National Republican., 1878-06-15
SENI TIE.

Mr.. WADLEIGH. from the Committee on
Privileges and Elections reported adversely
the joint resolution proposing an amendment
10 tn;. Constitution granting woman suffrage.
Ordered printed and T'aeeG on tho calander.
Anumbcr of private bills were rcpo;rtAd and
placed on the Calandar.
Mr.. DAWES, from the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds. reported House bill
appropriating s2lO, 600 for the construction Of
barge office for the use of tho custom house
at New York. Passed.
Mr.. WINDOW offered resolution directing
the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the
Senate the amount of money expended for the
construction of public buildings and works In
each State including canals, railroads, and
wagon roads, from June 80 1873, to June 30,
1873 Adopted.
Mr.. MORGAN introduced Joint resolution
authorizing the Secretary of War to turn over
TO the Governor of Alabama tents polls, pins,
&c, for the use of the volunteers of that State
for use ut their summer encampmcnt. Passed.
On motion of Mr.. 1iOAR, tho bill to increase
the pension Of pensioners who have lost both
feet, both hands, or the sight of both eyes to
$72 per month was taken up and passed as Il
came from the House.
The sundry civil appropriation bill was re.
ccived from the House at l2:A5 p m, and was
at once referred to the Committee on Appro.
priatiors and ordered printed.
Mr.. WINDOW offered n concurrent resou.
tion, pOstrOning the time of final adjournment
at noon on Thursday, June 90, and said that
81 would be impossible TO get through with the
appropriation bills by Monday noon. lie
offered the resolution now, as Senators might
be'prcparing to leave on Monday, and would
call IL up tomorrow.
The Senate then took up the resolution of
the House. asking an investigation of the case
of Edward OM. Condor, and II was agreed to.
A message was received from the House, an
nouncing Its nOn-cOncurrenco in the Senate
amendments to the river and harbor bill
Mr.. SARGENT moved to recede from the
Senate amendments aud pass the bill as II
came from the House.
Tho motion was reiected-yeas, %; nays, &c.
Mcssrs. SPENCER, MCMILLAN, and RANSOM
were then appointed cOnicrees on tho part
Of tho Senate on the bill
The post-routc bill, returned from the House
with its objection that 1t trenches upon the
rights Of the House in the matter Of raising
the revenue, was at once taken up.
Mr.. FERRY moved committee Of confer
ence be asked.
The question wns finally settled by the
adoption of n resolution for q committee of
conference to confer with like committee of
the House touching the matter of difference,
and Messrs. FERRY, KIRKwooD, and MAxEY
were appointed.
Mr. WINDOW, from the committee of con.
ference on the legislative appropriation bill,
reported disagreement of the conference com.
mittcc.
He explained that there could be an under.
standing on the proposition in relation to
clerks in thc:Departmcnts by mutual conces-
siOns and compromise, each meeting half way.
In the matter of the Fourth and Fifth Audi
tors, the House was willing TO concur in the
Senate amendment
The main difference was whether the Senate
should exercise its judgment in relation
20 the number and compensation Of its own
employees.
Mr. THURMAN emphatically declared his
Intention to insist upon the Senate amend
ment in relation to its employees.
Mr.. BAYARD was surprised thut after the
elaborate and prOtractod discussion of this
question in 1876, it should have ever been
raised again.
Mr.. ANTHONY also supported the amend
ment, and thought Il due to the dignity of the
Senate that the amendment be insisted upon.
Mr.. WINDOW asked the yeas and nays OH
the motion to insist, that the conference conf
mittcc might know the feeling Of the Senate.
The Senate insisted on its amendments
yeas, 80; nays, 2-Messrs. COKE and Nc
CRFERY.
A new conference was ordered.
The bill to create board to be known as
the Board of Pacific Railroad Commissioners
gave rise to a prOtracted debate, but was
finally amended and passed
Mr.. OGLESBY, from the Committee on Pub
lie Lands, reported back the memorial of Will
liam Mctiarhan, with the recommendation
that the petition be denied and that
the committee be discharged from its
further consideration, with leave to write out
and submit its report hereafter. So ordered.
Mr.. MATTHEWS entered motion to recon-
~ which ln .iU llNy
was postponed until the next session.
On motion of Mr.. SARGENT the Senate, at
5:55 p. IN, went into executive session, and
when the doors were again opened adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPR ES ESEN1ITITES.
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