Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-02-05
FORTIETH CONGRESS.
This Afternoon's Proceedings.
FRIDAY, February s.

fkiDAf. feoru4ry ).
SEHATH.-Mr. Fessenden called up bill TO
provide ior the paving OF Pennsyivania avenue,
which was amended and passed
Mr.. Oonkling pre,entod memorials in behalf
OF Sisters OF Mercy Of Charleston, = c. asking
tnat the1r application for payrne at for proper
y DESTROYED during the war may be favorsbly
considered. The memorial is signed nv the
surviving officers Of the irish brigade m tue
army OF the Potomac. Referred 10 the Com
mlttee on CLAIMS.
Mr.: Stewart offered an order that until the
CONSTITUTIONAL amendment, now pending be
disposed Of the Senate shall take daily recess
from TO o'clock and that no other business
De disposed OF during the evening session.
Mr.. Hendricks offer an amendment that no
vote shall be taken during the evening ses.
sions, " hich was not agreed to-
The order was then adopted
Mr, MoIsan introduced a bill TO define the
duties and powers OF the coroner Of the District
OF Columbia.
Mr.. Uragin presented female suffrage pe
uiIoD from citizens OF New Hampshire.
MI Corbett. from COMMITTEE on Commerce.
reported substitute for the bill &c pretect fur
bearing animals i'm Alaska.
MT Whyte presented memorial of Board OF
morals asking the abregation of all State and
municipal laws relating to the license of pilots
heierrsd to Committee on Commerce.
Mr. Harlan presented memorial OF coIored
men OF America asking equal suffrage.
Mr. Edmunds offered a resolu Ion instruct
ing tne Committee of Patents % inQui why
~. hs nave Deen discharged from the Patent
once and others appointed in their place since
sept J.. l6s. Adopted.
Mr. Trumbull called up the bill further TO
carly INTO elect the treaty stipuiatioDs bet ween
tnis ano foreign Governments for the extradi-
ton OF criminals. which was passed. The pro-
VISIONS OF The tiil have already been pu blished.
MT Morton called mp resolution to pay
Soutnern Senators their salary from the begin
nlpg OF the hTst session Of the 10th Congress-
Mr. Morton then advocated the resolution,
and cited precedents from former action Of the
TWO Houses in support of his views.
Mr. Trumbull dissented from the views of
mr.. Morton. and maintained that the Senate
mad already settled that these Senators should
be paid only from the time their States were
declared entitled to representation. The pre-.
cedents produced by Mr.. Morton We're cot
analogous TO the cases of these Senators.
The resolution then went over.
TDe CONSTITUTIONAL amendment relative TO
the suffrage, was then taken mp. on which Mr.
Williams, OF Oregon, was entitled to the floor.
HousE.-Reports from committees OF private
nature being IN order
Mr. boutwell,, (Mass.,) from the Committee
OF ADMIRAL Farragut and the officers and men
who passed Fort ST Phillip with him on the
lith OF April. lS62. Passed
Ir. Wood IN. y. } introduced a bill 10 pro-
mote the progress of the line arts. Referred TO
the Committee on Patents.
Mr.. Butler (Mass.l offered a resolution call
ing upon the Secretary of the Treasury for in
formation concerning the state OF the American
fisheries on the cs3st of British North America,
etc. Agreed TO.
Mr.. Moore IN. " introduced a bill to
authorize the cleansing Of the Washington
Canal and Tor other purposes. Referred 20 the
COMMITTEE on Public Buildings and Grounds.