The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-08
FIFTH EDITION
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Senate.
Continued from Third Bdition.
on motion OF Mr.. Anthony the Standing Comr,,.
tees OF the Senate were announced by the CLERK
The follow ing Senators constitute the several Com
mittees named below after the alterations made this
Foreign Relations-Messrs. Sumner, Cameron
Harlan, Norton, Patterson, Schurz, and Casserly.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Morrill, Mel, Wilson
Cole, Spragne, Sawyer, Pool, and Stockton
Naval Aiiairs-Messrs. Cragin, Anthony Nye
Drake, Scott Osborn, and Stockton.
Patents-Messrs- Wiley, Terry, Carpenter, Nor
ton, and Hamilton. - W.
Librsry--Cattcl, Howe, and Morrill, tMeO
To Audit and Control Contingent Expenses
Ferry, Edmunds, and Davis.
The other committees are without alteration.
The following petitions were presented and re-
ferred:-
BY Mr.. administration OF C. ID. Boutwell,, OF
Texas, setting forth that the petitioner had been a
Rebel and got sick OF it, and now wanted TO he re
lieved from all disabilities.
BY Mr.. Sumner--Petlti0n OF W. Corneu Jewett
asking Congress, as means OF vndicatng the dig,
nifty and sovereignty OF the nation, TO suspend the
workings OF the French cable on American son until
France authorizes the landing OF cable from Anne
rica on French soil, and guarantees that all Ameri
can dispatches should freely pass over France
through the hands of American agents.
Mr.. Sumner remarked that there was now a bill
upon the table OF the senate which met the PRAYER
OF the petitioner and he proposed calling it up at an
early day.
MIR. Williams introduced q joint resolution relat
ing to amendments to the Constitution. providing
that whenever satisfactory evidence is furnished TO
the Secretary OF state that threefOurths of the State
legislatures have ratified any proposed amendment
forthwith proclaim the fact OF such ratification and
II IT. shall appear that the legislature OF State has
ratified au amendment proposed as Aforesaid, any
other action by the legislature OF that htate as to
snch amendment shall he void, and dsregarded by
the Secretary of State.
Mr.Wflians moved the reference OF the bill to the
Committee on the Judiciary and expressed the hope
thet 1t would receive early consideration which for
obvious reasons 1t deserved. 1t was so referred
by Mr.. Hamln, memorial from officers OF the
United states Navy, representing that injustice had
been done by special promotions over them OF many
OF their Interiors in the service, under the act OF
July, 1866, and praying Congress to redress the
great wrong under which they represent themselves
10 suffer by refusing them the positions to which
they had been relatively entitled.
Mr.. Harnln said he had certain knowledge OF the
act In some OF the cases. referred to, and had no
doubt that simple justice demands at the hands OF
Congress reparaton for the wrong committed by
reason OF the act referred to- He asked the earnest
candid St'ention OF the Committee Naval Affairs
to the subject.
Mr.. Edmunds gave notice that on Friday ne would
ask for the consideration OF the House TO resOlu-
ton regulating the hours OF labor OF Government
labOrers, workmen, and mechanics resolution
was passed at the last session Ia relation the hours
OF labor, without touching the matter of compensa-
tion. The AttorneyJieneral had given decision on
that law but the heads OF departments had not exc
cuied the law in accordance with that decision.
The law ITSELF he believed, not satisfactory to
the wOrkmen; NJ least was working no profit to
them, but tended to demoralize every Governmental
institution in which laOorers were employed.