The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-02-04

He then INDUCED in some rather disrespectful
thTusts at the members of the house as well
as those of the committee. On motion Of Mr..
Hail. the witness was remanded by the ser
geant-at-arms and subsequently, conducted TO
Jail. The house then adjourned.
In the Senate, on the Dist, Mr.. Den
mis- introduced bill to incorporate the Wash
ington City and st. Louis railroad company.
Referred. . Mr.. Hamlin, from the committee
on civil service and retrenchments, reported
adversely on the bill to reduce the salary Of
the president Of the United States, with re-
quest that it be placed on the calendar with
the adverse repor-. 1t was so ordered. The
unfinished business, being the resolution from
the committee on privileges and elections,
proposing an amendment to the constitution,
in regard to the election of president and vice
president, was called up. Mr.. Morton said:
The purpose WAS to amend the constitution so
as to bring the election home to the people as
near as possible, and at the same time avoid
the dangers which are threatened by the pres
ent mode. He pointed out at some length the
imperfections Of the present system, and said
under it too much power was vested in the
hands Of the vice-president. or the president
Of the senate, to whom the electoral votes
must be sent under seal. Six times it had
happened that the vice-president had counted
the votes where himself was a candidate.
Under the present system the electoral vote
never approached ten per cent. of the popular
vote, and in some instances it varied as much
as thirty per cent. Mr.. Thurman said he was
not willing to coufde this great power to con-
greEs. He wanted it to be provided for in the
constitution. The laws to operate on this
great subject should not be at the mercy Of
airy dominant party. He thought the report
manifestly defective in this particular. There
were other features he objected to, and he de-
sired that it might be laid over, to give him an
opportunity to examine it closely. Pending
the discussion, Mr.. Thurman moved that the
further consideration of the resolution be
postponed until the first Monday in February
But, as the senator from Indiana (Mr. Morton)
was not then in his seat, he did not ask vote.
After an executive session, the senate ad-
journed.
In the House, on the Dist, the ques-
tiou of reconsidering the vote by which the
Indian appropriation bill was rejected yester-
day came up, and the vote was reconsidered -
yeas, 1G6; nays, 81. The bill was again re-
| jected-yeas, 100; nays, 126. The vote reject
ing the bill was again reconsidered without
| the yeas and nays, and finally the bill was re-
| ferred to the committee of the whole on the
state of the union-yeas, 142; nays, 102. The
| speaker stated that the bill went to the COM
/ mittee OF the whole as an entirely new bill
| subject to amendment. Mr.. Dawes presented
| a letter from Charles A. Wetmore, the witness
/ who was yesterday committed for contempt,
/ and utimated that the apology therein con-
/ tanned was satisfactory. He therefore moved
| his discharge. i he motion was agreed to,
/ to, and the discharge of Wetmore ordered.
| MIR. Smith, Of New York. from the committee
4 on elections, made a report in the case OF the
| delegate from Utah. accompanied with a reso-
| luton to exclude him from his seat on the
| ground of pOlygamy. Ordered printed. Mr..
! Maynard presented the report of the confer
| ence committee on what IL known as the little
/ tariff bill. The conference report was agreed
| to-yeas, 1876 nays. 90. A T. otion to recon
/ slider was made and laid on the table. The
! bill now goes to the president for his sigma
| ture. The house then adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 22d, Mr.. West
| presented the credentials of P. B. s. Pinch
back as the senator elected from Louisiana for
the term expiring March 4, 1879, and they
were read at the clerks desk. Mr.. Sherman
moved that the credentials and all accompany
| ing papers be referred to the committee on
privileges and elections. Agreed to-. Mr..
Scott presented a petition from citizens of
Pennsylvania against the restoration of the
| duty on tea and coffee, and for the repeal OF
! the law Of 1872, relieving foreign products of
| ten per cent. tax. Referred Mr. Boutwell,
introduced bill to provide fer a bar of the
two houses of congress. Referred. -. Mr..
| Lewis introduced a bill to repeal the act to
provide government for the District Of Co
| lumbia and for other purpGseR approved June
! 20, 1874. Referred. Mr.. Edmunds intro
! duced bill TO establish a court for contested
| elections. Referred. The senate resumed
| the consideration Of the resolution fIom the
committee on privileges and electil na, prODOs-
/ ing an amendment to the constitution in re-
! gard to the election Of president and vice
| president The further Consideration of the
resolution was then postponed till Wednesday,
| -. The senate resumed the consideration of
the resolution submitted by Mr.. Schurz in
| structing the judiciary committee to inquire
! what legislation Is necessary by congress to
| secure to the people OF Louisiana the rights of
/ self-government under the constitution. A
| discussion followed, participated in by Sena-
tors Sherman, Baily, Schurz, johnson, and
| others. MIR. johnson proceeded to review the
- a.N.
before concluding yielded to Mr.. Norman for
a motion for an executive session. After ex-
ecutive session the senate adjourned.
In the House, on the Odd, Mr.. Monroe
offered a resolution calling on the attorney
general for information, as to what steps
should be taken to secure from each state the
fulldlment of its contract, to preserve, undi-
minshed, the principal OF the fund derived
\ from the sale OF lands granted under the agri-
| cultural college bill. AIR. Garland, from the
| committee on appropriations. reported bill
| appropriating 1872, 800 in coin to pay the in
| terest on the three-sixty bonds of the District
| OF Columbia, Ordered printed aud recon-
/ mitted 80. Mr.. Butler, OF Massachusetts,, by
| unanimous consent, introduced a bill authoriz-
ing Lieut.. Commander Frederick Pierson to
a cept from the Queen of Great Britain, the
decoration OF the military order of Bath, for
| gallant services in the combined attack on the
! Japanese forts and piratical vessels. Passed.
| Tho houee afterward went into committee
| u inc NilOle on inc private calendar, MI.
| Potter, OF New York. in the chair, and a num-
Der OF bills were reported snd passed. The
house then adjourned till Monday.
In the Senate, ON the 25fh, the chair
laid before the senate letter from the
secretary Of war, in answer to resolution OF
the 18th inst, transmitting copies in relation
to certain disorders in the state Of Louisiana.
Ordered printed and referred to the committee
ON privileges and elections. "A large number
OF petitions were presented for the repeal OF
the act or 1872, relieving certain foreign
products of ten per cent duty and against the
restoration of the duty on tea and coffee
Referred. The bill for the relief of the
SURVIVORS OF tho Polaris was passed. Mr.
Robertson presented joint resolution Of the
South Carolina legislature asking an appro-
prlatlpn of 100000 to deepen the harbol
81 Charleston. Referred Mr.. Morrill, OF
Vermont, introduced bill to establish an edu-
satlJn itnd, and Apply portion of the pro
Jeeds OF the public lands to public education
and to provide for the more complete endoW.
ment aud support Of national colleges for the
advancement of scientific and industrial edu
cation. Ordered printed and to lie on the
! table. The senate resumed the considera-
ton or the resolution submitted by Mr.
Schurz, instrueting the judiciary committee tC
inquire what legislation II necessary by con.
gress to secure to the people of Louisiana the
| rights OF self-government under the constitu.
ton. MIR. Johnston, of virginia, concluded
his argument commenced last Friday Mr.
the resolutions OF the Mississippi legislature
endorsing the action OF Gen. Sheridan il
Louisiana. Mr.. Sherman, offered a resolu
ton authorizing the president to appoint s
commissioner to attend tho international pen
ltcntlary congress, proposed to be held a.
Rome next year. Referred. The senate theI
adjourned.
In the House, on the 25th, Mr.. Butler
Of Massachusetts,, introduced a bill to estab
lish certain telegraph lines in several states
and territories as post-roads, and to regulate
the transmission of commercial and other in
teligence by telegraph. e. By Mr. Williams OF
Indiana-To incorporate the National Unior
telegraph company. by Mr.. Wells-For
branch mint at St. Louis On motion of Mr.
| Dawes, 1t was ordered that Richard b. Irwin be
discharged from arrest, he having answered al
the questions OF the committee. Mr.. Cessna
(Rep.) of Pennsylvania, offered the following
resolutions Resolved, That tine rules be so far
suspended during the remainder OF the pres
ent session as to prevent the speaker from
entertaining any diliatory motion pending the
confederation Of any public bill or Joint reese
luton, or Of any motion to bring, or the result
OF which may bring, before the house for con.