Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-09
HOUSE.

Mr.. Julian reported bill to prevent a
further sale of public lands in Dakota, ex-
cept under the presumption of the home
stead laws, for disposing of mineral lands
and town sites, which was amended so as
to make it apply to all public lands and
then finally rejected-yeas, 76; nays, 30.
Bills, etc, were introduced and referred.
Crippled Soldiers.
Mr. Schenck, Chairmen of the Commit
tee on Ways and Means, made a statement
in reply to certain resolutions of the New
York Department of the Grand Army of
the Republic, saying that no tax had been
levied by the Government on crippled sol
diers and sailors for playing hand organs,
and any certificate of tax paid was either a
fraud or forgery.
voorhees,.
Mr.. Voorhees,, rising to personal eX-
PLANTATION, referred to Washington dis
patch in yefterday's Fleming Post, stating
that the Military Committee was investi-
eating the fact of his having appointed a
cadet from Pennsylvania. That was the
first he had heard of any such investigation,
and within the last few minutes he had
been informed by members of the Com
mittee on Military Affairs that there was
not one word or syllable of truth in that
dispatch. He had no cadet at West Point.
He had one at Annapolis and that one was
the son Of DIR. Maxwell Wood, of the United
States navy.
Mr.. Logan, Chairman Of the Committee
on Military Affairs, remarked that there
had been no allegation of any kind made
against Mr.. Voorhees,, and no witnesses
examined relating to him.
Shoe, Flies!
Mr. Rogers called the attention of the
Speaker to violation of the rule which
prescribes who are entitled to the priv
ileges of the floor, and complained that he
was constantly annoyed by railroad and
other lobby agents.
The Speaker directed the doorkeepers to
see that strict rule be enforced.
Georgia hill Passed. with Bing-
hams Amendment
The House resumed the consideration of
the Georgia bill.
The question was taken on Bingham S
amendment, as follows:
provided, That no section in this act
contained shall be construed to vacate any
Office now filled in the State of Georgia,
either by election of the people or by APP
pointment of the Governor, thereby and
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the State; neither shall this be construed
to extend the official tenure of any officer
of said State beyond the term limited by
the Constitution thereof, dating from the
election or appointment of such officer, nor
to deprive the people of Georgia of the
right under their Constitution to elect Sen
ators and Representatives of the State of
Georgia, in the year 1870, or in the day
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or such other day as the present Legisla-
ture may designate by law.
The amendment was agreed to, ayes ia;
nays Il; the bill as amended then passed.
The vote on its passage was a strict
party vote.
Mr.. Bingham voted for it. Mr.. Farms
| worth did not vote.
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts, stated
| that he had voted for the bill simply be-
cause he desired the ratification of the
Fifteenth Amendment, and he would not
be found voting on political question in
| the House with Democrats.
Patents.
| Mr.. Latin, from the Committee on
| Printing, reported a joint resolution to dis
continue the publication of abstracts of
| specification and engraving heretofore ac-
companying the annual report of the Com
| missioner of Patents, and authorizing the
Commissioner 10 haveprinted for gratmtous
| distribution not over one hundred copies
of the complete specifications and. drawings
of each patent one copy to be placed for
free public inspection in the capital of
every State and Territory, one in the
| clerks Office of each United States District
| Court, and one in the library of Congress,
and also such additional copies of the speci-
fications and drawings for sale as may be
warranted by actual demand for them; all
lithographing and engraving exceeding
| $3.50 to be awarded to the lowest and best
bidder.
| Arctic Exploration.
| MIR. Stevenson offered resolution re-