The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1878-12-21
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the following:
By Plum-To provide for the temporary in
crease of the army in an emergency.
BY Conkling tby requestl-To amend the
laws relating to pensions. This bill concerns
the fees of attorneys. 1t is claimed that the
present regulations prevents those entitled to
pensions securing the services of respectable
attorneys.
Morrill,, from the committee on finance, re-
ported favorably ON the Senate bill to author
ize duplicates of registered land stolen from
the Manhattan Savings Institution, OF New
York city; passed.
Gordon introduced bill to secure more ef-
ficint collection of revenue from cigars; re-
ferred.
At the expiration of the morning hour con-
sideration was resumed of the bill In regard to
the count of the electoral vote, and Bayard
spoke in its favor.
House resolution looking to the investiga-
tion of the official conduct of j. /. Davenport
U. s. supervisor of elections at New York,
was adopted without objection after being
amended so as to make the investigation ex-
tend to his conduct on election days.
Beck called up the House bill to repeal so
much of the civil sundry appropriation bill
for the present fiscalyear as appropriates to G.
]. Byrett late Indian agent at the Ponce
agency, S32, sos, and moved that it be referred
to the committee on appropriations.
Blaine's election resolutions passed; yeas 30
nays 26.
Blaine moved to take up the resolution SUBJ
mitted by him on the first day of the session
in regard to citizens being deprived of their
constitutional rights that it would be un-
finished business on Monday.
Wadleigh objected, and said senate bill to
revise and consolidate statutes relating to
patents had the precedence.
Blaine said if his resolution was to pass, it
was important that it be passed before the
holidays.
Wadleigh said the resolution would lead to
discussion while the patent bill would not.
Blaine said that Senator Wadleigh did not
know that the resolution would provoke dis
cussion.
Wadleigh moved to adjourn.
Blaine, Edmunds and Others on the Repub-
hcan side raised an objection and called for
yeas and nays
The motion to adjourn was agreed to; yeas
81; nays %; Booth, Davis of Illinois. ingalls,
and Wadleigh voting with the Democrats In
the affirmative. Adjourned till Monday.
House.
Shelley from the committee on railways
and canals, reported bill TO authorize the 1
Washington, Cincinnati and st. Louis railway
Co., to construct narrow guage railroad
from tide water to St. Lonis and Chicago; re-
committed.
henna, rising to personal explanation, re-
ferred to the sweeping charges made in the
public press against members of the committee
on enrolled bills for drunkenness at the close
OF the last session. He denounced such
charges as unqualfedly false, and filed state
ments from the speaker and other officers of
the House IN support of his remarks.
The bills on the speakers table since the
last session ware taken up and referred to
committees except where objections were
made, as was the case with bill to repeal the
resumption act, and bill to extend the time
Tor construction of the Northern Pacific rail-
road. These. bills remain ON the speakers
table,
The committee on claims reported a bill
originally introduced by Philips, of Kansas,
amending an act making an appropriation |
for the service of the government for the |
fiscal year ending June so, 1872; passed, It |