Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-06-06
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate on the 23d, Mr.. Trumbull,
from the Committee Judiciary reported without
amendment the Ho1se bills to repeal the Fs9qFe%snt re
trials in the Court Claims, and the senate b to
Also adyerssly to tie House SI to alloy Psrsqps.
ss SeTy s was
when the Senate into executive session. and at
sd srf little
Appropriafion bill was reached in COMMITTEES of
Whole This occupied the entire morning hour. and
The session Wi deyossd e ds
Naval Affairs.
In the Senate on the oath the Postofice
Appropriation bill eported and the report agreed
Committees of conference various bills were
appointed After short executive session on the
HGg;e 21s6 M Msnds1s9n was .,ds de-
tion case. Two thousand dollars were awarded the
sale
ds sr s TSed Of aas
within two years, which was passed "A bill author
1f
reimburse the paeral Of AdmiEal .srEagut
Presdent to sit during the recess
II De pecs@bsr S. nes.AIl s Of ths s%eSd@sns e ths
comnse Of Conference ordered on ihe
votes The, widow sof Cen Robert APde5soa p Tss
appropriati was taken up, and Without dispOsins
TX the Senate, on the 25th inst, Mr.. Sum-
reference
article published in the New York Times. which
grossly misEepressneed him, in connecti2n with the
Treaty....A Bill to reimburse Kansas for war ex-
Denses vas time for the Exscutiys
postponed and the Senate after remaining In session
oF e the
night Of Of the 2h % GT the & s tine in in this as
moqn4s %sds Ss b to
during the war. This extrsordnary attempt to com
mand quorum was to prevent another precedent be
STssssS 3 isSSiass 8 he $Sssfss:
were either fined OF excused account of illness.
f Be s IN that g 'ar an
had I S . ryfS s S e. their a Ss 1T
The result after ALL was that the bill passed
hPeby aRa whee dy Oa TILL
In the Senate, on the 9th ult., the bill
further regulating the construction of bridges
Mt Trumbuif the chairman. n the Oommittee on JH:
petitions against rseosnzlng God in the
in favor Of the exclu.on Of persons addicted to the
Gonstitution 50 as make foTeis6ers eligible for
was passed The Brazian E steamship subsidy scheme
and
pany and the bill amending an act to establish and
e portion Of the dsys session was devoted to the con-
adopted for the Bill relating to peGsions and the bill
r as I0ss
having bee pGeyiousy lost loss or total saSiliy Of
both feet or other total disability rendering persons
S.sty o:s ssaSis
sis...T6e eonsdeTation Of the sonferehce report
sndng the item he
line After long debate partly on the special merits
Of the proposition partly the general policy Of sub
laws on foreign trade and the commerce Of the coun
the steamship Brazil again rejected-yeas
pa' 5 DE Ing mint 1 S
passed.
In the Senate, on the 2Sth ult., considera-
tion of the Tax bill resumed, and consumed the
greater portion of the days session The House reso
In the House on the 18th ut the motion to suspend
To snd
Ths b 10 Tevve the IaTgston and in
terests of the United States discussed and
rspoTt sD the the M
biz rsported from the judiciary
Committee amending the Bankruptcy act giving the
United States Courts and making various other
the Bill motion to suspend the rules and
pass the Senate bill amendatory Of the Civil Rights
n the
the OF property for & P ate & Ss
right of way to the Utah. Idaho and Montana Rail-
road Company.
In the Senate, on the 29th ult., Mr.. Sawyer
moved an amendment to House bill providing for
the appointment of u commission the subject of
wages and the heurs labor and division of profits
between labor and capital in the United States. Con-
siderable discussion ensued and several other amend
ments were offered and rejected, and the bill vert
tonaI Exhibition at Philadelphia was passed: The
Tariff and Tax bill again under consideration the
larger portion of the day.
In the House, the 18th ult bills authorizing the
construction of railroad bridges the Missouri
river at Omaha and Brownvflle. Ne6;, were passed.
The following bills also passed. Fixing the Con-
the same day; approgriating 100000 for custom
a similar purpose at Nashville, Tenn; dividing the
State Illinois inte three judicial districts; amending
the Soldiers and Sailors Homestead act to release
the Government of japan from the payment Of bal
the convention of Oct 81 1861 amounting to 1915 0OO
MIR Butler offered bill to amend the Enforcement
act, but no action was had on it.