Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-12-26


tne condition Of savings banks in the
District of Column oia.
| The House re5u red consideration oi
the bill up yesterday concerning Il set
tlement with the States of Ohio, Indi-
ana and Illinois, Of The five per cent
land claim, under the act OF March 81,
| 1859.
At the conclusion of the debate, the
bill passed-yeas l03, nays 81.
The House went into Committee OF
the Whole on the Deficiency bill, the
main item in controversy being the ap-
preparation of 81, ,24l ,923 for the inn
provement of government property in
the district of Columbia.
Without disposing of the question,
the Committee, after long discussion,
rose, AMI eulogies on the late Senator
Davis of Kentucky were delivered, af.
ter which the House adjourned.
SENATE-Dec. 19.-In the Senate the
Judiciary reported adversely on the
bill allowing women in the Territories
to vote, and it was placed on the calen-
dar. The resolution against removing
the names OF battles from registers WAS
not taken up by Mr.. Edmunds, oaing
to the inability of Mr.. Sumner TO speak.
Mr.. Ramsey, of Minn., reported the
postal telegraph bill. The French spo-
| liation bill was then taken up, but the
Senate adjourned without acting upon
it.
HoUsE-In the House Committee
of three was appointed to examine into
the stamp frauds in the Assistant Treas
urer's Office In New York. The House
then, as a Committee of the Whole,
took up the deficiency appropriation
bill, which was amended so as to foT-
BID the Board OF Public Works from
making Improvements beyond actual
appropriations. and passed. The bill
to appropriate 100000 TO represent
American industry at the Vienna Ex-
position was passed, so amended that
twelve skilled artisans attend the Ex-
position and report to the President.
Leave OF absence was granted TO many
members, and the House adjourned.
HoUSE-Dec. 20.--Bills were intro
duceI as follows: BY Mr.. Law, to ex-
! tend the time for entries ON the Usage
lands, Kansas; by Mr.. Shanks, to secure
a more efficient Indian administration
in the territories; by Mr.. Porter, to
amend the constitution so az to make
the election of President, Vice Presi-
dent and Senator's directly by the peo-
pie.
A call OF the House showed that there
were less than quorum, and tine time
was consumed in calling the yeas and
nays. a motion to adjourn was finally
made and the struggle to keep the
| House in session was abandoned. AT
half-past two the House adjourned till
the Orb of January.
SENATE-The House bill extending
the time for the completion of the Wi
mona d st. Paul Railroad was passed.
The bill appropriai; lg SJ8,790 to the
Texas frontier was passed.
Eight thousand copies of the eulogy
on Garrett Davis were ordered to be
printed.
Mr.. Edmunds offered resolution in
quiring of the Secretary of War for in
formation relating to reimbui sing the
Territory Of Washington for expenses
in suppressing the Indian troubles in
1856. -"
Mr.. Rice moved as an amendment
his resolution for committee to inyes-
tigate the Arkansas selectIon-sayingh he
did go in order to get the matter before
the Senate. He then proceeded to de-
tail the allegations found against the
Republican officials in that State, charg-
! ing that the returns were falsified to
defraud the Conservative candidates of
their election.
Mr.. Clayton said he was satisfied that
the allegations of fraud made by his
colleague, were incorrect.
j Mr.. Sherman would not vote for this
proposition, as the amendment to the
matter was entirely foreign, but he
thought that the subject was very
proper one for enquiry. There was two
sets of electors claiming the right to
! cost the vote of that State, and it was
proper that the Senate should ascertain
which of them had the right to cast the
vote of the Slate. He would therefore
4 favor referring the subject to the Com
mittee on privileges and Elections, and
II the committee saw proper, it could
Iauthorize Subcommittee to undertake
the investigation. Pending further
discussion Mr.. Window called for the
regular order, the Indian appropriation
bill. He then moved to lay the Indian
appropriation bill on the fable, which
was agreed to.
Mr. Window then said that although
the bill could not now become law.
still 1t would be source of eomfoit to
the poor people who were interested in
it to know that it would be passed as
soon as the Senators came back from
their holiday festivities. He now ask
ed unanimous consent to have the bill
considered to-day, and he now reEorte
it from the committee.
/ Mr. EHrnuuda hon TnnuaI n =, op,o,,1
ment that the amount appropriated
shall be paid on approval o. ofprices nam
Ell by Commissioner of Public Build
ings and Grounds. Adopted; ayes %,
nays p.
The Bill then passed and now goes to
the House for concurrence in the
amendments.
The Senate then after executive ses-
sion adjourned January 9th.
ADJoURNMENT-RE OF TIE
WORK ALREADY DONE.
Congress adjourns for the holiday
recess with cIeditable record for six
teen working days since the session
began, and plenty to do when it is re-
suued. The House has now on its files
over three Thousand bills. The number
Of bills pending In the House is about
$500, an Increase of 800 since the ses-
sion began, while the Senate has added
nearly 100, making the present total
nearly 1900. The most importantbills
which have passed both houses are
those reducing the internal revenue