The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-12-17
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q WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.
sfhs following standing commit
tees were appointed ~ y =
Foreign Relations--Mr.I 4 Summer
Of Mass, Chairman, Fessenden, Cam
erop, Harlan, Morton, Patterson, N
III, Bayard. 1ss ..ss.,as, ssss,s
| finances , Sherman, Chairmai,
| Morgan, Warner, Williams, Corbett
Henderson, Morrill, 'sieaaa .
Appropriations Morrip, Grimes
Howe. Wilson, Cole, Conklip, Buck
Commerce ne Chandler, chairman
Morrill, Vt. Yickers, Spencer, Kel-
logg, Corbett. "a a 50 81
Manufactures Spfague, chairman
Yates, Abbott, Dixon, Robertson.
Agriculture Cameron, chairman
Cattell, Upton, Welch McCreery..
Military Affairs, and Militia-Wil
son, chairman; Sprague, Cameron
Morton, Abbott, Thayer, Doohttle. 3
Naval Affairs-Grime Anthony
Frelinghuysen, Edmunds, Conkling
Rice, Hendricks. a
Post Offices and Post Roads-Ram
sey, Chm; Conness, Pomeroy, Val
Winkle, Mel Donald, Welch, Dixon.
Public Lands-Po Pomeroy,g Stewart
Osborn, Williams, Upton, Hendricks
Warner,
Private Land laims-Williams
Sumner, Kellogg, Terry. Bayard. !.
Indian AffaiYs-Henderson, Nor
rill, Ross, Corbett, Thayer, Buckalew
DOolittle. 4&9{
Pensions-Van Wrinkle, Edmunds
Fowler, Davis, Spencer, Sawyer.
Revolutionary Claims Nye, Chan
dler, Pool Patterson, Salisbury. i
Claims-Howe, Wiley, Freling-
huysen, Howard, Robertson, Cole
DAVIS. 1
District Of Columbia-H Harlan
Sumner, Rice, Patterson, Vickers. 4
Patents-Mr Wiley, Osborne, ,Thay
er, Terry, and Norton.
Public Buildings and Grounds
Fessenden, Trumbnn, Terry, Davis
Whyte. se ilIsl
Territories. Yates, Nye, Cragin
Mel Donald, McC Cresry, Davis, Norton
Pacific Railroad-Howard, Sher.
man, Morgan, Conness, Ramsey, Stew
art, Wilson, Harlan, Drake.
To Audit Contingent Expenses Of
the Senate Cragin, Morrill,, Bucka-
Engrossed Bills-Fowler, Sumner,
Norton. 4a tV" +" asa
Mines and Mining - Conness,
Yates, Ross, Salisbury, Whyte.
Revision of the Laws Conkling,
sumner, Cole, Bsysrd, Poole.
e Special Committee on Railroads
Sherman, Sumner, Buckalew, Chan
dler, Stewart, Ramsey. Ha.is
Com to enquire whether improper
means have been used or attempted
for influencing votes of Senators on
impeachment-Bucka Chm; Nor
rill, Of Me, Chandler, Stewart, Thay.
er. A ei 81 a
Joint Com on Printing -Anthony,
Whyte, Harris. 458a sss
Joint Com on Library on part of
the Senate Morgan, Howe, Fessen-
den. sss .lse -i-.a
4 Joint Com on Entrenchment--Ed Ed
monds, Williams, Patterson of N H.,
Buckalew. t8z3,if
Joint Com to revise the pay of off,
GERS of both Houses -Fessenden Sher
man, Buckalew. 1890 @
To Examine claims and accounts
for repairs on and furnishing of
Executive Nansion-Harlan, Chair
man; Morton. lf q 81
] On Ordinance-How, I'd chairman;
Cameron, and Drake. M
On Revision of the rules of the Sen
ate-Anthony chairman; Pomeroy,
Edmonds. a
On motion Of Morton his bill to re-
sumo specie payment on the 4th Of
July next, was laid over until next
week when he would move to refer
it to the Committee on Finances.
Mr. Sumner explained the purposes
Of the bill introduced by him to carry
out the reconstruction acts in Geor-
gia, namely: to resume to certain eff
feet the power Of Congress over Geor.
gia in consequence of the Legislation
having been illegally constituted, and
on his motion it was referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
Mr.. Drake explained the purpose
of his Resolution in relation to the
grades of General and LIT General in
the army, and Admiral and Vice Ad.
miral in tho navy to be to keep those
grades iii reserve as rewards for ex.
traordinary public services and not
leaving them open to be reached by
regular promotion and accommoda,
ton. Referred, first,to Committee on
Military Affairs, to 60 afterwards, il
favorably reported on by them, to
the Committee on Naval affairs. Is
The House bill to regulate tho du-
ties on copper was referred to the
Committee on Mines and Mining
when the House bill to restore tho
Bureau Of Indian affairs to the Wa,
Department was reached. a.
Senator Thayer moved to refer to
the committee on Military Affairs.
Senator Terry opposed the com
mittee on Indian Affairs, because he
thought it would be fatal.
Senator Upton favored the motion
sent to the committee on Indian af
fairs, because he thought that if any
change was to be made in the Indiar
policy, that committee which had SC
long had charge Of the whole subject
was the one most fit to deal with it
After an animated debate, the bill
was referred to committee on Indiar
affairs.
The resolution was adopted to ad
ljourn from to day until Monday.
Senator Edwards called tor the un
finished business OF yesterday, stain,
that he was in favor of having tn
message read in order to show to tn,
country the kind of q man who oo-
cupies the Presidential office. Th'
message was continued to the end.
After BUme reference to the IndiaI
Bureau bill, Mr.. Wilson introduced