Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-03-04
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

In the Senate, on the 23rd, the post-o6ice
appropriation bill was passed. A memorial
was presented from Republican members Of
the Alabama Legislature, asking that Con-
gress empower the President to suspend the
writ of habeas corpus in certain contingencies,
so as to preserve peace in the Southern States.
The army appropriation bill was passed.
The bill to admit Colorado as State was
called and considered In the House, the
committee on Louisiana affairs reported reso-
lutions to re.seat members of the Legislature
thrown out by the returning board, and re-
commencing the recognition of Kellogg as
Governor until the close of his term. Other
reports were submitted by members of the
committee, all of which were ordered to be
printed The new enforcement bill was re-
ported by the committee on Alabama affairs.
The revenue bill was then considered, and
after amending so as to fix the tax on whisky
hereafter manufactured, at 80 cents per gal
lon, the bill was passed by yeas 123, nays
113.
In the Senate, on the Oath, memorial Of
the Good Templars of New York was present
ed, asking an amendment to the constitution
to prevent the manufacture, importation and
sale of intoxicating liquors. The bill for the
admission of Colorado as State in the Un-
ion was passed. Also, bill for the admission
of New Mexico In the House. the majority
of the committee on elections, in the case of
Pinchback and G. A. Sheridan, each claim
ing seat as Representative from Louisiana,
reported that Sheridan was elected, and the
minority reported that he was not elected.
The same committee reported that Asa Hodges
was elected to a seat in the House from Ar
kansas. The sundry civil appropriation bill
was considered, and at the evening session
there was much flibustering to prevent the
taking up of the force bill.
In the Senate, on the 25th, the political dis
abilities of several Southerners were removed.
The bill to regulate the counting of electoral
votes for President and Vice-President was
considered, amended and passed. The civil
rights bill was then called up, and arrange
ments made that general debate upon the
question shall close on Saturday, at ?. NJ.
In the House, after much flibustering to pre-.
vent it, the force bill was finally introduced,
and sundry amendments offered, when, at 4
10 P. NJ, the House adjourned.
The Senate, on the 26th, was occupied in
discussing the civil rights bills. An amend
ment was offered, excluding State juries from
the operations of the BILL Mr.. Thurman,
who offered the amendment, argued that there
is nothing in the fourteenth amendment to
give Congress the power to prescribe the quail
i6cations of jurors in the State courts. In
the House, the sundry civil appropriation bill
was considered until P. NJ, when a recess
was taken until 73O. At the evening session,
the enforcement bill was discussed.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the civil rights
bill was passed, by strictly party vote, ex'
cept Ferry, Carpenter, Hamilton, sprague,
Schurz and Upton. The vote was 80 to 26.
In the House, the force bill was passed, short
ly after midnight, but was amended so as to
limit the Presidents right to suspend the writ
ofhabeas corpus to Alabama, Mississippi, Lou
isiana and Arkansas, the power to suspend
the writ to expire at the end of two years. 1t
is stated that the Democratic Senators are
determined that the force bill shall not be al.
lowed to reach the President.
On the lst instant, in the Senate, the en-
forcement bill was received from the House,
and read for the first time by Its title. Thur
man, Bayard and others objected to the Sec
ond reading, which delays further action for
one day. In the House, motion to suspend
the rules and adopt the compromise resolu-
tions reported by the Louisiana committee
was defeated. The resolution recommending
the restoration to the Louisiana House of
Representatives of the Conservatives who
were wrongfully deprived of their seats, was
adopted without division, and the resolution
recognizing kellogg as Governor until the
end of his term was adopted by strictly
party vote.
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