Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-18
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
WEDNESDAY. December IS.

SENATE-Mr. Cameron {Wis.,, from the COM
mittee on claims. reported bill for the relief
Of Theophilus P. Chandler, late assistant treaSu-
rer of the United States at Boston, Mass. Placed
on the calendar.
Mr. Anthony, from the committee on print
ing, reported favorably on joint resolution for
the distribution OF the revised statutes of the
United states to the Post Office department.
Passed.
Bills were introduced and referred as follows.
By Mr.. Concentrating a commission to exam
inc and report the expenses incurred by the
state Of Oregon and the territories Of Idaho and
Washington, or the citizens thereof, In suppress
lug Indian hOstilitieS in 1878; committee on mil
itary affairs. BY Mr.. Conkling (by request)-To
piers for the courts of the United States; COM
mittee on the judiciary. BY Mr.. MOrgan-To
regulate the tariff Of charges on through and
local freight and for the passage over lines of
railway in the territories of the United States;
committee On the judiciary.
Mr. Beck called up from the table the bill in
troduced by him on the 18th inst, to repeal sec
tions s2e and s21 OF the U. S. revised statutes,
prescribing additional causes of disqualification
and challenge Of grand and petit jurors in the
courts of the United States, and an additional
cath for lnrOrS in said courts
MI. Mcmillan objected to the present conSld-
Grafton OF the bill.
MIR. Beck then moved to lay aside all prior
orders and take up the bill Indicated by him.
lie said section $50 providing for a test oath,
had been repealed by the act Of 1871, and was
inadvertently placed in the revised statutes.
pired, and the subject was laid aside.
Mr.. Spencer reported from military COM
mittee favOrably on House bill to authorize the
donation OF twenty condemned bronze cannon
TO aid in the erection OF a monument to the
memory OF Gen. George \. Custer, at the
West Point Military Academy. Passed.
The Senate then resumed consideration of the
unfinished business, being the bill TO amend
the statutes in relation to patents and for other
purposes.
HOJSE.-On motion of Mr.. Wood the Senate
amendment to the adjournment resolution, eX-
tending the recess from December goth to jan
uary 1th, Qnstead OF the 6th), was concurred in.
On motion OF Mr.. Baker, OF Ind, and Single
ton, respectively, Senate amendments TO the
fOrtificat1on and consular and diplomatic ap-
preparation bills were nOn-cOncurred in.
Mr.. Young. from committee i'm reference to
yellow FEVER ep1demfcS, reported joint reSOlu-
ton approprlating $4,000 for the expenses OF
that committee, one-half the amount to be eX-
pended by the Senate and one-haif by the
House.
Mr.. Atkins offered amendment providing that
no more than seven experts should be employed
by the committee.
After short discussion. the amendment was
withdrawn, and the joint resolution passed.
Mr.. Lockwood asked leave to offer a resolu-
tiOn recitfng that grave charges have been
made against the board OF physicians and other
pension officers at Erie, Pa; and authorizing an
investigation into such charges during the re-
cess by the committee On expenditures in the
Interior department.
Mr.. White, Of Pa, objected.
Mr.. Atkins, chairman OF committee on appro-
priatiOnS asked leave to report back resolution,
calling for information as to the number Of Sill
perviSors and deputy marshalS employed during
the late elections; out of what fund they were
paid, &c.
Mr.. Garfield objected.
The House, then, at 1:15 went into committee
OF the whole (Nfr. Lyon in the chair on the In
dian appropriatiOntbill. THE amount appropri-
ated by the bill is S4,110,OO0-a reduction of
$500, eco from the eStimateS.I
Mr.. Sparks {Who has charge of the billy eX-
planned that it was substantially the bill of last
year; was the unanimous report of the appro-
priation committee, and met with the approval
the Indian Office.