Salt River herald., 1879-02-08
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TO-Eay's Dispatches.


 say that he went to Florida under in. structions of the democratic com mittee; he had no conversation with Gov. Tilden on the matter. He said that the ciphers published in the New York Tribune, as far as con cerned himself, were simply rubbish He said he had already published a statement of what he did and did not do in the Florida matter, and what he did not do was to buy Florida votes, and they were for sale. He said he must confess there were a number of dispatches which were correct.
 WAsHINGToN, Feb. S.-In the sen. ate yesterday the vicc-president laid before the senate joint resolution proposing an amendment to the con stitution prohibiting the payment of claims of disloyal persons fer prop erty injured in the rebellion.
 In the senate today, Mir Hamlin, from the committee on foreign rela. tions, reported back the senate bill to restrict immigration of Chinese to this country, and the committee was discharged from it's further consider ation.
 MT. Sargent gave notice that he would callup the bill for consideration on Wednesday next, and spoke of the importance of the subject to the Pa. oific coast.
 The senate committee on railroads today authorized MT. Dawes to re- port for passage without material amendment, Senator Plumb's joint res, lItion, providing that 90 per cent oc the charges of land grant rail roads for government transportation be paid to them.
 In the house Mir Hayes introduced a bill appropriating half million dollars to improve the Illinois river. Referred.
 Mr. Cummings introduced rsso- lution asking for 3 statement from the commissioner of pensions regard ing the amount required to pay ar rearages of pensions. Adopted.
 Mr. Eden, chairman of the com mitiee on war claims, reported back the bill making an appropriation for the payment of claims reported by inc committee of claims, but de- clined to yield to MT Waddell's amendment that no war claims shall hereafter be paid to anybody. The bill was then passed.
 The house then went into com mite of the whole on the army ap. propriation bill.
 MT. Bcebec's amendment author izing the president to appoint Geo. Foster Robinson q paymaster in the army was rejected.
 MT. Garfield opposed MT. Whytc's amendment, which comprises the main features of the army reorgani- zation bill, as it was improper to add il to the appropriation bill.
 MT. Ewing supported the amend ment as improving the army and say ing q million dollars at once, and gradually three or four millions.
 MT. Fort opposed it.
 Mir. Banning said that Garfield, who, as chairman of the committee on appropriations, had reduced the number of the army, should not con- plain now of the reduction of officers. MT. Garfield asked MT. Whvtc what the bill meant by saying that general officers must be selected from the army.
 Whyte-Just what it says.
 Garfield - That would exclude Washington.
 Whyte-Washington is in Heaven.
 Garfield-And Grant. Whyte-Mr. Grant will be the next president, probably.
 A vote was taken on the amend. ment, and agreed to-yeas.1O1, nays 91.
 X point of order was raised on the section allowing every officer who has been thirty years in the service to be placed on the retired list by applica- tion. The point was sustained and the section stricken out.
 MT. Boone submitted an amend. ment to transfer the Indian bureau to the war department.
 Mir. Page offered substitute to the amendment, authorizing the presi dent to transfer the carr and control of any tribes to the war department temporarily whenever deemed advis able, either on account of hostile ac tions on their part against the United States or in case of any diflicultie. arising between them and settlers. . House adjourned.