Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-25

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may arise, and delegates wise enough to
be entrusted with discretion should be
elected.
Eorfy-Second Congress-second
Session.
WEDNESDAY.
SENATE were passed to per
petuate testimony in the United States
Courts and to further the administration
of justice supplementary to the act
amending the enforcement act. 1t pro-
vides that if by the existing laws of any
State election commencing on the Tues
day next after the first Monday in No
vember, 1872, for the purpose of choos-
ing Presidential electors, be required to
be continued for more than one day,
then said election shall be continued the
number of days required by the laws of
such States.
The bill to authorize the President to
accept the resignation of the Judges OF
any Court of the United States was
amended so as to cOnfine its operations
to Judges who shall have been ten years
in office, and it was then rejected, yeas
II, nays %.
At $50 p. M, the Senate went into
executive session and soon after adj
joutned.
HoUsE.-The Civil Service Reform
bill was taken up. Mr.. Williams made
a speech of it. Mr.. Perry of Ohio adj
dressed the House in favor of civil SER
vice reform and intimated he would
offer substitute for Mr. Wizards bill.
After some discussion the bill went over
till Thursday.
The House at 4.15 p. N. adjourned.
THURSDAY.
SENATE.-Mr. Ramsey, from the COM
mittee on Post Offices and Post-rOads,
reported the Postal Telegraph bill with
numerous amendments, relating to the
details of its provisions.
One of the bills reported from the
committee on the District of Columbia
was Summers bill abOlishing the board
of trustees of the cOlOred schools at
Washington and Georgetown, and pro-
hibiting all distinction on account of
race and color, either as to pupils or
teachers in any of the public schools of
the District. Several motions were
made to stave off the vote, and finally
the Senate adjourned without action.
HOUsE.-The discussion of the Civil
Service Reform bill was continued by
Mr.. Potter, who favored the bill; Messrs.
Sargent, Butler and others against it.
Mr.. Lynch offered a substitute for the
bill, requiring all recommendations for
appointment or dismissal from office to
be made in writing, stating the reason
therefor, such recommendations to be
regarded as official, and to be at all
times open to the inspection of members
of Congress.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts,, moved
to recommit the bill.
Without voting on the motion or ON
any of the pending amendments, the
House adjourned.
FRIDAY.
SENATE. Mr.. Window, from the COM
mittee on appropriations, reported the
postal appropriations bill with amend
ments, doubling for ten years the pres
ent mail service and subsidy of the mail
steamship line between San Francisco
and China
On motion of Mr.. Stewart, the bill
reported from the committee on the Pa
cifie railroad was taken up.
Mr. Stewart then called u. the bill
supplementary to the act to incorporate
the Texas Pacific Railroad Company.
The bill was discussed at length.
Mr.. Ramsey, from the committee of
conference on the bill to prevent straw
bids for mail contracts, made a report
which was concurred in, and the Senate
HoUsE.-The Speaker laid before the
House a message from the President in
regard to the Ku KluX outragcs in
South Carolina, which was referred to
the joint committee on the subject A
arose on the subject of the
message.
The remainder of the session was de
voted to the business of the District of
Columbia. Adjourned.
SATURDAY,
SENATE. The Texas Pacific Railroad
bill came up at the expiration of the
hour Several amendments
were considered, and the bill reported to
the Senate and passed.
Mr.. Scott moved to take up the House
bill to repeal the duty on tea and cof-
fee
Mr. Blair called for yeas and NAYS.
which were taken, and resulted : yeas
%, nays :.
No quorum voting, on motion of MIR.
Conkling the Sergeant-at-Armsw was sent
for absentces. But as the absentecs re-
turning did not make a quorum. the
Senate at 1915 adjourned.
MONDAY.
SENATE. The North Carolina contest
ed election case was taken up. Pending
action on the question the Senate held a
brief executive session and then took a
brief recess until = p. m, to meet then
for consideration of the postal code and
for no other business
HOUsE.-The Indiana contested cleo
ton case was up, the report of the COM
nittee being that Mr. Wilson. the sitting
member was entitled to the seat. At
ter some discussion a resolution giving
.he seat to Mr. Wilson was adopted
yeas 105, nays "a. Mr. Ely introduced
4 bill to repeal the law which requires
cigar manufacturers to give bonds.
On motion of Mr. Banks a resolution
was adopted calling on the President for
he correspondence touching claims for
Indirect damages against Great Britain.
Mr.. Cox, from the committee on rules.
'eported a rule excluding from admis
'ion to the floor of the House of ex-
members of Congress who do not declare
IN honor that they have no personal or
private interest in any legislative meas
Ire before the House or its committees,
he object being to exclude ex-members
Who are engaged in lobbying.
Without disposing of the resolution |
he House adjourned.
TUESDAY.
SENATE.-Mr. Pomeroy offered reso-
ution, which was agreed to, calling on
he President for information relating
o the acts Marshals and Deputy Mar /
halls in the Indian country; also for in /
concerning the recent outra-
es in the Cherokee nation.
The following House bill was report
d.
BY Mr.. Vickers, from the committee