The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-15
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WAC 10 Governor or Lousainn,as (. 4,
The Financial Question. I
JUDGE PrsRREpoNr ON poLYaAnY
PRESIDENTIAL TERM, SIX yEARs. z
A Petition 700 Feet Long.
NEWSPAPER POSTAGE, d
Especial telegram 10 the Dispstcb.1

DeinOcEatS in I0ESTSsS SS very graceful gu.
siness, aud seems likely to open up anew the
stale discussions as to who is Governor Of
Louisiana. The sentiments expressed by
Mr.. Bayard to-day, to the effect that ha.
firmly believed that McEnery Was the law.
full Governor of Louisiana, met with ap--
plause Ia the galleries; thus indicating the
public feeling on. that question. e' =
A strong effort. and its friends think sue
cessful one, will be made to pass the bin in.
aid of the Washington, Cincinnati and ST..
Louis Railroad Company during this session
of Congress. "a n.e.~ 't1-
j The financial question comes up in force
thus early in the session, and already about
a dozen bills have been introduced An
Ohio man came 10 the front to-day with
bill to repeal the specie'resumption act.of last
January, and several others Of similar pur.
port were introduced by Western Demo.
Gratis. An Illinois Republican introduced
one for the resumption of specie-payments.
and before the holidays, judging from pres
emit indications, there will be food Of fnan.
cisl measures, nearly all of which will never
be preached again after their Introduction
and reference to the Finance COMMITTEE.
The Attorney.Generaps report was sent
to Congress to-day. Judge Pierrepont takes
very solid ground against the Mormons, and
saws with reference to the recent imprisen.
ment Of Brigham Young in Utah for with.
holding alimony from his nineteenth wife !:
off the courts Of the United States recog-
nize the nineteenth concubine Of man as
lawful, then they must regard the offspring
of such Illicit intercourse as legitimate, and
the courts will give countenance to social
system corrupting, degrading, and abhor-
rent in every sense. 1t is for Congress to
deal with this question, and to decide
whether much delay will not increase the
| difficulties" En-. y',..,8 .
There was perfect avalanche of bills and
resolutions introduced in the House to-day.
Among those to cause comment at this time
was joint resolution, from Mr.. Randall,
providing for a six-years' term of the presi.
dental office and disallowing more than one
term. This is in the form of constitutional
amendment, and its early consideration will
be very apt to rest. ,.,rs., f.. 80.
Economical measures were produced in
proposals to turn the Internal Revenue Ser.
vice over to the control of the Commits
sioner of Customs, and to reduce the regu.
| lar army to ten thousand men. ar.l
Mr.. Randall filed at the Speakers desk to.
day mammoth petition praying for the re.
peal of the bank stamp-check act. The petit.
ton was enclosed in q handsome walnut box.
1t is seven hundred and six feet, or about
one eighth Of mile, in length. 1t contains
thirty thousand two hundred and nineteen
names, representing thirty.three States and
FIVE Territories. ....s,g -
The feeling is very general in favor Of re-
pealing the bill increasing the postal rate on
newspapers, and the probability is that the
| public will soon be gratified in the announce.
ment that the old rates have been restored.
XLTVTH CONGRESS First Session.
.. WAsH1NeToN, December IA.
SENATE. WI
The Senate to-day passeda bill to extend
the duration of the court of commissioners
| OF Alabama claims. :st.a..I
The Secretary of War submitted report
| Of engineers upon the Improvement Of the
South Pass of the Mississippi. The Secre.
tary of War asks for further appropriation
to continue the examination.
The resolution calling for report of I'M
settled accounts and defalcations was referred
to the Committee on Finance. ~
The resolution to allow Mr.. Mcmillan to
! withdraw his credentials was taken up. . A
motion to refer to the Committee on Privi-
leges and Elections was lost, and permission
to withdraw was granted by a strict party
vote, except Mr.. Dawes. "'.i.
Incidentally Louisiana affairs were yenti.
lated. MIR. Howe said he did not believe
there was man in the country or senator
on the floor who did not believe that the No
! Emery Government was sham.
Mr.. Bayard said be believed in his soul
that McEnery was the legal Governor Of
Louisiana, and that he bad been kept from
his place by usurpation and Federal power.
[slight applause in the galleries, which was
promptly suppressed ......
s .s.,E s..s HOUSE.. asr d
At the call of the States to-day in the
House there was q vast number of bills in
troduced; among them the following:
BY MIR. Blaine: Proposing an amendment
to the Constitution providing that no Slate
shall make any law respecting the establish.
ment of religion or prohibiting the free ex-
ercise thereof, and that no money raised by
taxation in any State for the support of pub.
lie schools or derived from any public fund
therefor or any public lands devoted there.
. to. shall ever be under the control of any re-.
lieious sect, and that no money so devoted
shall be divided among religious sects or de-
nominations.
By Mr.. Randall: A joint resolution max.
/ ing the presidential term six years, and disal.
lowing more than one term. ~
By Mr.. Darrall, Of Louisiana: To amend
act of March 8, 1871. Incorporating the
Texas Pacific Railroad Company. "a bill
similar to MIR. Vests, introduced In the
Senate.)
the political disabilities of all citizens of the
1 United States, and. to prescribe aH oath Of
office.
By MIR. Davis, of North Carolina: To re-
peal the law forbidding the payment of &C.
counts, claims, and demands OF southern
citizens for quartermaster! stores, &C.. and
appropriatiDg five hundred thousand dollars
I to pay for the same.
/ Mr.. Fort, of Illinois, offered the followin 6
reso'ution:
ResJtoed By the House Of Representatives,
] That in all subordinate appointments under
1 any of the officers OF this House it is the
/ Judgment of the House that wounded Union
/ soldiers who are not disabled from the per-
/ Torrance OF duty should be preferred.
Mr. Fort demanded the previous question
on its adoption, and standing vote On Sc.
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