The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-06-19
CONGRESSIONAL,

ing votes of the two houses on the bill to T,
wise, consolidate and amend the laws relatin
, to pensions, and on the bill to increase til
pensions of soldiers and sailors who have bee
! totally disabled, were agreed to.A bill wa
passed-34 to 10-fOr the better organizatio
| of the district courts within the state of Louis
lana. House bill fixing the time for tn
election of Representatives from the state O
Pennsylvania to the forty-fourth congress wa
passed. Consideration was resumed of tn
bill relating to the distribution Of public docu
ments, which was laid over and the moiet
bill taken up and debated till the close of tn
session.
In the house, on the 8th, Mr.. Butler
Of Massachusetts,, moved to suspend the rule
and take from the speakers table senate civi
| rights bill. and refer it to the judiciary com
| mittee, with the right to report at any time
The motion was rejected-136 to 1S6-not two
| thirds In the affirmative. The bill for the
admission of Colorado as a state was passed
| ITO to 65-. The president presented the con
| ference reports of the bill on pension laws
and the bill regulating pensions for total dis
| abilities, which were agreed to-. The house
| took up the Louisiana contested election case
| of Sheridan and Pinchback. Speeches in SUD.
| port of the majority report were made by
| Messrs. Smith and Sypher, and against it by Mr.
| Lamar. The discussion closed with speeches
| from the contestants, and the subject was
| postponed till tomorrow.
In the senate, on the 9th, a joint res.
olution providing for the termination of the
treaty between the United States and BeIgi-
um, of July 18th, 1853 was adopted A bill
was introduced to establish the Commercial
railroad company. It proposes to incorporate
| the Commercial railroad company, with capi-
tai of 5000 600, 600, to construct and operate
| a railroad with four or more tracks, from New
| York city tC the cities of Chicago and st. Lou
| is, dividing its main line at such points as
| may be found best to reach these cities with
| the right to extend its road to any point on the
| Mississippi river above st. Louis. The road is
| to be commenced within TWO years and fin
ished within twelve years of the enactment
bill. The committee on territories reported
favorably on house bill to enable the people
OF New Mexico to form a constitution and
state government, for the admission of said
state into the union on equal footing with
original states, and it was placed on the cal
endar. Consideration of the moiety bill was
resumed and continued till the close Of the
session,
In the house, on the 9th, the Louis
lana contested election case came up, and re-
suited in declaring thar neither of the con-
testants CSheridan and Pinchback) were shown
by the testimony to have been legally elected
"A bill was passed incorporating the wes-
tern with the eastern Judicial district of Ar
kansas. The Geneva award bill was debated
In the senate, on the 10th, bill was
introduced to abolish the board of Indian
commissioners. "A bill was reported relating
to telegraphic communication between the
United States and foreign countries. It au-
thorizes the secretary of state to grant permis-
sion to any citizens or association of the Uni
ted States to connect this country By cable
telegraph with any foreign country conceding
to our citizens the same rights and privileges
for landing and working telegraphic wires as
1t has granted, or may grant, to its own citi-
Zens f.; provided, however, that the permission
granted to foreign citizens shall be subject to
any and all rights of property and state iuris-
dictiOn in and over cables to be landed on our
shores. The resolution to pay W. T. Sykes
late contestant for a seat in the senate from
Alabama, So, 900 as salary went over The
moiety bill passed and the senate adjourned
In the house, on the 10th, the com
mittee on ways and means reported adversely
on the following bills To abolish the tax on
cigars, tobacco and snuff to repeal the tax on
deposits in savings banks to repeal the taxes
on distilled spirits and tobacco; for the issue
of convertible bonds; to impose an income
tax to repeal the duty salt A bill for
the relief Of owners and purchasers of lands
sold for taxes in insurrectiOnarv states was re-
ferred. The German award bill was taken
up, the questio being on the substitute Of
fered by Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, reject
ing the claims of insurance companies which
after a spicy debate, was adopted and the
house adjourned.
In the senate, on the 11th, house bill
to admit, free of duty, articles intended for the
centennial exhibition was passed -. "A memo
rial of workingmen of Pennsylvania was re-
ferred, asking for the restoration of ten per
cent. duty on iron and steel, and for free
banking The resolution to pay Sykes the
Alabama rejected senatorial contestant Sc
500 was voted down, as was also motion to
insert 81, 600 as the amount of compensation.
go. The currency bill brought on further dis
cussion, and without reaching a vote the SEN
atesadjOurned.
In the house, on the 11th, the civil
service rules were the principal subject of dis
cussion, and were generally denounced bv the
speakers as Ineffective.
In the senate, on the 18th, the bill to
incorporate the eastern and western transpor-
tation company, with authority to construct
railroad from the coast of South Carolina to
the Missouri river, was referred to the COM
miltee on railroads. The consideration of
the currency question was resumed, and, after
debate, the report was agreed to-32 to %.
In the house, on the 18th, a bill was
passed appropriating $780, 600 to enable the
secretary of war to execute the acts of April
%, 1874 and May %, 1874, for the relief Of
persons suffering from the overflow Of the
Mississippi river, and of the Tombigbee
Warrior and Alabama rivers, and of the Ten
nessee river. Debate on the civil appropri-
alton bill consumed the remaining hours of the
session.
In the senate, on the 18th, the com
mittee on transportation reported adversely
on the house bill providing for the construc-
tion of the st. Philip canal, and the committee
was discharged. The committee on trans
pOrtatiOn reported an amendment to the river
and harbor appropriation bill, which provides
for the appointment by the president of
a board of engineers, to be composed of two
from the army, two from the coast survey. and
three from civil life, which board shall make a
survey Of the mouth of the Mississippi river
with a view to determining the best method of
obtaining and maintaining a depth of water
sufficient for the purposes Of commerce,
either by canal from said river to the waters
of the gulf, or by deepening one or more of
the natural outlets of said river. The COM
mittee on privileges and elections reported
favCrably on house bill to provide for the
election of congressman at large for Alabama.
"A number of bills OF a private nature
were passed, and the senate adjourned.
In the house, on the 18th, considera-
ton was had Of the civil appropriation bill,
which includes the following items: Custom
house and post-ofice at Memphis, $50, 900 !;
courthouse and post-ofice at st. Louis, con-
-inuation, $500 custom-house at Knox
vile, furniture, etc, $50, O00 Adjourned
WELL, this is a sumner. Two young
ladies of Chicago, daughters of a respec-
table physician there, have been arres-
ted for carrying on wholesale conf
dence game, by collecting money In the
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