Connecticut western news., 1879-01-29

ducts of no county should come into
 the United States e4cept in American
 vessels or the vessels q the country fur
 nishing the produce. ge would like to
 see such law passed now
 Many bills were reported and placed
 on the Calendar; the Sen.te was in-
 formed that it's amendments to the Con
 sular and Diplomatic bill had heen
 agreed to in conference; the biN was
 passed and sent to the President: tbe
 bill with reference to patents was passed
 and sent to the House; the House bif
 for contingent expenses was passed, sev
 eral items being added by the Senate. HOUSE.
 The House discussed bill to pay the
 trustees of a school in Alexandria $2O..
 600 rent for the use of it's building dur.
 ing the war, Messrs. Conger, Townsend
 and other Republicans opposing it as g
 war claim.
 The House devoted day to the
 Geneva Award bill; the majority bill was rejected and the minority bill was passed. The bill divides claims into three classes For damages done
 ASs for additional interest on previous judgments, and for loss incurred by the payment of war premiums of insurance. The insurance men intend to renew the fight over this bill in the Senate
 MT. Potter askeu leave to introduce a resolution directing his committee to investigate the cipher teleerams, but Gen. Butler objected un1ess he should be permitted to speak on the subject, and an understanding was reached that the resolution should be reported to-day A bill conferring jurisdiction over all outstanding claims against the District of Colurabia op the court of claims was passed. MT. Ward (Rep., Penn.) pre- sented bill allowing the unexpended balance of the million dollars appropri- ated for soldiers headstones in National cemeteries to be expended for 8 similar purpose in private, village and city cemeteries.
 MT. Potter called up his resolution directing an investigation into the cipher telegrams. Speeches were made by Messrs. Potter, Hale, Conger and Hewitt in favor of the resolution and by MT. Butler against it. MT. Potter's speech was in the nature of personal explanation. He fatly denied that he had had any bargain or unders landing with MT. Tilden, or had sought to pre- vent investigation. Gen. Butler spoke next. He denied that the House had the right to overhaul this private cor respondence, and opposed the investiga- tion as waste of money and-what was more important-of time. He explained how some of the cipher dis patches had become public, and told the House he had bundle of them in his possession, not one of which had been published. He intimated that it was for the interest of both parties to let the matter drop. Eugene Hale and Conger of Michigan indulged in considerable sarcasm, after which MT. Abram s. Hewitt took the floor. Repeating his denial that he had had anything to do with the compromising cipher dis patches, he declared, "by authority" that MT. Tilden was equally innocent in the premises, and would make his inno- cence appear beyond controversy. The investigation, he said, would be asvindi- cation. The resolution was adopted.
 The House had an exciting debate over the pending war claims. MT. B-agg, (dem. of Wis, opposed the bill grant ing the claims as 8 precedent which would open the doors of the Treasury to an evil which would bring bankruptcy on the government. He declared that loyal men in the South had been very few, and the evil done by letting them stand as they were bore no comparison to the great evil that would be done if Congress opened the door and allowed to be appropriated under the plea of loyalty. MT. Ellis, (dem.) of Louisiana, replied. saying that the South and Southern men had been loyal to their country and to their God, and con- siderable excitement took place, con- fine to the Democratic side.
 In the House, two bills for taking the census were reported; the Post Office and Army Appropriation bills were also reported; debate took place on the bill to devote the proceeds of land sales to public education. The bill provides that the proceeds of the sales of public lands should be devoted to the educa- tion of the people. It declares that after five years one-half and after ten years the whole of said proceeds shall be in- vested ill United States bonds, the in- terest on which shall be apportioned to the several States for educational pur- poses. Children, without regard to color will be benefited by the bill.