Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-25
coSGREssIoNAL.

| CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY, Feb. l6. SENATE.-The ere
.lentials of Carl Schurz were presented
j Bills passed giving aid to the Green Ba,
& Michigan Railroad, and authorizing
ransfer of land by the Union Paciti'
Railroad to the Denver City Railroad
4 here was considerable discussion oil
4 che resolution Tor granting psnsieiI Il
| ,lrs. Lincoln. several Senators visor
-'tIsly opposing %. and no action Wiz!
ken. Then there al ese ii long dehai,
/ 'n the order OF business. which coIIIh
ued until the Senate went into eXecuIi Y,
session. Mr. Sherman said he never hat
known so much important business {,
lie so far from settlement at this periut
of the session. Ia the evening the bill
granting pensions to the surviving soi
diers of the war OF 1872 who served thre,
months or more, was defeated. Hous,
bill removing disabilities from certain
Southerners passed unanimously.
HoUsE.--A bill was introduced fol
/ printing Congressional proceedings aftel
March 4th at the Government Printing
Office. The bill or removing poiitica
! disabilities from certain Southern mer
! was passed. the amendments of Mr.
Butler and Mr.. Mchee having been re-
jected. Consideration of the bill supple
mentary to the National Bank law was
resumed. Mr.. Coburn, of Ind, spoke in
favor of his amendment. Nh BARNES
of New York, Mr.. Lynch, of Me-, and
Mr.. Randall, of Pa, made speeches in
favor OF the bill. or amendments to it,
The previous question was seconded
with the understanding that the vote
should be taken tomorrow. In the eve
ming the House, In the Committee oi
ihe Whole, considered the sections Of
the tax bill regarding tobacco, and sev-
leral amendments proposed by the Com
mite of Ways and Means were adopted;
The committee rose and reported the bill
| TO the House, and it was passed; all the
amendments made in Committee of the
! Whole, and no others, having been con
| firmed.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. II. SENATE.-Sev-
eral reports were made by committees.
among them one against purchasing IA site
for new Executive mansion, and one
against giving seat To Senator elect
Miller, of Georgia. Mr. Ramsey, from
the Committee Oh PoStoffices. reported Il
bill which rather extends than restricts
the franking privilege. The Constitu-
tional Amendment. reg. riding suffrage,
was taken up, and discussion OF il with
the necessary voting occupied the time
till midnight. 1t was voted to recede
from the Senate amendment to the
House resolution. A motion to adopt
the resolution as it passed the House
failed from lack of the requisite two
thirds majority. The form of amendment
reported by the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee, viz: 1.-The right of citizens efthe
United States to vote and hold office
shall not be denied or abridged by the
United States or any State on account
of race, color, or previous condition of
servitude," was finally passed by the
requisite majority.
HoUsE.-The Committee Oh Elections
reported adversely on the claims of
j. nes, Menard and Hunt, of Louisiana.
The act supplementary to the Nation
al Banking act then came up, the pre-
vious question having been ordered.
The amendment to the 4th section offer
ed by Mr.. Price, of Iowa, was agreed 10.
Mr.. ColfaX's substitute for the 4th sec
ton was then adopted. An amendment
was made to the second section. Then.
on motion of Mr. Ingersell, of ILL.,, the
second and fourth sections were struck
out and Others substituted for them. aud
then, on motion of Mr.. Wood, of New
York, the bill and appointments Were
laid on the table, and the House. ad-
jOurned, with a motion pending to re-
consider the last vote and lay the motion
to reconsider on the table. During the
evening session, in Committee of the
Whole, speeches were made on the
Army Appropriation bill by Mr.. Butler,
of Massachusetts, in favor of reducing
the army; by Mr.. Shellabarger, of Ohio,
maintaining that General Grant. is the
best Judge of the proper strength of the
army; and by Mr.. Boyer, of Pennsylva-
mia, who asserted that the Republican
party had no intention of materially re-
ducing the military force
FRIDAY, Feb. 10. SENATE.-The ma
jority of the Pacific Railroad Commit
tee submitted an argument in opposi-
tion to the recent minority report.
The Committee was discharged from
considering of several huge railway
schemes. Various other reports from
committees were introduced. A bill
passed for enabling Farragut and his
crews to recover prize money. The In-l
dian Appropriation bill was considered,
and the amendment transferring the
Indian Bureau to the War Department.
was rejected. -7s-sa7
HousE.-The Army Appropriation bill
was taken up and discussed. Mr.. Kel-
ley, of Pennsylvania, made a speech in
culcating faith in Grant. There was
a long discussion over the item of 81 ,000,- |
900 appropriated for Rock Island i'm
provements. Mr.. Butler made speech |
in favor of his scheme for reducing the |
army Mr.. Blaine advocated his own
amendment. Mr.. Blaine's amendment |
was adopted, and Mr.. Buffers rejected. !
ha hn
the Pestoffice Appropriation bill was
considered and reported to the House.
The session was continued til! mdnl. hi
but no vote was had on account of the !
0f getting a quorum
+, SATURDAY, Feb %. SENATE. - The
hour wa, spent discussing a
dill to give An American register to some.
ships which, during the war, ran up the
British flag. The bill proposing a re-
peal of the Tenure-of-Otfice act came up,
and was adyocaIed by Mr.. Conkling, o.
New York; loolittle, Of Wisconsin,, andt
Dixon, of Connecticut, and was opposed
by Mr.. Howe, of Wisconsin, and Saw
yer, of South Carolina The Senate ad-
ourned without action. $3.50 f.a -. 4 I
HoUsE.-The seat of delegate. from
New Mexico was given to Mr.. Chaves,
contestant 1t was voted that the House
net at O'Clock, instead of at noon, on
The 4th of March. The constitutional
came up, and after q brief
iebate form of words proposed by Mr..
of Ohio, was substituted for
hat adopted by the Senate, and as
amended the resolution passed, 140 to 80.
MONDAY, Feb. e. SENATE of
respect to the memory OF Washington /
he Senate held no session until evening
During the evening session various mat
.ers of minor Importance were briefly
A Committee of Conference
IN the Banking bill was asked, and this
was the most important action taken.
During the recess of the Senate caucus
If Republican Senators was held, at i
which there was 8 long discussion re