The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-01-18
Congressional.

Washington, Jan. l5.-The gullerirs
were crowded to-day in anticipation OF
II speech irou lIr, Snmucrupon the Civ
il Rights bal rs a rider to amnesty.
EIriy ACTON upon amnesty IS uuprub-
able.
Abbott wants action postponed until
his contest versus Naace IRON Nurll.
Cuohnu is dac.ied, vuou IlDlton will
Withdraw his attractive amridmrut.
GUldtAwalte Was seated as Senator
from Alabama.
Summer aud YckorS occupied the day,
The House bill passed, making Plus
burg port oi entry and delivery,
IIuusE.
Butler INTRODUCED c!ctr amnesty biz.
Referred to tao Jal.c.ary Commute e.
The Democrats will yo'e iUr tie
Louisiana Investigation Commit,ce,with
An amendment to make tic inyosisa.
ton searching.
Nj. Dawes SshoI time to offer Il rcso-
luton for the appointment Of Il select
committee OF live to inquire into the or
IGN and character o. tie difficulties be-
tween the government u]flicinis Of Louis.
lana and tuo United SL,lcs officials IL
lnat State, Duo, To rrpor. the same totAe
House with aUch recommendations rs it
may deem expulirul. the committee
10 have power to send for peraoas and
ptpsra, and 10 sit III Washington OF
elsewhere. Mr.. Kerr objected.
Dawes moved to suspend the rules
and adopt the resolution. Agreed to;
y'ca, IL; nays, IS At Juc adju rnmeui
the speaker had not nude up the COM
mitt"c.
Tie bill to remove all political and le-
gal disabilities ialled;yeas, 1G5; nays,92.
Dawea then moved to ciam tuc amnesty
for political offences, Gut failed Of Il two
thnd vote, Nays AmLlyr, Brbcar,
Boa.y, bingham, Burlington, Buchard,
Butler, Of Mass; Batter, 81 Tennessee,
Cnburu. Congrec, Cotton, Duel, DoALell,
EIme3, FRYE, Gpodmcu, Iay ley, Hazel
ton OF New jersey, HazrIton Of Wi,con-
sin, Hooper, Kelley of Pennsylvania,
kellin2er, Lampert, Lowe, Lynch,
Maynard, McCrcmry, McGrew, NIcJuuk-
i'll, Mercer, Mernish, Monroe, Leonard,
Myers, Orr, Packard Of Indian, Packer
OF Penn. Palmer, Peck, Pendlcton, Port
er, Prindle, Rainey, L. II. Roberts OF n.
Y, Rush, Sawy II, Kelly, Session, SAauks,
Shellabarger, Smith Of New York, Smith
of Ohio, Snapp, Snyder, Spraene,
Stmkwoather, StouShton, Strong, Taf'e,
Townsend, OF Pennsylvania, Tyner, Up
son, Walden, Wsldron, Wallace, Wells.
Wheeler, Willard, Williams, OF Indi ana,
Wilson, OF Maryland, and Wilson, of
Ohio.
Another amnesty bill was introduced
excluding those who left Congress, or
the army and navy. Passed, 40 AZ s to
81 hayes. Adjourned.
SENATE.
Washington, jan. 1G-Tha Senate Pc
the amnesty to give way to other
business.
Mr.. Sherman reported IL House bill
repeating the duty on coal aud salt with
amendments, with a request that it be
printed and re-commitied. The discus
sion developed the fact that the amend
ment involved the entire revision Of the
tariff, which Trumbull asserted was in
tended to defeat the measure this SEES
sion.
Mr.. Logan occupied the balance OF
the dry.
HOUSE.
The Louisiana Committee consists of
Scholield, Smith, OF New York, McCra-
~, Voorheeo and Marshall.
The bill for the RELIEF of the Chicago
Sufferers, allowing contributions entire
free, passed, and draw back allowed
upon contributions already imported.
The SAM applied to material actually
used in rebuilding burned ediices.
Several petitions were presented,
for a constitutional amendment
excluding persons addicted to liquors
from Federal Offices.
The proceedings were uninportant.