The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-02

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the committee. The rules were suspended and
the bill passed to secure the Indictment Of
Wm. ). Ming tor perjury. The motion to fix
DAY tor the consideration OF the Texas Pacific
railway bill was rejected. The bill prohibiting
traffic In Chinese women passed The Fiji
laration Of Independence, with the signatures
thereto, passed. The bill to provide a com
mission to obtain statistics of the alcoholic
trade was rejected. The rules were SUSPENDED
ana the bill for payment of awards OF the
Southern claims commission, about $7bO, 600.
passed, as was also the bill reorgaaizing the
quartermaster's department.. An evening ses-
sion was held tor Consideration OF District of
Columbia affairs.
=, SENATE, Feb. 23-Mr. Logan reported the
House bill for equalizing hounties and asked
Its immediate consideration, but objection was
made by Howe. A mem orial was presented
from Republican members of the Alabama Leg
lslatqre, claiming that the change made in the
penal code OF that State in effect disfranchised
$4,000 Republican voters; that the Democrats
proposed legislation nullifying the constitu-
tlonal amendments, and asking the President
to he empowered to suspend the writ OF hubcas
corpus; referred. The House amendments to
the postoftice appropriation bill annuling the
contract OF 1872 with the Pacific Mail Company
was conquered in and the bill, as amended,
taken up. The appropriations for officers,
SAFE keeping OF stores, etc., for the manufac-
ture OF metallic ammunition, and for the man
ufacture o. the new model breech-loading mus .
ket, were increased in the aggregate $2h0, 900 :;
s1V,VOo was also added for general reorgani-
passed. The proposition to establish branch
mint at some point in the West was indefinitely
postponed. The bill to admit Colorado as q
State was taken up, but without action, ad-
burned.
HOUSE,, Feb aa.-The new tariff bill
number Of amendments had BEEN
made, one OF which was to restore the income
tax, it was reported to the House, when Mr..
Dawes, on behalf of the committee OF ways and
means, Withdrew the whole bill, and offered
as substitute bill taxing whisky to be here
after made 80 cents gallon, tobacco and sugar
as in the awarded bill, and restoring the 10 per
moved the previous question, which was Sec
onded and the bill passed. The report of the
Congressional committee which recently WIS.,
tied Louisiana was received and ordered print
ed. All the members concur in the assertion
tn the action Of the returning board in throw
ng out Conservative members was illegal tie
majority agree that there was no intimidation of
voters at the late election, and also to a compro-
mise recognizing Kellogg as Governor, and to
give the majority of the House to the Conser-
vative delegate
SENATE, Feb. 24.--Mr. Window presented
petitions signed by 1855 farmers of the
Northwest, asking an appropriation for the
improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers
Other petitions were also presented for the i'm
provement Of the Ohio, Mississippi and Mis-
souri, rivers. The bills for the admission of
Colorado and New Mexico as States OF the
Union were, after being amended in some inl-
portant particulars, passed, the former by
yeas 40, nays ID, and the latter by yeas 81,
nays IL. The bills provide that proclamations
for the election of members OF the constitu-
tional conventions shall be issued within 80
days after Sept. LIST, 1876, and that the cleo
tons to ratity or r. ject said constitutions shall
be held in July, 1876. Morton made an un-
successful attempt to bring up his bill for
counting the votes of President and Vice
President, after which adjourned.
HOUSE, Feb Pain the contested election
case OF Sheridan VS.. Pirchback from LOUISE
ana, the majority reported that Sheridan was
entitled to the seat. In the case from Arkan-
sas Asa Hodges, the sitting member, was de-
clared entitled to the seat The sundry civil
appropriation bill was taken up, the discussion
upon which finally driited into an angry
sions appropriated by the general government
in aid Of the overlooked districts in Alabama
had been used by Republicans to bride negro
voters, the Republicans Indignantly denying
the charge. After much bad blood had been
shown order was restored and the
bill was proceeded with and nine
recess was taken till half past seven, the SEES
sion to be for consideration of the same bill.
Upon meeting for the evening session the mo-
ton to take up the deferred bill was rejected,
and the tlouse decided to take up the report
upon Arkansas s,s, affairs, when the Opposition
commenced flibustering with such success that
up to the hour of 1915 no progress, had been
all-night session.
SENATE, Feb. 25.-Mr: Ramsey presented the
credentials of S. J. R. Mcmillan as Senator
from Minnesota for six years from March 4th
Mr.. Window called up his proposition Tor
appropriations for improving the mouth ri
the Mississippi river and the Fox and Wiscon-
cussed and laid aside. Morton's bill relating to
the counting Of electoral votes was then taken
up and considered at length, but without final
action adjourned.
HOUSE Feb. 25.-The flibustering to pre-
vent the taking up OF the "force bill'' contin-
ued through "Wednesday night and Thursday
up to o'clock in the afternoon, at which time
The majority succeeded in getting a vote on
the main question, and the bill was taken up.
Several amendments were then offered to the
bill, but without action the House, after con-
tinuous session of % hours, adjourned.
SENATE, Feb 27.-The civil rights bill was
taken up aud, and after brief discussion, pass
ed, substantially as it came from the House, 50
to 26. Carpenter, Ferry, G. Schurz, Sprague
and Upton voted with the Opposition agai1E
the bill. An evening session was held for con-
sideration of the tax bill.
HOUSE, Feb. 27.-The "force bill'' was I'M
der consideration, consuming the whole OF the
day and an evening session of several hours.
Finally, after being amended, limiting the au-
thority of the President to suspend the writ of
habeas corpus to the States of Arkansas, Mis-