The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-01

M blnnlS, DbthgHI5 lbIn MDUtHHtt btftWlHA
that the people OF the Territory had settled nm
der the mining and liant laws tt The United
states and had been accustomed to cut their
fire wood fr2m m the mountains since they had
On stormy, day an agent of the government
sszed nll the tirewood tnat had been cut Tor the
winters use nf the town OF III lena, leaving
none for domestic use OF industrial pu. poses.
and at u time when none could be obtaine In
tho mountains inilet1g H. get @ d,slress a An a.
ordered tile wood to be restored on the pay
ment Of "a an indemnity. The Judges OF the
to be- made and imposed stump lax Of fifteen
cents p.r cord. The secretary disapproved Of
This and directed n dollar q cord stun page on
wood remote from wood market.
That was n transaction In tltnbsr TINT. he be
lieved. had never had parallel anywbere He
s ba ss and aa Ps s Ia Il sa t. es1 ss prize ha a
league a 1si lHal) told him th II Maine 80 cests in
advantageous locations and as cents in the n-
terror would beg1od prices.
The people Of Montana bad protested. but the
Secretary was ineHorabl.. and they were com.
pei ed TO pay the liar, because they 9 buld get
fuel no other nav on tho sane ptincnla that n
man gives up his money with higbwaymans
pistol at his head.
| extraordinary remedies. 1t WAS because tuey
hai been ext'a r.,innriiy oppressed.
After Iu, ther d. bate the bill, was temporarily
vote Of Al to 10
The clerk then commenced the reading OF the
MIR. Cpnkltng naid tho Senate had heard the
readlng might be dis pensed with.
time me- It It'll" has been en- alleged lie that the biIl oi ls55
was not read here when 1t came from the Sen
ate He was det. rmiee ed that it should not now
be rnii that this bill Wa not read In the Senate.
The bill and messag" wore, reno. and the Chair
put he question on reeons silern ion: shall the
bill pass r The yeas and W. W.T. ordered,
AMI he vote resulted, yeas 46, NAYS 10.
| The vote In dc all fOll tWH.
Yeas-Messrs. Allison. Bailey, ,eek. Bruce,
y Go Gaover Davis baraaI st I'LL
ris, Hereford. Hi. Howe, .Ing"ll4,. Johnston.
:" fsfd@ desg 52nei n9bdss 81 ns,1" MeaHs
i ok, Patterson. Plumb, Saul bury, sannd ra.
Windouoani With"ra@4e.
anys@M Messrs. Barn,l1n, Bayard, Blnine.
Butler. C.nklipg. Day. s. Eaton; Hat9ln, Hoar
Randolph. Rollins. Sargent, Wadlsigh and
The following mfrs were announced: An'ho,
ny, Cameron of Wisconsin. Ransom. Burnside,
Booth, Ogesbyo Edmnnds, Cameron OF Penn
AlIsent without pairs: Mr. christiancy and
After motions to adoprn md to go into ex-
ecu'ive ressio,n hnd been reieete,d tn. Senate
House md Mcmillan spoke in opposition to It,
| The bill was then 'ead n third time and
| passed-yeaa 80. nnys 15. and nj $40 D. m. the
Senate odjourned
| The House. o
Mr.. Fresman, ,onf Pennsylvania. Introduced &
bin to authorize the estnblishmeneof IN ocean
mail service between The Uuiseta States and for
eign countries. Referred.
The regulo order was demanded. and the
| Speaker proceeded to Gull the committees for
NJ wsitthorns from the cqmmitse PM , On Naya y,
be submitted from the Navy Dapuitment. The
| bill requires tho department D, give in detail
The items Of Expenditure for which estimates
a-e submitted, up which to base apprYpria-
Mr tlale thought The blu was a step in the
right directi n. It would do no harm to enave
Mr.. Willis. of New Yorlo from the same com
mittoe. reported bill to nnthorz' ard eaui Y
expeatiI,on '9 ,s the hn ArG'c Sea- Referred to
AT 23o y. nj. the Presidents private secretary
appeared with message from the President
an, onneing his dis ,plpr,yal Of the silver j,
and read amid profound silence.
The Speaker said the. question before the
House was whether The House, on reconsdera-
President to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Mr. Stephens. Of G orgia, demanded The pre-
| vious question. Whicn was second d. and the
roll W, s called on the passage of the bill.
just as ths FIRST name was called Mr.. Fort oi
Illinois, asked that the veto message be again
askel that l. be printed in the Record
Mr.. Cox, OF New York. objected. The message
was charg, Of fraud by ~ fraud.
Mr. MeCook, OF New York. amid good dea
Of excitement rose to q question rf order and
demanded that Mr. Coxs words be taken down
at the desk
his was mot ith calls for the regular order
on the Democratic side. and demands that Mr.
MrOook should be heard on the Republican
side
Mr. McCo, L insisted that the remark was i'm
proper and 81 auld be noted.
Mr.. Cox reit ~ated his remark and would
st nd by 1t.
The Speaker raped to order amid confusion
and excitement on both sides Tho Speaker
after comparatively restoring order said thai
Mr.. Cox had no right to make the remark. He
had not been recognized aud was not entitled G
the floor. and the Clerk had no right TO take
down the r1mark.
Mr. M"Cook inquired If the remark would &c
The Speaker said 1t ought not to, and thai
seemed satisfactory and the roll call pro-
ceeded.
The bill was passed over the veto by a vote ot
19G yeas to 70 nays. and tho announcement OF
the result was greeted with applause on the
floor and In tho galleries.
The House then, on motion Of Mr. Hewitt, oi
Alabama. went into committee OF the whole
sderation Of the bill to pay pensions to soldiers
Mr.. .WiIllame q Alabama, advocated the bill.
Kans as. apd Viii 9. q Pennsvlvauia, opposed it.
Mr.. Ho6ker Of Missis ippi, denied tbat the
| bill made any nVidiOus distinction. ns had been
claimed Much had been said about DAVIS. but
he was prohibited from receiving any benefit
from The act. He referred to the Fact also tn |
Lee and Jackson, and Johnson. i living. would
come under the prohibition of the act. but they
were what they were. and neither denunn,ation
nor eulogy could affect them. The United
States bad granted pardon and ammo tyto those
who had been In the late rebellion and that
should have tho effect to annnl any
opposition to the pafsage Of this bill
! because Il few ex rebels would be benefited. 1t
| lIpiuLt tn grant thpGg ng0Ip DardDD W Nh
| a condition. he made earnest appeal for
rewarding the sold ers who had fought in nex
leo ana deneLthut any Of the taxpayers would
complain at the money to be expended under
| this bill.
| Mr. Singleton. OF Mississippi. said hn dill not
propose 10 discuss the merits f the bill, but to
| eepeak of distinguished citizen of b . own
| st to, against whom q good deal of feeling
Ind b en manifested. He relerred to J #. Davis.
There were were objeeti MS urged to the bill on the
become y beneficiary. He had a letter from
Davis in which he asked that his name might
be excluded from the bill by special enactment
| rather than anv fpelinn 6UainGt him Sh0ufd