Connecticut western news., 1879-02-19

EAN ASA es 1ORCGl4-O4 the Federal Election and Test Oath laws should be attached by the House to one of the annual appropriation bills. AL though no action was taken, the general tenor of the opinions expressed was to effect that the effort to effect such legis- lation upon an appropriation bill should be strenuously resisted, even to the ex- tent of causing the bill to fail.
 The Committee of Conference on the Navy Appropriation bill agreed upon report. The amount of difference between the two Houses was $85,00O, | the Senate surrendered $75, GOO and the | disagreement was thus compromised.
 1t is estimated that the total claims for rebate on tobacco and snuff, should the reduction of tax pass, will not fall much short $4,OOO, ,0O0, though in view in the hands of dealers have been kept ct the lowest practicable limit.
 SENATE.
 The Senate receded from it's amend ments to the Indian Appropriation bill giving $25, ,000to Sioux and Cheyennes
 and the bill wa passed. It appro-
 priates $4,713, 20683, being $33, ,068. .81
 less than the amount for the current l ' 6dIs Ill0 StlaUO esAOO He"SDSo OAAO MAI providing for three months extra pay to
 officers and soldiers of the Mexican war.
 Many bills on the private calendar were
 likewise disposed of.
 MT. McCreery made speech in favor
 of transferring the Indian Bureau from
 the Interior Department to the War
 Department. He pointed out the fail
 ure of Grants Indian policy and in-
 efficiency of existing methods for caring
 for the red man. His satire and humor
 held the attention of all listeners. The
 Senate learned from the Commissioner
 of Pensions that $;41, 500,00 will be re-
 quired to pay the pension arrears up to
 the 3Oth or next June and that he wants
 an appropriation of $50, ,000 for clerk
 hire. The bill to exchange money at !. the Treasury for $10 cert;Leates of de-
 posit was passed after being amended so as to make the rate of interest four in-
 stead of three per cent. MT. Herman
 Dem., N. Y. who moved to amend, said
 the object of this bill was to enable per
 sons having small earnings to accumu-
 late enough to get $50 or $100 , bond. MT. Kernan's amendment was agreed to and the bill read third time
 and passed.
 The Senate agreed to it's Conference , Committees report on the Naval Ap- propriation bill, and passed it. It ap-
 prop2iates $14, ,029, 968. 95, being $122,-
 634. 75 less than the bill Of last year, and
 $157, ,412. 50 less than the estimate. MT.
 Dorsey (Rep., Ark reported from the Committee on Appropriations Mr. Fer rvs amendments to the Post Office and , Post Route bill, which propose sub sidy to Brazilian steamships. MT. Sar- | o1 \ 1oT,,iffo1 , for the getting of information concern ing the making of liquors that are i'm ported to the United States. He said that it had been asserted that pure liquors are not sent to this country. l The Senate passed bill regulating , the restoration of retired naval officers ) to the active list, agreed to resolution l for a thorough investigation of the , Cheyenne slaughter at Fort Robinson, ] and, after debate on the Library ques- } tion, recommitted the subject in order that the practicability of changing the l arrangement of the Capitol may be in [ quired into. The Committee on Indian 5 Affairs reported back the resolution in-
 s4ructing them to inquire into the Fort Robinson massacre, saying that there was not time in this session to make the , proposed investigation. Believing that
 the subject is of especial importance, the l Committee reported resolution for the
 appointment of m investigating com , mission, to consist of five Senators, to l sit in the recess. Agreed to.
 In the Senate Messrs. Sargent, Grover, ] Booth and Morgan made speeches in support of the bill to limit the immigra- ) tion of Chinese, and MT. Matthews op-
 posed 1t. The friends of the bill wanted to remain in session until it was disposed 8 of, but a motion to adjourn was carried g by 229 to 23, probably no1 8 fair test of 6 it's strength, however.
 HOUSE.
 : The House non-concurredi in the Sen. ~ ate amendments to the Naval Appro. .. priation bill, asked for new confer.
 ence on the fortifcation appropriations 7, and agreed to the conference report on N the Indian Appropriation bill. A bill 7 authorizing the Treasurer of the United
 Sta tes to receive coins in exchange for , Government notes was discussed and 'e amended.
 < Mir. Whitthorne made an unsuccessful S effort to present to the House the Naval :, Committees report on the Robeson in , vestigation. That body resumed work <, on the Army Appropriation bill, anG ', after long debate rejected MT. Boone's 70 amendment transferring the India1 ~ Bureau to the War Department, the vote standing 88 to 101 :; adopted MT | Buffers amendment permitting railroad y companies to transmit over their tele i' graph wires messages for the genera l. public; agreed to the army reorganiza et tion amendment, 116 to 92, and to Mir le HeWitt's amendment exDunginp iron n the Revised Statutes the authority to hay, n troops at the polls on election day, 11( to 95. The bill, as thus amended, wal r, then passed.
 of The House refused to suspend the t. rules and pass the bill in regard to the ig repeal of the test oath required of jurors ot refused to pass the bill to establish w postal savings banks, and refused tc le adopt a resolution setting apart . day lt for considering Mir. Whitthornes maya
 report. It disposed of much routin, ck business, and referred score of new se bills to committees.
 The report Of the Conference Com ,k mittee on the Naval Appropriation bil a was agreed to. In Committee of tn, Il Whole on the Legislative, Judicial, ant m Executive Appropriation bill, Mir. Pat
 terson Rep., N. Y.) opposed that par ,e which proposes to transport the coas d and geodetic survey from the Treasur, ,e to the Interior Department. Mir. Atkins re Dem., Tenn.) defended the proposet
 change, and the debate was carried ol
 by Messrs. Page, Wigginton, Patterson :" (Col.) Maginnis, Hewitt, Dunnell, But ;o io Ter, Garfield and Hale.
 ' T The House agreed to the conference