The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-03-03
ILVIth CONGRESS THIRD SESSION.
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GENATR
Tne credentials OF Messrs. Camden, jack
son, and Fair, Senators elect, were presented.
A resolution directing the Committee on
Commerce to increase the amount in the
House River and Harbor Appropriation Bill
for the improvement of the Missouri River
below Yankton to 81, 1875, 600 was presented by
Mr.. Saunders. A number of amendments to
the bill have been proposed.
The Cattle Diseases Bill was discussed by
Messrs. Ingalls,, Williams, Maxey, Kirkwood,
Morgan, Mcpherson, Johnston, and Rollins,
but no progress was made with it.
The credentials of General Harrison, Senator
elected from Indiana, were presented
The House post route bill was passed.
The legislative Appropriation Bill was taken
up and debated.
The House bill defining the certifcation of
the returns of national banks, the object of
which is to legalize the oaths taken by bank
officers certifying the returns before Notary
Public, was passed.
bin repeating the tax on bank deposits was
passed.
The Legislative Appropriation Bill was dis
cussed by Messrs. Blair, Logan, Beck, and
Burnside. Mr.. Logan, upon the conclusion of
an appeal in behalf Of the pensioners of the
country, was applauded by the galleries. The
amendments of the, committee were finally
adopted, and the bill was passed.
A bill for the repeal of the export tax on to-
bacco was referred.
A discussion was had upon the House joint
resolution, approved June IA, 1879, providing
for o monument to mark the birthplace of
Washington. (Both resolutions place the ex-
penditure OF the appropriation and the erec-
tion of the monument under the direction of
the Secretary of State, and the pending one
increases the appropriation from 50, 600: to
100000 In the course of the discussion MIR.
Ingalls, said he was curious to know why the
people of Virginia, if they felt any interest in
the matter, did not erect the monument under
the resolution of 1879 and Mr.. Conkling spoke
of the bill, unaccompanied by any written or
printed report, las hollow and pretentieus pro-,
lCeeding. Mr.. ingalls, spoke of the cottage,
planned by authority of the Secretary of State,
as sort of bird cage. The joint resolution
was finally adopted.
A rule was adopted for the payment of the
salary of Henry NJ. Spofford. as Senator for
Louisiana, from March 4, 1877, to August 20,
1880.
bill to extend the time for filing claims for
horses and eaupr1entc lost hy- officers and sol-
.diers of the United States, with an amendment
extending the time two years, and thereafter
barring all such claims, whether by civilians or
soldiers, was passed.
The Fertilization Appropriation Bill with the
Senate amendments, was passed. .r :
fhe Senate bill for new building for the
Congressional Library, fixing the site for the
new building upon six squares on the east front
of the Capitol grounds, and limiting the cost OF
lands and damages thereens'to 81, ,000, 900, was
also passed.
Vice President Arthur appeared on the floor
of the Senate.
On the oath, Immediately after the reading
] OF the journal, the death of Senator Carpenter
was announced by Senator Cameron, who
offered resolution, which was adopted, pro-
viding for the appointment of a committee to
take the order for superintending the funeral.
The chair Of the late Senator was draped in
mourning.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Carlisle, from the Ways and Means Com
mlttee, reported q bill repeating all tho laws
imposing taxes on bank checks, drafts and or
ders, bank deposits, friction matches, medical
preparations, perfumery, cosmetics, cologne,
: and other artieles.-Rsfarredt to the Committee
of the Whole. -
Mr.. Whitthorne reported back the bill for the
registration and enrolment of any vessel built
IN foreign country. Referred to the Commit
tee on Ways and Means.
The Agricultural Appropriation Bill was con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole, and an
amendment was adopted appropriating $50, 900
for the purchase and propagation and distribu-
ton Of seeds, and providing an equal proper
tion OF three-fourths of all seeds shall, at their
request, be supplied to Senators and Represen-
tatives, for distribution among agricultural
constituents. The Committee then rose with
out concluding the bill, and the conference re-
port on the Army Appropriation Bill was agreer
A bill was introduced to create Board of
Fiscal Inspectors to watch over the collections
and expenditures of the public Treasury.
The Senate amendments to the Indian Ap-
preparation Bill, continuing the Indian Com
mission, were disagreed to, and a new oorr
ference committee, consisting of Messrs. Wells,
Hubbell and Singleton, of Mississippi, was ap-
A bill incorporating the Cherokee and
Arkansas River Railroad Company, for the
purpose of constructing o railroad from
Arkansas City, Kansas, through Indian Terri
tory to Fort Smith, Arkansas, was passed.
birthday was defeated.
The conference report on the pending APP
preparation Bill was agreed to.
The Agricultural Appropriation Bill was dis
cussed in Committee of the Whole. An amend
ton of experiments in beet sugar manufacture
was adopted. The committee then rose, and
the bill, as amended, passed.
3The Sundry Civil Bill was in its turn taken
up in Committee of the Whole, and seventeen
Of the fifty-three pages we're disposed of.
A substitute for the Apportionment Bill tlx-
ing the number of Representatives at 3l5 was
ordered printed.
The S1ndry civil Appropriation Bill WAS con-
sidered in the Committee of the Whole.
Amendments providing that of the S25, 900 ap-
propriated for the purpose of carrying on
theological researches among the North Ameri-
can Indians, $4,000 be expended in continuing
the archaeological researches relating to the
Mound Builders and prehistoric mounds; ap-
propristing $4,000 to continue the improve
ment of the National Cemetery at Chattanooga,
Tenn, and providing for the purchase OF the
private papers of Generals Thomas, Meade
Halleck, Reynolds, Hooker, Mcpherson, Lyons
Kearney, Mansfield, Nelson, and Sedgwick, re
lating tothe war OF the rebellion, were adopted
| The last, however, was subsequently stricken
out. The clause appropriating 600 for tht
! purchase of the papers of the Confederate Gen
erals Bragg and Polk aroused some discussion
and was finally amended SO as to require proc
that the papers should be the original and en-