The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-11
CONGRESSIONAL.
TAMEDAy IN THE TWO HOUSES.
Consideration Of the Electoral Riit In the
ate-AppOrtiOnnent of Committees
in the Elouse-The Consular and Naval
Appropriations.
SENATE.

WAsHINaToN. Dec TO- During the morn
ing hour n number of bills were introduced
and referred, among them the following
By Mr. Wallace-A bill authorizing the OK
change of subsidiary silver coin Tor trade
dollars, the latter to be recoined into subsidiary
coin. and the further coinage Of trade dollars
to be stopped Referred to the Finance Com
mttee.
agreed 10. calling on tho House for copy OF
the Testimony of Jas. r.. Anderson affecting
Senator Matthews.
Mr. spencer called up Senate bill NJ. 1895,
authorizing the appointment of j. u. foWell
as post surgeon in tho Unitei States Navy.
Mr. Edmunds asked that II lie over Tor eX-
animation. 40 Mr. Powell had served IN tho
Confederaey as n minor, and ne was ieH 10
make no exceptions regarding lhlS cihSS oi ohi
fellow citizens.
Mr. Spencer had read the Endorsements OF
Mr. Powell by Generals Sherman aud Barry
commencing his services as assistant surgeon
In tho army during the last -four years.
Messrs Spencer and Maxey urged tho l'as-
sage of the bill, and Mr.. Edmunds asked that
IL Iay over until tomorrow. Mr. Ednunds
called the yeas and nays on tn" question: of
postponement. Lost-yeas ~, nays ~,
The question being on tho angroSSmcnt 81
Tho bill, Mr. Edmunds demanded the yeas and
nays. which were ordered, with similar r"-
suit 80 to g. The bill was then read third
time and passed.
On motion OF Senator Cameron, of Wiscon-
sin. the Hot Springs Investigation Committee
were ordered TO employ stenographef 70
take down testimony.
Tho morning hour having expired the sen,
Ate proceeded to the consideration Of the bill
providing for the count Of tho presidential
vote, on which Mr.. Morgan. Of Alabama, had
the floor and Spok" in favor OF the bill. after
which Mi. Jones, Of Florida, spoke ~ nppO-
sition to the bill.
Tho Senate conCurred in the House reSnlu-
tion 10 attend the memorial ohscqulos Of the
late Prof JOS Henry on the sixteenth of Jan
uary.
proceeded to the consideration Of executive
business, and soon after adjourned till to-
morrow.
THE HOUSE.
Tho Sneaker announced the following com
mittee ON yellow fever. under the resolution
adopted yesterday: Young Of Tennessee" Glib
son of Louisiana, Hooker of Mississippi,
Goode of Virginia. Partridge OF Georgia.
Morse of Massachusetts, Garfield OF Ohlo.
Hormer Of Pennsylvania, Chittenden of Now
York.
The Speaker also announced tho following
appointments on the committee to III exist
Ing vacancies.
Public Lands Major, Of Nebraska. Public
Buildings and Grounds. Batly, of New York,
on Postofliccs and Post Roads, Lnttrell, of
Colorado.
On motion of Mr. Singleton of Kentucky, tho
House went into committee OF the whole
on the consular and diplomatic appropriation
BILL Mr. Springer, of Illinois, In the chair
The committee voted, 90 to 81, to make the
salaries of the minister's at London. Paris.
Berlin and St Petersburg S17,50. The com-
mittee had recommended S15,oOO.
Amendments were adopted for secretary
OF legation at Brazil and q consul general AL
Athens.
The consular bill was passed by the House
without material amendment by llS 70 lub
They reversed the action of the committees of
the whole as To the minister's Mt London. Ber-
lin. Paris and st, Petersburg, and left the
salaries at $4,000, as recommended by the
Committee ON Appropriations.
Mr. Wood, of New York, from the Commit
tee On Ways and Means reported bill ali-
thorizing the issue of certificates Of deposit
in aid OF refunding the public debt. 1t was
ordered printed and recommittcd. The bill
authorizes and directs the Secretary OF Tho
Treasury to issue, In exchange for lawful
money Of the United States that may be pre-
taanted for such exchange, certificates OF de-
nosit of the denomination of $40, bearing in
terest at the rate per cent per annum, and
convertible at any time, with accufed inter
cat into the per cent bonds described IN the
funding act. The money SO received TO be ap-
nliad to the payment of five-twenty bonds IN
the mode prescribed by said act. and the Set'-
retarv is authorized to prescribe suitable
rules in conformity with this act.
Tho House then went into commlttee 81 We We
whole on the naval appropriation OH, ME-.
Harris, of Georgia, IN the chalr. -ho hod
charge of the bill, explained its provisions
and stated that the amount appropriate iol
the coming year was Sl33 ia % beloW INC
amount appropriated Tor the current ssal Vi. /;
The bill was then read through, repol.eu y
hack to the House, and passed without
ainrla amendment or even motion to amend
being made, and all within three-quarteis ol
al Mr. M McCook, Of New York, introduced