The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-05-23
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

80 to %.
The amendment increasing the subsi-
dy to the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany to $l 100000 was further amend
ed, giving Government tho right to take
the vessels III time of war was concurrea |
in. The Company is required rs n con
ditlon OF the increased subsidy, to con-
tinue its line between San Francisco
and New York, by way of tho Isthmus of
Panama. An amendment increasing
tho subsidy for semi-monthly mail SER
vco to Brazil to 100000 per annum
was agreed to. Various amendments
involving subsidies were voted down.
Uousc.--A bill limiting to one per
cent, the cost of the reissue of legal
tender notes, etc, was passed. NASH
vile and San Diego were authorized to
receive goods in bond. Committee on
Elections reported in favor of GiddinG9
of Texas, entitled to the seat of Clark,
sitting member. The bill allowing re-
bate OF tax on whiskey destroyed by fire
while in bond was passed. Senale bill
authorizing the erection Of Il railroad
bridge ut Boonvlle, Missouri, was pass
ed. Consideration to Senate amend
ment to Deficiency Bill was resumed. A
substitute for the amendment in refer
cnco to claims for cotton seized Govern
mcnt after the war was adopted, ant hor-
i2ed payment for cotton seized after
June 30, 1865, TO the amount of the net
proceeds of such sales paid into the
Treasury, without interest. in the
Sonth Carolina contested case, Wallace,
sitting member, was entitledto the seat.
House went into Committee Of the
Whole on the tariff and tax bill. Kelly
Of Pennsylvania, moved to strike out the
cnacting clause, which was donc-95 to
Is. The bill, on motion of Mr.. Dawes,
was rccommitted to the Ways and
Means Committee, with instructions to
report n bill reducing the tariff to nine
ty per cent of the present rates. The
| The vote on recommittal stood 1T to
Is. Dawes proposition does not apply
to coal, salt, leather, or pig iron, lthe dn-
tics on which are to stand at the rates
reported in the original bill. Dawes
thercupon reported back the bill as III
structed, and it was referred to tho Com
mittco of the Whole. Various army
bills were passed. A bill passed declar-
ing the land of Fort Collins military
reservation in Colorado, subject to pre-
emption and Homestead entry; alPo n
bill providing for tho establishment OF
a military bill at Rock Island. a reso,
luton to pay tho contestmtfor the seat
Of Rogers, of North Carolina, III 500
wns adopted.
MAY S-iSrnot.- The Post Office APP
propriatlon bIl was passed, House Gen
rral Assembly Bill came up, sumner
moved to insert the supplemental Civil
Right, Bill rs al amendment. Morton o.
icred an amendment excluding the ku-
| kluX from the bcnrits Of the act. lilII
moved to amend so as to grant universal
amnesty. Sherman favored Summer s
amendment, 50 as to gave the House
chance for IL fair vote. After debate, par
ticipated in by Trumbull, l}oreman, Sher-
man, ard Stewart, Morton Withdrew his
amendment.
Ilouse.-The supplementary Apportlon-
mcnt Bill, increasing the number OF mem
bers OF the House from 2S3 to 292 was pass
ed. House went into Committee on the
Whole ON the Tariff and Tax Bill. Dawes
estimated the reduction in the revenue
made by the bill at $40 600, 600. The ques-
ton of tea and coffee gave rlsc to long
debate. The duties were stricken ont. -
The duty on bituminlous coal and shaIc
was fixed at Is cents ton. An item was
inserted fixing the duty on "culm OF coal
at fifteen per cent. ad yaIorcm. E'll
amending the act to establish and protect
National cemeteries was passed. a hi'I
providing that officers shall hereafter be re
tired at their actual instead OF their hreNcl
rank was passed. Senate amendments to
bill providing against the enlistment OF
minors were concurred in. Senate bill all'
thorizing the President to appoint n Fay
master General of the Army, with the rank
of Colonel, was passed.
MAY 9-Senafe. Goat Island Bill was
read n second time. The Amnesty Bill
came up as unfinished business, the pend
ing question being on Summers motion I"
substitute the Supplementary Civil Rights
Bill. Blair moved an amendment submit
TING the question of mixed schools to the
people of each city, county or State. lo-
gan said an amnesty measure was neccs.
sorv in order to counteract the Cincinnati
movement. Blar's amendment was re
inctcd-23 to 30 The first section OF the
House General Amnesty Bill, was added
os an amcndment-:S to IL. The second
section was also added-3l to ~. Car,
pcntcr moved to strike out OF the ClylI
rights Bill the provision to enforce The
rirhts of colored men to SIT as jurors
Trnmlull moved to strike out the ClVll
Rights Bill, in order to get direct vote on
amnesty, which was rejected 29to 90 The
President gave the casting vote
Vickers moved AN amendment excluding
from the operations Of the bill church or
carnations, cemetery associations, an" DC
ncyolent institutions Incorporated Iy H,a'e
! authority. Adopted by vote oil the wee
. President. An amendment providing tha
the bill shall apply only to benevolent IN
stitutions of public character was adopt
cd The vote was then taken on the C@vi @
K,rhts Bill substitute for the Amnesty Biil
which was lost-27 to 2S. THIS brough
! thc I(ouse Amnesty Bill up. Sumner oi
, fered the Civil ghts Bill as amendmen
;, -ps to 29, The Vicc.Prcsident voted II
t the affirmative, and the motion was a9rce'
to. Morton's amendment eXcIuGLhs h''
Klux was lost-2S to u. EdmnhdS
l amendment excluding members oil th
Thrty.sixth and Thirty-seventh congress
who had aided the rebellion was agreed Il
-22 to2l. The vote was then taken o.
the massage of the bill, and it was reJecte
+ 81 TO 32-two thirds not voting in the u
Il irmative. =,
n House. Sargent motion TO lay on tn
table the bill allowing transferable Ian
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