The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-04-17

the same vote--yeas, So ;nays, IS. Mr.. Bell
was then sworn in. Mr.. Withers moved
that the Senate now proceed to the consid.
Grafton of the Army Appropriation Bill.
Mr.. Hereford said that q week ago he gave
notice Of his intention to speak on the
resolution offered, which condemned what
ives supposed to be the Democratic policy,
but had given way for the consideration Of
the question of privilege Just decided.
He did not think he ought now to be an
tagonized with the Army Bill. The Senate,
however, decided to take up the bill........
Honse-The Legislative Appropriation Bill
was taken up in the Committee Of the
| Whole. Mr.. McMahon offered an amend.
ment Sepealing the sections providing for q
biennial examination of pensioners, and
concluding as follows: in order to provide
for the payment of arrears of pensions, the
Secretary is directed to issue imme-
diately, in payment thereof, as they may
be adjusted, the ten millions of legal ten.
der currency now in the Treasury kept as a
special fund for the redemption offracIional
currency" Mr.. Garfield raised a point If
order, which led TO a discussion. The Chair.
man finally ruled the amendment was
germane to the bill in the direction of
economy, and therefore in order. 1t was
then further amended by a provision
offered by Mr.. Cannon. that fractional
currency may be redeemed in any class
of money in the Treasury, and as thus
amended was agreed to. Several unim-
portant amendments were-made, aad the
House adjourned.
APRIL 11-Sendte-Mr. Hereford called
up Mr.. Hoar's resolution declaring the
Democratic programme for the passage OF
the Appropriation Bills to be unconstitu.
tonal and revolutionary, and made aspeech
against it, insisting that no such action was
contemplated as would justify such a con-
c%lusion. Mr.. Hereford, concluding his
speech, said: "Repeal the obnoxious law
and all will be well. Give the people free
elections and fair %juries, and peace and pros
perity will prevail throughout our border.
Repeal these acts, and by so doing r~eassert
the doctrine that men are capable of self
government without the Intervention of the
Earmy." The Army Appropriation Bill was
then taken up, and Senator Withers ex-
planned its provisions. No amendments
were adopted, the Committee on Appro.
priations having agreed to resist all amend
ments, and the majority of he Senate
seconding them accordingly. The reason
assigfed by Mr.. Withers for such a
course was that amendments would de-
Law the passage of the bill. The
Clerk reached the sixth section, which pro.
hibits the presence of troops at election
places, ETC., when the Senate adjourned till
M~onday-yeas, 28; nays, 23....... House
The House, in Committee of the Whole,
continued the consideration OF
the Legislative Appropriation Bill.
Amendments were agreed to directing the
Commissioner to supply a reasonable guam,
tity of seeds, shrubs, etc., to member Of
| Congress, for distribution among their agri'
cultural constituents to report the gu Entity
&c saads afo disfrihuto1 ond fho Sfofac apd
counties sent to, from whom purchased, and
the quantities. The appropriation for the
purchase and distribution of seeds, etc, wal
l increased from $3.50 0 TO 100000. Mr.
Hunton submitted an amendment increas
5 ing the appropriation for eradicating in
t fictitious diseases among domesticated ami
!, mails from S25, 600 to $250,C00. He statet
! The object of the large increase was to stamI
7 outthe disease known as pleuro-pneumonia
and the only way known to eradicat,
the disease was to buy and kill all diseased
cattle, and cattle which have been subjec
8 to contagion. Without disposing of thu
. amendment the committee rose, the com
e mittees were announced, and the Hous'
adjourned until to morrow.
APRIL 1.-THE Senate was not in session
In the House, consideration was resumed il
L Committee of the Whole of the Legis
e lative Appropriation Bill, the pendinl
amendment being that increasing to $3.50
900 the appropriation for controlling an
q Graduating contagious diseases anon
domesticated animals. After a long debat
the whole subject was stricken from tn
bill, and the proposition agreed to to recon
mend the House to refer the Who'll
matter to the Committee on Agricnltnr'
y with instructions to report promptly
q On motion of Mr.. Haskell, the approprii
ton for investigating the habits of the co
ton worm and other injurious insects wa
placed under the control of the Entomolog
cal Commission The political portion
the bill having been reached it was passe
re over for the present. Mr.. Young submitts
u an amendment providing that investigator
d. agents under the Southern Claims Commi
: sion shall give notice to claimants who
e claims it is proposed to investigate, Of Il
ie place. and time of taking testimony, wi
shall have the right to cross-examine wi
u nesses and also to examine any witness
p who may be presented by the claimant
70 Mr.. Houck stated that he had acted as !
10 vestigating agent, and he knew of ~instanc
u where he had been misled by ca pdrte sta,
9. ments, and had reported against CLAIM
o. which should have been allowed. II
:. amendment was agreed to. Mr.. Bral
az moved to strike out all the provision for Il
70 Southern Claims Commission and insert
= luz lCDCdllhS bAO AoU SLSnttAS a wi
e mission. Consideration of the amendme
was postponed until Tuesday next, n
a Bragg stating it was a grave proposition al
N one which could not be properly d.
cussed under the five minute rul
d. because he proposed to show that t
y. Government had been paying these clair
ry as a mere gratuity, and he thought tn
where a gratuity was bestowed it should
q a personal matter, and that Congress shou
not vote to give away what belonged to t
Ia people at large. The committee then re
=. and the Chairman reported back the reco
mendation to refer the paragraph In rega
~ to pleuro.pneumonia in cattle to the Co
- mittee on Agriculture with instructions
70 report thereon forthwith. Agreed to. 4
y Se Hurd moved that when the House adjou
oS to-day it be till Tuesday. The motion "
~ understood to be made for the purpose
excluding the introduction Of financial a
other bills Monday. The yeas and ms
lie were ordered and the motion was rejec {
nv uaoc 1lS. nouc ms