The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-03-05
CONGRESSIONAL

FiIDAY, Feb. 19.-S,nGt- The Nce-lrcei-
dent laid before the senate the credentials OF Angus
Cameron, the :cw senator from Wisconsin. Pratt
presented the credentials Of Joseph +. Mcdonald.
III" new Senator from Indiana. which w,rn read amt
placed on il"... Wright. from tn Commute" on
CiyI Service ana K,ir, uchuent, re- ported back Tho
HoCsa hill i" provide FOR organization OF III"
Treasury department. and offered the following:
R,>DitcG, Thai a committee of five members ot th-
Srnatc he appointed. whose duty it shall lee :" cNalu-
inc and thoroughly Investigate the several branches
of the civil service, with 4 view - reorganization
IF tho several apartments thereof. til" r,dJc-
ton Of expenditures. and L. lroIHc;r IL. efficiency
II such service. ami ~ report thereon a. ;hr neNt
session Of ConGr,ss. BY bill or otherwise - Pending
III. consideration of the Indian Appropriation bill,
the Senate adjourned.
H"p>'-Sawycr. from the Commit. on TOM
mrrcc. rcportci Il bill t. authorize III" cons;ruJti,:I
ii i bridge across thu Missouri. river. mar SioaN
City. Iowa. Passed 80. III" House went into c,In-
mit;er of til" whole on the Army Appropriation HI.
which appropriatcs 81, 50l 500
SATURDAY. Feb. y. -Sc2,Gt,-Thc credentials
of Andrew Johnson. the new Senator from Trnnes-
~" W. 4 "''" anu hA''s VA nv $50 iAN J'F'' A'F
luton which passed thu House last winter relating
L. civil scryicr appointments was passed. L pro-
,idc- that in all cases under civil service cNaIIiI.a-
tons for a position und,r til" government. when 4
disabled United States soldier. his VIE. or the
widow Of Il decreased soldier dying of wounds 81
disease contracted in til" linz Of duty IL such SOL
der. or his orphan chad. shall pass such cxamiI4a-
ton a; the standard fxr3 10y said rules, such
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to any existing .arancy. ANYTHING in the ru.'s -; TIN
civil service to thu contrary EotwI,h-tandin4....
Acorn Introduced i h;}I Tor r,l."f Of til, o;rr@owrd
districts Of The Mississippi river. Ordered - Lc
printed and lie on the table 80. Message =, r. r.
c"iyrl from tie House of representatives an
nouncing the G,atl, Of MoSers. Rice. H,r>ey. Crock
cr ana Hooper. Resolutions q respect I" their
nI,,uory were adopted. and. a. a further mark Of
respect. tn Senate adjourned til Monday at II
o'clock.
HoU~c-Crutrltic!d pres, nt.i the PETITION OF Tie
National Grange for aid t. the Texas and Pacific
Railroad company: and the resolutions of th- South
Carolina Legislature t. tn same effect, wcre also
presented. Til" petitions and resolutions were re-
frrr.i. ..Fur,i,r Legislative business was er,--
pended. il order 20 give m,n.E,rs an opportunity
to d.!Iyer cuIos!ys upon latHly deceased Representa-
tilcs.
M"NDAY. Feb. 22.-$ endta-Nor;on presented
the mcIloria, OF citizens Of Madison. Ind, in favor
of improving the Ohio river according to tn" plans
sItIu:tt,l by the engineer corps to the Secretary Of
War. Referred. -. The Indian. Pension, and Mill
tary ~acadrlny Appropriation hills were passed..
The l"-tnficc Appropriation bill was considered
and arlrulIno nts offered. one Of which. providing
for the FREE. distribution of thu Co,ur,~%i"nDJ Rcc"rI
was adopted. Pending further discussion The Sen
ate aliourn"l.
Hoa>C-Thc River and Har'or bill. appropriating
$1,000, 600. va passed ....A motion t. set apart 4 day
Ter the consideration Il the TryaS Pacific railroad
hill was lost-thr Necessary two-th.rj- vote not
having been secured. This Is looked Eron a. tn
defeat Of the hIll for the present Congress-.
Myers, FROM the Committee on Foreign Affair,
moved to suspend the rules AZ! pass tn
his supplementary II the acts in relation 10 .n.lui-
grafton. Agreed TO-. The bill makes It tHt duty o.:
American ConsJls at Chinese and Japancs" ports 10
ascertain whether immigrants have entered into
contracts or agreements for services within TIN
United States. for lewd and improper purposes. and
in such cases to refuse tie requisite permit.
TUESDAY. Feb. Observation-Disclosures of
the Postaficc Appropriation bill was resumed, and
the clause repeating the law authorizing the Pacific
Mail subsidy was stricken out. TIE bill was then
passed The Army Appropriation bill was also
amended and passed. The Committee on Finance
reported = resolution that "a branch mint in the West
was necessary, and Leaving the location Of she sauIs
10 the resident
HoH%e-Thc Tariff bill was finally passed By a
vote Of 123 to 113. No other business was trans
acted.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24.-Sennte-Windom pre-
scented petitions signed by 1883 farmers Of the
Northwest, asking for an appropriation for the i'm
provement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Re
ferred 80. Bills for the admission of Colorado and
New Mexico were amended and passed -. Ad-
journed.
HOtse-The Civil Service Appropriation bill was
discussed in committee of the whole. Il appropri-
ates S25,2 S5. 97S, against estimates of So. S15, 25G. 80.
A motion to take up the caucus bill for the control
of the Southern States developed some flibustering,
which is forbidden by the new rules
adopted, motions being made to adjourn,
to call the ayes and noes, to reconsider, etc.,
which would occupy considerable time IN each
case. On the last vote by the yeas and nays the
suit was that no quorum appeared To be present; hut
a call of the roll showed the presence of largely
more than p quorum. Motions were then made to
excuse individual members, the yeas and nays be-