Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-14
CONGRESSIONAL.
sENaTE.

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/, Z.sS SENATE.
WASHINGTON, May 13.-Mr. Trumbull
presented resolutions of the Illinois Con-
| stitutional Convention for the removal of
the National Capital to the Mississippi VAL
ley. Read and tabled.
supplementary Civil Rights.
Mr.. Sumner introduced a bill. supple
mentary to the civil rights act, giving equal
rights to all citizens on railroads, steam
boats and public conveyances, and in
theaters, hotels, public schools, etc., and
provides penalties for its infraction. Re
ferred to Committee on Judiciary.
An Afflicted District.
Bills were reported to suppress the
drinking houses in the District of Column
bia, and to regulate sale Of intoxicating
liquors.
To Pay LOafers, without Regard
to Color.
Appropriations were made for the tenn
porary relief Of the poor of the District of
Columbia. -#E~.
The legislative appropriation bill was
proceeded with.
An amendment, to allow the refining
Of bullion by private parties, was rejected,
and several hours consumed in discussion
upon fixing the pay of certain officers of
the Senate.
An amendment was adopted, secur-
ing to naval officers and surgeons of ports
the full compensation received by them
under the act of 1641 and until recently.
This overrules an opinion of the Attorney
General.
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Sex.
The amendment offered by Mr. Trum-
bull, making the compensation of female
clerkS copyists and counters in the De-
partments the same as males occupying
similar positions. 1t was discussed with
out any action.
The House adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE.
The bill for pensions to the children of
Commander Williams, of Oneida, having
been reported adversely last night and ia
bled, Mr.. Butler, of Mass, entered q mo-
ton for reconsideration.
Mr.. Knott made report from the Con-
ference Committee on the Arkansas Hot
Springs reservation bill, which was agreed
to,
Personals Lie!
Mr.. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, made per-
sonal explanation relative to illusions Of
his sometime since to the editor of the St.
Louis Democrat, which had repeated lie
that he was owner of large iron works and
one of the owners of the Besstmef process.
He had received letter from Colonel
Grosvenor, stating that the article was
h. h. L. lack -,
charge, and he had already contradicted
the story.
For the Oneida Orphans.
Mr.. Schofeld reported bill for the re-
lief of the widows and orphans of the
Oneida, allowing twelve months, pay from
the date of her loss. Passed.
Prize for the kearsage Crew.
A bill appropriating the $3.50, 900 now
under the control of the Secretary of State
belonging to the Japanese indemnity fund,
as prize money to the officers and crew of
the Kearsage for the destruction of the Ala
bama, was opposed by Messrs. Maynard
and Farnsworth, and was Withdrawn to be
remodeled.
Settling the Alabama Claims.
Mr.. Dawes, chairman of the Committee
on Appropriations, reported bill appro-
priating 1926, 600 in gold coin, to be paid
the British Government under the award
of the Commissioners to settle the claims
of the Hudson Bay Company and Puget
Sound Company, the award fixing the pay
ment of $3.50, 600 in two annual INSTALL
ments, the first of which to fall due on the
10th of September.
Mr.. Lawrence opposed the bill because
the award was outragecusly large, andsbe-
cause he was opposed to the payment of
any British claims until provision was
made for the iquidatian of our claims
against Great Britain.
A New System of Debit and Credit.
Mr.. Dawes did not uphold that standard
of morality. He did not hold that he was
absolved from his obligations, because
somebody else does not perform his. Such
a rufe would be disgrace to any civilized
nation. The bill was passed.
Tariff-3Oc Tax on Wheat.
The tariff bill was taken up in course.
The paragraph under consideration was
amended to read, on -four or meal of oats,
wheat, rye, corn or buckwheat, 1 cent per
pound. Additional paragraphs were in
serted: on middlings, shipstufs, shorts and
flour, and meal of grain of any kind,
ground or mixed, for feed, 20 per cent adj
valorem; on wheat so cents, rye 20, barley
So, corn 10, and oats 10 per bushel.
Mr.. Judd moved to strike out the.para-
graph taxing malt 30 per cent advalorem.
Reiected-54 to 20.
Mr.. Stevenson moved to reduce the duty
to % per cent. Rejected
motion to strike out the paragraph
taxing apples, garden fruits, etc., 10 per
cent, was rejected.
The House then took recess.
Monument TO Baron Steubem.
In the evening session after debating
tariff on potatoes, peanuts, etc., commit
tee of five--Davis, Judd, Degenier, Cox
and Getz-was appointed to represent the
House on an invitation Of Washington
German association at the laying of the
cornerstone of monument to Gen, Steu-
ben at Schultzin Park on Monday.
The House adjourned until Monday,