The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1878-03-14

Cameron of Pa Cockrel, Davis of ILL.,, Davis Of W.
a EaUn Of FAR
OF New. Herman McCreery, Matthews, Maxey. Mer-
Iimon Mitchell. Morgan, Paddock, PUNT, Randolph,
voorhees,, Wallace, Whyte WINDOW and Withers2
Nays-Anthony, Blaine. Cameron of Wis, Chris.
tiancy, Dawes, Hamin, Hoar, Ingalls, KirkwOod,
Mcmillan, Norris Rollins, and Spencer-l3.
The question required 90 the amendmept of Mr..
Sargent an, Mr. Matthews moved to strike out ten
and insert folty. In explanation of the amendment
he said the practice has been to have ten presidential
cadet appoin tments in eacn class being forty in all
during Jour years He did not think it fair now to
Presidential term.
Mr.. windoLl moved to lay the amendment of Mr..
Matthews on the table. Agreed to.
Mr.. Hoar moved as an amendment to Mr..
Sargen's as follows:
"But this provision shall not be held 60 require the
discharge of auy cadet hereoto appointed" This
amendment was accepted by Mr.. SARGENT and the
amendment as amended was agreed to by the
Mr.. Thurman opposed the striking out Of the Sd
section of House ti and said be was in favor of
step tending to reduce the cadets at West Point aud
Annapolis to one half the present number. The
number of officers we now have in the army was
altogether disproportloned to the number of men.
AS the third section of the bill had already been
stricken out and a new one inserted he moved the
following as an additional section:
THAT only such number OF graduates Of the U. S.
Military Academy in any one year shall be entitled to
appointment as second leutenants in the army as
are required to ill vacancies of that grade existing
on the LIST day of July in each year. and all gradu-
aes OF the military academy who are not appointed
to the army under the provisions of this act shall be
discharged upon the gradual ion of their class. but
this section shall not apply to the cadets now in
SAID academy"
Mr.. Window moved 10 lay the amendment on the
table. Agreed to, yeas %, nays 25
The bull was then reported to the Senate. The
amendments made in the committee of the whole
were agreed to and the bill was passed.
MIR. Paddock called up the Senate bill supplement
tary to the act relative to the Hot Springs reserya
tion in Arkansas lit continues the commission ap-
pointed to hear cases of claimants, &C., until Oct.
1878, and provides that they each receive compen-
sati0n at the rate of $1,000 per annum.)
MIR. Dorsey moved to amend the bill so as to con-
tinue the commission till February, 1879 Agreed to-
He also submitted additional section authorizing
the superintendent of the reservation to lease the
sites with privileges for furnishing ba'hs etc to the
Hot Springs Mountain Water Co giving said COM
pany the right to construct a reservoir on Hot
Springs Mountain to supply the reservation with
ter, etc. Agreed to.
Mr.. Conkling called up the House bill to make
persons charged with crimes and offenses compe-
tent witnesses IN the United states and territorial
Mr. Thurman called up the Pacific railroad sink
ing fund bill that It might be unfinished business
tomorrow, and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE
MIR. Eickhoff offered a resol uton declaring that
no more money should be expen ded for the compile
ton OF the Ma,hngtSn monument until the plans
Mr. Schleicher, chairman of the committee on
railways ana canals, submitted report upon the
Atlantic Ocean and the Ohio Valley Ordered
prin ted and recOmmitted.
from 900 provided in bill to $780, the pre-
sent salary was rejectei 50 to ITO.
During the discussion Mr.. Reagan be unanimous
consent made an explanation on the subject of the
proposed payment of mail route contractors in the
Confederate states for services rendered previous
nYtr aaf TrNrs, hfo
report as postmaster general of the Confederacy.
The object of the reading was show that he was
crecsd II tbs a ne as general
service under contract with the United States, and
objected the postmasers to turn over their postage
stamps and money to The United States before the
coutrol of the service was assumed by the Con-
federacy. He confessed to having forgotten the
subsequent egi Iati on the subject He hoped The
House would not consider that he had been dealing
unfairly or disingeuuousy with it.
MIR. Conger replied to Mr.. Reagan He discaimed
any intention to reflect upon that gentleman in the
matter of the bill pay Southern mail contractors
That gentleman had ntraiicted the statement he
Conger) made as to these contractors uaving been
paid BY the Confederate government ana he (C0nger)
had met him and over thrown him with his own pro-
clamation. The gentleman from Texas (Reagan)
had also denied that these contractors had been paid
BY the Confederacy, but his (Conger's) colleague
(Willetts) had produced proof that they had BEEN
de did not wish to say anything personal about the
gentleman from Texas. He accepted his explanation
'or what that gentleman might considerit worth.
Still the charge remained unanswered that the
gentlemen Oh UQe 0Cn0r size VINO Ware familiar wi tn
the legislation Of the Confederate congress and who
must know that $500 have been appropriated
by that Congress to pay these contractors were
Mr. Douglass of Virginia at hfs point rose to ask
question Of Mr.. Conger.
Mr. Gonger declined to yield for that purpose, but
Mr.. Douglass persisted and refused to take his seal
as required by the Chairman.
The proceedings were then interrupted till MT
Wood OF New York raised the question of order
that the whole discussion was Irrelevant to the bill
before the committee, and therefore out of order
and the Chairman sustained the point.
Mr.. O0nger then moved a formal amendment tx
the bill and proceeded again to discuss the question
of Southern mail contractors when a similar poin
Of order was made by Mr.. Luttrell and again
sustained.
Mr. Atkins, chairman of the appropriations COM
| mittee, expressed regret that tho gentleman from
Michigan had not been allowed to 60 on in his OWE
way 1t would not have done particle of harm
false impression had been made on the country
(here he was interrupted by like point of order by
Mr. Reed, which was also sustained by the Chair
| man He thought it very unknd in the gentleman
from Maine to make the point. but he "a tkins) had
way of paying debts, and probably would be able tt
| pay that debt during their intercourse.
Mr. Reed defended bis course in raising the poin
Of order and ntmated that the position held by thu
gentleman from Tennessee gave him no more RICH
| 10 the floor than any other member.
MI. Atkins declared with some warmth that tht
1nsl9uation was discreditable to the gentleman
Mr. Reed-I have made no insinuation whatever
| Mr. Atkins-The insinuation was that thought
| had right to occupy the floor to the exclusion O
| any other member. If it did not mean that it wal
| dribble and nonsense.
Mr. Frye objected to any further discussion of The
| question.
Mr.. Humphrey sent to the clerks desk to have
| read letter of Mr. Cox Of New York, recommend
| ,6g george ID. Butler as postmaster at the Blacl
Mr.. Hewitt of New York raised the point of order
that the paper not pertaining to the bill under con
| slderatlon it was not in order to have it read.
Amid laughter the chairman (Mr. Cox of New
York; stated that under the crcums tances be would
override the point of o. der aud the letter was cad
L hQ t1r Ann brap &c ftrne
having expref he had no Opportunity to speak upoI
the salaries of ministers to Spain Austria, Italy
Brazil, Mexico, Japan and China at $4,000, Mr.
Maybam moved to amend by providing before thu
shanghai be paid that the Secretary Of the Treasur,
shall cause his accounts such consul general b.
carefully invesigai ed an that all MONEYS received
oy him aud not paid into the Treasury shall be de-
Quoted from his salary
Mr.. Hale of Maine made a point of order that the
amendment was new legislation
The Chairman sustained the point and the amend.
ment Was not received.
MIR. Singleton on the part of the appropriation
committee. moved an amendment propriatine
$500 TO minister to the Argentine Repub ic, Pa
quay and Uruguay, the original bill only providing
Tor minister to the Argentine Republic at $500
Agreed t"
Mr.. Conger moved to appropriate 1880 each for
minls els at tue Netherlands and Belgium, which
missions were abolished by the bill, Rejected.
Mr.. Brentauo moved to insert Greecein the list O
mssi ms requiring salary of 81 $780, and strike from
IL Tue MISSION TO turkey. Rejected.
MT. Hale moved to amend SO provide for chdrge,
d'dfdires at Denmark GIeere and Switzerland al q
salary of $4,000 each. Rejected.
Mr Neal moved that the title of charge d'afaires
at Portugal be changed to minister resident. Re.
jected.
Mr. Hale moved to increase the salary of the con.
sui general at Carlo from $4,000 to $4,000 Rejected
Mr.. Monroe moved to increase the salaries of con-
sui generals at London. Paris, Havana and Rio ia
metro from $4,000 to $6000 and to strike out the pro
yso making it the duty of the consul general at Rio
Jane1o to the duties of Secretary legation
without additional conversation After explanations
It appearing that both offices were necessary, Mr.
Monroe's amendment was divided and that portion
which 1Dcrea ed the salary rejected and the
t1on striking out the proviso was agreed to.
Mr.. Hewitt said yesterday that he had asked the
gentleman from Ohio (Jones) whether Mr.. Lee CON
sui at Frankfort, spoke the German Language and
that gentleman had answered he did He had re-
ceived letter this morning from Cyrus w. Field
stating that he called upon Mr.. Lee last August and
hau been informed by that gentleman that he old not
speak German but that his wife could speak it lit
tie. (Langhter)
After further debate on this subject, Mr. Springer
or Illinois moved to strike out the consuiates to
Winppo and Chin Kung in China. The amendment
was rejected.
on motion Of Mr.. DunneIl an amendment was
adopted making it the duty of consuis make quar-
Terry reports as to the amount of expor,s and i'm
poIts OF the countries towhch they arecredted
On motion OF Mr.. Lathrop an amendment was