The Portland daily press., 1878-05-22
XLVth C0ngress-ReguIar Session.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON. May 81.
Mr.. cry said he was instructed by the majority
| of the Committee on Finance to report back the
House bill to forbid further retirement of United
States legal tender notes without amendment, and to
recommend its passage. He gave notice he would
call it up for consideration tomorrow.
Mr.. Bayard, from the Finance Committee, reported
with amendments the House bill for the free entry of
articles imported Tor exhibition by societies estab
hed ior the encouragement of arts OF sciences and
for other purposes. Caendared.
Mr.. Morrill,, from the Finance Committee re-
ported back with amendments the House bill to
amend section 20 OF the act, of June 22d, 1874, to
ns stem M Laws and msss
section to naval officers at Baltimore and New Or
leans, and to surveyors of Portland, Baltimore and
New Orleans The section referred to gives an
annual salary to certain officers instead of moties
At tia conclusion of the morning hour the Senate
of james Shields on the retired list of the army The
bill having been considered in committee of the
whole, was reported to the Senate, the question
being on concurrng in the amendment made by the
committee yesterday to place Grant the retired
list.
Mr. Cockrell demanded the yeas and nays and the
amendment was concurred in-yeas 80, nays ga
strict party vote, Republicans voting yea and Demo-
Gratis no.
Davis. Were that Senator here, he Uamar) would
vote in the affirmative aud Davis in the negative
After debate Mr.. Thurman moved to strike out all
after the enactng clause of the bill amended and
insert in lieu thereof provision authorizing the
Secretary of the Interior to place the name Shields
on the pension list at the rate of hundred dollars
monthly.
lengthy debate ensued, after which Mr.. Thur
mans amendment as substitute for the bill as
amended, to grant Shields 800 monthly, was re-
jected-yeas 81. nays 80.
The following are years and nays on Humans
amendment:
Yeas-Messrs. Bailey, Beck, Barnum, Bayard Burn
side, Christiancy, Conkng, Conover, Davis OF ILL.,,
Dennis, Eaton, Eustis, Grover, Harris, Hereford,
Hill, Hoar, Johnston, Herman, McCreery, McPher-
son, Maxey, MerrimOn, Morgan, Morrill,,
Randolph, Thurman, Wadleigh, Whyte and Withers
Nays-Allison Armstrong, Blaine, Booth, Bruce,
Butler, Cameron of Penn, Cameron of Wis, Cock
rel. Dorsey, Ferry, Hamlin, Howe, ingalls,, Jones,
Kellogg, Kirkwood, Lamar, Mcdonald, Mcmillan,
Matthews, Oglesby, Paddock Patterson, PLUMP,
Rollins, Sargent. Saunders Spencer, Teller, Voor-
hees, and Window.
The question then required on the passage of the
bill as amended placing Shields the retired list
with the rank of Brgadier General, and Gen. Grant
on the retired list with the rank of General and it
was rejected-yeas 80, nays "a.
The following are the yeas and nays on the pas
sage of the bill:
Yeas-Messrs Allison, Armstrong, Blaine, Bruce,
Burnside, Butler, Cameronof Pennsylvania, Came
ron of Wis Cockrell, COnkng, Conover, Dorsey,
Ferry, Hill, Ingalls,, Kellogg Lamar. Mcdonald
Mcmillan, Matthews, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrell,
Paddock, Patterson, Plumb, Sargent, Spencer,
Voorhees, and Window 80.
Nays-Messrs Bailey, Barnum, Bayard, Beck
Booth, Christiancy, Coke, Davis of Ill Dennis
Eaton, Edmunds, Eustis, Grover, Harris Hereford,
Hoar, Howe, Johns on, Jones of Florida, Keenan,
Kirkwood, McCreery, MCPHERSON, Maxey, Merri-
man, Oglesby Randolph. Rollins, Saunders Teller,
Thurman, Wadleigh, White and Withers.