The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-03-15
Congress i'm Brief.


Walla-W ALA Railroad Company. The
credentials of General Gordon, Senator
electfr0m Georgia, were presented. The
House passed the river and harbOr ap-
preparation bill, and IL resolution to pay
Lott (Rep.) 81 800 for contcsting the scat
OF BOarman (Dem. Lay A bill was also
passed providing for carryingintO effect
the provisions Of the Treaty of Wash
ingt0n in relation to the fisheries, the
President having sent a special message
to both houses urging the necessity for
such legislation. a conference commit
tee was ordered on disagrceing votes on
the naval appropriation bill. The House
bill for the distribution Of the Geneva
award was substituted for the Senate
bill. In Committee of the Whole, the
House voted (at l o'clock in the mOrning)
4 sweeping increase Of salaries as an
amendment to the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill, begin
ming with $4,000 for the President.
Tuesday, Feb. 25.-The credentials of
Senator BOgy (Dcm., Mo- were present
cd. The Sen0tepaSSeda bill authorizing
the sale of a portion Of Fort Ripley res
Crvati0n i'll Minnesota. Morrill, (Rcp.,
VIZ. Sawyer, rep, s. c., and Steven
son (Dem., ky.) were appointed a con-
ference committee Oh the agricultural
NOllCSS bllIs i lC CItSti VI ECtllitOI CttlU-
we'll was postponed till the 4th March,
The army appropriation bill was passed.
The House debated thercsOlutiOn for the
expulsion of Messrs. Ames and Brooks
for connection with the Credit M0biIier.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 9G.-The Senate
nOn-COnCurred in the House amendment
to the bill for the distribution of the Ge-
nevaaward, and Messrs. Edmunds (Rep.,
VT, Carpenter (Rep., Wis.,, and Thur
man Dem., Ohio Wcrcapp0inted Il com
mittec of conference. Senator Clayton,
OF Arkansas, was reported not guilty of
the charges against him. The Commit
tee on Transportation Routes was in
strltctcd to inquire abOuta dOuble-track,
tilSt-class Government railway from the
Atlantic scabOard to the Mississippi or
Missouri. Bills were passed to carry ont
the provisions of the treaty OF Washing
ton in regard to the fisheries (Which
passed the House Tuesday,; to extend
the time for the construction of the st.
Louisiana Pacific railroad appr0priating
$4,000 to defray the expenses OF the
POmcrOy investigation for the relief of
certain custom officers at Chicago: aU-
thOriZing the exchange Of the old post
office property in the city of Chicago;
authorizing the survey and sale of CeT-
tain Indian lands in Kansas and Nebras-
ka; ~instructing an inquiry us to any
further subsidies due the Union Pacific
road or branches, and ordering them
withheld; and a bill constituting board
to select those citizens of Utah from
whom juries shall be drawn. The House
debated the resolutions Of expulsion of
Ames and Brooks.
of Senator elect Oglesby, from Illinois,
were presented. < bill passed author
ling u certain award to Vincennes Uni
yersity. The bill providing for a new
election in Louisiana was debated all
day and all night. The House ordered
a conference committee on the Geneva
award bill, and passed the bill appro-
priating $4,000 for the expenses of the
POmerOy investigation, and also bill in
relation to fractional parts of barrels
(lnternal revenue). The debate on the
expulsion Of Messrs. Amcs and Brooks
was concluded, and substitutes (fOr the
resolutions of eXpulsion) were adopted
censuring those Representatives fOrtheir
connection with th0Credit MObilicr. A
resolution cens1ring Kelly, of Pennsyl-
vania, was defeated.
FRIDAY, Feb. 2S.-Thursday's session
of the Senate closed at half-past seven
Friday morning by the defeatOf the bill
~ a. IN VIVA 4ph Il A4OlA4SlGElAlS Y 1
days session the credentials of Senator
elect Patterson, Of South Carolina, were
presented. The conference report on
the cOdificatiOn of the pension laws was
cOncurred in. Bills passed making San
Diego, Cal, a port OF entry authorizing
hOnOrably- discharged soldiers and sail
Ors to acquire hOmesteads; authorizing
the use of third 90 becr-barrels and
stamps; legalizing soldiers homestead
+ entries, not exceeding 100 acres each,
a within the limits of railroad grants. The
conference repOrtOnt the Southern claims
commission wa ]c0ncurred in, The
House conCurred in the conference re-
= port OF the pension code, and in the con
ference report Oh the Southern claims
commission. A resolution was adopted
t impeaching United States District Judge
= Delahay, of Kansas. A bill fixing the
duty on macaroni. The ]recusant Credit
MObilier witness, Joseph B. Stewart, was
i, ordered discharged from custody.
SATURDAY, March 1.-The credentials
of j. H, Mitchell, Senator elect from
North Carolina, were presented. The
Senate passed the following bills: Tht
} House bill making Lacrosse, Wis, pOr1
of delivery the sundry civil service up,
preparation bill authorizing the sale o.
= certain old arsenal property; the HOUSE
. bill fixing the time fOrthe election Of thu
, California Representatives in the Forty
y fourth Congress; and the House bill con
9 corning the Portland, Dalles, and Sal
. Lake railroad. The conference repOr
q on the naval appropriation bill was con
9 9 Cured in; and a conference committee
. o was ordered on the legislative apprO
priatiOn bill. The House passed the leg
. islativc, executive and judicial apprO
| 1NT3 ofInn hill aDH cnNf ~ IN q onnfnTt,,n
Il committee loaded down with amend
ments, among which are increased sal
aries-$50,OO for the President, $1,000
! for Cabinet, Vice President, Speaker ant
" Supreme Court, and $4,000 for member
- of COngress-tOgether with the amend
ments ordering suit against the UniOl
. Pacific and Withholding compensation
y for transportation. A resolution wa
=, passed cOngratulating the Spanish re-
4 public. The Senate amendments 10 til
+ army appropriation bill We're ~rejecte,
and the hill sent to conference com
mittee. Bills passed extending the tim
for pre-emptOrs in Dakota and Minneso
= ia to pay for theirland authorizing tn
Texas and Pacific railroad to issue cur
! rency instead of coin bonds; authorizing
a railroad bridge at Lexington, Mo-; 9u
- thOriZing the continued employment O
Mr.. Hale as counsel before the Unite,
" States and British mixed commission
- Notwithstanding his election to Congress
z the deficiency appropriation bill appro
= priating oven $4,000 0O;. the Senate bill
comforting jurisdiction on the Court O
Claims in the suit Of CarrOndolet VS.. tn
I United States and the Senate bill TO
suppression Of obscene literature. TIL
sundry civil service appropriation hi
= was sent to a conference committee,