Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-12-26
SUMMARY OF THE PROCEED
LNGS OF CONGRESS.
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TIE bill authorizing the East Chester
National Bank of Mt. Vernon, Indiana
to change its location and name, was
passed.
Bills were introduced as follows:
BY Mr. Frelinghuyzon-To secure a
more efficient and honest administra-
ton of Indian afIaifs; providing that
all records, contracts and other papers
relating to or connected with the OH
cial duty of Indian superintendent,
agent or sub agent, shall be open IL
public inspection during all reasonable
business hours; that distributions uf In
diau goods aud supplies shall 1e made
in public, and, among other things,
that no vouchers or receipts shall he
signed that are not fully paid up. Re
ferfed.
By DIR. Harlan-Authorizing the
Secretary of The Interior to negotiate
with the Creek Indians for the session
of part of their reservation. Referred.
Mr.. Stevenson formally announced
the death OfhiS late colleague, Garrett
Davis, and delivered an eulOgy which
WIS aitentively listened to.
AIessrs. Vickers, Ctnei on, Thurman,
Sumner, Bayard and Trunibull, also
eulosi.ing the deceased. Mr.. Summer
in his remarks made ailusion to Sew
ard aud Greeley as cotemporarieS vi
Davis, like him followers of Clay.
After the addresses the customary
resolutions were adcp,e.i, AMI the SEN
ale at,joL rned.
HoUSE-On motion of Mr.. Monroe,
the bill passed authorizing the Comp
troiler of the Currency to examine into
the condition of savings banks in the
District ef Columbia.
The House re5u red consideration OF
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,
1862.
AT the conclusion of the debate, the
bill passed-yeas 103, 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 ,925 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 ealen-
dar. The resolution against removing
the names OF battles from registers WAS
not taken upby 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 a 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 fof-
bill the Board of Public Works IRON
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
ducel IS 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 as to make
the election of President, Vice Presi-
dent and Senators directly by the peo-
pie.
A call of the House showed that there
were less than a 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. Al
half-past two the House adjourned I'LL
the Grh of January.
SENATE-The House bill extending
the time for the completion of the Wi
mona d st. Paul Railroad was passed.
The bill appropriaf; lg $18,790 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 reimbuiSin the
Territory of Washington for expenses
in suppreSsing the Indian troubles in
1856.
Mr.. Rice moved as an amendment
his resolution for committee to inves-
tigate the Arkansas selectIon-saying 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 faIs;fed 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.
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
cast 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
favor referring the subject to the Com.
mittee on privileges and Elections, and
II the committee saw proper, it could
iauthori2e Subcommittee to undertake
the investigation. Pending further
1 discussion Mr.. Window called for the
regular order, the Indian appropriation
bill. He then moved to lay the Indian
appropriation bill on the table, which
was agreed to.
Mr.. Window then said that although
the bill could not now become a law
still it would be a source of eomSo't t(
the poor people who were interested in
it to know that it would be passed a,
soon as the Senators came back from
their holiday festivities. He now ask
ed unanimous consent to have the bill
considered tO-dav. and he now Yer,nrtt,1