Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-02-28
WASHINGTON.
Summary Of Congressional Proceedings
and Action Of Committees, Etc.
Appropriations No Extra. SessiOn-Re-
ports Of COmmittees-Utah
Affairs.
Brooks and Ames Censured-Seenes
During the Vote Upon the ResO-
lutiOns In the House,
brooks and Ames Censured

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lutiOns in the House,
Brooks and Ames Censured.
WASHINGTON, February 27.-While
the House was voting on the resolution
to lay the whole Credit Mobilier matter
on the table, Mr.. Brooks held his head
down, apparently absorbed in reading.
Mr.. Ames sat in one of the front seats,
leaning his head upon his hand, SEEM
/ ingly following the vote attentively. a
| bOqnet stood on the desk before him.
4 The vote was taken in perfect silence,
/ a solemn stiffness pervading the hall,
/ and all responses were distinctly heard.
! The members seats were all filled, and
/ the galleries packed. Mr.. Sargents
! first resolution, censuring MIR. Ames,
( was adopted by yeas $50, nays SO. The
resolution censuring MIR. Brooks was
/ adopted by yeas 174, nays 80. The LAM
/ gHage of Mr.. Sargent's resolution is that
| the House absolutely condemns the con-
/ duet of Messrs. sAmes and Brooks, and
| then briefly details the Credit Mobilier
| transactions. When the vote was de-
/ clared in the House to-day respecting
/ Mr.. Brooks, he conspieuously left his
seat and went first to Mr.. Elliott, col |
/ ored Representative from South Caro-
I lima, and in the presence of hundreds in
/ the rear of Mr.. Elliott's seat, thanked
! him at length and emphatically for the
! vote which he had given, and he then
! did the same to Mr.. Ramsey, also from
! South Carolina, whose seat was in a
distant part of the House. This specta-
Gle attracted great attention. -,
Utah Matters Discussed I'm the Senate
WASHINGTON, February Ex-senator
EdmoRds called up the bill to aid in the
execution of the laws in Utah. Mr..
Freelinghuysen explained the bill. Mr..
| Thurman moved to recommit the bill TO
the Judiciary Committee, with instruc-
tions to provide for the election by the
Legislature, or by qualified electors of
Utah, Of three Commissioners, who shall
act in conjunction, with Judge Mar
shall and Clerk, with equal power in
selecting persons from whom juries are
to be constructed and to provide for
writs of error to the Supreme Court of
the United States, in criminal cases
where the punishment is capital, or i'm
prisonment for six months or fine of one
thousand dollars. Mr.. Morton said that
while every one of course disapproved Of
polygamy, ii might. be well to inquire
how far the United States Government /
was itself responsible for the institution
in Utah. The acts of the Territorial
Legislature, in effect sanctioning polyg- |
amy, had never been annulled by Con- |
gress. There was the question, therefore,
whether the effect of this had
not been to legalize polygamy.
MIR. Thurman withdrew his motion
to recommit and offered his pro-
posed verSiOn as an amendment. !
Congregational Appropriations. a
WASHINGTON, February 27.-The |
Senate Committee on Appropriations
report to amend sundry civil appropria-
ton bills as follows: To authorize the !
publication of the statistics of the In |
ternational Congress; appropriate $l0,- !
900 for the continuation of PowelPs sur
vey of the Colorado river and $4,000 for |
a road 10 the Yellowstone; for a nation |
al park; $50, ,000 for the completion of |
the survey of the Isthmus of Tehuan-
tepec; to strike out the provision for a |
lighthouse at Isle Royale, Lake Superior, |
and lighthouse at Saginaw Bay, Mich |
igan; to reduce the appropriation for the |
New York post-otfice from 81, 800, 900 to |
81 ,400, 900; to increase the appropriation |
for the Boston postoffice to SS0s GOO; on |
certain conditions to appropriate S15O, 900 |
for telegraph lines on the Texas frontier;
to reduce the appropriation for the Rock |
Island arsenal.
Reports from sundry Senate Commit.
tees.
WASHINGTON, February 27.-Mr. |
Morrill, (Maine), from the Committee on |
Military Affairs, reported without |
amendment bill to repeal SO much OF |
the law relating to the organization of |
the army as establishes distinctions to |
the prejudice of one class of American |
citizens, namely the colored men. Mr.. !
Morrill, (Vermont), from the Committee !
on Public Bridges and Grounds, reported |
without amendment the House bill ap- |
propriating three hundred thousand |
dollars to purchase a site for the new
Government buildings at Pittsburg. Mr.. |
Ames, from the Committee on Com |
merce, reported without amendment |
the House bill authorizing the construc-
ton of bridge across the Mississippi |
river at st. Louis.
Railroad and other Matters.
WASHINGTON, February 27.-The |
President signed the bill to allow the !
Northern Pacific Railroad Company to |
build bridge across the st. Louis river |
between Rice's Point, Minnesota, and /
Conner's Point, Wisconsin. The appro-
priation bills, 1t is conceded, are in a |
fair way to be passed, and can bs fin |
ished in three days. The fishery bill |
has passed both houses, and the Utah |
bill passed the Senate last night. The I
House can dispose of it in a day and |
then the business will be finished by |
Tuesday. The most important measure 1
to go over will be the Louisiana matter, /
and as the President has already nOti- |
Eed Congress what action he will take |
in regard thereto, no effort will be made |
toward settling the troubles of that |
State.
Hard on Lawyers.
WASHINGTON, February 27.-During /
the discussion of the Utah question in |
the eveping session of the Senate, Sena- |
tor Thurman moved to strike out the |
sentence which provided for legal pro- |
cess by which plural Mormon wives can
get released from their husbands and re-
ceive the custody of their minor chill |
dren, and share their husbands proper
ty. He argued that this provision would
tempt disreputable lawyers to stir up lit |
igation and disturb society. The motion |
to strike out was lOst-ayes is, nays %
NO Extra Session of Congress.
WASHINGTON, February 27.-The i'm |
preston was recently gained that an
extra session of the House was neces- |
sary to get all the. appropriation bills
through with other important measures.
1t now looks as if all the bills of impor-
tance could be passed before Tuesday.
The President is well known to be OPP
posed to an extra session.
Appropriation Bills Passed and Re
1eeted.
WASHINGTON, February 27.-The for
tification, pension, Military Academy,
Indian Consular and Diplomatic appro-
priation bills passed both Houses.
The naval appropriation bill is in the
Conference Committee in the House.
A resolution discharging the Special
Committee was rejected.
Louisiana.
WASHINGTON, February 27.-The de-
bate in the House to-day on the~report
Of the committee ON the Louisiana inves-
tigation occupied almost the entire time
of the afternoon and evening sessions,
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