The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
Passage Of the Indian Appropriation Bill
The Bill Au, ,hOrizing the lnterchan 70
of Coin and United states Notes.
THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA report was re-
| ceived from the Paymaster General. An
$50, 900 deficiency exists In the present appro-
priation to pay the army
The Secretary OF War also reported the
state Of the war claims.
Mr. Hamsin, from the Committee on For
eign Relations, reported the House bill regu-
lating Chinese emigration, without recon-
Mr.. Sargent will call it up for consideration
Wednesday.
Messr. Hamlin, Conkling, Kirkwood. Eaton
and Morgan were appointed to
| The lSenate Finance Committee voted to
reduce the tax on tobacco to sixteen cents per
pound, snuff to twenty-four cents per pound,
and cigars to Sc per thousand.
The Senate passed the following bills: To
extend the provisions of the prize money act
to all fleet officers; admitting women to legal
practice before the Supreme Court OF the
United States-yeaS 40, nays 20; providing
the time and places for holding courts In Col
orado.
At4 o. m. the Senate went into executive
session, and shortly afterwards adjourned.
HOUSE.
On motion OF Mr.. Clymer the House nom
cOncurred In the Senate amendments to the
appropriation bill, and asked for committee
on conference.
tions appropriation was discharged by re-
The regular business of the day was de-
manded and the Speaker decided 1t to be the
morning hour for the consideration OF private
bills.
Mr.. Hewitt endeavored to get up the army
appropriation BILL but the House decided to
go on with private business, and took up the
bill to authorize the correction OF certain
boundary lines In California. The bill passed
as reported by the committee.
Mr.. Sparks, OF Indiana, for the conference
committee on the Indian appropriation Dill,
reported an agreement, and the bill was
passed. This is the fourth appropriation bill
passed.
The House went into committee OF the whole
on the private calendar, Mr. Cox, OF New York,
in the chair. During the discussion OF the
pension bill Mr.. Davis stated that the Com
missioner CT Pensions estimated that the bill
will require S34, ,000,0eG to pay the cases al
ready on the under the recently passed act,
with one mRlion cases outstanding. Mr. In
gals supplemented this statement with an
other, that 2G per cent of the pension list was
paid TO fraudulent claimants.
The House vas engaged all the afternoon
on the private calendar, and passed large
number of bills
| At AZ p. m. it took recess till 80 D. M.
Evening session was for reports from the
Committee on Coinage.
Mn. Mutdrow, of Mississippi, reported a
| bill authorizing and requiring t he Treasurer
| Of the United States to receive coins of the
United States In exchange Tor United States
notes.
Mr.. Mnldrow explained that the whole OBJ
ject of the bill was TO make coin and paper
money of the country interchangeable.
Mr.. Brewer, OF Michigan, offered an amend
ment to limit the interehangeability to coins
that are now OF full legal tender value. This
would, he said, meet the objection that had
been made that the bill as reported would
make the trade dollar also Interchangeable
and that was not desirable, as it was below
par.