Connecticut western news., 1878-04-04
Oup Weekly News Summary.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS
SENATE.

SENATE. Many petitions were presented in the Senate remonstrating against the re- vival of the income tax. Mir. Sergeant (Rep., Cal. presented telegram from the San Francisco Cham Der of Commerce remonstrating against the passage of any bill repeating the law authorizing the coinage of the trade do!- lar, and reciting at some length the ad- vantages of that coin Ill the Asiatlc trade. Mir, Howe Rep., Wis., called up the resolution submitted by him, calling up on the President for information in re- gard to the alleged dedication of Judge Whitaker of Louisiana, and in discuss ing it at length, defended Anderson of Louisiana. He rested his defence of Anderson, he said, solely upon the ground that he had no more to do with altering the return from Vernon parish than any man who died last century. He believed the District Court outraged the body of truth to procure conviction. In his remarks he reviewed the policy of the Administration, criticising the course of the President in his Southern policy.
 MT. Blaine (Rep., Me. moved that the correspondence between the American and British Governments in regard to the appointment of Mir. Delfosse on the Halifax Commission be taken from the table and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. That correspondence more than justified all he had said about the very extraordinary efforts of Lord Granville to force MT. Delfosse upon our Government. The award should be paid, not because 1t was just, but sim ply because it was an award which, for honor's sake, we might pay, though we got nothing for the large sum required. If the payment of four and a half mil lions were the end of the matter, he would be willing to vote 1t in silence, and bury the whole matter out of sight. But this award was only the beginning of trouble. The period for which it paid would be ended in five years, and then our privilege for in-shore fishing would have to be negotiated afresh. It was well known at Halifax, during the ses- sion of the commission, that the Canadi- an authorities were striving, not simply for the large sum on hand, but for the fixing of rate by which to assess the price of the in-shore fisheries in future. The total value of the catch in the in- shore fisheries, by American fishermen, during the four years the treaty had been in operation, was only S485, 170, on D which the profit was probably $100, 900. This covered the entire catch, for which we obtained the right under the treaty. During the same four years the duties on Canadian fish and oil remitted by our Government amounted to $1 1,5O0,- 900 in gold. Our Government was now called upon to pay $3,500, 900 in gold coin for the privilege of permitting ou1 fishermen to make profit of $100, ,00C on the in-shore fisheries of Nova Scotia, The London Times of July 6, 1877, said: con every point that comes before the Fishery Commission fol decision the unanimous consent ot all its members is, by the terms of the treaty, necessary before an authoritative verdict can be given" So, in 1875 Mir Blake, the Canadian Minister of Justice said ''The amount of compensation VI shall re ceive must be an amount unani mously agreed upon by the Commission ers." Considerations entirely outside O the legality of the justice of the awart might constrain us to consent to its pay ment but it should never be paid with out such protest as would forever proven its being quoted as a precedent or accep ted as a standard to measure the value o the in-shore fisheries in future negotia bIOuSs 1uc uuOb1OA Wdo 1SSACCO OO.
 |. MT. Bayard Dem., Del.) reported without amendment, the House joint res olution extending the time for paying tn tax on distilled spirits, and the resolu ton was passed.
 MT. ConkEng (Rep., N. Y.) presente petition of business men of New Tor against the reimpositlon of the incom tax, and said that he thought they re monstrated against it's revival with abun dant reasons. Referred to the Commit tee on Finance.
 MT. Hoar Rep., Mass.) called up tn resolution to pay John Ray and Willia1 l.. McMillan of Louisiana the sum ( S1,0OO each to reimburse them for none spent in contesting their seats. Passe yeas 50 ; nays '.
 The Consular and Diplomatic Apprc priation bill, after being amended, passed
 HOUSE.
 MT. Butler Rep., Mass. introduced bill to authorize bondholders and oth' creditors to elect receivers in suits equity pending in United States court
 The Speaker called up the motion MT. Springer Oem., Ill. to suspend u rules and pass bill to authorize u coinage of gold and silver on the san terms, and to permit the deposit there in the Treasury for the same purpose On that occasion the yeas and nays we ordered, but the vote was interrupted business of the District of Columbi MT. Springer asked leave to withdra the bill and to submit motion fixing day for the consideration of the subjee MT. Garfield (Rep., Ohio) and othe objected. The vote was taken and u motion was rejected-yeas, 140 nay 102-not the requisite two-thirds in u affirmative.
 Mir. Patterson Oem., Col.) offered resolution calling on the Secretary
 War for information as to what ste have been taken to protect residents Colorado from an outbreak on the pc of the Ute Indians.
 MT. Wood Oem., N. Y.), Chairman the Committee on Ways and Means, ported a bill to impose duties on forei imports, to promote trade and commert to reduce taxation, and for other pl poses. He also reported resoluti making the bill special order for Thu day, April 4. The resolution was adopt yeas, 137 nays, IA.
 The House took up the Massachuse contested election case of Denne agai Field, and after discussion the vote v taken upon the minority resolution, claring Field entitled to the seat, and suited: yeas, 120; days, 119. The Speal cast his vote in the negative, thus tyi the vote and defeating the resolution.
 The Legislatures or PennsyIva1 and New Jersey are talking seriously adopting the Moffett liquor register.