The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-03-11
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

TUESDAY, March 2.-Senote- credentials
of S. B. Maxey, United States Senator from Texas,
were read and placed on file. The bill for the
equalization Of bounties was passed . The Tax and
Tariff bill, it came from the House was taken up
and passed. The Committee on. Railroads re-
ported back the bill to aid in construction of the
Texas Pacific and Northern Pacific railroads and
several other subsidy bills, without recommendation
and they were placed on the calendar.
HouSe-The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was
passed. The following items for public buildings
are kept in the bill: Chicago, $75O,0OO; Cincinnati
$600,000; Covington KY, 5000 00O Evansville. Ind.
$4,000; Port Huron, Mich, $4,000; st. Louis
$780, The bill for the government of the Dis
trict of Columbia was amended and passed $500
e. r. Hoar, from the select committee on breach,
the privileges of the House. in the arrest of Whtelaw
Reid while attending as a witness before the Com
mlttee OF Ways and Means, reported bill to pro-
tect witnesses In such cases from arrest on civil
process, which passed. :. Senate amendments
to the Postoffice Appropriation bill, providing for
the transmission through the mails under
tne written frank OF any member Of Congress, of the
Congressional Record, garden seeds and agricultural
reports, were concurred in. The House resumed
consideration of the Arkansas question and was ad-
dressed by Poland, Chairman of the special COM
mittee in advocacy of the views reported by the
jorty, that the existing State government in Arkan-
sas should not be interfered with, either by Con-
gress or by any department Of the general govern
ment The resolution reported by the majority was
adopted-yeas, 149; nays, so.
WEDNESDAY, March 3.-Senate-The Sundrv
Civil Appropriation bill passed The Judici-
airy Committee reported adversely on the bill to re-
ieve the political disabilities of Raphael Semmes of
Alabama, and it indefinitely postponed Ed
1nunds said the committee reported adversely, not
because his ship sunk by the Kearsarge
but 1t appeared in the testimony that Semmes
was charged with cruelty to an Ameri-
can seaman somewhere, and until this explained
the committee could not report fayorably . The
report Of Maj. W. e. Merrill of the Corps of En-
gineers in reference to the survey of the Ohio river
from Cairo to Pittsburgh was presented and re-
ferred. The Senate then took up the River and
Harbor Appropriation bill, and pending discussion
adjourned.
House-The Deficiency bill was amended and
passed. On motion of Potter of New York it was
" ResoIoed, That the thanks of the House are due,
and are hereby rendered, to the Hon James G.
Blaine, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
for the impartiality, efficiency and disting
ability with which he has discharged the trying
and arduOus duties of his office during the
Forty-third Congress-" The resolution was
seconded by Beck and adopted unanimously "
At the evening session resolutions by Kasson. from
the Ways and Means Committee, directing that
copies of the testimony elected during the Pacific
Mail investigation be laid before the next House
and before the United States District Attorney look
ing to proceeding against Wm. S. King and
John G. Schumacher; also to deprive the newspaper
correspondents involved III the matter from the priv
ileges of the reporters gallery, were agreed to 49,
In the matter of contested Seats resolutions were
adopted declaring in favor Of Geo A. Sheridan as
against Pinchback, from Louisiana and in favor of
Lawrence against Sypher, from tho same State
Lawrence came forward and took the oath, having
about fourteen hours to serve. number of mis-
cellaneous bills on the Speakers table were then
passed, including those for the admission of Col
orado and New Mexico.