The Portland daily press., 1879-06-23
XLVICONGREss-1sT SESSION
SENATE.

" '-ASAiA-'NiO-S. d ulle IL
The report of the board eff naval engineers
to examine the plans for refrigerating ship
and machinery was received and ordered to be
printed.
Joint resolution authorizing the payment Of
$500 to Prof. Collier for services as chemist in
the sugar prosecutions was passed.
1t was voted to print 1900 extra copies of
the Paris monetary conference report
The committee on elections was authorized
to continue the Spofford-Kellogg investigation
during recess; also to investigate Senator In
gals election
Bill was passed to provide the national board
of health with office room, to print their re-
ports, &c.
Conference report on the judicial expenses
bill was adopted.
Bill to provide for the filling of vacancies in
the office of chief engineers in the army was
passed.
Mr.. Kellogg introduced bill to provide for
an ocean mail steamship service between the
United States and South America. Referred.
Bill regulating Chinese emigration was re-
ferred to the committee on foreign relations.
The army and judicial expenses bills were
signed and sent to the President.
Letter carriers deficiency bill was taken up
and the amendments by which the appropria-
tions committee sought to prevent the payment
of any additional amount for the current fiscal
year, and to reduce the amount for next year
by $15, 900. were struck out. The amend
ments proposed by the committee and agreed
to were: Appropriating $1,000 to enable the
commissioner of the land office to settle the
claims of the several states for swamp lands; to
pay judgments of the Court of Claims, $780,
900; for salary for an additional justice of the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia,
$1l22, and verbal amendment in the law re-
lating to the reform school of the district Be-
sides these amendments were offered, one by
Judge Davis. and one by Mr.. Cole, which
were adopted, the first to appropriate $4,000
for deficiency in the mail service, and the
second to pay $4,000 interest on the Usage
trust fund. Bill was then passed.
Joint resolution making an appropriation for
the Washington monument passed.
HOUSE
Mr. Cobb rising to a question of personal
privilege sent up an extract from the Indian
apolis Journal of the 13th charging him with
having repeated threadhare lie about Mas
sachusetts regiment interfering with voters in
October, 1864. He also had read extracts from
other papers, and letters were read by him in
confederation of his statement which he made
in his speech and he again reiterated the charge
that the election referred to had been inter
fered with by Massachusetts, troops.
Mr.. Warner, who had been Stationed at In
danapols in October 1864, stated it officially
came to his knowledge that there had been in
terference at an election.
Mr.. Browne denied the truth of the state
ment made by his colleague. The reason why
a Massachusetts, regiment was quartered at
Indianapolis was that conspiracy had been
unearthed, having as its object the subversion
of the state governemnt and turning it over to
the confederacy He did not charge that it
was Democratic conspiracy, but all persons
tried and convicted had been Democrats and
not a single Republican had been implicated in
it.
Mr.. Cobb asserted that Republicans were
connected with the conspiracy.
Mr.. Baker denied Mr.. Cobb's statement and
alluded to the connection of the Democratic
party with the Knights Of the Golden Cross.
He regretted to see that his friend from Ohio
(Mr Warner) had so far forgotten the lofty as
pirations with which he had been animated in
1864, that now in order to get himself on
terms of good fellowship with those whom he
fought against, he had got to hurl his darts
over his shoulder at men whom he then COM
manded
against uncovering the dead. He had Civ en-
three years to war, three earnest years, and he
had been fighting ghost ever since. He de-
spised and loathed this fighting Of ghosts Zap
plause on the Democratic side.)
Mr.. Warner, after a great deal Of noise and
confusion, obtained the floor in order to reply
to the remarks of Mr.. Baker. He repudiated
the statement that he stood on different ground
from that ON which he stood in 1864
Mr.. Baker thought the gentleman from Ohio
was in the condition of political Rip Van
Wrinkle who had gone to sleep in the van
guard of liberty in the ranks of the Republic
can party and had awakened on the other side,
Geers from the Democratic side)
The matter then dropped.
Mr.. Kenna, from the committee on enrolled
bills, reported the army appropriation bill and
it was signed by the Speaker
The House resumed the bill prohibiting po-
litical assessments.
The Republicans resorted to filibustering
During one roll call message was received
from the President announcing his approval of
the legislative bill. The announcement was
greeted with applause on the Republican side,
and Mr. Garfield remarked eve have provid-
ed for ourselves, now let us provide for the rest
of the government
The supplementary judicial bill as enrolled
was signed by the Speaker and sent to the SEN
ate for the signature of the presiding officer.
The morning hour expired without action on
the political assessment bill and it went over
until the next morning hour.
AT 3.45 p. m the House took up the business
on the Speakers table and disposed thereof as
follows:
Bill to establish post roads in certain states
passed.
Senate amendments to the bill relating to
printing impressions from portraits of the
bureau of engraving and printing were refer
red to the committee on banking.
Senate amendments to the House bill for ap-
point of Mississippi River Commission, amend
ments concurred in.
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