Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-18
THE EVENING STAR
>ATt kDAH. January IL. 1879.
CONGREGATIONAL.


SbNATE.-After our renorf closad
tne CONSIDERATION OF the bill TO amend Tho
patent laws was continued Nuu li'e
An amendment Offered by Mr. Jroar To-,
ItHStuN discussion. and up0n reaching a yot,s .
was discovered that no quorum was present
Mr. wallace said that he and the senator
nom DeldNaIe tMr. Bayard1 desired 10 be ex-
cused from further service on the Teller snee,a,
committee TO investigate as 20 recent eleffions
MI. oonkilng said he did not wish to make
any Objection 10 the request OF the Senator nm
II was not in order TO do any business now With
out quorum. He did not know that ii would
be valid TO excuse the senators now. and sug-
geSteo that the request lie over for the present
or be Withdrawn. lie moved that the Senate
adjourn.
Mr. Wallace hoped that the Senator would
Withdraw that motion. as If was important TO
act upon his request this evening. 4 call OF the
Senate was ordered and a quorum having ne
Sponded, Mr. Wallace said he moved the re-
quest TO be excused because the gentlemen who
represented the minority of the Senate on the
Teller committee were now about starting
north from New orleans. and the Others were
going TO Charleston to continue the inyeStiga-
uon. 1t was impossible for him (Nr Wallace
to go TO Charleston and the Senator from Della
ware CMr Bayardl could not go, as he was IN
Texas.
Mr. Hoar hoped the request would lie over for
the present, and in explanation Thereon said
there had been some talk about himself and
Mr.. Mcmillan, members OF the committee. going
10 Charleston. but they had concluded not to
go. IL the democratic members should ali be
there they would be in the MA iority.
Mr.. Wallace said nothing of the kind was CON
templated
Nj. Hoar replied that he was satisfied Of that
fact 1t was finally agreed that the matter
should be arranged between the several mem
BEES OF The committee, aud the request or Mr..
Wallace TO excuse himself and Mr.. Bayard was
granted.
The President appointed Messrs McDon-
aid and Randolph TO MI the vacancies.
MI. Plum introduced a Joint resolution pro-
tldihg Tor The payhenitof tfty per centUm OF
the amounts required by law TO be withheld
from certain railroad companies for tranSpOr-
tation service rendered the government. RIM. |
bill is ia accordance With the recommendation
OF tie secretary Of War sent 10 the Senate yes
The Senate then, at 4:ao pm. adjourned until
Monday.
HOU sE.-After our report closed
= Dill was reached on the private calendar tor
the payment OF S3".aao TO the trustees OF the
protestant Episcopal seminary and high school
war. 'AN
Mr.. Conger opposed the BIN as being A war
MIR. Eden said that he had voted against the
William and Mary bill, but thai this was an
entirely different case. Ii was not setting a
precedent, but following one, because the gov
eminent had always paid for rent OF properly
IL would be disgrace1ul for the government not
10 pay for il.
Mr. White opposed the bill on the ground of
It's Being war claim. for which the govern
ment was not responsible
Mr.. Haskell favored the bill. lie believed in
tut Cldlill o equity ana lis right
lie denied that ii was a war claim. Ii was not
necessary for Representative from Kansas to
vote against everything which somebody sug-
geSted was war claim in order to prove his
loyalty TO the Union and TO the republican party
. Mi. HuntOn thought that ii ever a claim mad
been brought before Congress which would he
treated In non-Secti0nal manner this was such
a one. The college had been built by aid from
the north, and had scattered its students all
through the country. The question was one
not OF damage but or contract. He held that
the government was as much bound 10 pay rent
Tor this building as for any other building occu-
pea by II In any part OF the United States. He
ADMITTED that there was no express contract for
the rent, but there was an implied contract
MIR. Kelley advocated the bill, and ia stating
some OF his "reminiscences Of Alexandria at the
opening of the war, after the assassination OF
Ellsworth AMI the killing OF Jackson. his muir
derer, dwelt upon the fact that he Mr.. Kelley
mad made | mon speeches there. and had been
listened TO kindly and respectfully.
Mr.. townsend opposed the bill on the ground
That the influence of the Institution fhe Fairfax
seminary had been in the wrong direction
Without reaching a vote the committee rose.
and the House passed one or four other private
DIS agreed 70 in committee OF the whole
The House then. at 1890, adjourned