The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-08
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The senate.
WAsH1NeToH, March .7.Mr. Cockrel intro.
dug d u bill to provide for The organization Of
Mi sissippi river Improvement commission
and for the IN provement Of the Missssippt
river. Referred to the Committee on Com
merce.
On motion of Mr.. Hamlln the Senate took up
ton 5b14 Of The Revised Statute of the United
Sta o.. title r. in relation To the guano islands.
Tho amtndmsnt reported by the committee was
agreed to and the bill passed
Ths House bill for the relief Of VIM. Ham
mnnd. late surgeon General Of the Army was
called up and discussed until the expiration of
Mr. Sargent of California. called up the Joint
resolution recently submitted by him. In regard
to Chinese immigration. and spoke Ia relation
thereto.
Hs proceeded TO show that there were no com
msrcial advantages derived from The. Chinese
was having tendency, instead Of ChriEtiHnS-
ing the Pacific coast. to reduce 1t to Paganism.
There We're now yer 100000 Chinese In, Califor-
ta1ais the s ba
will follow from the distressed northern dis
tricts.
lection Of the Pacific eoast that portion OF the
country will. he claimed. become but o colony
Of The Chinese Empire.
AllSE " SFtNCu VI EWO UbuEb hE. f3HTR6nL
moved to refer the resolution to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Booth gave notice that he desired to
speak to the resolution next week. and the
The Chair laid before the senate n eommuni-
cation from Edward W: McPherson. superin-
ing. inviting Senators to Inspect the exhibit Of
the Bureau prepared for transportation to the
Paris Bxposi ion. which will be open to inspec-
tion at the Bureau on Friday and Saturday
mornings.
Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, called up the bill
referring the claim OF Benjamin Halliday to the
Court of Claims. A proiraced d. bate ensued
rs 10 The character of the testimony that might
be- transmitted to the Court OF Claims. and with
out diHpossngn - Of the bill the Senate, at y. M.
The House.
Mr. Willis, OF New York. presented u me-
mortal Of u large number OF citizens of New
York, in relation to the trade of Venesuela. =,
Secretary Of the Treasury was directed to
transmit! to the House tho report of tho special
agent OF the Treasury, who who investigated the
and upon which said Mccullough was removed.
NJ Luttrell also presented concurrent reso- O.
to The encouragement OF rife practice In the
army and In the militia of the several States.
Mr. MoMahon. of Ohio. reported resolution
authorizing the COMMITTEES on Rules to employ
seven experts. to be assigned by the Speaker to
such committees Of investigation as TO him
Mr.. Springer, OF illinois, offered substitute.
authorizing the committees on expenditures
Y"s srG m ene n
vestigalions. nnd also authorizing the Commit
tee on Postotflces and Post Roads to employ two
experts.
Mr.. springer's substitute was adopted yeas
The House then went into committee Of the
whole on the deficiency appropriation bill Mr..
Potter of New York in the rhuir nn1 rpSttmpd
the consideration Of the bill for the employment
OF emDorary clerks.
The pending question being upon Mr. Han
mas Amendment to increase the appropriation
s25 o0o Mr.. Blount. Of Georgia, opposed the
am mendment, because the employment would be
it was not ut al necessary there. That bureau
had been kept up too long as place in which
TO put friends of Congressmen; it had been
kept un M an organ nizatinn to corrupt Congress.
Mr.. Foster, of Ohio. said the gentleman had
said the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
YES corrupt instimtioq The genteman "a N and
ruptod, and had made no effort to reform the
bureau.
ard, Mills, Atkins. Durham, Hnnna and Ittner,
the questo was put and all the amendments
were rejected, so thnt the clause remains for
twenty temporary clerks. and appropriates
sG5 900.
Next. the section relating to nm appropriation
to "etect depredatiors on timber lands. was
pro torn,a amendment and under 1t argued to
show that the Democratic House Of the Forty
Fourth Congress had reduced the expenses Of
govern ent SIC ,0oo. 600
Mr.. Foster" The books show very little over
81 900. 600"
Mr.. x knew The gentleman was not happy
over tho reductions. but he would read to show
that his statements were correct. He then read
from the speech OF Mr.. Randall. In which, as
chairman OF the Committee on Approximations
he summed up what hal been done at the first
session OF the Forty fourth Congress- to show
that the amount stated by him had been saved;
yet 1t was proposed here to-day to increase the
number Of clet ks. What was needed was not
be increased to eight hours, and the wages Of
the, higher officials scaled down and reduced.
and then In the sweet by and by he and Mr..
Foster could meet on that beautiful shore"
whore they would not be disturbed by appro-
priations.
second section by striking, out 80 much as re-
the act OF the Secretary OF the Interior
In selling logs In the South.
Mr.. Atkins defended the action OF the Seere
tary.
Mr. Page. of Colorado. was opposed to any
system which sent Spfes out to arrest poor peo-
pie who took advantage Of the timber on gov
lands. The homestead and pre- emp
these timber lauds. There was none in the Far
West which did not belong - the government.
They We're Wiling to pay for the timber, but The
did not give them the opportunity.
After further deDate Mr. HeIberts amendment
was rejected.
:. Mr. Foster. Of Ohio. In reply to Mr.. Cox. of
New York, said that the actual reduction made
by the Forty Fourth Congress- was sl2.0oo0o0
az was shown by the books OF the Treasury De-
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