Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1875-02-18
CONGRESS- IN BRIEF.

SATURDAY Feb. 6.-Senate- presented
a memorial from p B. s. Pinckback asking action
on his claim to admission a Senator. Referred .
Consideration of the bill to organize the Territory of
Oklahoma was postponed to the second Monday in
December next Hitchcock introduced bill for
the construction Of bridge the Missouri river
at Decatur, Nebraska. The Steamboat bill was
discussed at considerable length and postponed
Morton, from the Committee Privileges and
Elections, reported back the Senate bill to regulate
the counting of votes for President and -Pres-
dent, and asked that the committee be discharged
from further consideration. So ordered Morton
also reported. from the committee a bill TO
provide for and regulate the counting of votes for
President and Vice. President, and the decision of
questions arising therefrom The Civil Rights bill
read a second time ard referred to the Judiciary
Committee
HoUse-The majority minority reports from
the Arkansas Investigating Committee were read and
ref rred Sawyer introduced a bill for the I'M
provement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers . The
Hennepin Canal bill was discussed at length. and
pending a motion to lay it ON the table the House
adjourned
MONDAY. Feb. S.-Sendte-By a vote of %
to Is yeas the House bill for the of John
W. March was rejected. This was the sewing-ma-
chine patent bill Chandler presented the resolu-
tons OF the Legislature of that State, asking an ap
preparation for the improvement of the harbors
at Eagle Harbor, Benton Harbor New Buffalo,
South Haven, 81. Joseph and Saugatuck and
for the improvement Of the navigation of Pine
river. Schurz presented the memorial of citizens
OF the United States, praying an amendment to the
Constitution, TO abolish the offices of President and
Vice President. and vesting the powers belong
ing to them in council of seven members. to lie
chosen by the House of Representatives to which
body they shall be responsible Morton, from the
Committee Privileges and Elections submitted
report the of 2. b. S. Pinchback and reso-
luton declaring him entitled to a as Senator
from Louisiana, from March 4, 1873. Ordered
printed and to lie on the table.
House-Bills introduced: Providing for a tax On
incomes above 5000; to establish branch mint a;
Dayton, o.; to make Ashland Wis., a port OF
delivery; TO continue the improvement Of Racine
and Kenosha harbors, Wisconsin . The bill giving
bountes 10 the heirs of soldiers who served less than
one year in the army, came mp unfinished bus
ness from last Monday, and was passed by vote Of
l9l ayes to 20 noes Sayler of Indiana, from the
Committee on Patents made adverse report on
the application for the extension of sewing -mschine
patents.
TUESDAY, Feb. 9.-.Sendt3-The Senate afte
brief session, during which nothing of Importance
TRANSFERRED, adjourned token of respect to the
memory OF the late Senator Buckingham.
House-The Indian Appropriation bill, emitting
the Choctaw claim, was passed. -. The Hennepin
Canal bill was the regular order, but its
friends consented to let it be passed over. An
effort made to call mp for action the resolution
expelng Cannon, the Utah Delegate, for polygamy
Smith said that if the House refused to take up
the matter now and act upon it the committee would
not considert their duty to again call it up Only
twenty-five members voted to consider the resolu-
ton, so it is practically dead.
WEDNESDAY. Feb. 10.-Seadte-No business of
importance transacted.
HOuse-The Postofhce Appropriation bill was dis
cussed in committee of the whole: the total
recommended is less than the estimates therefor by
$l,53S,l73. Various amendments were offered and
the committee and the House took recess till
O'Clock, the evening session to be for debate.
THURSDAY. Feb. 11.-Sendte- McCreery in
troduced a bill directing the Secretary of War to
detail competent medical officers of the army to in
vestigate the report of cholera now raging the
DorlerS OF Mexico ana give due notice OF the spread
of the disease. The bill also provides an appropria-
ton of s. 900 to defray the expenses of such invest-
CATION The bill to provide government fer the
District of Columbia taken up and discussed.
and Sargent had submitted an amendment to pro-
vide for the election of delegate from the District
when the Sen ate adjourned.
House-There was long and exciting debate on
the amendment to the Postofice Appropriation bin
to restore the franking privilege. The
amendment stricken out and the bill passed -.
bill restricting the hours of labor of the Washing
ton street-car conductors and drivers to ten was
passed The House went into committee OF the
whole on the Tariff bill. bat without action ad-
journed
FRIDAY, Feb. 12-Sendte-Th report of the
engineer in regrj to the cost of extending the
Che apeake and Ohio Canal to Pittsburgh was CT
dered printed The credentials of Burnside, Sen
ator-elect from Rhode Island, read and placed
on file. Clayton moved to take up the Presidents
Arkansas message, but, Edmunds objecting, he
withdrew his motion.
House-The House devoted large portion Of the
day in committee of the whole to the consideration
of the Revenue bill.