The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-30
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

| tant feature was bill, by Senator ingalls,, Ia
amend section fifty-sevcn hundred and thirty.
eight of the revised statues of the United
} States, permitting national banks to organize
with capital Of fifty thousand dollars in
towns, irrespective of population. 1t pro.
vides that no national banking association
shall be organized under the section with a
less capital than fifty thousand dollars. Re
ferrcd. Senator Sargent introduced Il bill to
perfect certain public lands granted to and
in construction Of railroad and telegraph
lines from the States.0f Missouri and Ark
ansaS to the Pacific coast. Senator Wright
introduced bill declaring the true intent
and meaning Of the Union Pacific railroad
acts. Other bills were introduced, but of
minor importance. The House was not in
session.
In the Senateon the 18th the unfinished
business being resolution submitted by
| Davis yesterday in regard to unsettled ac-
| counts of government officers and defalca.
| tiOns, was called up, the pending question
being the motion of Sherman to refer the
resolution to a committee on finance. 1t was
agreed to; yeas 49, nays 20. The Chair then
| laid before the Senate the motion submitted
by the Senator from Louisiana, West, last
week, to grant the request of W. l.. Mcmillan
to withdraw his papers claiming a seat in the
| Senate, as Senator from Louisiana. After
| long debate the Senate, by vote of 30 to %,
| agreed to the motion Of Mr.. West to allow
| Mcmillan to withdraw the credentials. Ad-
jOurned.
In the Senate on the 18TH large num-
| Der of memorials asking the appointment Of
| a commission to impure into the manufacture
and sale of intoxicating liquors were pre-
sented and referred to the committee on
finance. Senator Morton submitted the fol-
lowing: Whereas, 1t is alleged that the late
election in Mississippi for members of con
gress, state officers, and members OF the leg
islature was characterized by great frauds, vio-
lence and intimidation, whereby the freedom
of the ballot was in great measure destroyed,
reign OF terror established, ballotbuXeS
stuffed, etc, 50 that u popular majority OF
more than twenty-five thousand was over
come and in its place was given an apparent
but fraudulent majority of more than TWEEN
ty-five thousand; and whereas, the lcgisla
ture thus chosen will have the election OF |
senator to represent that state in this body; |
and whereas, if these allegations are true, |
great number of citizens OF the United States |
have had their rights under the constitution |
and laws of the United States wickcdly viO- |
lated; therefore, resolved, that committee |
of five senators be appointed by the chair to
investigate the truth OF said allegations, and |
'ne circumstances "''Cn"'hS ,"'" 49,,
WIN power 10 WISH S'I''l S''''e =" 'i''Ne 'iv.,
ihVestiSauohs; 10 Sshu lot persons "nu P"pels'
10 use an necessary P'occSs'S !" t''' p'i'"'''i
ahce oi their uutleS anu 10 i,,SNG va .L; lepoi'
10 tHe .'ehutc pcloie t''e S'n VI u'''' T
vi their IeNestlEouuuh "lu ni'''"si -. ,'''e 'ae
request ol Hent'or pa!oiu' 'J tSoiu''oi "''1
iaiu over uiitl to'i,''I"N' 'n" !. ""1 VLo'toI
Prlnteu' oeha!or MoIton pi Sup1'',I''u I @ Ine ~"
lowing resolution: heSoNeu' .naU 'he !to'
PIE oi the Ohi'eu ot''c1 cons'''u'v " i,t'"i'i
ana Hrc one people IN lhe sense ol hluoiat
UNITY. heS0iVeu, 'Ha' t"c soy't"i'vm' ... VI
the tli'eu oIa'cS lS hot u '1''P'S' .' pr'"rt,
tle s'ates III lileir hiunlc'Pui anu o"' Po'"to
ctialacGgIs, nuS was i"ii''u ; u3 'nv po"p' ,
itv m W" tbot % tba ri%bts If the States arc defined
aid GuarnnteoI Inv the constitution. and not
by any outside theory of state sovereignty;
and That the rights Of states can not be en-. |
Iorced mr. rip,inishod eyrert Inv nm amend. |
mnnt to the cnnstitution Rrsolved that the |
r;,ht, ~ tbn ,tnt.o bovp thr same
sa1ct;or and sccnritv in fine consti- |
,,,t;on o tbo ,i,Lts and nower of |
the thoon NATIONAL aoyernmrnt and that the To- |
AL dononrat;o governmnnt Inv tbe states
within thn limits of thr constitution. is an es.
sontinl of our free republican system, Re-
soIved that thc doctrine that a state has the
riabt 10 snceno from the Iniop is inconsist.
ant with tLe idr, nf nationality is in con.
aict with the snirit and the construction of
the % c"nstitntion and should he REGARDED AS
havmp been forever eytinguished by the sup.
nression Of the rebellion Ordered printed
and laid On The table Senator Fdmunds of.
fered a resolution that the Joint rules OF the
senate and house of representatives, in force
at the close of the last session of congress,
be, and the same are hereby adopted as the |
joint rules OF the two houses for the present
session. Referred. A large numbcro OF nom
nations by the president were submitted to
the Senate for confirmation, nd after dis
posing of some business OF little Importance
the Senate adjourned.
In the Senate on the 10th, the follow |