Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-03-23
CONGRESSIONAL.
Proceedings In the Senate.

roy reported from the Public Land
Committee, a bill granting the right c
way to the Midland Pacific railrOa
which, with amendments, was passed.
The following officers were the
elected: Sergeant.at-arms, Jno. II
French, of New York; executive clerk
Jno. NJ. Morris, of South Carolina; con
gressional secretary, Almon W. Clapp, o
Buffalo.
Mr.. Abbott introduced joint resolu
ton relating to the taking of the nintl
census.
Mr. Fessenden reported resolution t.
correct an error in enrolling the civi
appropriation bill by inserting the omis'
sion requiring the proprietsrs of bonded
warehouses to pay the salaries of store
keepers Agreed to-
The bill repeating the tenureOf- Office
act was called up as unfinished business,
but was postponed.
The bill amendatory Of the Judicial
system was called up
Mr. Drake offered a substitute, de-
signed to deyolve all duties of circuit
courts now in existence upon the district
courts, and to reorganize the circuit
courts in each circuit
Without action on the bill, the Senate
at 2 P NJ. adjourned.
Proceedings in the House.
Mr.. Winans introduced bill granting
the right Of way to the Memphis, I'll
PasO and Pacific Railroad, from Ell PasO
to the Pacific ocean.
tie moved the previous question on its
passage.
The previous question was seconded
and the bill passed.
Mr. Paine moved to suspend rules
for the introduction and adoption of q
resolution providing that in all contested
election cases referred to the committee
on elections in which it shall be alleged
by any party to be the case, or by a mem
Der of the House that either claimant is
unable to take the test cath, it
shall be the duty of the COM
committee to ascertain whether such
disabilities exists, and if found to exist,
the committee shall 50 report to the
House, and not further consider the
claims of the person so disqualified,
without further order of the House, any
no compensation shall be allowed to and
claimant who shall have been ineligible
to Office at the time of the election, and
whose disability shall not have been re-
moved by act Of Congress The rules
were suspended and the resolution
adopted, 100 to GS-a strict party vote.
Mr. Prosser offered resolution to pro-
cure suitable site for the Nashville
custom house.
BY Mr. Maynard-To incorporate the
Southern Express Company.
The total number of bills introduced
and referred under the call of States ex-
ceeded a hundred
By Mr.. Palmetto suspend rules for the
Introduction and passage of bill pro-
viding that at any election for member
or delegate to Congress, all votes cast for
any person ineligible to Office under the
18th amendment of the constitution, shall
be null and void, and that the person
having the highest number of votes cast
for persons eligible to office shall lie the
representative.
The bill was introduced and made the
special order for Wednesday.
Mr.. Welker, from the Conference Com
mittee on concurrent resolution to create
a committee on retrenchment, reported
in favor of making the committee consist
of four Senators and five Representa-
tives. Report agreed to.
The Military Committee reported a
bill abolishing the Office of chief of
staff of the General of the army 1t
was the unanimous report Of the comy
mittee, and had the consent Of the Gen
eral The bill passed.
Logan reported bill providing that
no retired officer of the army shall here
after be assigned to duty of any kind, or
be entitled to receive other pay and all
lowances provided by law for retired of-
GERS of his grade, and that all such as
signments heretofore made shall ters
inmate within thirty days of the passage
of this bill After explanation by Mr..
Logan, the bill passed
Mr.. Logan also reported joint resolu-
ton providing that the vacancies exist.
ing in the Adjutant Generals depart
ment at the time Of the passage of the
the last army appropriation BILL shall be
exempted from the provisions of this act,
in relation to the grades Of officers
After discussion between Messrs. Logan
and Garfield, the resolution passed
Mr. Lawrence offered a resolution TO
recall the concurrent resolution of ad-
journment
Matters which are now pending before
the reconstruction committee ought to
be acted upon at the present session.
The reconstruction of Mississippi, Tex
az, Virginia, and some legislation for
Georgia were necessary, and it would be
impossible to perfect that legislation if
Congress adjourned next Friday.
Garfield hoped the previous question
would be voted down
The previous question was not seconds
ed, % to IS, and then on motion of Care
field, the resolution was tabled without
division being had, only fourteen mem
bers to demand ayes and nays
Mr.. Johnson moved to suspend the
rules to offer a resolution declaring that
in passing the fifteenth amendment the
House never intended that Chinese, or
MOngolians should become voters The
motion was lost by strict party vote
A resolution passed admitting, duty
free, from any foreign country any pie
ture, statue or work of fine art for free
exhibition in the United States
After some uninteresting business the
House adjourned.