The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-01-25
Congress In Brief.
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MONDAY, Jan Gin the Senate, the
judiciary Committee were instructed to
report as to the expediency of repeating
the bankrupt law. The Committee on
Finance was directed to inquire wlieth-
err the Secretary of the Treasury has
legal authority To issue green-backs in
place of S45, 000, 900 national bank notes
Cancelled since 1866. Tho Secretary of
War was asked the expense of the In
dian wars In Oregon and Washington
Territory. The opinion of the Chief
Engineer was asked as to the best mode
of making q safe llarb0r at Duluth,
Mimi. Secretary Boutwell, was asked
whether allowances have been made to
Navy paymasters. The Indian appFo-
priation bill was considered. The House
ordered the investigation of the Credit
Mobilier scandal to be conducted OPEN
ly,and adopted q resolution directing
suit to be brought against the Credit
Mobilier Company for the interest on
the Union Pacific railway bonds due the
Government. al committee of five was
also ordered to inquire whether holders
of the Credit Mobilier stock held also
bonds Of the Union Pacific railway, etc.
The Senate amendments to the deticien-
cY bill were concJ1rTed in. The Presi-
dent sent in a veto of the bill relating
to spirits destroyed in bond.
TUESDAY. Jan. 1.-THE Senate passed
a resolution instructing the Committee
on Privileges and Elections to inquire
whether the recent election In IOuisl-
an and Arkansas was conducted in ac-
eordance with the Constitution and laws
Of the United States and of those States
respectively, what contests have arisen
out of the said election, and what re1ne-
IL - A.snaI &. I.I-saIaLo4 .n4%ia sv1a6t
contests in future. TThe committee so
instructed il composed of Messrs. Nor
ton rep, Ind.l, chairman; Carpenter
(Rep., Wis.,; Logan rep, ILL.,; Alcorn
6Rep., Msgs.9; Hill (Rep., Ga.1; Anthony
rep, r. III and Trumbun Glib. Rep,
ILL.,, who was given the place of Thur
man IDem., o. by the Democrats re-
eently.1 The*Indian appropriation bill
was debated. In the House #. G. Bnn-
nell, Of the Thirteenth PENNSYLVANIA
district, was sworn In as the successor
of Judge MercuT, resigned. Bills were
passed to settle the claims Of the China
Insurance Company Of Boston, and the
adjusted Venezuela aialms. The legis-
iative, executive and iHdicialappr0pria-
Gi0n bill was debated, and M amend
nlellt was adopted forbidding payment
Of unsuccessful contestants In election
NftcNFss - MG AE@h&ANbNAOA 0L NAIs DEAOK-
idge, MS Congressman MT large from I1i-
nois, was presented. Messrs. Wilson
rep, Ind.1, Shellabargeg rep, o.,
HOar rep, Mass.1, Swami fDem., Md
and Sioeum dem, II. ~ WereappOint-
ed d special committee to investigate
whether any stockholders Of the Credit
MobiIier held bonds of the Union Pacific
Company, and whether they obtained
them for d valuable consideration, etc.
WEDNESDAY,, Jan. 8-The Senate
passed bills for the erection of public
buildings IN Evansville, Ind, and Grand
Rapids, Mich. for additional terms OF
the United States Circuit Court for the
Southern District OF New York; and
debated the Indian appropriation bill.
A resolution passed appropIiating $780,
600 to pay expenses OF Investigating the
election of Louisiana and Arkansas.
The Secretary of the Interior was asked
about the Modoc Indian war. I'M the
House q proposition to make the Ppesi-
dents salary $4,000 was ruled out Of
order as m amendment to the EXecu-
tive appropriation bill. Bills We're
passed TO Teadiust the western bounda-
~ OF Dakota transferring certain peni-
t~entiaT1e8 to the territories; regulating
pay of Territorial Legislatures; and
disappearing certain laws of Washing
ton Territory.