Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-03-22
HOUSE.

municipalities rellaDle 1Or any OuJra8eS
Debate continued until adjournment.
HOUSE.
In the House large number of bill:
were introduced and appropriately disposed
of.
Tennessee judicial Districts = The
mississippi.
The following bills were introduced to.
day and referred:
Dividing Tennessee into two Judicial dis
tricts
Authorizing water gauges established,
and observations made on the Mississippi
river and tributaries, with view to OBJ
tanning information for the protection Of
alluvial lands from overflow and to improve
navigation.
Authorizing terms of the United States
District Court to be held in Helena, Ar
kansas.
Call for Financial Relief.
Mr.. Burchard offered a resolution de-
claring that the business interests of the
Southern and Western States imperatively
require a greater amount of currency to be
issued In those States and that distribution
of national bank circulation, by which
three-fourths of the entire amount is issued
to association in the States having in
aggregate less than one-third the popula-
ton of the Union is partial and unjust, and
should be remedied by redistribution or
by allowing an increase of existing bank
circulation in the States and territories
having less than their due share SO that
every party of the Union can secure its
just proportion.
The House refused the second previous
question, and the resolution was on motion
of Mr.. Schenck, referred to the Committee
on Banking and Currency.
Mr.. Williams offered resolution declar-
ing it the duty of Congress TO provide for
the funding of the national debt at the
lowest rate of interest, and to extend the
time of its payment to a period when it
will be the least oppressive to the people,
and that the interest bearing debt should
not be increased by causing the sur
render of any part of the circulating
medium not bearing interest by the substi-
tuition therefor of bearing bonds. Adopted.
To Save the Public Lands.
Mr. Holman offered resolution declar-
ing it as the Judgment of the House that
the policy of granting subsidies in public
lands to railroad and other corporations
ought TO be discontinued, and that severy
consideration of public policy and equal
justice to the people require that the pub
lie lands be held for the exclusive purpose
of securing homesteads to actual settlers
under the homestead and presumption
laws, subject to reasonable appropriations
of such lands for the purposes of educa-
ton. Adopted
Passage OF the Census Bill.
Mr.. Stokes reported a bill for taking the
9th census, and moved the previous ques-
ton.
Mr.. Allison desired to amend it by add
ing sections for the apportionmento of MEM
bers of the House Representatives.
Mr.. Stokes declined to permit them to
be offered. The previous question was re-
peated, and the bill passed.
1t requires that information DO obtained
from Insurance, Railroad Companies, etc
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT the Right Sort
Mr. Dawes, from the Committee on APP
preparations, reported bill appropriating
$40, 900 to the Sisters of Our Lady Of
Mercy in Charleston, S. c., for the purpose
of rebuilding their Orphan Asylum, which
was burnt during the war. Passed.
Judge WatrOuS. OF Texas
Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, from the
Judiciary Committee, reported bill to IA
cilitate the administration of justice in
Texas, the United States District Judge
for the Eastern District of Texas, Mr. Wat
rous, being incapacitated by sickness and
paralysis from performing the duties of his
Office, and providing on his resignation,
that his salary shall continue during life
Passed.
Tariff and Funding.
Mr. SchencB, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Ways and Means, gave notice that
he would move TO close the general debate
on the tariff bill, and in the meantime ask
for night sessions. Mr. Scenck said the
committee was at work on the funding bill
and hoped to report at an early day.
Mr.. SchenCk, from the Committee on
Ways and Means, reported Senate bill
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury,
whenever there is default in payment of
the interest on the principal of State
bonds held by the United States, to de
duct the amount from the moneys due
from the United States to such States,
with a verbal amendment. The amend
mcnt was agreed TO, and tie bill as
amended was passed.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole on the tariff bill, and was ad-
dressed on the subject by several mem
bcrs.