Connecticut western news., 1879-07-02
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
SENATE.

The Senate discussed the Judicial Ex- penses bill. Mir. Blaine strongly inti- mated that the President would veto it. Mir. Hereford, of West Virginia, from the Committee on Commerce, reported an amendment in the nature of a sub- stitute for the Senate bill to amend the act of l793, relating to licensing and en- rolling ships and vessels employed in the coasting trade. Placed on the cal. endar.
 MT. Vest, of Missouri, introduced the following concurrent resolution:
 That the complete remonetization of silver, its full restoration as money metal and it's free coinage by the Government of the United States are demanded alike by the dictates of justice and wise statesmanship.''
 Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
 Senator Burnside, of Rhode Island. introduced joint resolution declaring that the construction of a ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien under foreign auspices would show an unfriend- ly disposition towards the United States,
 The Senate took up the concurrent resolution which was submitted bv Mir. Beck, of Kentucky, providing for a joint committee of five Senators and seven Representatives to report next Decem- Der what change, if any, should be made ln the mode of guarding and collecting the revenue; and as to whether any change should be made in the method of appropriating money, whether by an- nual orpermanent appropriations. After a discussion it was referred to the Fi- nance Committee.
 MT. Windom read a statement show ing the percentage of losses upon every $l, 1000 disbursed during different admin lstratlons, as follows Jackson, $10 55 i; Van Buren, $21.15; Harrison, $lO.37 {; Polk, $8.34 Taylor and Fillmore, $7. GA :; Pierce, ,$6. 96 Buchanan, $6 98 Lincoln, $l.41 Johnson, AS cents Grant. first term, 40 cents; second term, 26 cents. The report of the conference con- mittee on the Letter Carriers Deficiency bill was adopted. The principal modi- fcat1on is that the appropriation for balances due railroads on accounts is stricken out. MT. Paddock's (Rep ., Neb.) substitute for the House bill ex- tending the provisions of the Grasshop- per act until October 1, 1880, was passed with slight amendment. MT. Davis (Dem., W. -Va.) read figures in contra diction of those cited by MT. Windom, | showing among other things that for six years of General Grants administration Government disbursements were $4, ,OO7,- OOO, ,O0O, while those for seventv-two years of Democratic and Whig rule were only $2, ,230, ,000, ,000. He said MT. Win dom's figures showing relative percent ages of losses to collections were decep- tive. He asserted that the annual saving to the Government under recent Democratic rule was $60,00O,OOO.
 HOUSE.
 Under the call of the States bills were offered by MT. Herbert (Dem., Ala. and others to remove the duty on ouinine by Mir. Dibreil (Dem. Tenn. to prevent the payment of per diem to members of Congress when absent from their duties except in case of sickness, and by MT. Martin (Dem., Wa. to reorganize the army. The Speaker laid before the House the Presidents veto of the Judicial Ex- penses bill and 1t was read by the Clerk. MT. McMahon (Dem., O. moved to pro- ceed to the reconsideration of the bill, and the House voted on the question whether the bill should pass nothwith- standing the Presidents objections. The vote was strictly on party lines and re- sulted-yeas, 1O4; nays, 78. So, two thirds not voting in favor thereaf the bill was rejected.
 MT. Armfield Oem., N. O. asked leave to offer resolution revoking all unexplred leaves of absence and direct. ing the Sergeant-at-Arms to notify ab- sent members to return at once. Mr. Cox (Tam., N. Y. submitted the confer ence report on the Letter Carriers bill and after short discussion by MT. Cox in favor and MT. Cannon (Rep,. III in opposition to the report it was adopted by 132 to 38. The Judicial bill was passed by the House.
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