Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-05-07
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

In the Senate, on the 2Sth, the committee
on the judiciary reported adversely on large
number of disability bills on the ground that
no petitions accompanied them. The Senate
currency bills, with the veto message of the
President, was, after some discussion, taken
up. The question was put: "Shall the bill
carry, the Presidents objection to the contra
ry notwithstanding On a count of votes
there were "a yeas and 30 nays, when the bill
was declared lost for want of a constitutional
majority. In the House, bill appropriating
100000 for the relief of the sufferers by the
overflow of the Mississippi was passed. The
legislative and judicial appropriation bill was
taken up, amended and passed.
In the Senate, on the 29tb, bill was in
troduced in relation to reducing the salaries of
officers, clerks and messengers in the civil
service. The civil rights bill was taken up,
and Mr.. Frelinghuysen made speech in its
support. In the House, two bills were intro
duced to amend the currency law. The consid.
Grafton of the bill to carry into execution the
provisions of the fourteenth amendment, con-
cerning citizenship, was before the House
during the morning hour. Mr.. Hale, of New
York, made speech in opposition to the bill.
The Indian appropriation bill was considered,
and the committee on commerce reported the
river and harbor appropriation bill.
In the Senate, on the 30th, the civil rights
bill was under discussion. Mr.. Norwood, of
Georgia, spoke in opposition to the bill, and
without concluding his speech, the bill went
over. The bill to increase the pay depart
ment of the army was passed. Five addi-
tional pay.masters were added to the service,
making the total number employed fifty. In
the House, the Senate amendment to the Lou
isville and Portland Canal bill was discussed.
Mr.. Wheeler, of New York, opposed the bill.
The committee on elections submitted report
on the Utah election case, declaring that
George R. Maxwell was not elected, and that
George @. Cannon was elected, but omitted
to say that he was entitled to seat. A rcso-
luton was then offered for the appointment
of special committee to investigate the
charge of polygamy against Mr.. Cannon, and
to decide whether, if this charge is sustained,
a man with four wives, as Mr. Cannon is al
legged to have, is eligible to seat as men,
Der of the House of Representatives of the
United States.
In the Senate on the 1st instant, Mr..
Washburn was seated as Senator from Mas
sachusetts. The committee on appropriations
reported the House joint resolution appropria-
ting 100000 to the purchase of rations for
the sufferers by the overflow of the Mississip-
pi river, which was passed. The civil rights
bill came up as unfinished business; but Mr..
Norwood, who was entitled to the floor, not
having concluded his speech commenced the
day previous, said he was physically incapa-
BILE of proceeding, and the bill went over.
The Senate adjourned until Monday. In the
House the Indian appropriation bill was dis
cussed.
In the House, on the End, a large number
of private bills were reported and acted upon,
the day being devoted to bills of this class
alone.
A Washington dispatch says that the SEN
ate finance committee have matured their
new bill, and will probably report it during
the present week. The provisions agreed
upon are free banking, the proportion of
greenbacks to be retired to be fifty per cent,
reserves to be deposited in the treasury to re-
deem notes. and the time for resumption OF
specie payment to begin January l, 1879. 1t
is also understood that Gen. Butler proposes
to introduce into the House a bill legalizing
the claimed forty-four million reserve, which
means initiation by the proposition actually to
issue that amount. The President, it is be-
lieved, would certainly veto the bill yet
there seems to be no doubt but it will pass
the House if presented.