Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-23
Proceedings in Congress.

Proceedings in Congress.
In the Senate on Tuesday, May 7, Mr..
| Chandler offered resolution for the appoint
| ment of select committee of FIVE to in
| quire whether any steamboat lines should
| be subsidized by the Government, and if so,
which lines and to what extent. Mr.. KEEL
| logg objected, and the resolution went over.
| THE Postofice Appropriation bill was
taken up. An amendment was adopted in
| creasing the subsidy to the Pacific Mail
steamship line to 81 900 900 on the existing
| contract. The mail service with Brazil was
increased to 100000 per annum for semi
monthly service. Adjourned.
In the House on Tuesday, May 7, the
Committee on Elections made a report on
the Texas contested election case of Gid
dings against Clark, that the sitting member
| is not entitled to his seat, and that Giddings
| the contestant, is......The Committee on
| Ways and Means reported back the Senate
| bill allowing a rebate of the tax on whisky
| destroyed by FIRE or other casualty while in
| bonded warehouses, with an amendment
| excepting cases where the tax has been
actually paid. Passed ....A number OF
| military bills were passed, among which
were the Senate bill to establish the pay OF
enlisted men of the army, and the Senate
| bill to establish system of deposits to pre-
vent desertion and 20 elevate the condition
| of the rank and file of the army.....Ad-
journed.
In the Senate on Wednesday, May S,
the Louisiana Election bill was called up
and discussed until the expiration of the
morning heur, when the Postofice Appro-
priation bill was taken up and passed. -.
The Amnesty bill was discussed until the
hour of adjournment. An agreement was
made that general debate on the bill and
amendments shall terminate at O'Clock
Friday, and that the bill shall be sat out
In the House on Wednesday, May 8, the
Supplementary Apportionment bill, increas-
ing the aggregate number, 283 Representa-
tives, as fixed by the Apportonment law of
this season, to 1872, the additional nine being
to New Hampshire, Vermont, New York,
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Tennessee, Louisi-
ana, and Florida, to be elected by separate
districts, except for the Ferty-third Con-
gress, when they may be elected on a gem
eral ticket, was passed without division 49,.
The details the of Tariff and Finance
bill were debated to-day, and The
duty raised on soft coal from the rate of
so cents famed in the bill to rs cents per
bushel. The existing duty is $1.25. The
rest of the day was spent on salt, without
any result......Adjourned.
In the Senate on Thursday, MAY 9
there was another conflict between the
Civil Rights bill and the Amnesty meas
ure, which finally resulted in the latter be-
ing tackled on the former, and this SO con-
shutting it as to prevent it receiving the
required two-thirds vote. The vote stood
ayes 80, nays 22......Adjourned.
In the House on ThrVsday, May 8, the
Tariff and Tax bill was discussed in Com
mittee of the Whole. A long debate, and a
dozen votes on the salt duty, failed to secure
free salt. The Michigan and New York
salt interests likewise failed to secure an
increase of duty, which was finally left as
it is in the bill, at eight cents per 100
pounds. The Committee then rose, after
having disposed SO far of but 20 lines of the
bill......The South Carolina contested cleo
ton case was taken up, and Mr.. Wallace,
the sitting ember, declared entitled to his
seat, and the contestant was allowed 81, 154
fer his expenses. journed.
In the Senate on Friday, May 10, Mr..
Wilson called up the bill authorizing the
issue CT 1000 breech-loading arms to the in
habitants of Montana, for defense against
the Indians. Passed......The Louisiana Elec-
ton bill, after a desultory political discus
sion, was passad.."..The Senate then held a
brief executive session, after which open
session was resumed, and the bill to amend
the Enforcement act taken up and discussed,
without action, until the hour of adjourn
ment.
In the House on Friday, May 10, a num-
Der of private bills were reported and acted
on in the morning hour ...... The House went
into Committee of the Whole on the Fortii-
cation bill. 1t appropriates 81 1886 900.
Passed......The committee then took up the
Tariff and Tax bill, and discussed it until
adjournment.
In tne Senate on Saturday, May IL,
Mr.. Morton offered resolution, which was
agreed to, authorizing the Committee on
Privileges and Elections to investigate the
election of Senators Pomeroy and Caldwell,
of Kansas. The Committee have power to
send for persons and papers at Washington
or elsewhere during the recess of Congress.
1.-THE Enforcement act was taken up, and
an amendment adopted providing that as
preliminary to the appointment of Election
inspectors, any voting precincts request for
such appointment shall be made by not less
than ten citizens of the precinct. After the
adoption of an amendment authorizing each
of the Circuit Judges to appoint one or more
District Judges to discharge the duties con-
templated by the Enforcement bill, the
Senate adjourned.
In the House on Saturday, May IL, Mr..
Dawes renewed his motion to close the
debate on the first section of the Tariff bill,
reducing the time from ten minutes to one
minute, and it was agreed to....The bill
revising and codifying the pension laws was
taken up, and an amendment adopted pro-
yiding THAT whenever a widow shall forfeit
her pension on account of re-marriage, it
will revive on her again becoming a widow,
if she be ia INDECENT circumstances....T The
House went into Committee of the Whole on
the Tariff and Tax bill, but got into such an
inextricable tangle on account of the variety
of amendments that no progress was made.
......Adjourned.
In the Senate on Monday, May Is,