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10 THE DAILY PRESS.
XLIId OONGREss---First Session.
SENATE.

| WAShlNGTON, April 17-UpOn reception o
the Ku-Klux bill from the House, the motion
of Mr.. Trumbull that the Senate recede from
the amendments that were not concurred in by
| the House, was rejected, II to 33. MesSrS
Caldwell, Thill, Robertson, Schurz, Trumbul
and Wright voted in the affirmative. A COM
| bill was committed.
| The deficiency appropriation bill was also
sent to a conference committee.
Messrs Edmunds, Sherman and Stevenson
were appointed on the committee of conference
on the Ku-Klux bill; Messrs. Cole. Morril Of
Vt. and Bayard were appointed committee
OF conference on the deficiency bill.
MIR. Wilson moved to extend the use of the
Senate chamber to the National Convention
OF Young Mems Christian Associations, May
oath, 1871.
Mr.. Cole objected and the resolution was not
received.
The motion of Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, that
the Committee on Public Buildings have leave
TO SIT during the recess was adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. Davis of Kentucky, the
joint resolution authorizing Prof. Henry OF
the Smithsonian Institute to accept title and
decoration from the King of Sweden, passed.
Att o'clock the Senate went into executive
session.
Mr.. Stewart submitted joint resolution pro-
posing an amendment to the Constitution, to
XVI, sec. 1st There shall be maintained in
each State ard territory a system of free COM
mon schools, but neither the U. s. nor any
State, territory, county or municipal corpora
ton snail aid in support of any school where
in peculiar tenets of any religious denomina-
ton are taught. 2d-Congress shall have pow
er to enforce this article by appropriate legisla-
ton.
Read, objected to by Mr. Blair ana with
drawn.
Several bills were introduced by unanimous
consent, laid upon the table and the Senpte
took recess till half past 8, to await the ac-
ton of the Conference Committee on the an
preparation and Ku-Klux bills, and upon re-
assembling adjourned.
HOUSE.
Under the call of the States bills were intro
dHced and referred, as follows: By Mr.. Town
send OF New York, allowing the drawback of
the duty on ship building materials, BY Mr.,
Hale of Maine, to relieve American built ves-
sells from import duties on m aterials entering
into their construction, repair and use; by Mr.
Carter OF Georgia, for the removal Of civil and
criminal cases from the State courts to the
United States Courts, and for the removal of
political disabilities; by Mr.. Holman of India.
ma, granting bounty lands to those who have
served in the army or navy during the rebel
lion; by MIR. Marshall of Indiana, to promote
commerce among the States and to cheaper
transportation.
The House then proceeded to the considera-
ton of the preamble and resolution recently
offered by Mr.. Bell of New Hampshire, in ref
erence to reduction OF the expenses of gov
eminent and opposing the inordinate taxation
to pay off the national debt
Mr. Cox OF New York, who drew up the
resolution, moved to lay it on the table for the
purpose, as he said, of having a test vote upon
it. intending himself to vote against the mo-
ton.
The House refused to lay the motion on the
table, to 159, the affirmative votes being CIV
en- by Messrs, Maynard, Sprague and Taffe
The House refused to second the previous
question on the adoption of the resolution, 65
TO II, and Mr., Maynard having risen to debate
the resolution it went over under the rule.
The speaker appointed Messrs. Dawes, Kelley
and Bell conference committee ON the def :.
cheney bill.
Mr.. Willard of Vermont, offered a resolution
authorizing the Committee ON Public Build
iDgs and Grounds to sit during the approach.
ing vacation for the purpose OF determining in
conjunction with the Senate Committee the
kind OF stone to be used in the construction of
the new State department, and employ clerks.
Adopted. o+' III
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts,, introduced a
Joint resolution requesting the President to
cause to be submitted to the Joint high COM
mission the claims of American citizens for
damages and losses suffered on account of
their imprisonment without due process of
law or trial in British prisons for supposed
completely in the Fenian cause of ireland. The
vote on the second reading under the previ-
GUS question was taken by tellers. After the
affirmative vote was taken, those who were op-
posed to the resolution RETAINED from voting
under the lead of Mr.. Garfield. There was
therefore no quorum voting, the vote being 2O3
to 8. A call of the House was therefore order.
ed and had, when 175 members answered to
their names and all further proceedings under
the call were dispensed with. The morning
hour expired and the resolution went over I'M
til next Monday. EF'1 =
number Of other bills. including one bya
MIR. Starkweather, providing for commission
to deter mine Claims for damages on American
commerce by. the Alabama and other British
cruisers were introduced and referred, and at
ter rejecting successfully a number of motions
to suspend the rules and pass certain bills the
House adopted a resolution requesting the
PRESIDENT TO organize a commission of five ar
my and navy officers to examine and report to
Congress on or before the 10Th of December
Eext, hrst, on the propriety of removing the
Brooklyn navy yard and selling the land con-
nected with the yard and the marine hos pital
and the amount to be realized therefrom; sec
ond, on the propriety of constructing a new
yard, where the same should be located and its
estimated cost; third, on the propriety of build
ing new marine hospital in case of the re-
moval OF the one at Brooklyn, where it should
be located and the estimated cost thereof.
w. b. Roberts offered resolution, which
was adopted, requesting the President to inter-
cede with the authorities Of the Dominion of
Canada for the release of American citizens
confined in Canadian prisons.
A resolution adopted from the Committee on
Elections, authorizing that committee to take
testimony relative to the credentials of sitting
members from Miss. and the validiting of their
election uader which they claim seats, with au-
thority to send for persons and papers, 50
Mr.. Cox Of New York, asked leave to offer
preamble and resolution in reference to Bes-
semer steel rails, instructing the Committee on
Ways and Means to bring in bill imposing
duty not exceeding $40 per ton.
Mr.. Maynard Of Tennessee, objected and the
House adjourned. lt.fa 49,