National Republican., 1878-04-19

House bill to prevent the sale Of policy oi
lottery tickets in the District Of Columbia.
Providing for the recording of deeds, mort.
cages, and other conveyances affecting real
estate in the District of Columbia.
House bill to restore George A. Arms to the
rank of captain in the United States cavalry.
Mr.. GORDON moved to suspend the present
and prior orders, and consider House bill to
prevent the introduction Of contagious or in.
iectious diseases into the United States. The
amendments reported from the Committee on
Commerce were agreed to and the bill passed.
Business on the calendar was resumed, and
the bill authorizing the citizens Of Colorado
Nevada, and the Territories to fell and remove
timber on the public domain for mining and
domestic purposes was considered amended
and passed.
Tho Senate then, on motion of Mr.. DORSEY
went into executive session. and, when the
doors were again opened, adjourned to Monday
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. cox IN. " presented resolutions o
the Legislature of New York in relation to tax
on immigrants. Referred.
Mr.. KELLEY asked leave to report from
the Committee of Ways and Means bill tC
provide for the free entry Of articles imported
for exhibition by art associations, or for the
extension and advancement of tho arts and
sciences.
Mr.. MILLS wanted to know If these articles
were the product of the paupcr labor oil
EuropeP
Mr.. KELLEY did not know anything about
that. He was simply the organ of the Treasury
Department and Of the Committee Of Ways
and Means.
Mr.. COX IN. " said this was o free.trade
Ill a,I ahn
Mr.. STEPHENS (Ga.) hoped the bill would
be considered now. 1t had been drawn very
carefully, and met the views of the Treasury
Department.
Mr.. TOWNSEND IN. " objected.
The Irregular order was demanded, and the
House resumed consideration Of the conference
report on the bill authorizing the employment
of temporary clerks, &c.
The committee had agreed upon all points
except Gs to $4,000 for salaries and expenses
of collectors Of internal revenue, and $20,0OC
for railway postal clerks, &c.
Mr. FOSTER said that Mr.. DURHAM had on
yesterday in his speech, misapprchcndcd the
purpose of the first item. II was not for the
employment of special agents, but to aid
deputy collectors in enforcing the laws.
Mr.. DURHAM said he was opposed to hav.
ing so many deputy collectors. They were
not needed to enforce the laws, but their ap-
pointment was desired in order that they
might do political work and help to elect gem
tlcmen to Congress, and to aid the gentlouan
from Ohio, perhaps.
Mr.. FOSTER said the gentleman had not
tho least right to make that remark. Since
the subject was broached he would say that
Democratic member of the committee had OBJ
jccted to an appropriation for these deputy
collectors because their party did not have tho
appointment OF them. What seemed to be the
matter with Mr. DURHAM was that his course
on this floor was in the interest of tho moon
sinners. lie feared that the moonshiners in
his district would be arrested and stopped in
their Illicit practices. The gentleman was
making a bid for the votes OF the mOonshiners
in his district.
Mr.. DURHAM complained that the gentle
man made a personal attack upon him this
morning.
Mr. FOSTER What did you do to mc2
Mr.. DURHAM manifested II good deal Of ex-
ctement in denial. when
Mr. FOSTER said that was good plantation
manners, but the day for those sort of demon
stmtions had gone by.
Mr.. DURHAM said it was not true that he
was an advocate of tho mOOnshincrs in any
degree. He wanted the laws enforced, but he
would not vote money to enable midnight ma
raudors to go through the country and perse.
cute and arrest honest men.
Mr.. DURHAM then demanded the previous
question, and the report Of the committee of
conference was agreed to.
Mr.. SAMPSON moved that the House re-
Cedo from its disagreement on the item appro-
UIiating $4,000 for collectors, &c.
The motion was rGjcCted-ycas 81, nays 10l.
The same sctOn was taken on the other
question disagreed to, and the effect was to re.
quire new committee of conference, which
was ordered.
The House then resumed tho consideration
nf ba Hyin h. a Of
June for the final adjournment of Congress,
the pending question being upon Mr.. GAR
FIELDS motion TO lay Ou the table the motion
to reconsider the vote by which the House re-
fused TO refer the resolution TO tho Committes
ON Ways and Means.
The yeas and nays were ordered on this
yesterday.
The motion to lay on tho table was re-
jectcd-yeas, ia; nays l25.
The question next In order was to reconsider
the vote by which the House refused to refer
the resolution.
The hour of two o'clock having arrived, the
SPEAK ER announced that the regular order
was the ceremonies attending the official an
of the death OF the late Ruprcscn-
tative Leonard, and Mr.. ELLIS, Of Louisiana,
was recognized.
Mr.. WOOD asked him to yield lOug enough
to complete tho action On the adjournment res
ulutiOn.
Mr.. ELLIS was willing to yield.
Mr. ONEllL and others objected, and in
sisted upon the regular order
Mr.. ELLIS then took the floor to pronounce
a eulogy upon Mr.. Leonard.
Further eulogies were pronounced by Messrs
WARD, CALKINs, KENNA, COVERT, RAlNEY,
WHITE PaD, CUTLER, and DUNNELL, after
which the customary resolutions wero adopted
and the House at 4;lO p, m.) adjourned until
tomorrow.
The vote on laying on the table the motion
to reconsider the vote ON the resolution to ad.
juurn in June was almost strictly PARTISAN
Mr.. PhILLIPs, Of Kansas, was the only Ropub.
lican who voted no. Mossrs BRIDGES and
ClYMER, of Pennsylvania; CUTLER, of New
jersey, aud l.UTTRELL, OF California were the
only Democrats who voted in tho affirmative.
The subject will come up again tomorrow Us
business