The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-03-04
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during the next iiscsl year, in the improve.
mont OF tho mouth Of the Mississippi river
and tho Improvement OF sundry rivers and
lakes, including tho Tennessee river Pending
the discussion, the morning hour expired, and
| tho resolution was laid over. The unfinished
business, being the bill TO provide for and reg-
ulate the counting OF tho votes for president
aud vico president, and the decision OF qnes-
tions arising thereon, was then called up.
Several amendments OF verbal character
we're agreed to. Tho discussion OF the bill
continued at some length, after which the bill
was read third time and passed-yeas 2S,
nays 20.
In the House, on the 25th, 10 M.-At
| this hour the house seems no nearer out OF It's
| difficulty than at midnight, When tho qucs-
! ton, whether tho house shall now consider tho
democrats refrained from voting, and the re-
publicans could not keep in tho hall a full ma
lority from their own ranks, the vote would
| show that n quorum was not present, and
then there would bc call OF the house, with
all the todous proceedings connected. When
| these were all over and further proceedings
under the call wore dispensed with, tho house
would come back to the real question OF the
consideration OF the BILL and again the demo.
Gratis would refrain from voting, and again in
| the absence OF a quorum, another call of tho
house would be entered on, and no on to tho
point OF beginning 3. p. M.--Mr. Conger
moved an adjournment, stating that he did 10
| at the request Of many members who had
been sitting in the hall over twenty-nine
hours, without sleep and without regular
mealI. The motion prevailed, and the house
adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 26tb, Mr.. Nor
rlI, of Vermont, from the committee on
finance reported back the tax and tariff bill
which recently passed tho house, and stated
that the committee was equally divided upon
the bill. Mr. Scott, from tho committee ON
finance, reported adversely on the bill to &C.
cure the depositors in tho freedman's savings
and trust company, from ultimate loss. and it
WAS indefinitely postponed. Mr. Bayard. from
the same committee, reported favorably on
the bill to amend section 33i2 OF the revisod
statutes, intro luced by him on the Sd inst,
ard it was passed. The bill requires brewers
to afiy npon the spigot-hole ON every barrel
containing Gernentcd liquort tho pi Oper stamp, |
when such barrel il sold or removed from tho |
brewery or warehouse, aud also requires the
stamp to bo cancelled at the time OF aliixing
the same, by writing or imprinting thereon
the name OF tho manufacturers of the liquor.
Mr. Sherman from tho committee ON finance,
called mp house bill restricting the refunding
Of customs duties, and prescribing certain
regulations OF the treasury department.
Passed. At the expiration of the morning
hour, the consideration Of the civil rights bill
was resumed. Mr. Thurman moved to strike
out OF the fourth section in regard to the
qualification of jurors tho words "or of any
state" 10 it would read "No citiHons pos
sessng all other qualifications which are or
NAV be prescribed by law, shall bo disqualified |
TOR service az grand or petit jurors in any |
court Of the United States on account OF race, |
color pre- ,ious condition OF servitude." The
question being on the amendment OF Mr.
Thurman and no senator desiring to speak,
tho chair (Nfr. Carpenter) was about to
take the vote, when Mr., Bayard raised
the point of order that under the a rec
ment Yesterday, the vote could not be taken
before two o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The senate then went into executive session,
and at five O'Clock recess was taken till half
past seven. Upon reasssmbing at evening
session, consideration of the civil-rights bill
was resumed, and Mr.. Norwood continued his
speech in regard to Louisiana and the con-
dtion of affairs in tho south, and soon after
the senate adjourned.
In tho House, on the 2Gth, the House
went lntO committee VI LIo Wlipio VII IHo cu'-
dry civil appropriation bill. When the clause
in the bill making an appropriation Of $40 600
for the purchase Of Miss Ransoms painting OF
Mai. Gen. Thomas, and Of :25, 900 for the pur-
chase of Carpenters painting of the emanci-
patton proclamation were reached, Messrs
Clymer and Frye made the points of order |
that they we're appropriations not authorized
by existing laws. Mr. Garfield suggested that |
the points of order were not well taken, but |
the chairman (Mr. Haskins) sustained tho OBJ
iections and clauses were stricken ont. The |
hour of five o'clock having arrived, the com
mittee at this point having gone through less
than half the bill, rose, and tho house took
recess until half-past seven o'clock, the even
ING session to be for debate on the force bill.
The house resumed it's session in the evening,
Mr.. Tyner in the chair, and proceeded to dis
cuesion on tho bill to provide against the in
vaslon OF states and to prevent subversion of
their authority and to maintain the security
of elections 1t was midnight when Mr. Berry,
OF Pennsvlvania, commenced to speak, and
there were very few members present.