The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-14
CONGRESSIONAL.

SENATE, Feb. 26.--House amendment
to the Geneva award were not concurred il
$4,000 was appropriated to the Pomeroy ii
veEtigatiOn. House bill to carry into effe(
the fishery claims of Washington passed
House bill in regard to Southern Claims place
ON the calendar. The bill to aid III the execu
ton of the laws in Utah was then taken III
and after various amendments were Offered
the bill went over under the rules. without an
definite action.
HOUSE. consideration of the re
port of Poland's Credit Mobilier committe
was then resumed. 4 long and interestin
debate followed. in which nearly all the mem
| bers took part, Mr.. Butler. of Massachusetts
| making the leading argument against the ex
| pulsiOn of Oakes Ames and Jas. Brooks, ant
| Mr.. Banks for it. The House adjourned with
ont taking any definite action
SENATE, Feb. 27.-The credentials o
r. j, Oglesby, OF Illinois, were presented
| The Louisiana question then came up, an,
! pending long debate. the Senate adjourned
! Morton arguing in favor of the Kellogg gov
! ernment, and SCLurz and Carpenter agains
1t, and in favor of ordering new election.
HOUSE. On reassembling for tn,
morning hour, the Credit Mobilier question
was resumed after several members spoke
| FarneswOrth moved to table the whole matter
| Yeas 80, nays 164. The next question was OF
| substituting Sargeant's motion to censIre il
! place of the committees for expulsion. Yea
| 10 to 1i0. The resolution discharging the
committee was lost. Yeas 1O4, nays ia Re
| solutions we're then offered for the censuIine
| of Kelly. of Pennsylvania, to be followed by
! others similar censuTing Bingham, Dawes
! SchOficld. Garfield, and others. After Ions
| debate the resolution was tabled Yeas ia
nays Is.
SENATE, Feb. 28-Th Louisiana
| question was then resumed. Mr.. Hills
amendment to recognize the BIcEnery gov
! ernment was lost by vote of ayes IS to 20
Mr.. Mortons amendment that the Kellogg
! government be recognized as the de fact1
government was agreed to. Ayes 90. nays 18.
| The bill as reported by the committee was
then rejected by a vote of 13 to 90. Notice
was given that the credentials of Mcmillan of
La, would be taken up. The credentials of
Patterson, of South Carolina, was then pre-
seHted. The appropriation bill was then re-
sumed. An amendment giving $500. GOO to-
ward public buildings in Nashville, was con-
cured in.
HOUsE.-A resolution looking to the
Impeachment of Delahay Judge of the United
States District court of Kansas. was passed.
bill to authorize the Attorney General to
commence suit against the Union Pacific rail
the government. was passed. The bill to in
crease salaries was called, and a spicy debate
followed be -Woen Stevenson and DICkey. The
whole question finally went over under the
rules. 4 resolution authorizing the Secretary
OF the Treasury to withhold certain accounts
due the Union Pacific company for transpOrta-
ton and freight, was discussed long time.
md finally went over under the rules. On
motion Mr.. Maynard, J. B. Stewart, the re-
Cusant witness of the Credit MObilier COM
mittee, was discharged.
SENATE, March 1.-The joint COM
nittee on Public Buildings reported they
were unable to agree upon any plan for a
statue to Admiral FaTagut. A resolution Of
inquiry was offered for the purpose Of ascer-
tanning if there was an officer of the army
stationed in South Carolina who had exacted
pay of the Legislature of that State for ser
vices rendered, and who now was on the de-
tached service, and who was pTacticing at the
bar az the same time. Laid over. The ere
deutialS of ]. II. Mitchell were presented.
An amendment reapprOpriating the uEeXpend-
ed balance OF the appropriation of last year.
to enable the President to carry ont the civil
service reform. Agreed to. hir. Davis moved
to reconsider the vote by which the Louisiana
bill was rejected. Morton opposed the mo-
ton. Mr. AcOru favored a reconsideration,
and said thai if the Louisiana usmpations be
sustained. the way to overthrow State govern
ments and the liberties of the people would
be easy. i motion to table was lost. Yeas
26 nays 2N, but afterwards it passed by vote
OF 29 TO 3. The salary question next came
UD. Several senators wanted their salaries
increased and several did not. 4 motion to
strike out all names except the Presidents
was lost. Yeas ~. nays 81. The vote was
then taken on increase of members salaries
Yeas Il. nays IS. lost Mr.. Bayard moved to
increase the salaries of the judges of court
of claims. Lost. The Senate then moved TO
Hop-conCUr in the House amendment to in
crease salaries. Yeas :, nays -. House pro-
vision for suit ia equity VS., the Union Pa
cific railroad, passed. The credentials of Mr.
MeTlman were presented. The committee on
the revision of laws reported adversely on the
petition of Susan b. Anthony for a constitu-
tional recognition of woman right to vote.
HoUsE.-A motion to reconsider the
vote by which the bill increasing salaries was
lost was the first thing OF Importance which
occupied the attention Of the House. \ mo
tion to lay the motion to reconsider on the
table was lost. Yeas 56. nays les. An
amendment making the paw Of congressman
Sc, 500 was passed. Yeas 100 nays 81. The
salaries thus fixed upon are: President. $50.
600; Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
Vice President. Speaker and members OF the
Cabinet. $4,000: Senators q Id members OF
Congress, $1,000; the increased pay is ia
tended to apply to the members of the present
Congress. that of the President aud other
OllelalS TO commence hafCn i. Inc speaker
called attention TO a matter personal to himself
while the vote being taken. By the Ian
guage Of the bill he would receive 81, 600 in
addition 60 what he had already received for
his service during the past Congress, this ne
would refuse to do, lie therefore asked to
have the tord hereafter inserted in refer
ence TO the speakers pay. Randall objected,
but attcrvarI withdrew it, when Dir. Earnes-
worth , .Ty we'd tie objection when the Speaker
ruled il .sn late Laughter. The amend
ment sUrWeuaiug he payment of judgment of
claims OF Ils.uyal persons was rejected. The
Wilson El!i to commence SUIT against the Off
GERS Of tie Credit Mobiher was passed. The
chairman - yhe committee of Foreign affairs
presented a resolution rccOgnlZir g the Repub
lie o. SPAN. Passed. \ motion to suspend
the rules and to have a committee of confer
enre on the Agricultural College bill. Lost,
-, nays So. not two-.aiTdz 4 iiil loohing to
the appointment Of three commissioners to
inquire into tie udltlon of the Central Pa
citic railroad and report at~he next session of
Congress was pass ed \ bill to allow the
Texas Pacific road to issue currency instead
of gold bonds was passed. The House then
went into committee on the whole on the
deficiency bill, during the discussion of which
the morals of Washington was severely criti-
cised. The last item was 81. SOC 900 for pos
tage stamps for the departments. for the tis-
cal year 1874. Agreed to. Mr.. FarneswOrth
offered an amendment providing for a stamp
ing machine to be used by both houses. the
pOSJ-OulC6 TO keep an account OF tne same,
and charge it up to the respective houses. Re
jected. The House then arose. and passed
the bill. motion to suspend the rules and
pass the Senate bill for the suppression of the
trade in obscene literature. Agreed to.
SENATE, March 3.-House bill to
print 10000 copies of the testimony before
the Poland committee concurred in. A bill to
establish military prison passed. bill TO
relieve Treasurer Spinner of the defalcatlon
OF his subordiuates passed. The credentials
OF Ingalls, and Cragin, both claiming to be
senators elect from Louisiana. were presented.
4 communication from the South Carolina
Legislature wasrTeccivCd. against the aduis-
sion of Patterson to the Senate. also dis
patch to She Governor Of Louisiana, annOunc-
ing the election of Mcmillan as Senator The
communication of Mcmillan was laid ON the
table. House lmmit ee then appeared at the
bar Of tie Senate for the purpose of announc-
ing the Impeachment of Mark w. Delahy,
District Judge of Kansas. 10y the House The
Speaker replied that the Senate would inform
the House when it was ready to proceed with
the traL Conference report on the sundry
appropriation bill concurred III A resolution
looking to the paying of Ray and Mcmillan
mileage. etc, was passed. The PomerOy IN
Nestlgatlng committee made a lengthy report
Another memorial from Mcmillan pre-
sented by Schurz, announcing his election as
Senator from Louisiana, and asking the Sen
ate to take notice of the fact. The committee