The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-05-09
FORTHWITH

APRIL 27.-Rouse-In Committee of the
Whole, the Indian appropriation bill WAS
taken up. The bill recommends the approx
p~riation of 81, 773,000, and is the unanimous
report of the Appropriation Committee. 1t
provides that whenever it is found practical
Bile to employ Indians in farming or other
civilized vacations in which they can con-
tribute to their maintenance, the Commits
sioner OF Indian Affairs may use such por-
tons of their respective subsistence funds
as can be spared TO pay for the services of
such Indians as may be induced to labor
for their own advancement. Itfurther pro-
vides that SO much of the appropriation as
may be required to pay for goods and sup
plies shall be Immediately availed. The
general debate having been dispensed with,
the-bil was read by sections. After adopt
ing two or three unimportant amendments
the committee rose, and the bill was passed.
The House then went in Committee of the
Whole on the legislative, executive, and
judicial appropriation bill. The total
amount appropriated by the bill is $14,-
1885, 900. The bill was read by sections for
amendments. After completing the Sec
lions regarding the Legislative Department
of the Government, and the sections for the
support of the Executive and State Depart
ments, the committee rose and the House
adjourned.
APRIL 29.-Senate-The bill repeating the
Bankrupt Law, with the House amend.
ments, was laid over. A petition was pre-
sented by Mr.. McCreary, signed by a large
number of persons, asking that Raphael
Symmes be appointed to a position in the
Howgate North Pole expedition, in order
to test the. views of his father respecting
an inhabited interior. Mr.. McCreary pre-
scented the credentials of his successor,
Hon. John s. Williams. The following
bills on<the calendar were passed: Senate
bill to authorize the Secretarysof the Treas
ury to examine the evidence of the pay
ments made by the State of Missouri since
April IL, 1866, tosthe officers and privates
of the militia forces of said State fsramili-
tary services actually perfo med in the sup
preston Of the rebellion, and to make a
report thereof to Congress; House bill
making an appropriation of $40, 900 for pier
lights at the entrance of the %jetties in South
Pass, Mississippi River; Senate bill for the
relief of settlers on public lands within
double minimum limits of railroad grant,
afterwards thrown out of double minimum
limits by reason of change in the route
of the road; House Joint resolution
appropriating $1,000 for the erection
of a monument over the grave of Thomas
Jefferson; Senate bill granting lands
to the State of Minnesota in lieu of certain
lands heretofore granted to said State. Mr..
Window called up from the table a bill Just
received from the House of Representatives
appropriating $4,000 to continue public
schools in the District of Columbia until
the end of the present school year, which
was briefly discussed, and then passed-yeas
AZ, nays 7........ House-Among bills in.
troduced waa M by Mr.. Turner, to
prevent assessments for political purposes
also a joint resolution proposing an amend.
ment to the Constitution, prohibiting mem
bers of Congress from holding, during their
term or for two years thereafter, an Office
under the United States which has been
created, or compensation for which has
been increased during his term of Office
and declaring the Judges of the Supreme
Court ineligible for election to the offices Of
President or Vice-President. Mr.. Clymel
submitted a report of the conference com
mittee on the NsEal Appropriation Bill
He stated that the amount in controversy
had been $169, 600, of which the House hac
yielded $4,000. The report was ther
agreed to.
APRIL 30.-Senate-The President prt
tenn. laid before the Senate a number o
bills from the House, among them tn,
Senate bill to repeal the bankrupt law, will
the amendments thereto agreed on by tn,
, House. After much discussion, Mr.. Thur
t man offered an amendment to a motion tt
, refer the bill to the Judiciary COMMITTEES, 81
-, as to instruct that Committee to report tn
bill to the Senate, with such amendments a
: they might propose, on Thursday next
} After a brief discussion it was rejected.
yeas, 81; nays, q. A motion to simply refe
it to the Judiciary Committee was alst
rejected-23 to %. Mr.. Edmunds moved t.
refer the bill and House amendments to
special C mmittee of three. During the de
bate on this motion, a motion to adjourn
and that the bill and amendments b
printed, was carried b. ... House-In Com
mittee of the Whole on the Legislative Ap
4 preparation Bill, Mr.. Gibson offered al
amendment recognizing the mint at Ne,
: Orleans, and appropriating $1s5,0OO for it
maintenance. This amendment gave rise t
= a discussion upon the subject of brancl
minis, which was participated in by Messrs
Hanna, Sayler, Patterson, Cole and Frank
Ign, who advocated the establishment o
such minis in their respective localities
After a long discussion, in which the reol
, ganization of the New Orleans mint wa
} advocated by Butler and Garfield, Gibson
am endment was defeated-T to 90.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. day was devote
to the discussion of the bankrupt act, an
it was finally referred to the Judiciary Con
mittee by a vote of 81 to %, with the under
standing that it is to be reported back tc
morrow. There was much said about pos
i poning the time when the repeal will tax
e effect until next January, and an amend
ment fixing that day was adopted by a vot
b of twenty-five against twenty-five. The il
dications are that the Senate will adopt tn
amendments that the judiciary Commute
will report, and it may be that a conferenc
committee will reconcile the difference b,
e tween the two houses, the House demand
ing instant repeal, and the Senate fixing tn
date of repeal January 1, 1879. The fri
e of next October may be agreed upon as
compromise 1t evidently is the opinio
of the majority of the Senate that the r
peal should not be immediate.-House-