The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-04
TALK IN CONGRESS.
nEnATE ON THE PACIFIC RAILROAD
FUNDING BILL.
The senate.

WASHINGTON April 3-Mr. Dawes presented
4 memorial of thu Bos' on Board OF Trade for
errors in the collect ion OF duties. Referred to
the Commits on Commerce..
Mr.; MCPHERSON presented memorial 1 r ,,n
the aldermen and council OF Jersey CITY rsRne
i ieTred ito to the nee COMMITTEES Ii on Commerce
senad hspa,a aeans the transfers Of
the life-saying service. Laid on the table. ,,.,
Mr. Burnside, from the Conmtfe9; On n m Ia
tary Affairs, reported a bill ~ r. ialoh 70 tns
enlistment Of colored men in the army Paced
on the calendar. -, 49,, e,. .,
on % ton Mr. cookerl t. the sanaf sed took
"a chartar II ,e Is of he Fevis d Statutes,
relatiys 10 judicial districts In Missouri.
Several private bills were passed In the morn
The Chair Amounted Nessrs. Window. Dorsey
and Beck memb, 9 % the con- erence g mmitt. 9
on the bill pr VI ing fOf TEMPORARY clerks IN
The Chair laid before the nate a cornmuni-
cation from the s cIr,a5y Of War. relative to
Referred to the Comm tee on Military Affairs
Mr.. Sargent, from the Committee on Appro-
prans aep9rdea me h esd ,na pandar
The Senate at the expiration Of the NOR ing
hour resumed the consideration Of the Pacific
MI. Thurman propoe ed an amendment, to
bonds purchased for the sinking fund shall be
40 stamped rot 10 be transfer able
Mr.. Booth address, d the ae" ate on the pend
ING hill He vent into a calcula ion to the
amount Of bonds at maturity en- SAD he cos!
First mortgage. $751; 200: gov-'l nmeni bonds.
S55. 900 900; land mortgage bonds. sloDo,ooo
capital stock 800 600 600: total, $2H. 900 ,000 and
It was said by the committee that these r ad,
with a growing business and running through
q rapidly devel ping section. whicn or gnaily
cost fbs sum. was not s"curlty at Inc emu Vi
twenty years for Si57 900 600
Tine House.
Mr. Banks, Of Massachu -etts, from the Com
mittee on Rulss. reported back the resolution
i9 relation to the adssi = Of nsa
amendment allowing ono representative OF
each paper having permanent cores nondent
Mt Washington to bs q limited t, the lobby and
passages surrounding the hail. but not to the
hall itself and. as amended. the resolution was
The regular order having been demanded
the Speaker announce hat to be the consider
alton of the case of Doorkeei er ok, which
came over IS unfinished business
After another wrangle ~ to the dnbats ann the
calling of the previous question. MI Harrison
gave notice that he would not Gail until O'clock
House and
up the argument OF Mr.. Harris N yester-
day that tbs Civil Service Committee had a
DooI Keeper H. insisted that the committee
was bound 10 cnnfine iiseIf to the question OF
the guilt of Polk. according to the allegations
made In the resolutions ordering the lnves 1ga-
Hs was prepar d t. deny that Polk had been
guilty OF corrupt mo iVa1 IN anything ne had
done, and that was the whole question to be de-
termfnad. All that Polk had done was done
from honest motives. Mr.. Polk rad been
charged WITH keep Y men on his rolls who al
lowed others to do their work but was this a
matter for the great CIVIL Service Com tee to
dispute for DAYS over2 Why did they not ex-
anime into the acts Of the had- Of depart
ments whp we're absent for d sys and W. ks
and got 0 her MN to do their work.
Mr.. Cravens 80 Guided by an argument that
there was nothing to justify the majority re-
port.