Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-07-12
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SECOND SESSION.
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Scientifically, July 5.-A bill was re-
ported to transfer the Cherokees from North
Carolina to the Cherokee lands west of the Mis-
sissippi. 1t provides for paying each Indian
| $53, with interest, as stipulated in the treaty
| Of 1885 The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad bill
was amended SO as to make the action condi-
| tlonal On the completion of the road by 1878. =
The Naturalization bill was taken up, and the
amendment to strike the word white" from
all naturalization laws having been adopted, the
| question required on the amendment excluding
the Chinese from the benefits of the present
legislation. A protracted debate ensued. Pend
Ing discussion recess was taken.
.Eeenfng Session-Mondoy.- vote by
which the amendment to strike out the word
white from the Naturalization bill was adopt
ed was reconsidered, and the amendment reject
ed-yeas ID, nays 80. An amendment was a.
dopted in Its place extending the naturalization
laws to aliens OF African nativity and persons
| OF African descent-yeas 81, nays 20 The bill
was then reported to the House by the Com
| mittee of the Whole, and was passed as amend
ed In the committee-yeas 80, nays II. The
Senate then adjourned
HoUsE.-Ihe House was not in session on
Monday Yesterday the chairman Of the Sub
committee on Postal Telegraph made brief
explanation of the progress made by the com
mlttee, and expressed the hope that by Decem-
Der the House would be prepared to take action
In favor of cheap telegraphy.
SENATE-We Wednesday, July 6.-The Com
mittee on Pacific Railroad reported, with
amendments, the bill to incorporate the con-
tempated Southern Trans Contiaental Railway
Company, under the name OF the Western
North Carolina Extension Company. The River
and Harbor Appropriation bill was taken ND in
Committee of the Whole and a number of
amendments were made. Among them we're
the following An appropriation of $42, 900
tor the widening and deepening Of the channel
IN the Patapsco river leading to the laarbor of
Baltimore an amendment appropriating $l2,-
900 for the improvement of the waters of the
| mouth of the Susquehanna an appropriation
OF $50, 600 for the improvement of the Long
Bridge over the Potomac, and an amendment
providing for surveys of the harbors of Queens
town and Cambridge, in Maryland. The COM
mittee then reported the bill to the Senate and
1t was passed. The Senate concurred in the
reports of the committee of conference on the
Postofice Appropriation bill and on the Cur
| rency bill. The Senate then took recess until
| 7:30 P. M.
| Eoening Session-A bill was passed incor-
porating United States Freehold Land and In
migration Company. The bill to establish a
line of United States mail steamers between
this country and Europe was taken up, and af-
| ter discussion was recommitted. A bill was
passed to pay six hundred and forty eight thou
sand dollars to the State of Massachusetts in
payment of the interest of her war claims of
| 1912. The Senate then adjourned.
| HOUSE "A resolution to purchase the Sprin-
Ger machine for taking aye and no votes of the
| House was laid on he table. The Committee
on Appropriations reported back several Sen
ate bills to carry into effect the decree of the
United States District Courts in relation to GER
tain foreign vessels, illegally seized which were
passed. Bills were passed to authorize the I'M
portation of common road steam locomotives
for experimental purposes free Of duty, and to
allow the Secretary Of the Treasury to increase
the pay of inspectors of customs in such ports
as he may deem advisable A resolution was
adopted requesting the Secretary of the Trea-
sury to furnish to the House statement ofth
| public debt for each year, with the amount of
interest paid, the amount of principal paid and
other statistics The resolutions in relation to
the case of Pat Woods, charged with an as
.sault on Congressman Porter, were taken up
and discussed until $50 2. NJ, when the House,
without taking any action, adjourned
SENATE--Thursday, July THE Commit
tee on the Judiciary was discharged from fur
ther consideration of the petitions in favor of
female suffrage. The President was requested
to institute inquiry into the present condition
of commerce between the United States and
the Spanish American States on this continent,
and between those countries and other nations
The House Special Deficiency Appropriation
bill was passed, and the House bill requiring
National banks going into liquidation to retire
their circulating notes was passed, with amend
ments. The House bill to fix uniform time
for the election of Representatives to Congress
was passed, with an amendment fixing the num-
Der of members in the House at three hundred.
The time fixed for the elections is the tuesday
after the first Monday in November, commence
ing in the year 1872 The Senate then went
into executive session, and at it's close took 9
recess until 7:30 p NJ.
EUening Session. The Army bill was report
ed to the Senate. Messrs. Nye and Sawyer ad
dressed the Senate In opposition to it, and Mr.
Wilson in favor Of it. The report was then
laid on the table-yeas 90, nays l6. The Sen
ate then adjourned
HoUsE.-The House concurred in the repor
OF the conference committee on the Currency
| bill. The contested election case of Switzle1
VS. Dyer from the Ninth Missouri District, wa
decided in favor of Mr. Dyer by vote of-yea
l0S to nays 55 The House at 5: 35 p NJ, ad
, journed
SENATE Friday, July S.-The bill to remove
the political and legal disabilities of certain citi
zens of Kentucky was taken up. and after /;
sharp discussion the names of Gustavus W
Smith and BAIL w. Duke were stricken from
the list. The bill was then passed The Omni
bus Political Disability bill, containing owe
J three thousand five hundred names, was passed
after debate The bill relating to contracts 70
servlle labor was taken up. Pending discus
sion, at 4:30 2. NJ, recess was taken unit
7:30 P NJ
Erening Session The bill to prevent the en-
forcement OF contracts for servile labor was re
sumed, and long discussion ensued upon th
, question of the importation Of Chinese. With
|
) mode of determining the ratification of amend
ments to the Constitution proposed BY. Con
gress was passed. with an amendment ia tn
thorizing the President to accept the resigna
ton of any Judge Of any court of the Unitet
, States. The House soon after adjourned.
Referring to the frivolous pretexts and infa
nous and dishonest manipulations by which tn
. Democratic representation in Congress has bee
reduced by the majority, in the introduction o
r bogus radical members from rotten boroughs
and the exclusion of honestly elected Democrat
c members, the New York Express says vel
and truly: 1t is only by such abuses that tn
e Republican party are kept in power It's nov
developed beyond cavil that the administration
q and the majority in Congress have combine,
against the people to crush cut every vestig
OF representative government. Conscious O
the condemnation which an indignant peopl
are bent on melting out to them the first CD
: portunty, they, in defiance Of law, order, O
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