National Republican., 1878-04-29
HOUSE OF REPREsEsTATIVEs.

HOUSE OF REPRESESTATIVEs.
| Mr.. W1GGINTOS, from Committee on Pub
lie Lands, reported bill for relief Of settlers
on public lands, and to provide for refunding
certain fees and commissions in cases Of settle
ments declared void. Ordered printed and re-
| committed.
On motion Of Mr.. LATITROP, a resolution
was adopted requesting the President to trans
unit To the House the report OF the commission
ers heretofore authorized 10 make experiments
and tests Of iron and steel, giving the results
Of such experiments.
Mr.. HEWITT IN. " oHrored resolution
requesting the Secretary OF State to report to
the House all information In the possession Of
the Department in relation TO the claim Of
Charles Buttcrfcld against the government Of
Denmark. Referred TO Committee on Foreign
Atflirs.
On motion of Mr.. COLE, the House took mp
and passed the hill to remove the political dis
abilities of George s. Shryock, Of Missouri.
On motion of Mr.. FULLER, II was ortlercd
| by unanimous consent that there be q session
Of the House on Monday evening to consider
the report from the Committee on Public
Lands
On motion Of Mr.. wADDEIL, the House
non -concurrcd in the Senate amendments to
the bill TO regulate the advertisement Of mail
lettings, and committee Of conference was
requested.
Mr. MCGOWAN rose to q personal expiana
tiop. and called attention to some remarks
made by Mr.. WooD few days ago, in which
II was intimated that he (Mr. McGowAS) had
carried OF letter he had written to Mr..
WooD, and which the latter had made part of
his remarks in his speech on tho tariff bill. He
was surprised that the gentleman should have
made such an intimation. He did not see the
letter after II was sent to the clerks desk, and
he would not have carried It off IL he had got
| II In bis possession.
Mr. WOOD said that no never intimated that
the gentleman had carried of the letter. All
he sad was that the letter was not sent to him
with his speech for revision, and when he went
| to inquire for II he found that Mr.. MCGOWAN
had been at the desk inquiring for 1t but he
did not suppose that tho gentleman had carried
the letter of.
On motion of Mr.. SPARKS, the Honse went
into Committee OF the Whole on the Indian
appropriation bill, Mr.. POTTER in the chair.
| The total amount recommended by the bill
| Is S4,712575.7O, which Is So, ,2S0.90 less than
| the appropriations for the current fiscal year,
and s6l3, 3,3l5.50 less than the estimates Of the
Department
Mr.. SPARKS said the bill met the approval
of the Department and Of the subcommittee
which had IL in charge, and he would not,
therefore, detain the House with any remarks
upon It.
The bill was then read by clauses for con-
sideration and amendment.
After the bill had been read through with
out single amendment having been made
increasing expenditure,
Mr.. MONROE said that since the bill had
been under consideration the Commissioner |
of Indian Affairs had come to him and shg-
gestcd point where there could he q further
reduction in the aggregate OF s3,lO0. He had
discovered that the superintendent and clerk |
i,,n n,l,n tn hn nj tytt tNtfh hnt
detrimCnt to the service. When the head of u
bureau did such an unusual thing as to pursue
members to this Hall to suggest reduction in |
an appropriation, II deserved attention, aud he
would therefore offer an amendment to con-
form with the Commissioners suggestion.
The amendment WAS adopted.
The committee then rose, and the bill was
reported to the House and passed.
On motion of Mr. ATKINS the House went
into Committee of the Whole on the legislative
appropriation bill, Mr., EDEN in tho chair.
Mr. ATKINS said that when this bill was
reported four weeks ago II was his purpose to
make some remarks explanatory of it, aud at |
the same time to show tho relation Of appro-
priatlUns to taxation. But the session was
passing so rapidly that he would not take up |
the time of the House in that discussion. Be- |
sides, the condition of his health operated |
against his intention. He would ask that the
bill be read by paragraph for amendment.
time WnOle amount Is Sll,-
735,G7O This Is S5S2, 30 less than tho ap- |
preparation for the current year, and 81 ,iG0,-
g02 II less than the estimates submitted.)
The bill was then read by paragraph for
amendment.
An appropriation of 500 was made for the
contingent fund of the Capital police
Mr.. DUNNELl moved AN amendment tn
increase the pay Of the Capitol police to 81, 100
per annum.
Mir. ATKINS hoped not. These officers got |
enough now for the very light duty they had |
to perform. They did not run any of the |
danger which regular police officers oncoun.
tered, and wer0 always under shelter. lie
asserted that tho pOlicoaL this Capitol wGro
better paid than the police about the British
Parliament.
The amendment was rejected.
Mr.. DEERlNG moved TO amend by a pro-
yiso that all the messengers tho soldiers
roll shall have served in the Union army.
Mr.. ATKINS. We accept that.
The amendment was adopted.
Mr.. MCKENZIE moved to increase the sal.
ary of the Chaplain to 1000. lie thought the
man who prayed for us should have as much
us the men who opened the doors,
The amendment was ruled out on point Of
order.
number of amendments increasing the
number of pages and definitely fixing the sal
aries of other employees We're adopted.
The committee got through with the twenty
pages Of the bill, and had reached the clause
abOliShing tho office of Fifth Auditor, which
was about to lead TO contest, when The COM
mittCe rose.
On motion of Mr.. ROBINSON lMass.), the
of War WAS directed TO report to the
House all the surveys made OF tho Connecticut
River between Hartford and Holyoko since
1857.
The House, then, at twcnty-Gv. minutes
past four p. M, adjourned
GOVERNMENT SALES.