Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-02-12

| say the people OF his section were VloisiclAiS
the law by having this currency which they
had taken in accordance with the propo-
sitiOn made by representatives Of the ma
| lion.
Pending discussion on Mr.. NeTimon's
amendment to insert S75,000,000 IN place
Of S25, 900, the Senate adjourned. 8 q
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-Seyeral bills re-
lating to Indian affairs were reported from
committee and passed.
The Howard Investigation.
The Senate amendments to the joint res
olution for military court of enquiry III
the ease of Gen. @. O. Howard were taken
up and eoi1curred III. They were merely
verbal.
Relieved from service ON the District
Investigating Committee.
The Speaker stated he had received a
communication from E. ii. Roberts, OF New
| York, stating his time was so engrOsSed by
his duties as a member of the Committee
on Ways and Means that he couldn't serve
on the Joint Select Committee on the At
fairs of the District OF Columbia. He was
excused and his colleague, Bass, appointed
in his stead.
| Butler Objects 60 Investigating the
sanborn Contracts.
Mr., Fester from the Committee on Ap-
preparations, asked leave to report back q
substitute for the resolution offered by Mr..
| Randall in relation to the Sanbon con-
tracts, directing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to furnish full copies of them and Of
| all schedules, correspondence and orders Of
| the Department relative TO them and
statement OF the amount paid Under trem,
| by whom, etc.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, objected
and the resolution was not received.
The Army BiII-TransportatiOn on
Subsidized Railroads.
The House then went into committee
of the whole, Mr.. kellogg in the chair, on
the army appropriation bill.
The amendment offered yesterday by Mr..
Cobb OF Kansas, looking to the transfer Of
| Government transportation from the Atchi-
son. Topeka and Santa Fe railroad to the
Kansas Pacific railroad was lost after a
| brief debate. in which Mr.. Holman claimed
that under the terms Of the original. grant
to the former road, it was bound to trans
fer troops andmunitions Of the Government
absolutely free of charge.
Mr. Bromberg moved an amendment,
| that the two additional commissioners pro
| vided for in the bill shall be selected from
the Southern States. Rejected:
saies i'm the south.
Mr.. Brombers also offered an amend
ment prohibiting the payment Of money to
secure agents or infOrme-s in the service Of
| the Southern Claims Commission. EX-
Guided on a point Of order as new legisla-
tion.
The LAWS Not Enforced.
Mr.. Cox offered an additional section
that no money shall be paid except for the
PURPOSES Tor which it is specifically appro-
priated.
Mr.. Wheeler stated that is the law at
present.
Mr.. Cox-But it. Is not epfaresd;
MIR. Wheeler know 1t Is not.
Dir. COx's amendment was rejected.
Mr.. Todd moved an amendment prohib-
iting the payment of monex to civilians for
eSsrnihiIig Gnd inspecting WOrk done in
and about National cemeteries, and reGuir-
lug that the work shall be done by quarter
masters Of the regular army. Rejected.
The Army In State Elections.
| Mr.. O'Brien moved an amendment for
bidding the employment of the army fol the
enforcement Of any act of Congress or
proclamation of the President that has any
tendency to Interfere with the rights OF
States to regulate and control the elections
OF Stale officers. Excluded on point OF
order OF new legislation.
Mr.. Cox offered an amendment that the
army shall not be used i'll tie aid of the
pretended State Government known as the
kellogg Government, or interfere in tie
elections of that State or any other State.
Mr.. Wheeler made the poirt cf or,lsr
that the sr,endrieI:t produced new legisla-
tion and was not in order.
Mr.. Sypher hoped the amendment would
be admitted, as the kellogg Government
had troops enough TO thrash eut the Rebel
Democracy,
Mr.. Randall-"It has rascals enough"
The point of order was Sustained and
the amendment excludpi'
II. Crutchfield offered an amen dment
providingthat none OF the claims reported by
the QuartermasteI-G General or COmmissary-
General shall be affected by the provisions
of the act, Rejected,
The BIZ Passed.
The COMMITTEES fhcE lose AMI reported
The b.ni, ana the House proceeded to vote OF
the amendments. The first vote was the
amendment offered by Mr.. Y oung extending
the time for the presentation of claims tC
Nov. 1, 1875. The amendment was a~rees
to. yeas I5I, nays i64. Ali the othel
amendments were agreed to in bulk, and
the bill was passed.
The House then went to the business OF
the Speakers table and referred the eleven
bills thereon to their appropriate commit
tees,
FoftifGatictsa.
The House then went into Committee o
tEe Whole, Mr.. Cox in the chair. on fortif
cations. The discussion of the bill rangel
= through the whole Necessity for e0-lS in de
tail,
The testimony of Gen. Sherman taker
, before the Military Committee was quoted
: on both sides of the argument. whiCl
, prompted Mr.. Butler OF Massachusetts,, t
say that while he had very high respec
Ter Gen. Sherman as a General, he though
him the worst witness he had ever n.e..
J An item of $4,000 for Fort Willets, a
? New York, was a I,OiDt of attack by Mr.