The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-05-14
Congressional summary.

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sENATE.-R Resolutions by the Constitu-
tlonal Convention, of Illinois, looking to
the removal of the National Capitol to
the MisstssippiValley presented by Trum-
bull. were resd and tabled. Sumner in
troduced a bill. supplemental to the civil
rights act. giving equal rights to all eiti-
zens on railroads, steamboats,, and other
public conveyanees-in theatres, hotels,
public schools, etc. and providing penal
ties for any infracti n. Referred to the
Judiciary Committee The bill, appro-
of a breakwater at Lerveg. Delaware,
was passed. A bill was introduced for
suppTesstDg drinking houses in the Dis
trlct Of Columbia, and TO regulate the sale
of sptrituous liquors. bill for making
an appropriation for the temporary relief
OF the poor Of the District. was Introduced.
The I.egislatise appropriation bill
was proceeded with. The amendment, TO
Saes was aaigg q SS9a vey. By PT9s9 b0sT
were consumed IN a discussion upon. FIX
ing the pay OF certain officers OF the Sen
land to aid the construction of a railroad
from Chippewa River, II Minnesota to
Dakota Territory; referred
House The bill granting n pension to
the children of Commander Williams, of
the Oneida. having been reported on sd
versely and tabled on Thu sCay d pight,
Butler. of MasSa Sachus etts, entered a No otion
for its reconsideration. The report of The
Conference Co unnittee on the Arkansas
Hot Spr ngs reservation was agreed TO.
Kelly, OF Pepnsy lvania, made personal
owner OF large iron works. A bill allow
ing twelve m 1ont hs pay to the widows and
orphans OF the oneida, passed alsoR bin
active list of The Navy, and o the re-
appointment of Lieutenaut- Commander
Joshua Bishop. who had been dismissed.
Several minor bills from the Naval
Committee " ere passed Til bill ap-
Dropristing two hundred thousand dollars
belonging to the Japanese indemnify fund
TO the officers and crew of the Kearsage as
prize money for sinking the Alabama was
approved by Maynard and Farnsworth,
and withdrawn to be remodeled, A bill to
pay 50,0g0 TO Char1ss H Whitney, con-
tractor of the. ironeIad Keokuk, was re-
ferred to the Committee OF the Whole.
The appropriation Committee reported a
bill appropriaiing s325O00 I'm gold coin to
he paid to the British Government, under
award of commissioners to settle the
claims of the Hudson Bay. Company and
Puget Sound Company; award hxin g
pay nent of -S600sO00 in two annual iustal-
meuts, the first of which is due on the
10th of Septem er. Lawrence opposed the
bill because the award was outra geously
payment of any British claims until pro-
! visions were mad . for { he liquidation ofouT
/ claims ag inst Great Britain Dawes did
/ not uphold any such st tudard of morality,
1 and held hat he was not aOSOlYed from
| his obligatio, because somebody else did
\ not perform his. such q rule would be the
/ disgrace of any civilized nation. The bill
/ was passed. The Tariff biI was tax en- uT
In the Committee Of the Whole, aud the
| paragraph under Sideration amended
/ to read "on flour or meal of oats. wheat
rye. corn or buckwheat, one cent per 10
/ Additional paragraphs were fDSertet or
middlings. ship stuff shorts and -four
| and meal of grain of any kind ground, ol
mixed for feed 20 per cant. ud UalOre1n; or
| wheat, so cents; rye, 20 cents: barley 2
| cents; corn, Is cents; oats, 10 cents, pc
busheI. Judd moved to strike out lhl
paragraph taxing matt 30 per cent. dd cal
ors7n rejected, 81 to 20. stevenson moved
to reduce the uuiy to % per cent; rejected
A motion to strike OUT the para graph ia x
ing apples. garden fruit, &C, 10 per cent
was rejected. In the evening session tn
House resumed the consideration of tn
| I'll Monday.