The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-02-26

D department. Mr. Saunders zTEued tasl tns
I government should help the lndiA1s = osl..s
an indepsndeot psSPls sno nss aersTy
= bill was then taken up, and MI. oonskhs
resolution providing for . commission o. 81
. pens 10 examine and report plan IN res AIa -
changes in the capitol for The better sooonl , NJ
. dAtion OF Congress and the library Ai'e1 @uls
eussion. was agreed 20. Adj0uTned
A bill for he conversion OF national gold
banks was passed BY the Senate, out saoss-
/ qusHtly the vote was reconsidered, IN oruef 70
allow an error In the bill to be corrected. -.
Messrs. Sargent, Grover, Booth snd Mo ,s1i
made speeches in support OF The ti1 - k AIM
the emigration OF Chtnese, and Mr.. Mat'heNs
oppose IT, Adjourned.
Mr.. voorhees, introduced bill 10 amend the
pension laws and 10 punish claim agents Tors
violation thereof. Referred TO the committee
on pensions The consideration or the Chih-
ese emigration bill was resumed and Messrs:
Blaine, Of Maine, Mitchell, ofsOregon, and
Jones, OF Nevada delivered long arguments N
favor OF its passage Mr.. Matthews submitted
a substitute authorizing tue President to neBo-
tate with the emperor OF China for modined
treaty. Mr.. Conkling offered 4 substitute Tor
this, authorizing the President, II the emperor 5
OF China refused to negotiate modined
treaty, to inform him that the United states
will prevent emigration by laws OF its own
Mr.. Matthews then withdrew his substitute.
Adjourned.
The discussion Of the bill limiting Chinese
emigration was resumed, Mr.. HAmlln oppos-
ing the pending bill. MFR. Conkling's substi-
tute, requesting the President Of the United
States to give notice TO the emperor OF China
that the articles Of the treaty permitting Chin
ese migration are unsatisfactory 10 the gov
eminent of the United States, and to propose
such notifications Of said treaty as VIII correct
the evils complained OF, was defeated by thirty
three to thirty-one. The bill was then passed
by the following vote Yeas Messrs. Allison,
Bailey, Bayard, Beck, Blaine, Booth, Cameron,
Coke, Dennis, DoE@sg, Eaton, Eustis, Garland,
Gordon, Grover, Hereford, Jones (NeY.l, Kirk
wood, Lamar, Meponald, MePhersoni Maxey,
Mitchell, Morgan 0gleshy, Paddock, Pstter-
son, Plumb, Ransom, Sargent, Saunders, Shar-
on, Shields, Spencer, Teller, Thurman, Voor-
hoes, Wallsce and Windom-39. Nays-Messrs.
Anthony, Bruce, Burnside, Butler, Cameron,
| ConkliUg, Conover Davis (ln.), Davis wv |
| Val, Dawes, Edmunds, Ferry, Hamlin, Hill, |
Hoar, Howe, Ingalls,, Jones (Fla.), Kellogg, |
Herman, McCreery, Mcmillan, Matthews, Mer-
rimon, Morrill,, Randolph and Withers-N. |
Messrs, Barnum and Ohatfee, who would have |
voted in the affirmative, were paired with |
Messrs. Rollins and Wadleigh, who would have
voted in the negative.
Mr. Eus.is presented resolutions of the |
Louisiana legislature declaring that the sec
tions OF the revised statutes in regard to the
protection OF voters are unconstitutional. ...
The vote ON the bill for the conversion of gold
bonds was reconsidered, and, after several
errors had been corrected the bill was re-
passed. The consideration Of the internal
revenue bill was resumed, and, after discus
sion, the tax on all manufactured tobacco was
left at 16 cenCs pound, as proposed by tue
House bill. The amendment, striking out the
clause repeating the tax on lucifer or friction
matches, was agreed to- Adjourned.
In committee OF the whole ON the internal
revenue bill, the slniendments imposing a tax
taA and nOffaa rp1aCtad The TINA |
when the bill shall go into effect was fixed as
May /, instead OF April l, and the section re-
pealing the tax on matches was stricken out
Some minor amendments were adopted, after
which the bill was passed-yeas, forty-fve;
nays, twenty-one The post-office appropria-
ton bill was then taken up, and informally laid
aside. The remainder Of the session was do
voted to memorial services in honor of the late
Representatives Schleicher and Quinn.
Mr.. Cox, OF New York. moved that the Senate
bill in regard to the census, and the amend
ments OF the House committee on the census
thereto, be printed. The Senate bill was sub
stantaly the same bill that he had introduced
and the committee proposed only two import
ant amendments He would not press the bill
in opposition to the appropriation bill now be-
fore the House, but would call it up as soon as
that bill was disposed of. The motion was
hBioOu u. hlttE submitting various amend
ments to the legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill the House adjourned.
An effort wasmade to haveth Florida con-
tested election case taken up but after several
votes it was arranged that it should be post
poned till the following Wednesday. The
the r--Nifs. fIprace ssssasldicial appro-
37ep,4lativa, executive and be sxty-third
priation bill and after reaching the'np. recenJ-
page, the committee rose, and the remainder +
of the session was occupied by memorial ser
wees in honor of the late Representative Hart
ridge, of Georgia.
bill was reported by Mr.. Bragg authorizing
the President. to! appoint james Shields, OF
Missouri, as brigadier general on the retired
list point of order was at once raised by
Mr. White, and scene of confusion ensued,
which ended by the speaker sustaining the
point of order. The bill was referred to the
committee of the whole. "A long debate oc-
Cured upon "war claim bill, to pay John
T. Armstrong, of Virginia, 81 $40 for rent OF
wharf in Alexandria during the war. During
the discussion General Butler expressed him
self in favor of having the government uiti.
mately take in charge the manned and disabled |
Confederate soldiers. Adjourned.
W b. Fleming was sworn in as a member, to |
fill the vacancy occasioned by the death OF |
Julian Hartridge, OF Georgia. MIR. Hale sub
mitted resolution, entitled o resolution to
protect the treasury from the payment of war
claims. During the debate the morning hour
expired, and Mr. Sparks reported bill making
| an appropriation for the payment OF arrears OF
| pensions and amending the act OF January 70.
The bill appropriates for the payment OF ar
rears of pensions S26 1853 200, as follows For
| psnsions due on claims on which the pensions
| we're allowed prior to January 25, 1879, $685.
| 600 600; for pensions to army and navy in
valids, widows, minors and dependent children
| for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1879, vi y
800 600; for additional temporary clerks IN the
pension office, ETC., $52 200. Pensions granted
by special acts of Congress are classed with
| other pensions Mr.. Rice, of Ohio, submitted
an amendment providing that section one OF
the act of January 25, 1879, shall be construed
to extend to and include pensions granted by
special act of Congress, unless such special act
fixes the duration and extent of the pension,
| and also to pensions on account OF soldiers who
| enlisted in the war, but who died on account
of disabilities incurred after the cessation OF
hostilities, Mr.. Sparks accepted the amend
ment. and it was incorporated in the bill. Tho
bill was then passed by 178 to g.. The river
and harbor and the deficiency appropriation
bills were passed AT an evening session
memorial services in honor of the late Repre-
sentative Schleicher, of Texas, " ere held.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, explained the pro-
visions of the bill ordering national census
in 1890 A debate occurred on the provision
authorizing the Governors of States to appoint
the enumefatoYe. SevsSal amendments chang
ing this we're voted down. Without final ac-
ton. the House took recess till 80 P. M.
At the evening session TIE consideration OF the
legislative appropriation bill was resumed.
Adjourned.
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