The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-09
CONGRESSIONAL.


CONGRESSIONAL.
ssOUSE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 6.-Under q
call OF States, the following bills were re-
ferred.
By Mr.. THOMPSON. Declaring that
all propositions to change or modify the
tariff law are injurious and detrimental to
the general welfare of the people, and that
it is unwise TO waste time at present in its
discussion. He moved its reference to the
Committee on Appropriations.
Mr.. WOOD moved its reference to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
Mr.. PAGE moved its reference to the
Committee Of the Whole on the State Of the
Union. Agreed to-l25 to Is.
BY Mr.. SCALES. Giving to all religious
denominations equal rights and privileges
in the Indian Reservation.
BY Mr.. JONES. For the appointment
of a commission to be called the Farmers
and Stock Breeders Commission and to con-
sist Of veterinary surgeon and two practi-
cal stock breeders, at an annual salary of
$500 each, to have charge Of the investi-
CATION of contagious diseases OF farm stock,
their causes, means Of prevention, cure, &c,
and to report from time TO time measures
to prevent the importation OF such diseases
from abroad and the spread OF tie conia-
gion.
By Mr.. FORT. To indemnify Illinois
and other States in regard to swamp lands.
By Mr.. PHILLIPS. To enable soldiers
of the late war to pre-empt land to the ex-
tent Of one hundred and sixty acres.
By Mr.. MORRISON. 10 amend the
law in relation to the tax on native wines.
Mr.. SHELLY, at the request Of Messrs.
Robins and Tucker, moved To suspend the
rules and pass the bill reducing the tax on
snuff and on chewing and smoking tobacco
to sixteen cents per pound on cigars to
s. per thousand; on cigarettes, weighing
not more than three and half pounds to
the thousand, 81 % per thousand, and
weighing over three and half pounds 10
per thousand.
The motion was not agreed to-yeas, 100;
nsys, ll6-nOt two-thirds voting in the al
firmative.
The House then proce, ded to the cons:d-
Grafton of the bill establishing perman-
ent form OF government for the District of
Columbia. The bill, in its amended form,
removes all property qualification in regard
to commissioners and members of the coun-
ell, and abolishes the pole tax. 1t also pro-
vides for the payment ofin,erest Of the 3 90
bonds. but decides that nothing in the act
shall be construed as an acknowledgement
of any liability on the part OF the Uuited
States to pay the principal, otherwise Than
a. provided in tn. act for the issuance of
those bonds.
Mr.. COX, of Ohio, offered an amend
ment requiring that the commissioners shall
be appointed by the President, by and with
the advice of the Scnr,e.
A long discussi III eu-ued on these amend
ments and on the bill generally, which pro-
yides for three commissioners one, an
engineer officer above he rank of captain,
t, be appointed by The President, one to be
elected by the S nate and the third to be
elected by the House.
The amendm Mt o:,er. by Mr. Cox was
rejected.
Mr.. FORT NOV j to detail an officer Of
the engineer corps # the army as one OF the
commissioners, an TO insert words direct
ing that one of tn. ,mmissioners shall be
a competent engin Yr. X. j-ct.d.
Mr.. DURRELL moved an amendment
to the clause, requiring that the two elected
commissioners shall have been actual resi-
dents of the Distri t for ten years, by max
ing it five years. Agreed to.
The Commission rs amendment, striking
out the property-lualification clause for
mem bers of the council, was ayr ed to; also
striking out the clause r quiring voters to
have paid poll tax.
The committee also reported an amend
ment limiting the rate OF taxation to one
dollar and seventy-ivc cents per one hun
dred dollars of real and personal property.
Mr.. BUCKNER proposed to make the
limit two dollars.
In the course Of the discussion on this
point, the question of the liability OF the
Government for tine 3-65 bonds came up,
Mr.. Blackburn insisting that, under exist
ing laws, the Government was liable for the
interest, but it was not liable for the prin-
cipal. and Meesrs. Cox Of New York, and
Cox of Ohio, denying the liability Of the
Government for either principal OF interest.
Without dispos' ng OF the question, the
House adjourned.
WASHINGTON, My 7.-Immediately al
ter the reading Of the Journal, the House
resumed consideration Of the District of
Columbia Government bill.
Mr.. REAGAN moved to amend, so as to
make the Government liable for but twen-
ty-five per cent of the expenditures of the
District Rejected.
Mr.. EDEN moved to amend SO as to
make the United States Government liable
for forty per cent of the expenditures Of
the District instead Of fifty per cent,
provided by the bill. Defeated-yeas, 9
nays, 134.
The bill having been gone through with
on the passage OF the bill, and it was passed
without the yeas and nays.
Mr.. WOOD then moved to go into Com
mittee of the Whole on tic thrift bill.
On a standing vote, the SPEAKER an
nounced the result to he 20 to so.
Then vote by tellers resulted "a to 81,
and, finally, on vote by yeas and nays, the
motion was agreed to-yeas, 100; nays, los.
There was a good deal of excitement
over the vote, and when the roll was finish
ed, there was small majority against the
motion, but the absent Democrats were
hunted up and brought in to vote, and at
least four of them-Messrs. Reagan, Bouck,
Patterson, of Colorado, and Caldwell, of
Tennessee, wer. induced to change from
mo" to "aye;;" and in this manner bare
majority was obtained for the motion.
As soon as the result; of the vote was an
nounced, a motion to adjourn as made by
Mr.. Conger and defeated yeas, SO; nays,
lis.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole, with Mr.. Ssylor in the chair,
on the tariff bill, and Mr.. Tanks spoke in
opposition thereto.
After some Discussion, the committee rose
and Mr.. Singleton moved for the conference
report on the bill to regulate the advertis-
ing of mail lettings. Agreed 10.
The Senate bill for the distribution o., the
aad sale Of the new edition of the revised
statutes, was taken from the Speakers ia
bic and passe1.
Mr. BUTLER introduced a bill to pro-
vide for a tariff commission Referred.
Adjourned.
SENATE.