Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-05-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
The House Refuses TO Take Up the Civ
il Rights Bill.
Ftrst Session Forty.third Congress.
WASHINGTON, May p.
. SENATE.

Mr.. Acorn presented a memorial, from
citizens of Mississippi, asking Congress to
take charge of the levees of the Mississippi
river. Referred to the Special Committee
on Levees.
In the Senate, Mr.. Scott called up the
bill supplementary to the act to inGorpor-
shs h yhe M Vas TO- ehabe t6e
company to execute mortgage upon the
portion of its road already completed.
Mr.. Edmunds moved an amendment:
THAT nothing in the act shall be constru-
ed TO have the effect to entitle said corpor-
alton to any other or further rights to pub
lie lands, or in any other respect as against
the United States than such as IL is now
entitled to by law )" which was agreed to,
and the bill was then passed.
The conference report on the appropria-
ton bill was adopted.
The deficiency appropriation bill was
taken up, and among the amendments was
one for 80, 900 for the Surveyor-G General of
Louisiana for clerks fees.
Mr.. Stewart introduced a Joint resolution
proposing the following as AN amendment
TO the Constitution: Article siXteen-" If
any State shall fail to maintain n common
school system, under which all persons
between the ages of five and eighteen years,
not incapacitated for the same, shall re-
ccive, free of charge, such elementary edu-
cation as Congress may prescribe, the Con-
gress shall have power to establish therein
such system, and cause the same to be
maintained at the expense of such State. y
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
The Obsequies of Mr.. Mellish occupied
the Senate up TO adjournment.
HOUSE.
Among bills introduced and referred,
was one by NJ. Sheldon, to refund the cot
ton tax, and one by Mr.. Young, of Geor.
gia, to have Rome, Ga, selected as man
u featuring arsenal.
Bills were introduced confirming the
presumption and homestead rights in Ala
bama.
A bill by Gen. sheldon to refund the
cotton tax.
BY Mr.. Grassland, ofKentucky; bill to
revive the act of 1864, providing for the
payment to loyal owners of negroes draft
ed or mustered iuto the army Ofthe United
, states. II proposes the appointment OF a
! Commission ~ Investigate all such claims
aud 10 allow in each case the sum Of 500,
as provided in said act, which was sus-
/ pended in 1861
Mr.. Harris, of Virginia; Il bill 10 restore
! To the pension rolls the names of pension
ers of the Mexican war, stricken there
! from for disloyalty.
! Motions TO suspend the rules and take
! up the supplementary civil rights bill and
/
| thirds not voting i'm the affirmative. The
vote on the civil rights bill was 153 to 81
not two-thirds. The following Republi-
cans voted with the Democrats: Brom-
7 berg, of Alabama; Butler, Of Tennessee
Lowndes, of Maryland; Senior, of Virginia
Straits, of Minnesota; J. Amber Smith, OF
Virginia w. 4. Smith, of North Caro-
! lima Thomas, of Virginia; Thornburgh
of Tennessee. The defeat of the supple,
mentary civil rights bin in the House to,
day is not finality. To he sure the Sen
ate bill can not be got az except under
suspension ofthe rules by two.thirds vote
aud that as shown by the action Of the
House 70 day can not be secured.
But the judiciary Committee, under il
leave to report at any time, can report ;
bill, which Is a perfect copy Of the Senate
bill,and this can be passed by simple ma
jority aud sent to the Senate and Their
acto1 On. In that way tho eupplementarv