Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-12-21
CONGRESS.

ANTHONY offered a resolution for the
iappointment of regular committee,
IMr. Trumbull moved his original res
lofution for the appointment of Re
Itrenchment Committee, with general
powers to investigate on its own mo
lfion. An excited debate sprung up,
l5fessrs. Norton Conklipg, Edmunds,
| fisherman, and one Jor. .tWd Others taking
the. ground the administration needs
| nos ar Sehurz was. the
principal speaker on the the other side.
| He took the report Of the -Retfench-
ment COMMITTEES lastspEing as his text.
He said the Republican party mnstre-
trench and reform. The people afeae
manding real measures, and makeshifts
will avail nothing! Withhold reaehing
| a vote sthelSenats sdj dj0l1rnefi.s,,os ass7c
| HoUsE.-A bill propriatingl iS62s.
1000 for tEia sexpensesqo the. British
An aefieaA Claims Commission Was re-
| ferFedH TO zCOmn1ittee of the Whole
Mr.. Hoafi from The Committee on La
lbor ana ed0eatioa, reported bill for
1.-THE spbbidtment Of three comulission-
lers for term Of two years at a salary
Of 5000 each 70 oAinVestigateathe re-
tlations FdfI labor and capital, wages,
InOUIS BOCtttl fHl1tA LAttA<1tto1AaA
condition of the worsxing CLASSES, and
how the ex sting laws effect them.G AT
ter soffiei discussion the biilYent over.
Bills were reported Bfer s., 900, ,000 for
public buildings in Chicago, and $780,
900 for the same purpose in st. Louis.
A rule was adopted, putting Deiez
gate from one of the Territories on, the
Committee on Territories L The apper7
| ttionniesft bill was discussed m Conn
mittee ofsthe hole, but nOthingoof
any importance was dOne.a The House
then adjourned .iIrlsti BioTs gisEs ad1 Es
SEKA1E, Dec. l4.H7Agb bill was,intto-
duced appropriatiHg indemnify States
for war expena aitnres. Il The House Fesr
olutioni tosadjouFned from Dec. d to
Sans was eOnnnFred ipt = Mr, Morton,
at his ewn request, was relieved from
dltysdn the aAgriculturaL EomTnittee.
The resolution for a final adjournment
on the third Mondayrin May was called
up by Senator Morton.i "A melton TO
lay 0n,s they table was lest-yeas 90,
nays 81 b. Without iuTther action, the
Senate went into exeuctiyeSassio and %
then adjourned. 10 sag azs,s fn.3 nj
.HoUsE.-eA MUM beE Of bil LIS were inI
ltrodueed, among them one ferS holding
a, term Of thaiqU United States District
| Court at Holedo, andanOther appr0pria-
ting 500, 00o1acres of public land to build
ilevees on the Mississippi river, IN, Ken
tucky and Tennessee. Mr.. Dawes res
oIution directing investigate into the
management Of the various executive
departments was adopted. The bin
lconsoiidating the postal laws passed.
Mr.. Bingham from the Judiciary Conn
! i.niittee, reported a. bill fixing the first
Monday of Neyember,i 1872, for the
presidential election a bill passed for
| the relief of purchasers of land sold for
direct taxes in the,s insurrectionary
States. Mr.. Banks, from the Foreign
Affairs Committee, reported, abiH APP
propriating $3.50, 600 for expenses of. the
arbitration at Geneva. After discussion
the bill was referred to = COMMITTEES of
the Whole. The House went into COM
mittee, but soon adjourned. III
SENATE, Il : Dec. 15.-A petition from
the -Nenezpela Steamship Company
was; presented, asking redress against,
Venezlela for steamship seized. Mr..
Buckingham. presented q petition
against woman suffrage, signed by 15,-
600 of the most prominent and respect
able women in. the country, Mr..
Frumbull gave notice of q motion to
take the House bill repeating the duty
on coal and salt from. the. Finance
Committee, and ask for immediate ac-'
tion,s The House bin to equalize the
pay. of the government workmen .un-,
der the eight hour law, was taken up,
IAN amendment to repeal the law offer
led, and the olereferred. The resoiu-
ton of Mr. Anthony for d Committee
on Retrenc iment, with Mr.. Trumbull's
amendment authorizing it to send for
persons and papers and sit during the
recess, was then taken up. Mr.. Wilson
favored Mr.. Trumbu rs amendment,
that the people might see that The Re-
publican party is determined t6 punish.
fraud. The administration is far purer
than most of its pred but there
are Republican thieves as well as Dem
-oeratic ones, and our own shortcomings
can not be. covered by pointing to
Tammany. Mr.. Nye opposed Mr.
1fumbulls amendment, attribnting it
and the movements for civil service re-
form TO envy of President Grant. Mr..
Schurz, in reply, and tn hose defending d
bad. cause, as in this case, do not at-
tempt to flisproye facts, but asperse the
motives of the, attacking party. Mr.. /
Upton favored the amendment. After
further discussion, by a vote of 35, to "a,
the original resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Trumbull's amendment was reject
ed. That gentleman then moved that
all the matters mentioned in his first
resolution be referred to the committees
under Anthony's resolution. Mr.. Nor
ton said he regarded the spirit oftheI
debate as an attack on the Republican
party. Mr.. Trumbull denied this.
He said this administration was as pure
as any, vet he wished IL to be the pur-
est. His Republ was not part
isan. If the party ever comes to be a
cover for frauds, it will be overwhelIn-
ed, as it oughf't TO be. At this point
the Senate went into executive session,
and then adjourned. 80 sahf iaan4ah
HoUBE.ZA resolution was adopted
calling on, the Secretary of the Treasury
as to the number of persons employed
and the cost of collecting The customs 1
in the United States; the additional
amount paid employees as inoieties,
travelling expenses, &C. The House
then went into. committee ON the 1apai
portionrnent bill. Amendments were
adopted fixing the. number Of Repre- |
senfatives at 283, and pro ovidingH6 State
shall hereafter be ailpjtted whosep0p.i
uiatioE is less than the number fixed asd
the basis Of representation The biH4
was then reported to the House, anlii
passed, when the House adjouaned. yi1
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