Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-02-11


states government in the appoint
nent of Chaplains in the army and
lavy, by which Catholic soldiers
md seamen are deprived of the
,enefit of their religion, and in the
of Indian Agents,
vast numbers of Indians
Who are Catholics are placed in
harge of denominations in which
hey have no interest orconfidence.
Referred.
Bayard submitted resolution
the Committee on
Naval Affairs to consider and re-
,ort upon the advisability of max
ng a sufficient appropriation for
he completion of the four double
monitors-Pomitan, Am
Dhitrite, Mononmic aud Terror
now in process of construction. He
sent to the Clerks desk and had
read o letter of the contractors at
Delaware, to the ef-
feet that the Amphitrite had been
upon the ways for several years, re-
sulting in loss to them, because
they were prevented from taking
other work OH account of that ves-
sel's occupying their ways. The
resolution was agreed to.
Matthews presented petition
the passage Of the bill al
lowing the use of railroad wires for
commercial purposes. Referred.
The Army Appropriation bill was
received from the House and re.
ferred to the Committee on Appro-
priations.
The bill authorizing railroad
companies to construct and main
tain telegraph lines for commercial
purposes and to secure to the gov
ernment the use of the same for
postal, military and other pur-
poses, came up and was laid aside
to give parties interested an eppor-
tunity to be heard. Matthews gave
notice that he would call it up on
Friday or Saturday next, after the
of the Committee on Rail-
roads, at the conclusion of Nc
Creery's speech.
Paddock called up the resolution
of Davis, of West Virginia, in
the Committee on Agri-
culture to consider what can be, or
what ought to be, done by
the general government to better,
encourage and foster ag-
ricultural interests. Paddock made
q speech and the resolution was
agreed to.
Garland gave notice that, Satur-
day next, he would move to take
up the Texas.Pacific Railroad bill.
After executive session the Sen
ate adjourned.
HoUsE.-The bill authorizing the
issue of certificates of deposit of the
of $40 in aid of the
refunding of the public debt, was
passed with an amendment increas-
ing the interest to four per cent.
The motions to suspend the rules
and pass the bill repeating the law
in regard to the test oath of jurors,
and also the law for the appoint
ment and pay Of Supervisors oi
Elections and their aids, were re.
jected; yeas 1875, nays 113; not the
necessary two. thirds in the affirm
alive.
Acklin introduced a bill to restore
the franking privilege as to letters
sent or received by members OF
Congress; also, bill to abolish the
mileage of members of Congress
and to substitute payment of actual
travelling expenses. Referred.
Whitthorne moved to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolution
setting apart February 2Oth for the
consideration of the reports of the
Naval Committee on matters re-
Gently Investigated by it. Defeat
ed; yeas 1913, nays 107; not two.
thirds.
The House then went into Com
mittee of the Whole on the legisla-
tive appropriation bill. The bill
appropriates Sis, ,154 AIS, as against
the estimate of $16,096, sol, and as
against the appropriation last seas
on of $15,351,23 Atkins, Chair
man of the Committee on Appro.
made q statement in re-
gard to the bill and the state of the
finances.
Discussion was interrupted by
CaiiforniO ApproprIa-
lions.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1Oth.-The
subcommittee charged with the
of the annual River
and Harbor Appropriation bills
have finally consented to insert an
item of 100000 for Oakland harbor,
coupled with a proviso that this
amount and also the $4,000 condi.
tionally granted last year, shall re.
vert to the Federal Treasury ON the
Both of next June, unless a clear
title be vested in the United States
to all the property required for the
of the project. This will
make an amount of about $4,000
prospectively available for the con-
of the work of improve
ment, but tied up to await the ac-
ton of the Oakland Water Front
The other California
Items in the bill as prepared by
the subcommittee are $4,000 for
the improvement Of the Sacramen.
to river and $4,000 for Whining.
ton Harbor. The bill has been
substantially adopted by the full
committee and will be reported to
the House tomorrow, though still
subject to alteration in the House.
These items are not likely to be in
creased until the bill reaches the
Senate, where the California dele
cation expect to secure an increase
If the amount for the Sacramento
liver to $4,000, which, being all
hat the department has recon-
nended, is the maximum amount
Horace Davis is again confined to
ais residence by liberated sore
throat.
rhe American visitors Co Mexico.
New YORK, Feb. 10th.-A letter
rom the American expedition to
Mexico asserts that the success of
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