The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-05-30
CONGRESSIONAL

In the senate, on the 10Th, resolutions
I providing for the adjournment OF congress on
the l2d of June we're agreed to without dis
cussion. House bill for the benefit o; occu-
pying claimants on pubic lands was passed.
n motion made that the civil rights
bill be taken mp, but It appearing that
quorum was not present the senate djOurued.
In the house, on the 18th, the bill
to amend the custom laws, and TO repeal the
system Of moiiies to informers in e customs
revenue cases, was taken up. The bill was
debated at length, and finally passed. Bills
we're pissed TO remove the poli.i-al disabilities
district 81 feihnessss@ In s @ fls exs9aiEivs e6ia-
mittee made a report in the Louisiana con
tested election case. that neither of the claim
ants Pinchback or Sheridan, had presented
evidence to establish their right to a seat a. 81
representative at large, but that they sAould
have right TO take further testimony. Mr..
Lamar presented a minority report, that
Pinchback was not elected and thai Sheridan
wss. Reports ordered printed and are to be
called mp hereafter. An eff Ort made t.
tako mp senate bill TO adjourn sine die june
POD. but it not taken up and the house
adjourned.
In the senate, on the 20th, the com
mittee on claims reported adversely on the bill
to provide for the settlement of claims OF loyal
persons against the United States, accruing
This bill proposes to confer Jurisdiction on
the court of claims, to determine the claiIAs of
all citizens whO remained loyal or who Sbok
the oath prescribed by the presidents pr0cla-
nation OF December 8, 1868, and further pro
poses to abolish the board OF claims commits
sion. The committee also reported unfayorably
on the juiut resolution directing the commits
sioners of claims to send to congress. without
delay. claims decided prior TO April l, 1874,
and 1t was indefinitely postponed Discus
sion OF the civil rights bill was resumed and
Messrs. Flanagan and Pratt spoke in its favor.
and Mr.. Thurman in opposition.
In the house, on the Goth, senate reso- /
luton for final adjournment on the 22d of
June was concurred in. The postoffice ap-
preparation bill was considered, and an amend
ment permitting agricultural reports to be
transported free through the mails was adOp-
ted-110 to IS.
In the senate, on the 21st, considera-
ton was resumed of the civil rights bill.
Mr. Morton replied to the argument OF Dir.
Thurman, made yesterday, and said the bill
was constitutional, and that congress had full
power to enforce the provision7ef the four
teenth amendment to the cOn=tyution By ap-
propriate legislation.
In the house, on the 21st, petition
was presented from the Woman's Temperance /
Union, of Indianapolis, requesting congress /
to amend the oath OF Office so that all officers
under the government shall be required to |
abstain from the use of intoxicating drinks as
beverage during their terms Of Office. The /
pension appropriation bill, which disposes OF |
529, $50, 900, was taken up and passed. "A /
bill for the admission OF New Mexico as a 1
=tate was adopted-160 to 81.
In the senate, on the 22d, house bill |
authorizing the president to issue army ra-
tions and clothing to the destitute people on
the Tombigbee and Tennessee rivers was
passed. The civil rights bill then came mp |
aud was debated at length, but vote wac I
reached.
In the house, ON the 22d, the COM
mistee on war claims reported the claims al /
lowed by the commissioner under the act of |
March g. 1871, numbering over one thousand /
and sggregating 5676, 274. A motion was made |
to strike ont the item of $45, ,161 to VIM. |
Bailey, OF Rapids Parish, La, for cotton /
taken and destroyed, on the ground of dislOy |
atty but it was lost and the bill passed. -. A /
one for the relief of widows and orphans Of |
soldiers murdered by guelillas in Centralia, |
Mo, in 1864.
In the senate, on the 23d, the debate |
on the civil rights bill was continued. Various /
amendments were proposed, butaost of them /
failed of adoption, and the bill Nally passed /
in nearly the shape reported by the committee, /
DV u NOLo OF 70 10 10
In the house, on the 23d, the bill |
donating condemned cannon and cannon balls |
to various posts of the grand army of the re-
public for monumental purposes was passed. /
Bills were reported and referred, allowing /
a bounty of eight and one-third dollars per
month to soldiers during the late war. and 1
providing for grants of land TO them, and to |
provide for the gradual reduction of the army I
of the United States. reducing the number of |
cavalry regiments to nine, artillery to four, |
and infantry to twenty-.--.A ball was passed 4
to constitute Montgomery. Alabama port of 1
delivery with deputy collector at 81, 500.
In the senate, on the 25th, the bill TO |
incorporate the Texas Pacific railroad COM
pany, and to al in the construction of the |
road. was called up and passed. The object I
of the bill is to enable the company to execute
a mortgage upon the completed portion Of the /
road. A joint resolution was INTRODUCED and /
referred. proposing the following as an an hnd- |
ment to the constitution " If any state Shall /
fail to maintain common school system un-
der which all efsons between the ages of five /
and eighteen years, not ineapacitated for the |
same. shall receive free of charge, such ele- /
mentary education as congress may prescribe /
congress shall have power to establish there /
in such q system, and cause the same to be |
mainia aimed at the expense OF such state"
A bill was offered. directing the secretary of !
war to cause to be executed survey Of the |
Susquehanna river, from Chesapeake Bay to ]