Helena weekly herald., 1879-06-19
FORTY-SIxTH CONGRESS.
Extraordinary Session.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, June 14-Morgan offered
the following resolution, which was adopted:
Resolced, That the Committee on Education
and Labor be instructed to inquire whether it
is practicable and beneficial 10 aid in the es-
tabllshment and endowment of schools of
science and techniques in the several States
and Territories and District of Columbia, for
the education of females in the appropriate
branches of science and the useful arts upon
upon the plan similar in its principles to that
which agricultural and mechanical COL
leges have been aided by the United States,
and that said committee have leave to report
by bill or otherwise.
Cockrell presented joint and concurrent
resolution of the Missouri Legislature, urging
the passage of act to allow certain Missouri
regiments of volunteers their bounty. Re-
ferred.
The Army Appropriation bill was reported
back from the Committee on Appropriations,
with amendments, and placed on the calen-
dar. The committee struck out the 5lh Sec
ton, which provides that each member of
graduating classes of the military academies
of 1S79-'S0 may elect to receive $3.50 and
mileage to his place of residence and thereby
become ineligible to appointment in the army,
except in the event of war, until two years
after graduation and clause is inserted in
the bill by the committee to repeal the exist
ing law which prohibits any promotion of
corps of engineers to fill vacancy above the
rank of Colonel
The morning hour having expired, the
Mississippi improvement commission bill
went over. and the Senate considered in Com
mittee of the Whole the supplemental judi
cial Appropriation bill, and Wallace explain =
ed the bill
Conkling having said there would certainly
be deficiency, Beck replied that the gov
ernment records would show genuine re-
duction in expenses under Democratic rule.
The deficiencies were generally caused by
such misuse of money as that just mentioned.
He did not propose to give the department
slush fund to run political machine.
In reply to questions by Blaine, Wallace
said the intent of the bill is to prevent the use
of any money appropriated for expenses of
deputy marshals, and to prohibit the appoint
ment of such marshals
Blaine.-In other words, the President hav
ing vetoed the bill which repealed something
permanently, we are going to ask him to
write himself down an ass, by signing a bill
which repeals it for year.
Wallace.-If refusal to sign bill because
it does not contain something, excuses him
ON being so written down, then be may
not be.
A long debate was had over the section re-
lating to the method of drawing jurors and
repeating the test oath, the points raised be-
ing substantially those discussed on the Bay
ard bill, lately passed and containing the
same provisions.
Cameron pa moved to go into executive
session. Lost by 81 to q.
Wallace, having charge of the bill, said he
did not wish to force long session tonight
and suggested that a vote be taken on Mon
day.
Conkling opposed the naming of any hour
for closing the debate.
Allison moved to adjourn. Lost by 16 to
80. VOORHEES, being the only Democrat voting
vta and several Republicans voting nay.
The debate on the jury clause was renewed.
The substance of the Democratic argument
was that while the present law provides that
Jurors in United States courts are to be chosen
as far as practicable in the same in the high
est courts of the States, federal Judges take
advantage of the exception ''as far as prac-
ticable" to make the rules of the court on the
subject to suit their views, and Judge Bond
was especially spoken of as one who lnvarl-
ably chose Republican jury commissioners
under his rule of court.
The other side of the argument was that
any abuse of discretion vested in them ex-
posed the Judges to impeachment. Adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WAsH1NGToN, June 14-Bennett, %. T.)
from TIE Committee on Public Lands, re-
ported the bill extending until October l,
1880, the provisions of the act approved
March Sd, 1877, in regard to the grasshopper
sufferers. Passed.
The Legislative Appropriation bill was re-
ceived from the Senate, and together with
the Senate amendments was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations
The Speaker announced the appointment OF
McCook as member of the committee charged
with investigating the. Cincinnati election, in
place of Robinson excused.
Clark (Io. asked leave to take from the
Speakers table and put upon its passage, the
Senate bill for the benefit of the widow and
children OF General James Shields. White
and Van Arnam objected.
Pound. from the Committee on Indian
Affairs, reported the bill relating to education
among Indians. Ordered printed and re-
committed.
A Joint resolution reported from the Com
mittee on Commerce was passed, authorizing
the Sc :re,ary of War to convene board o.!
the engineer corps of the army to inquire
whether for railroad purposes the Detroit
river can be bridged or tunnelled at or near
Detroit.
The House then, as the business of the
mrnipg hour, resumed the consideration of
the bill prohibiting political contributions by
employees of the government