The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-07
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

CVNUhLSSAVNAL fAOCEEUlNGS,
In the Senate, on the 18th inst, Nj
Sumner made personal explanation
reference 70 an article published in the Ne,
York Times, which grossly misrepresente
him, in connection with the debate in es
ecutive session on tho Washington Treaty
..-...A bill to reimburse Kansas for war ex
penses was reporl ed. The time for tn
executive session hav ing arrived further gen
eral business was postponed and the Senate
after remaining in session for about thre
hours, adjourned until the 2Sth.
There was q protracted call of the Hous,
on the night Of the Gath for the first time il
this session, the result of which did not enc
till O'Clock Saturday morning. II wa.
made upon bill to pay one Wallace, Of
Lexington, Mo-, 81 900 for property de-
stroyed during the war. This extraordinary
attempt to command quorum was to pre-
vent another precedent being established ia
pay that class Of claims. Members were
dragged from their lodgings by the Speak
er's warrant, and brought into the House
where they were either fined or excused on
account of illness. Judging from the ex-
| cuses OF that nature, a 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 result, after
all, was that the dill passed by two to one, and
then the House adjourned till Monday.
thereby losing whole day fer 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.. TrumbulI
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 intox icatipp
liquors, and against amending the Constitu.
ton 80 as to make foreigners eligible for the
Presidency......T The bill to pay Kentucky's
war claims was passed...... 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 anne nding 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., a subst-
tute was adopted for the bill relating to pen
sions, and the bill, as amended, was passed. |
II hxes monthly pensions for disabilities as
follows: Loss or total disability of both
hands, loss of sight, one eye. the sight of
,a,'nS Zen previously iost, 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. |
$50; loss Of hearing, both ears. or any other
not provided for, $i3....The con-
sideration Of the conference report on the |
Postoffice Appropriation bill was resumed
the pending question being on the item in
,reasing the service and subsidy of the Bra
lillian mail steamship line. After a long
debate, partly on the special merits of the
proposition, partly on the general policy of
subsidies, and largely on the injurious effect
y high tariff laws on foreign trade end the
commerce OF the country, a proposed in
'rease of the service and subsidy of the
line to Brazil was again rejected
yeas 10, nays 112.....T The Shipping Com
nissioners bill, and the bill for revising the
mint and coinage laws were passed.
In the Senate, on the 18th ult., con.
Iteration of the Tax bill was resumed, and
the greater portion of the days
ession. The House resolution to adjourn
n juno was concurred in.
In the House, on the 18th ult., the motion
D suspend the rules to pass the Senate bill
xtending the KuKlux law until the end
the next regular session was rejected
cas-, "a; nays, 108-not two-thirds.. The
i'll to revive the navigation and com mer-
ial interests Of the United States was dis
used and recomnitted to the Commerce
The conference report on the ,
supplementary Apportionment bill was /,
greed to, the Senate having agreed 70 re-
EIDE from it's amendments.....A bill was re- |,
orted from the Judiciary Committee am end
,g the Bankruptcy act, giving the appoint
tent and removal of Registers in Bank 6
,ptcy TO the United States Courts, and !.
laking various other alterations in the law.
he rules were suspended and the bill I
asscd The motion to suspend the rules v
I'D pas: the Senate bill amendatory OF the b
lvil Rights act was rejected-yeas, IFS; G
ays, S7-less than two thirds voting in the !,
bill authorizing the con-
'mnaton OF property for postoffce site
Cincinnati was passed, as we'll as the bill
anting the right of way to the Utah, Idaho
I'd Montana Railroad Company. 8
In the Senate, on the Goth ult., Mr.. \
Iwyer moved an amendment to the House Il
II providing for disappointment Of com. a
lssion on the subject Of wages and the Il
urs of labor, and a division Of profits be. n
zen labor and capital in the United States.
nsidersble discussion cnsued, and several
her amendments were offered and reject Ia
and the bill went over.... The bill in Il
ation to the Centen NAL international Al
Inhibition at Philadelphia was passed 49,. =
70 Tariff and Tax 5ill was aga,n under o.
nsideration the larger portion Of the day la
ln the House, on the 10Th ult., bills author 1T
ng the construction of railroad bridges "a
ross the Missouri river at Omaha and m
ownsville, Neb., were passed. The follow
bills were also passed: Fixing the Con-
'ssional and Presidential elections in r.
uisiana on inc same day appropriating -
1000 for custo mi house at Fort Huron, aa
ch.; appropriating SIS 900 for a similar bl
rpose at Nashville, Tenn; dividing the La