Show TO THE DESERET NEWS gg I 1 senate howard offered dred bred a bill to authorize auth orize the tho kansas pacific railroad rall Kail road to extend and construct a railroad to el paso mexico the bill givel the tho company all the tho right of difranchise the land alves gives the atlantie atlantic ati antie antle and pacific railroad company by the act of july GO wilson from tho the military committee reported the military academy appropriation pria tion bill with amendments sumner introduced a joint resolution directing the payment of bounties to colored soldiers and seamen re regardless beardless ardless of former condition of servitude sherman proposed to proceed with y lo 10 me unfinished business which was the currency bill A discussion followed hamlin urging the claims of the special order namely of the district of columbia stewart desired action on the census bill conling and sumner samner debated these bills to some extent the former in favor and the latter against i taking the census under the NW law of 1850 the senate finally deter to adhere to the order specially appointed the bill for the temporary relief of tho poolin poor in the district of columbia was taken up lip it appropriates thirty thousand for that purpose the tho bill was discussed by thurman davis pomeroy hawlin Han ilin liin wilson and Ca casserly pomeroy offered an amendment that a portion of the money bo be expended to provide lumber and material tor for the labor op those able to work A wilson moved a further farther amendment to provide r ovide certain accommodations for indigent ent women both amendments were finally adopted and the bill passed the senate SENATE 31 abe the chair submitted a communication from tho the secretary of the treasury with a draft of a bill for marine hospitable service also the annual report of the commissioner of patents sherman from the committee on finance reported a bill requiring the secretary of the treasury to withhold any due duo defaulting state officers on any account whatever C coaxin riv S ui I 1 introduced n trod a bill abolishing the office of purveyor of the customs harlan harian by request introduced a bill relating to the central branch of the U PR P R it K wilson of the mill military tary committee reported adversely to the hoube house joint resolution authorizing the purchase or lease of a building in new york for the use of the staff of the department sherman presented a resolution from the ohio legislature ratifying the lath amendment norton introduced introduced a resolution which wb leh was agreed to calling on the president oem for information concerning the tion of the amendment by the legislature of georgia and in regard tu other affairs there ramsey bamsey of the P 0 committee reported back with amendments a bill to establish a postal telegraph system and a separate postal telegraph company the company is required to provide lines of telegraph to every city and village where telegraph stations are now maintained for the transmission of news to the public and to every place with a 3 population pop bation of the person perfo performing t the he duties of telegraph commissioner maissl oner to b be e styled the fourth assistant postmaster general any postmaster may act as operator with the approval of the tho postmaster general the company may purchase any existing lines of telegraph offered to it before january 1871 morton introduced a bileto provide V 1 do for the admission of mississippi which imposes the tile bamme earne conditions as the virginia bill except that the members of the legisla legislature turea are re not required to take any oath the senate took up the currency bill the pending amendments of sherman and sumner were withdrawn sherman submitted an amendment from the finance committee that after six months from the passage of the act any banking association in any state having more than its proportion of money one in cincu circulation tion may be remove removed to any state ta having ha I 1 less legs than its proportion in eire elre circulation lation provided the amount issued issue be s sueh such c that the bank will not be deducted from the amount of the new iesue issue as provided by this act morton and conkling Oon conk kling ling were opposed to the amendment which was adopted by 43 to 12 mortons Mor Mo tons rions amendments were then reviewed fixing the amount of additional circulation at fifty two millions chandler moved to amend so as to authorize the issue ofa millions while preventing any increase or dimin tulon in the circulation by substituting sti bank bauk notes for legal tenders morton opposed the amendment because ho he felt satisfied that no bill to fund legal tenders ten ders deys bearing no interest t into au an interest debt could pass congress the tho present session he lip desired to relieve the present wants of the west and south by leaving the question of funding 0 greenbacks green backs for future consideration chandless chandlers Chand lers amendment was rejected without division cameron cmeron said sald the only remedy for the difficulties was we tue resumption of specie payment after which it would make banking like other business free to all an understanding was effected and a vote ia is to bo be taken on the bill on tuesday ramsey reported favorably on the house bill abolishing the ho fran franking ling hing privilege at four the senate went into an executive session aud and soon after adjourned jour ned HOUSE voorhees solm only asserted thas that thata a vast proportion of the national debt had no existence in reality it was fictitious and created by unjust and scandalous legislation or still more unjust and scandalous pervert perversion ion lon of true contracts it was a fraud fastened upon the labor of the nation and was utterly unworthy worthy ur of consideration legal or moral and was sheer and naked extortion from the wants necessities and helplessness of the people when they were wholly at the mercy of the capitalists he then proceeded to show how bow the men who invested in national londa londs had obtained large bonds on investments under former prices of gold hebald he said sald this was extreme injustice and had bad driven many honest minds to embrace the fearful doctrine of repudiation tho the issue was in the tho hands bands of the party in power butler of massachusetts ob bained the floor for the tho purpose of saying a few words additional in defense of the republican party and thead the administration manir it would stand the assaults of the gent from indiana mr voorhees but it could not stand an assault in the house of its friends he then proceeded to reply to dawes specially declaring that he had contro averted no awer amer assertion tion of butlers in his former speech dawes in reply to butler said he could not be drawn into further debate on the subject what each had bald eald had been to the country and he did not desire to add one word to or fortify anything bo he had bad sald said he was content to await the judgment of the tho country the house met for general debate churchill in the chair very few members were present conger spoke in reply to dawes attack ou on the administration tra tion in a eulogy ou president grant in favor of free deli dell delimur delivery vor vur of newspapers through the i 1 1 I the counties where they are williams of spoke against railroad monopolies aud and lin in favor of government interference with rail rall railroads reads to prevent extortionate rates of transportation wilkinson made a speech on tho the same subject asserting that the agricultural interests do not suffer so much from tariff and taxation as from extortionate rates of transportation exacted by railroad monopolies golladay made a speech in favor of the tho doctrine set forth in munger mungers 7 a speech before recess on repudiation and on the national debt he was especially ironical upon brooks speech yesterday denouncing repudiation he de declared clarea if the speech proved anything it proved that a contract did not bind people because they received no moral or legal consideration he was several times interrupted by voorhees ind eldredge and the colloquy took a decidedly personal turn voorhees and eldredge declaring Goll course in refusing 79 to allow any explanation was waa cowardly the latter off offering ering to prove his bravery by other menna meana than debate and threats on the congress con CoD grese bird followed ina in a speech repudiation dissenting from the tio views of munger and golladay Eldr eldridge dge tooh took the thel loor floor referring in iii his remarks to said baid he be did not call in question his hia physical courage as a gentleman or his moral courage in debate the tho democratic party had expressed their views no uncertain words worda on question of currency financial endorsing the live five dollar bill was that it was wits legal tender for all debts pubic public and private except duties on imports and tile tha interest ou on the public debt and was responsible for all bonds and laws made mado to the united states staves was there any uncertain soend in that was wag there any want of courage in it the venerable leader of the house who had gope to his final rest stevens stevans of pennsylvania had declared in this hoube house that it was a public crime to attempt to pay a debt in any other way voorhees rem remarked arkid that lie he had heard stevens declare on the floor of the house that ia ho would rather vote for frank blair biair than for any man who construed that law to mean that nive five twenties were payable in gold so instead of making war upon the democratic side elde of the house tho the other side ought to make war on mr stevens the discussion was continued some somo sometime time longer by eldridge and stevenson golladay of cleveland addressed the house against all attempts to pay day thel the debt quickly and in favor of the expansion of the currency and a gener general bal lal reduction of expense and excess the house adjourned cole from the committee on printing reported a bill abolishing theoffice the office of congressional printer and the election bi by a concurrent resolution on a joint ballot of a superintendent of public printing to perform the same duty at a salary of four thousand dollars after a discussion the bill passed church of 1111 iiii illinois noie from the committee on elections reported an adverse claim to the seats of the members from georgia under the election of april 30 68 the claimants were ware admitted to seats in tho the last congress and they claim to be entitled under the same bame election to seats in the present congress A d discussion the resolution was adopted the time of election was waa discharged from further consideration cullom introduced bills to organize the territory of lincoln and to cons conf consolidate oli the Indian tribes into a territorial government aboto also aiso to provide a territorial government for the district of columbia stevens offered a resolution asking the tho secretary of the navy for the reports of admiral davia davis on the tho darlen darien canal the house went into a committee of the whole on the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill abarge A large lange number of bills were introduced including the following one to admit mississippi to representation in congress one to aid the kansas pacific railroad and to extend the road to elpaso one to abolish the department of agriculture one to provide for the redemption demp tion not exceeding a hundred millions of united states bonds by issuing an equivalent amount in notes not bearing interest one fixing the pay of senator and representatives at three thousand a year one reducing the millage to ten cents a mile V ingersall offered a resolution directing tile the committee on banking to report back within six days his bill authorizing an additional issue of legal tenders to the amount of forty four millI millions ons odb the house refused to second the previous question by 43 to 71 the resolution went over cullom offered ed a resolution directing the special committee on the postal telegraph to inquire into the whole subject of telegraphing in the united att ca authorizing it to send for persons and papers the house to second the previous question 75 to 35 mcneely offered a resolution declaring in that the national debt should be paid pad by a strict compliance with contract and that five twenties are payable lri iri in greenbacks grden green backs and condemning the policy of the administration in redeeming buch such bonds at high rates of premium jones moved to lay jay the resolution on the table for the purpose of testing the tho sense of the house tile the motion was waa carried by 11 2 to 41 by a strict party vote marshall offered a resolution beclar ing the constitutional authority to levy taxes does not include the power to impose duties for any other purpose than the collection of revenue and that a tariff levied for any other that of revenue ano and and especially if levied to foster and encourage ode one section of the country and one class of its citizens at the expense of another section or other elass class classes cs is unauthorized by the constitution unjust to the great i body of the people injurious to almost all the ahe industries and directing the committee of ways and means to prepare a bill in accordance with these views kelsey moved to table tho resolution ol the morning hour having expired it went over till next monday fitch offered a resolution to grant belligerent rights to the republic of cuba he moved its reference to a select committee of seven bauks bunks moved its reference to the committee on foreign affairs the latter motion was waa agreed to by to 41 NASHVILLE the convention a vote fifty to sixteen on the see section confer conferring rin pin g the right of suf sui suffrage on all male citizens of the united states over twenty one years of age who have been residents of tennessee one year also a vote squiring that each voter shall show that he has paid the poll tax both branches of the legislature passed a resolution thanking the convention for adopting the foregoing washington the president today to day nominated T H cory collector of internal revenue bevenue for the and 2nd district of or california and leander holmes attorney general for washington territory the committee on banking and currency state that no portion of the testimony taken before them with regard to the gold panic in september last or the substance thereof has been given to the press and that all statements purporting to be besuch beauch such buch are unauthorized and to a large extent inaccurate the senate today to day confirmed the appointment of luther H cory Colle collect cot eft or of internal revenue in the F second e C ond end district of california J D hyde receiver of public monies edw edward edgard a rd W willet receiver of the land office at visalia ICal cal cab michael vidal commissioner of the united states under the convention with peru in december 68 jos william cumback of indiana minister resident to portugal one ball going through Freiler freller sneek the other through his right arm freiler drew a revolver and fired striking daquis in the breast As the assailant fell he pointed his pistol at the officers head but the latter struck his arm just as the weapon exploded lodging the ball in the ceiling daquis died in a few minutes freiters Fr eilers ellers condition is critical the tho ball having grazed the jugular vein which is liable to burst at any moment PARIS in the debate on commercial treaties in the corps le Legis latif yesterday the opposition w was s violent and there was some stormy scenes scents but the government developed some unexpected strength at the sitting today to day the discussion continued made the closing speech and created a sensation by announcing that the cabinet would not support the |