The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-04-24

ment in relation to the sinking fund, and Mer-i
ans substitute providing for the reduction Of CIV
~culation at the option Of national banks. Ths se.-
ton which allows banks without circulation IA bs
organized, and the section which provides for IN.
issue of 81 900 Of gold notes as . substitute for
a like amount Of legal-tsnders, were stricken ont
kelley's 8 65-10s proposition was rejected by an en.
~ceedingly close vote. Without taking further action
the House adjourned.
SATURDAY, April 11.-Senate.-Not in ses-
sion.
House.-fhe contested seat from Kentucky wa.
awarded to Young, the sitting member. The hin
was passed permitting aliens, after six moptbs,-
residence, to act as pilots and engineers. Tbe
struggle Oh the financial question was long
wearisome and ~fruitiess. A large number ~
amendments were voted down, including Bec.,,
proposition authorizing the tissue of 1900 o0. IN
legal-tsnders, the retirement Of the national bant
notes and the substitution therefor of Treasury
notes and 3.65 convertible bonds. $50 The Speaker
was almost unanimously sustained on a ruling that
members who are directly interested in national
banks had q right to vote on the Free Banking bill.
MONDAY, April 1a-Senate.-Bayard sub.
mitted an amendment to Carpenters bill proy;d-
ing for a new election in Louisiana. In its pre-
amble it sets forth that McEnery is the legally
elected Governor, and requests the President to
issue his proclamation recognizing him as such.
Chandler was excused from service on ths
Committee on Mines and Mining, and Jones substi-
ted in his place....A long debate ensued on the
bill authorizing a new election in Louisiana, without
reaching . vote. The bill providing for the IN
corporation and regulation Of railroads in the Ter
ritories was passed also the House bill author
iziug aliens to become pilots and engineers.
House.-The following bills were introduced:
To regulate service in the collection of customs:
relative to rates of freight and passcngers on Pacific
railroads; for the construction Of a ship canal
from the mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico; for
improving navigation a. the mouth of the Missis-
sippi river. -. The rules were suspended, and the
bill for the free exchange of newspapers BE-
tween publishers, and the free t~ransmisscn Of
newspapers by mail within the county Of their
publication, was passed By q vote Of I7S TO ill.,.
The bill for the hee transmission by mail ofali
seeds, cuttings and plants sent by the Commission
er Of Agriculture was not SO lucky. A motion to
pass it under = suspension Of the rules was
lost....A motion directing the Secretary Of
the Treasury to defer Operations on all public
buildings authorized and not begun also failed to
pass under E suspension Of the rules. Stone
moved to suspend the rules and adopt the resolu-
ton reciting gross abuses and irregularities In the
letting of mail contracts, and providing for the in
vestigation thereof. After 4 long and angry dis
cussion the resolution was referred to the Pos.offce
Committee.
TUEsEsDAy, April 14.-Seadte.-Sumners
Civil Rights bill with an amendmen,) and the bill
TO provide for the payment OF the bonds Of the
Louisville and Portland canal were reported from
the committees and placed on the calendar Car
penter called up his Louisiana bill, which was dis
cussed without action. -. Ingalls, introduced a bill
to regulate bids for Indian supplies
House.-In the House . final disposition of the
finance question was made by the passage of May
nard's bill providing for free banking, and fixing
the maximum amount OF United States notes 1t
500, 000, 900, and also the Senate Currency bill,
which places the same limit to the legal-tender cir
%culation, but substitutes for the free banking
measure q sectioni Increasing the circulstion Of the
national banks by s44 ,0os, 900. 9. Bills were intro
duced and referred providing for the reorgsn-
ixation of the civil service and Of the treasury
Department. "A bill was passed abolishing
the Office Of Appraiser of Imported Merchandise
at Providence, Portland, Cleveland, Milwaukee,
Memphis, Evansville, Louisville, Norfolk, Mobile,
Toledo and Pittsburgh, and providing tina, there
shall be only one Appraiser of Imported Mer-
chandise at Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston
and Savannah. -. Crsmer introduced q joint reso-
luton submitting to the Legislatures of the several
States an amendment to the Constitution of he
United States, providing for the election of United
States Senators by the people of the respective
States. Referred TO the Judiciary Committee.
WEDNESDAY, April 15.-Senate.-The House
Free Banking bill was referred to the Finance Com
mittee, House bill to pay the District Of Column
ba school-teachers s97, $50 for their services from
September, 1873, to March, 1874, was passed..
Carpenters bill to provide for new election in
Louisiana was discussed at length.
House.-A bill was passed abolishing mileage, and
restricting the extra compensation Of members Of
Congress to sctual travelling expenses....Ths
House, in Committee of the whole, was engaged
most OF the day in considering the General Apprc-
pristion BILL l-se 4E
THURSDAY, April 16.-Senate.-Logan in
troduced n bill to enable disabled soldiers to receive
money communication upon orders for srtifcial limbs
that are dated before June IL, 1870. Referred...-
Carpenter introduced u preamble and resolutions
setting forth the right of colonies to establish in
dependent governments when they have the power
to do 70, and declaring it to be the duty Of the
United States, in view Of the prolonged rebellion in
CUBA and the probability that it will never be sup
pressed, to recognize Cuba as free and indepen-
dent sovereignty. The resolutions provide for strict
neutrality on the part of the United States
between the contending parties They were
referred to the Foreign Relations Committee. IL
gals introduced y bill to compel the Union Pacific
Railroad Company to pro-rata all freights carried
over its lineiu connection with other uilroads..
The bill ordering q new election in Louisiana was
debated by Carpenter, Morton, West, Howe and
Hamilton (Md.). lu-. ~
House.-The session Of the Honse was devoted to
the consideration, in Committee Of the Whole, Of
the Legislative, Executive and judicial Appro-