Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-01-14
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Second Session,
WAsHrNGroN, January IL.
Senate.


Mcssrs. Cooke, Bayard and Hamlin were
appointed, on the part of the Senate as a
committee to attend the funeral of Congress
man Schleicher.
large number Of petitions were presented
10 favor the passage of "A bill granting an ap-
nropriation for the payment of pensions
Mr.. Edmunds, i'll presenting petitions of
AZ character, read a circular sent out by a
claim agent, requesting persons to secure sig
natures to petitions, and said he did not think
the virtue of petitions gotten up in that wav
amounted to much.
MIR. Herman, in presenting a similar peti-
ton, said he had many letters from soldiers
widows in New York, favorng the passage of
the biii. lie was sure there was an honest
public sentiment in favor of its passage
The petitions were all laid on the table.
The Senate passed, without discussion, a
bill appropriating s25o.0O for fre-proof
building adjoining the Smithsonian Institute
building.
message came from the House. inviting
the Senate to attend the funeral of Gustave
Schleicher, in the hall of the House, at 3 p
NJ, to-day. The invitation was accepted,
and the Senate, as mark Of respect to the
memory of the deceased, took a recess until
3P. NJ.
Mr.. Thurman, from the Committee on the
Judiciary, reported adversely on the House
bill reducing the compensation of jnrors serv-
ing in the district and circuit courts of the
United States, and it was indefinitely post
pened.
Mr.. ingalls,, from the Pension Committee,
reported without amendment the House bill
relating to soldiers while in the civil service
of the United States.
Placed on the calendar.
1t provides for the payment of their pension
to any persons who were deprived thereof
during any portion of the time from the Sd of
March. 1860, to the 9th of June, 1866, by rea-
son of being in the civil service of the United
States.
Upon re-assembling, the Senate proceeded
In body to the hall of the House to attend
the funeral, and upon returning to the Senate
Chamber at $40 o'clock, adjourned till Tues
day.
Mr. Swami, chairman of the Foreign Affairs
Committee, submitted a report of the pro-
eeedingS of the committee touching the death
of Gustave Scheicher, directing the payment
of the remainder of his salary as member of
Congress, to his family. and requesting the
next Congress to make "A similar appropria-
ton OF his salary as a member of the 10Th
Congress.
u.
after agreeing to a resolution making arrange
ments for the burial services in the Hall of
the House AT r. NJ, the House at l2.l0P.
NJ, took a recess until 2.5j.
On expiration of the recess taken by the
House, the galleries were densely crowded
with spectators. Mr.. Schleieher, having re-
sided in Washington three years, was well
known and very popular.
Soon after the Speaker resumed the chair
and called the Hosse to order, the doorkeeper
announced the presence of the Senate and
the Speaker and members arose and remained
standing while the senators, headed bv the
Vice President, took seats, the latter taking
position beside the Speaker.
The same ceremonial was observed when
the Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme
Court (wearing their silk gowns), entered
and moved to their seas, and immediately
afterwards the President and members of the
Cabinet took their seats.
The House adjourned at $50