The Portland daily press., 1881-01-21
XLvIth CONGRESS-2d Session
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2O.-The ladies' gallery
was occupied by members of the Women's
Suffrage Association.
A communication to the State Department
offering to sell to the department the original
manuscripts of historical papers bequeathed by
Benjamin Franklin to his grandson, was re-
ferred to the Committee on Library and Or
dered printed.
On motion of Mr.. Mcdonald his resolution of
last session, for a standing committee on the
rights of women citizens, was taken up and
advocated by him.
Mr.. Conkling suggested the committee be
made special one. applause in the ladies'
gallery)
Mr.. Mcdonald insisted on permanent COM
mittee.
Mr.. Davis moved to refer it to the Commit
tee on Rules. Agreed to-ayes 26, nays %.
A resolution by Mr.. Herman was adopted
calling on the President for correspondence
with foreign countries relative to sending to
the United States criminals, paupers or luna
tics.
The funding bill was received from the
House and referred to the Committee on FL
nance.
The regular order being the bill for allot-
ments of lands in severalty to Indians on reser-
vations and to extend the protection of laws
over the Indians, occupied the remainder of
the day.
HOUSE.
A night session was ordered for tomorrow
for the consideration of the Senates bill on the
private calendar.
Resolution was adopted for printing in pam
phiet form the tabular statements furnished by
the superintendent of the census, and remarks
of Mr.. Cox explanatory thereof.
Mr.. Calkins of Indiana yielded the floor to
the committee on appropriations aud then the
morning hour having been dispensed with the
House went into committee on the naval APP
preparation bill
The bill appropriates $14,461 900, net in
crease of 1000 over the appropriation of the
bill for the present year The principal items
of increase were $125. 900 for pay of navy and
$4,000 for marine corps. The principal item
of decrease was i'll the appropriation for torpe-
does. An amendment increasing the appropri-
alton for the bureau of steam engineering was
rejected, and the bill passed exactly as report
ed fro d the committee.
Post Office appropriation bill was reported
from the committee.
The contested election case of BOynton vs.
Loring from the sixth congressional district of
Massachusetts, was called up, the report of the
majority of the committee ON elections declar-
ing the cOutestee entitled to retain his seat
aud the report of the minority, signed by Mr..
Weaver of Iowa, favoring the contestant.
Mr.. Loring took the floor, not for the pur-
pose OF speaking in support of his Case, but for
the purpose of defending the great Common
wealth OF Massachusetts from some of the
charges made against it by the report of the
minority, and argued that the educational
qualification placed by Massachusetts, upon
suffrage was proper. He denied that more
than $4,000 persons were disqualified by litter
acy. Though disclaiming any intention to
gorify Massachusetts above her sister states
lie referred to her as the nursery of education
and of educated men, and warmly eulogized
the part she has taken in American history.
The House took recess until evening, when
District business was attended to.