Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-06-06
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......Adjourned.
In the Senate, on Wednesday morn
ing, May %, at 4 o'clock, vote was reached
on the extension of tie Habeas Corpus
(Ku-Klux) bill, and it passed-yeas %,
nays 16...~The Civil Rights bill was passed
yeas 81, nays 14......The Senate reassem-
bled at o'clock. The Supplemental APP
portionment bill, which gives additional
Representatives to several States that have
large fractions, passed.....The Finance
Tariff and Tax bill. A large number of
delegations were on hand, representing
almost every conceivable interest, and i'm
ploring to be heard. The most important
change made in the bill was that raising
the whisky tax to 20 cents gallon. .....After
the reception of various reports, the Senate
adjourned.
In the House, on Wednesday, May ~,
when the Amnesty bill was received from
the Senate, there was brief but exciting
discussion because the question was raised
whether it required the approval of the
President. The Speaker ruled that the
| signature of the President was necessary
| The number of persons relieved of dis
abilities by the bill is estimated at 1907 900
and upwards.....Th House went into Com
mittee Of the Whole on the Sundry Civil
Service Appropriation bill. Having pro-
crossed as far rs the forty second page of
the bill, which contains ffty-three pages,
| the committee rose, and the House then ad-
journed.
| In the Senate on the 23d, Mr.. Trum-
bull, from the Committee on Judiciary, re-
ported without amendment the House bills
to repeal the requirement for the iron-clad
oath of Office, and relating to new trials in
the Court of Claims, and the Senate bill to
refund taxes paid by State judicial officers
on salaries. Also adversely to the House
| bill to allow persons accused of crimes to
testify in their own behalf in United States
Courts......A very little business was trans
acted, when the Senate went into executive
session, and at p. In. adjourned.
In the House on the 23d there was very
little business of Importance transacted be-
fore the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was
! reached in Committee of the Whole. This
! occupied the entire morning hour, and the
| bill reported was passed under a suspen-
sion of the rules. The evening session was
devoted to discussion of the bills reported
from the Committee on Naval Affairs.
In the Senate on the oath the Post
Office Appropriation bill was reported and
the report agreed to...... Committees of con-
| ference on various bills were appointed. .....
| After a short executive session on the treaty
the Senate adjourned.
In tho House on the oath, Mr.. Henderson
was declared entitled to his seat in the Texas
contested election case. Two thousand dol
lars were awarded the contestant for his
expepses...... Mr.. Kerr called up the Senate
bill for the sale of lands held by the Gov
| eminent under direct tax laws, and moved
a substitute therefor providing for the re-
demption of such lands within two years,
which was passed......A bill authorizing the
issuance of college scrip in Arkansas was
passed.....T Two thousand dollars were APP
| priated to reimburse the funeral expenses
of Admiral Farragut......A Commission was
appointed, with the Speaker as President,
to sit during the recess and revise the rules
of the House, and report at the opening of
| the session in December next....... All of the
amendments to the Army Appropriation
bill have been disposed of, and committee
of conference ordered on the disagreeing
votes. The widow of Gen. Robert Ander-
son was allowed pension of $50 per month.
THE Postofice appropriation taken up,
and without disposng of it, the House took
a recess until evening.
In the Senate, on the 18th inst, Mr..
Sumner made a personal explanation in
reference 10 an article published in the New
York Times, which grossly misrepresented
| him, in connection with the debate in ex-
ecutive session on the Washington Treaty.
.A bill to reimburse Kansas for war ex-
penses was repor ed......The time for the
executive session having arrived further gem
eral business was postponed and the Senate,
after rem aiming in session for about three
hours, adjourned until the 26th.
There was protracted call of the House
on the night of the Gath for the first time in
this session, the result of which did not end
till o'clock Saturday morning. 1t was
40 To o. of
Lexington, Mo-, $11 900 for property de-
stroyed during the war. This extraordinary
attempt to command a quorum was to pre-
vent another precedent being established to
pay that class of claims. Members were
dragged from their lodgings by the Speak
er's warrant, and brought irto The House,
where they were either fined or excused on
account of illness. Judging from the ex-
cuses of that nature, regular epidemic
must be prevalent in that city. The mem
bers had refreshments served on their desks,
not being allowed to leave the hall while
the call was in progress. The res alt, after
all, was that the DILL passed by two to one, and
then the House adjourned till Monday,
thereby losing a whole day for business.
In the Senate, on the 9th ult., the
bill further regulating the construction of
bridges across the Mississippi river was
passed ......At the request of Mr.. Trumbull,
the Chairman, the Committee on Judiciary
was discharged from further consideration
of petitions against recognizing God in the
Constitution in favor of the exclusion of
persons addicted to the use of intoxicating
liquors, and against amending the Constitu-
ton SO as to make foreigners eligible for the
Presidency..... The bill to pay Kentucky
war claims was passed......Th The Brazilian
steamship subsidy scheme was defeated......
The House bill granting the right Of way to
the Dakota and Grand Trunk Railroad Com
pany, and the bill amending an act to estab-
lish and protect national cemeteries were
passed......The greater portion of the days
session was devoted to the consideration of
the Tariff bill.
In the House, on the 9th ult., substi-
tute was adopted for the bill relating to PEN
sions, and the bill, as amended, was passed.
1t fixes monthly pensions fer disabilities as
follows: Loss or total disability of both
hands, loss of sight, one eye, the sight of
other having been previously lost, loss or
total disability of both feet, or other total
disability, rendering persons utterly help
less. $40; loss of one hand or foot, or total
disability of same, $50; any other disability
rendering persons unfit for manual labor,
| $40; loss of hearing, both ears, or any other