Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-12-04
WASHINGTON.
ASSEMBLING OF CONGRESS.
Organization of the Senate and House
Sale of Gold, dc.
The Presidents neutrality-suspicious. OF
Committees. r

Committees. Ira .
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4-Che Treasury buys O
million in bonds every Wednesday and sells a
million in gold every Thursday during Deem
ber
Only about twenty claims have, as yet, been
presented to the United States and British
Claims Commission.
At the meeting next Wednesday important
questions will be considered, as various claims
of British subjects therefore, adjudicated in the
Supreme Court and Court of Claims, may now
be presented to the Commission. A rule will
be established concerning them.
The following are the House committees
Committee on Observation-Disclosures, Hoar,
Thomas and Perry; Ways and Means-Dawes,
Maynard, Kelly, Brooks, Faiklenburg, Bur-
chard, Roberts, Kerr, Beck Banking and Cur
rency--Hooper; Pacific Ralroad-W Wheeler,
Burlington, Lynch, Sypher Ki.linger Bev-
erege, Slaughter, Averill, Wells Mckinney, Eli
Hooper and McHenry; Claims-Blair Com
Observation-Disclosures; Public Lands-Ketch-
UNI; Postofhces-Farnsworth Agriculture
Wilson; Indian Atiairs-Shanks; Military At
fairs-Coburn Militia-Sheldon; Judiciary
Bingham, Butler, Peters, Mercur Wilson, Good
rich, Eldridge, Voorhees, and Potter Private
Land Claims-Mercur Naval Affairs-Scho-
field; Foreign Affairs-Banks Territories
Tatfei Railways and Canals-Packer; Mines
and Mining Walden Freedmen's Affairs
Cobb; Education and Labor-Perce; Revision
of Laws-Butleri Patents-Myers Joint Sc
lect Committee on Insurrectionery States-PO-
land Maynard, Schofeld, Farnsworth, Coburn,
Stevenson, Butler, Lansing, Cox, Beck, Van
Trumps, Waddle, Robinson and Hanks; Mis-
sissippi Levees-Mory, Waldron Mckee, Getz
Drake and Getz Dake.
Calling the roll showed two hundred and one
members present.
Beck offered resolution, asking the Presi-
dent certain questions regarding the executive
kuklux law, which meeting with a storm of OBJ
jections, was referred to the committee on in
surrectionary States.
Conner and Hancock, of Texas were sworn in
and other Texas candidates we've referred.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
In the message, the President states that the
relations of the United States with foreign
settlement of the Alabama dispute by the
Treaty of Washington, and says that the ex-
ample thus set may be followed by other civil
lied nations, and finally be the means of return
ing to productive industry millions of men who
are now retained to settle national disputes by
the bayonet and broad sword.
FOREIGN RELATIONS,
He commends the Ministers and Consuls in
France for their course in protecting the in
terests of German subjects in Paris during the
war. He informs Congress that in conformity
with the established precedent he has recog-
nized the change of governments in Rome and
the Italian States. He speaks of the friendly re-
latiOns between Russia and the United States,
and refers to the visit of Grand Duke Alexis
and the hospitable reception given to him. In
relation to the Catacazy question the President
says that the inexcusable course of the Russian
Minister had rendered it necessary for him to
ask theMinister's recall and 10 decline to receive
that functionary any longer.
He says that it was impossible for him, with
self respect, or with just regard to the dignity
of the nation, to permit Mr.. Catacazy to con-
ilcue to hold intercourse with this Government
after his personal abuse of Government officials.
and after his improper interference by various
means in the relations between this country and
other powers The Government had therefore |
been released from further intercourse with Mr. |
and another minister had been CONF |
who was entirely unobjectioneble
CUBAN AFFAIRS.
He recommends the education of four
youths in Japan and four in China. |
He gives the history of the difficulty in Corea, |
and leaves the subject to the action of Congress.
As to Cuban affairs, he says that has instruct
ed American naval commanders in Cuban |
waters to protect the lives and liberties of bona
fide citizens of the United States and the digni
ty of the flag, and expresses the hope that all |
the pending questions between the United |
States and Cuba may be adjusted in the spirit of |
peace and Cancellation which has heretofore |
guided both powers.
PACIFIC TRADE--SPECIE PAYMENT-KUKLUX.
He recommends Congress to take measures to
support the lines of steamships between San |
Francisco and China anG San Francisco and Ja-
pan. Also to take steps to bring about q return |
70 specie payment. Also to unite the telegraph
c system with the postal system of the United
States. He defends the policy pursued in ref
erence to the stoppage of kuklux Outrages, and
expresses the belief that out of the numerous
arrests made, no innocent persons in custody.
PoLYGAMY IN UTAH.
In regard to polygamy in Utah, he relates the
action of the Federal courts and authorities and
says that the Mormons will not be permitted to
violate the laws under the cloak of religion, but
suggests whether the children already born
lnder the Mormon system should not be legiti-
nate.
REDUCING TAXATION.
He recommends the abolition of all internal
evenue taxes, except those on spirits, made Ii
luors, tobacco and stamps; also, the revision OF
he tariff.
INDIAN PoLICY-REMovAL OF DISABILITIES.
He says that the Indian peace policy has thus
ar resulted favorably, and he recommends the
ormation of territorial government in the
indian Territory. He suggests the removal of
Ill political disabilities under the Fourteenth
Amendment and says that 1t will be happy
Law for the Southern States when the old citi-
ems shall again take an interest in public
lffairs.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
He recommends liberal appropriations Tor
The District of Columbia and for the public
buildings in Chicago. He reviews the qnes-
ion of civil service reform and promises that
he experience of reform shall have fair
rial
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4-Blair offered reso-
ution in the Senate to-day, being the same as
hat offered by Beck in the House, making IN
JURY regarding the enforcement of the kuklux
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