr.. Powers spoke in opposition to it. At the
| close of Mr.. Powers speech the committee
rose e.........M Mr.. Carlisle introduced a bill to
prescribe the time for the payment of the
tax on distilled spirits. Referred. The house
then adjourned.
In the house, on the 10Th, at the ex.
piration of the morning hour the house went
into committee of the whole, Mr.. Hooker
in the CHAIR On the private calendar, the
second bill on the calendar was one which
applies the appropriation of 1876, 900 made
by an act of congress to pay certain southern
! mail contract RS. Without action on the
bin the committee rose and the house ad.
journed.
SENATE.
In the senate, on the 18th, q large
number of petitions from all parts of the
country in favor of the sixteenth amend