The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-15
CONFESSIONS. Summary.

SENATE. session Of the Senate
on February 27th lasted uutii 7:40 A. NJ. on I'll {
| 18th. The Louisiana bin was defeated by
vote Of Is ayes against q nays. ON February
2olh plllS were passed authorizing the use oil
tLlrd beer barrels and third stamps; making
San Diego, Cailfor Ia, a port OF entry; amend-
| ing the act authorizing honorably disc harged
| soldiers and sailors 10 acquire homesteds Oh
| publlc lands, and legaiZing the homestead
entries OF soldiers and sailors not exceeding
100 acres each within the limits of railroad
grants. The suudrv civil appropriation bill
came up TOR consideration. The Committee
| on Commerce reported the river ard harbol
appropriation bill with amendments. Mr.
Howe submitted tue report of the committee
| OF conference on the bill to continue the
Southern Cldlms Committee, and it was agreed
| to.
HOUSE. The report of the conference
committee on the bill to continue the South
| ern Claims Commission was concurred in. A
resolution was adopted for the appointment
| Of committee TO go to the Senate to impeach
Judge Delahay, of Kansas. The testimony
| taken showed habltual intoxication on the
| part OF Dclahay. The conference report on
| the pension law was agreed to- An amend
ment to the Legislative appropriation bill wss
| adopted, directing the Attorney General 10
commence suit against the Union Pacific Rail-
road Com any, and all persons having stock
therein, for the recovery OF moneys and
| property belonging to the United States
o her amendments to the bill were considered
III Committee of the Whole. Upon rising, the
| amendment increasing the salaries of the
President, Cabinet officers, Supreme Court
Judges and members OF Congress was reject
| ed-ayes SO, nays 81. A motion to reconsider
prevailed, and the House adjourned.
SENATE. Thursday, Feb, 9th,
several bills were reported from committee.
The credentials OF Il. j. Oglesby, Senator
elect from Illinois we're presented bill was
passed authorizing certain award to the
Vlncennes UniveI SHY. Mr. Morrill,, of Maine.
submitted the report of the Senate Credit
Mob1her Committee, accompanied by the fol-
lowing resolution
Res0jUed, That James W. Patterson be and
he is hereby expelled from his scat as mern-
Der of the Senate.
On motion Of Mr.. Carpenter, the bill
reported by a majority of the Committee
ON Privileges and Election, providing
for a new election il Louisiana, was taken
up. Mr.. Hill offered q substitute in favor OF
| forming Legislature out OF the legally elect
ed members OF both bodies now claiming TO
be the Legislature Of louisiana and author
lzlng this new Legislature so formed to
count the returns of the last election. and de-
clare who are legally elected state officers
MesSrs. Carpenter, SchurZ, West and Conk-
ling argued III favor CT the bill reported by the
coamlttee-Messrs. Morton and Thurman op-
posing. The debate was prolonged until an
| early hour Friday morning.
The substitute offered by Mr. Hill was re.
jected, ayes l6, noes %. Mr.. Howe offered an
amendment that until a new election the
kellogg government shall be considered the
| de facto government. Agreed to, ayes 20
noes IS.
HOUSE. THE consideration Of the
resolutions reported by the Poland Credit Mo,
blicr committee for the expulsion of flames and
| Brooks, was resumed. Sargent offered the
| following substitute
| WHEREAS, BY the report of the special COM
| mittce herein, it appears that the acts charged
| as oitenses against members Of this House III
| connection with the Credit Mobiher Of Ameri-
| On, occurred more than tiTe years ago and
long before the election OF such persons to this
Congress, two elections by the people having
interviewed and.
WHEREAS, Grave doubts exist as to the
rlghtful exercise by this House of its powers
70 expel a member for offences committed bv
such a member long before his election there
to and not connected with such election /;
therefore.
ReSolUed, That the House absolutely con-
dennis the conduct Of O3kes Ames, member
of this House from the state of Massachusetts.
il seeking to procure congressional attention
to the affairs OF d corporation in which he was
Interested, and whose interest directly de-
pended on the legislation OF Congress- by in
duc!nS members OF Congress to invest in the
stock of said corporation.
LesOlred, That the House absolutely con-
demns the conduct ofJamcs Brooks member
Of this House from New York. for the use of
his position as Government Director of the
Union Pacific Railroad and Of member OF this
House to procure the assignment to himself
or family of stock in the Credit Mobilier of
America, corporation having contract with
the Union Pacific Railroad and whose inter
sat7 ucpcHdvd directly upon Tue Legislation of
Congress.
R6solced, That the special committee be
discharged from further consideration OF this
subject.
Farnsworth moved to lay the whole matter
on the table--lost, years 40, hayes 164. Mr.
Sargent's resolutions were the substituted
for those reported by the committee by a vote
OF / 10 yeas against 1l0 nays. The resolutions
OF the substitute, cenSurIng Cakes AmeS and
James Brooks, were then adopted-the first BY
a vote OF ISL ,yeas against 36 nays the sec
ond by 173 yeas against 80 nays. The pre-
amble Of the substitute, and the rCso-
| luton dscharging the committee were
rejected-the preamble of 1l3 nays against
81 yeas, and the resolution by IA nays against
1G4 yeas. Mr.. Wood offered a resolution con-
Cemning the conduct Of Samuel Hooper and
Henry l.. Dawes of Massachusetts, William D.
Kelly of Pennsylvania, Glennie w Scofield of
Philadelphia, John A. Garfield and John A.
Bingham OF Ohio, members of the House OF
Representatives, inasmuch as they became in
tcrested IN the Credit Mobiiier. point OF
oroer that resolution OF censure should be
confined to one individual was sustained by
the Speaker. Mr. Speer then offered reso-
luton censuring Wm. d. Kelly for the receipt
and use Of Credit Mobilier dividends.
which the House decided to cou-
slider, by vote of l1S against 80.
discussion followed which was con-
tInued wi b much confusion and excitement
through a portion of the evening session.
Finally motion to lay Mr. Speer's resolution
upon the table prevailed-yeas III, nays 70.
Several other resolutions OF cenSure were Of
fered, but the House refused to entertain
them. The Poland Committee were finally re-
ieved from further consideration of the sub.
ject by Ia yeas to 70 nays. A conference
committee was a pointed on the Geneva
award. The Senate appropriation of SO, 900
TO pay the expenses of the Senate was con-
CURED IN.
The following is the full vote of the
House on the resolution of Mr.. Sar-
gent, censuring Ames:
Yeas-Messrs. Acker, Amber, Archer, An
thony, Banks, Barber, Barnum, Beatty, Beck
of Georgia Bel, Bgbv, BigSs, Bird, Blair of
Michigan, Boorman, Boles, Braxton, Bright,
Buckley, Burnell, Burchard. Burditt, Caldwell,
Campbell, Carroll, Clark, Cobb, Coburn, Con-
ger. Cotton, Cox, Crebs, Cretcbie, Crocker,
Cros.and, Darroly, Davis, Dodds, Donnen,
Dox, Dubois, Duel, Duke, DuDnell, Eames,
Ely, Fihkleburg, Foster of Pennsylvania, Fos-
ter OF ONO, Foster OF Michigan, Frye. Getz
Geddiugs, Golladay, Goodrich, Griffith, Halde-
man. Hale, Halsey, Hambletoa, Hancock.
Haudley, Harmer, Harper, Harris of Missis-
sippi, Ravens, Hawley Of Illinois, Hawley of
Connecticut, Hay, Hazleton of Wisconsin,
Hubbard, Hall, Hoar, Holman, Houghton.
Kellogg, Kendall: Ketcham, King, KlnzelIa,
Lamison, Lampolt, Lansing, Leach, Louis,
Lowe, Lynch, Manson, Marshall, McCeland,