The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26
CONGRESSIONAL
HOUSE.

HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-The bill
fixing he day for the meeting of eie(
tors Of Preside t and Vice Iesiden
was referred.
Sumner, OF Gala, introduced bill
to increase the efficiency of the sigma
service. Referred.
HOUSE.
The House w-nt into G 'mmittee O
the Whole. Springer in the chair, q,
The bill mAkinX an appropriation fO
the payment of rebate on the tax u,
tobacco and the payment of the ex
penses of the New Mexico Legisla
| ture.
Hale reported favorably the House
joint resolution fur the relief Of tn,
Greeley expedition. Tue Sen It.
! voted down all attempts to limit th'
exrenses of the expedition
The chair announced that the mex
business in order vas the cOnsidera
ton of the Alaska civil government,
till.
Sherman inquired when his resolu'
tions relating to the Virginia and
Mississippi elections were in order
The Chair replied the resolutions
would not come before the Senate iu
regular order till Tomorrow. The
Senate then resumed consideration oil
the Alaska hill.
White, of Kentucky, moved to re-
duce the rebate appropriations t.,
$75O. 600. The amend" ent Was re-
jected, when the committee o e
aud reported the bill without amend
ment and it passed; yeas, y; nays. II.
Vance introduced a bill to make
fraudulent claimants for patents and
fraudulent vender- of patented ar
tirles guilty ola m~isdemeanor. Re-
ferr,.d.
King introduced a bill providing
for the tran -mitti0g Of standard time
from the naval observatory ut WASH
ington to all ports of entry and plac-
ing time balls upon custom houses.
Referred.
Morgan, from the Committee on
Foreign Relations, reported adversely
the joint resolution abrogating the
Hawaiian treaty. The resolution
now goes upon the calendar.
Sherman presented the minority
report on the same subject, which
vas ordered printed.
Hill, fir m the Committee on Post
Offices and Post r ads, reported ia
vorably on the bill making all public
roads post routes.
Logan submitted the joint resolu-
ton pr.'viding for the removal of the
remains of the late Major General E.
o. c.. Ord from Havana to WASH
By request of other Senator's, Lo-
gan all wed it to be laid over until
To. morrow.
Bills Introduced-By Sherman,
the preservation of the woods
from forest fires In the national do
main adj AGENT to the sources of navi-
gable rivers.
BY Miller of New York, to author
re the President to pay the Chinese
government from the fund now I'M
Ter c)ntrOl Of the Secretary of State. |
Known as the Chinese indemnity |
und.
Logan's joint resolution relating to
General Ord's body was taken up, |
when the executive session ad.
burned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. &.-The morn
ng hour having been dispensed with
he Hou>e went into Commi; tee of
he W hole, Springer in the chair, on
be Fitz John Porter bill.
Taylor, of Ohio, t,n,k the fl ,or and
0nclude't his speech begun S lturday
n the fitz John Porter till.
He denied the statement that the
i'll was ha-ed upon the resolution
1troduced hy Garfield.
Congress might remove the penalty
ut IL wA@ a case If suicide and could
Ut reviv1 the glories that Ouce clus-
,red around t0rter's brow.
Bayne, u member of the Committee
q Military Aft .irs, spoke in support
the bill, holding the question
,uld not be ma ie Il political one.
10 held that P ,rter h I'd exercised
lie discretion i'll disobeying P.,pe's
rder. Willie quoting from GIN,
Ong >treet's testimony Bayne wa.
bv Herbert, who said
Y belonged to Lonyslreet's
RPS. W'lcox's Division Wa de-
Dyed In line be'Or- noon and he
knew the re son for the DELAY in
.inx pushed into the fight until h.
ad the testimony in this case. He
d not believe that Porter was a
aitor to his Cause. If he did he {
'uld be the very last mau to excu e {
IN. {
The committee here rose informally I
permit che 8 Jeaker to appoint y .
COMMITTEES on the G. ..eeIey ',
II. The committee resumed its l
ssiOn, AMI K-itfer spoke in oppo.i-
N I" the Till. H. defended the
tmbers of the court martial from
PENSIONS for their verdict, and Re.
ewed the case, quoting from dis. !,
tches and letters to show that P,r- \
r was disloyal to Pope, because of :
, loyalty to Mcclellan. 1
Ray, of New York, supported the e
i. asserting the charge. were not
against Porter till long af-
his alleged d'sobed,ence IF or. E
rs. This statement Was vigorous !,
contro~ erted hy sorne of the mem. r
and as vigorously reasserted by y
". 1t was not till the removal of h
'Clellan was known that the charg. y
We're preferred. =
of California, wanted to -
ow by what authority r " assert q
Pope had poisoned the mind 4
the President. u
FAY replied that he could prove it O.
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