Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-05-21
EVENING STAR.
COTGRESSIOrsI
sENATE-Aiter our report closed

SENATE-After our report closed
lie n0non 70 take az the ciy,l risee bul Wa
earned yeas 81, nays ia strict party vote.
Affairs, reported . bill oonfsrrins ssela.se
iuttsitetion over Indian reservations npOa
United Stats courts, and FOR ths panish ment OF
crime committed nv and against Indisns
MIR. Flanagan thsn addressed the senate az
SSnsioersbie isnsth In favor Of she civil righSs
MT. Pratt read an argument In favor of the
bill, and JUSTIFIED the severe pensIti,s xhich ,s
PROVIDED he said that the bilrdid not comoel
mlkel schools where the colored people we're
The opposition 10 the bnl was founded entirrsv
on ,p Pr sd,ee, ana It's passage would annihilsts
Mr.. Thurman said the bin MA. sr,..iv nm
constitutional 10 did not commend tt.clf n,
was satisfied, 20 st least one AZ OF thoss 80
would vote tor t, and the only object Of its pes
were vitality essential TO the Republican, nartx.
He pointed out nc rome length what he con-
sidertd constitutional objestion % the bill he
result in Destroying the entire common scse'i
system OF the South, whereby one millioa
colored chilcr> n in the South would be epriyoI
OF motion OF Mr.. Edmunds, the Senate con-
Cured In the House concurrent solution q,
adjourn stns dc on june -.
Meesrs- Sargent, Morrill, Me- and Davis we're
appointed a committee Of conference on the
naval appropriation bill.
The Senate then, without further action,
went lnto executive session, and shortly ther -
after adjourned.
H0USE.-Aft6r our report closed
The post Office appropriation bill being under
consideration, tn Committee OF the NhOle,l
MIR. whitehead moved 90 strike out the para
graph authorizing the advertising OF mail rOutss
IN Maryland and Virginia In newspapers In the
District Of Columbia lie said that tue gentle
man from Florida Mr.. Purman) hsi urged tbs
publication OF the laws in the country ne gsns-
pers, Ne a necessity for the support OF republic
can newspapers He did not agree with him.
but " that Vas 20 be the rule there were needy
republican papers IN Virginia aud MARYLAND
quite a. deserving As the papers I'M the DsstrtSt
OF Columbia The amendment was agreed %
by vote OF IS 20 6S.
Mr.. r.. X. Hosr offered an amend nent 20 the
bill, authorized TO be offered under = sasPen-
SION OF the rules.l providing that the postage Ga
the annual report of the Agricultural depart.
ment shall not exceed ten cents, and appealed
to the House not 60 jeopsrdlze this amend ment
30 important 20 the agricultural interests, BY
adding other documents, but % leave all Others
70 general bill, now being prepared in the
MIR. Shanks moved 20 amend by striking out
ten cents and inserting one cent Adopted.
Mr. Mills offered q substitute 20 allow the
Agricultural Report TO pass free in the mails.
Mr.. Holman offered an amendment 20 inclnds
the Monthly ~ well ss the Annual RepOrts.
Adopted.
The second section, relating to mail steam
ship subsidies, was reached, and the committee
Mr.: o'Neil, from the Committee on Appro-
prlauons, reported the pension apprQpri alto n
bill, which was ordered printed and referred q
the Committee OF the Whole. The amOant APP
prOpristed Is SIS, $50, OOO.l
The Speaker laid before the House a number
Of executive documents among which Wers
copies OF the papers in the trial of Capital
HURT, transmitted by the Secretary OF War IN
answer 20 q resolution OF the House OF March s.
which Was referred TO the Committee on MILF
tary Affairs.
Mr.. Sayler (ohio) offered a resolution direct
ing the Committee on Military Affairs 20 in
quire whether Major ". III. Mclean was not
unjustly treated i'm connection with the trial OF
Captain HURT, and whether an examination OF
the records will not show nat hts restoration IL
required, and that In pursuing the Invest cation
the committee have power 10 send for persons
and papers. Adopted.
Mr.. Sawyer introduced bill for deepening
the channel Of the mouth OF the Mississippi
rive-. Referred TO Committee on Commerce.
AT BIS p. m, on motion Of Mr.. Kellogg, ths
House &C journed.