Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-04-19
EORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.


SENATE.
Mr.. Davis of Illinois, from the judiciary COM
mittee, reported with amendments, the senate bill
to provide for distribution Of Mexican awards.
Placed on the calendar.
The bill relating to Hot Spring, Arkansas, Ru-
thorizing the President to appoint u commissioner
to determine claims, was passed.
Bills on the calendar were acted on.
Ordered when the senate adjourn to-day it be
till Monday.
JOINT resolution appropristing $4,000 for a
monumtn Mt over the grave of President Taylor,
WAS referred to the library committee.
The following bills were passed:
Authorizing the Commissioner of patents to re-
fer the application of General Stephen " Benet,
chief OF tue ordnance bureau, for a patent for
Cartridges.
To prevent the introduction Of conta gious aud
infectious diseases in the Uulted States.
Authorizing the citizens of Colorado, Nevada
and the territories to fall aud remove timber on
the public domain for Mining and domestic pur-
poses.
The senate bill in relation to the Pacific rail-
road, being the funding bill reported from the
Railroad committee, which still remained on tue
calendar WAS indefinitely postponed.
The senate JOINT resolution supplementary to q
JOINT resolution in relation to the international in
dustrlal exhibition at Paris providing tor the ap-
pointment of eighteen additional commissioners,
was indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Mitchell from the committee railroads,
submitted a report TO accompany the bill reported
from that committee yesterday, to extend the
time for the completion OF the Northern Pacific
Railroad.
The port ordered printed
Tue senate then went into executive session,
anu when the doors reopened adjourned to
Monday.
Several memorials and petitions were disposed
of.
The house then resumed the conference report
on the bill making appropriation for employ ment
of temporary clerks in the. treasury department,
and for other p8poses. The report states the con-
ference unable to agree
Mr.. Foster, one of the conferees, stated the
points of disagreement were the senate amend
mems appropristlng forty thousand dollars for
salaries of collectors of internal revenue, and
twenty thousand dollars for ra lwsy postal clerks.
MIR Durham opposed the amendment regard
ing the internal revenue collectors The real OBJ
ect of the Appropriation was to have electioneers
going all through the country.
Mr.. Foster inquired on what authority the gem
tleman made the statement.
MIR. Durham replied that he was credtably in
formed hat many OF those deputy collectors did
electoneer.
Mr. Price said under the civil service rules a
revenu collector was not all owed TO electoueer
Mr. Foster charged Mr. Durhams hostility to
the amendment arose from the fact that he was
bidding for votes of moonshiners in his district.
Mr.. Durhsm-The gentleman charges me with
bidding for the support of moonshners. / hurl
that charge back into the teeth of the gentleman
at untrue.
Mr.. Foster-That is good plantation manners.
MIR. Durham-W Whenever you learn manners
will observe them.
Mr.. Foster-Plsntston manners are played out
here.
Mr.. Durham-Whenever the ge ntleman charges
me with protecting moonshiners, | say that is not
true, but will never put into the hands of any
department money for electioneering purposes foi
the purpose OF supporting midnight maraudeIs to
drag honest men from their beds TO mob them.
The appropriation was defeated-yess ll6, nay
l26.
The report OF the committee wss then agrees
to and new conference With the sente was ssk.l
for.