The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-04-16
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The Louisville CoHrier-JoU,mdl:
JUDICIAL SYSTEM.
Both houses have passed and the
President tonight signed an important
Pill amending the judicial system of the
United States. 1t provides for nine
new circuit judges for the judicial dis
tricts, at salary Of 5000 Il year, to be
appointed by the President and con-
firlncd by the Senate. These Judges are
to hold the terms of court now held bv
the Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court. The bill further provides for an
additional Associate Justice of the ST.
preme bench. and that any Judge of
any court OF the United States who.
having held his commission as such ut
least ten years, shall, after having at
tanned the age of seventy years. resign
his office, shall thereafter, during the
residue of his natural life, receive the
same salary which was by law payable
to him. ...
VIRGINIA, mississippi AND TEXAS.
The House bill for demonstrating
Mississippi, Virginia and Texas passed
the Senate to-day with proviso offer
ed by Morton, requiring us IL condition
precedent to Congressional representa-
ton, that those States shall ratifr the
fifteenth amendment to the CONSTITUTE
ton OF the United States. At this writ
ing this Senate amendment has not been
accepted by the House. and it is not
likely to be if the Democrats can pre-
vent it. The substantial features of the
bill will. however. remain the same and
be finally passed as adopted by the
House Yesterday. 1t is a compromise
agreed on between Grant on one hand
and Ben Butler and Speaker Blaine on
the other. and was arranged at per-
sonal conference yesterday. The amend
mcnt put on in the Senate by Mr.. Nor
ton is Il triumph of the extreme Radi-
Gals or carpct-baggcrs in Virginia, who
want the bill defeated.
THE SENATE INIQUITY CONQUERED IN.
Since sending previous dispatch the
House accepted the Senate amendment
to the reconstruction bill requiring Tex
as, Virginia, and Mississippi to ratify
the fifteenth amendment, and the bill
now goes to the Presideni for APPROVAL.
The Democrats resisted tie bill for two
hours by parliamentary tactics but were
forced 10 vlcIu ut last.
. .... CURA.
The position of the administration on
the Cuban question was again the sub
jcct of the Cabinet consultation to-day.
and the position assumed by Secretary
Fish that this Government must MAIN
tain for itself the policy it eXacted of
foreign powers during die late war, re-
garding bclligerent rights. was fully ap-
proved. There will therefore be Moth
ing done by the Government, looking
to the recognition of the Cuban insur-
gents. American citizens, however,
who have been arrested in Cuba, will
be protected by this Government.
ADJOURNMENT.
WASHINGTON, April l0.-Thc legisla-
tive session of the first session of the
list Congress expired at noon to-day
The second session will convene on
Monday, December 7.
THE SCRAMBLE FOR BRIBE MONEY.
The closing hours were not rcmarka-
bic for anything but all extraordinary
scene OF confusion in each House where
a precisely similar attempt was made
to sinuggIe through the back pay Of the
carpct-bag Senators and members
Happily the scheme was defeated. In
the Senate it was proposed to give the
Southern Senators seven months pay
for that part Of the Congress which had
expired before their elections and in
the House Mr.. Burdctt. Of Missouri, at
tempted to seat the South Carolina con-
tcstants on prima .tacie cases, the real
object being to give their pay. This
extraordinary movement was made in
the last forty minutes Of the session.
but was vehemcntly resisted by the
Democrats, who moved to adjourn, to
call the House, and other dilatory mo-
tons. Finally General Paine. Chair
man of the Election Committee. said
the attempt to vote in members without.
even hearing the case was unfair. and
on his advice the party retrcated. In
the Senate the resolution failed for
want Of time.