Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-21
Transfer Of the Indian Bureau
Considered in the House.
The Senate Discusses the Silver
Legal Tender Question.
A Move Toward Restricting Chi
nese Emigration.
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House.

WASHINGTON, April 20.--Al Law
renee introduced bill to limit the
jurisdiction of courts for punishing
for contempt; also to enlarge the priv
iliges Of the writ Of habeas corpus
The bill provides that when ever any
person shall be detained or imprisoned
by order Of the senate or house, he
shall be entitled 10 the privilege of
the writ of habeas corpus, and any
person having the custody Of persons
SO detained or imprisoned, shall in
obedience TO such writ, produce t the
court or justice issuing the writ, the
person SO detained, without an order
from either the senate or house. Any
person imprisoned or detained by any
court of the U. s., or justice or Judge
thereof, for contempt, shall be entitled
to apply to any courthaving appellate
jurisdiction for a writ Of habeas cor
pus, andAth same shall be issued,
served, obeyed, proceeded with and
determined rs in other cases.
MIR. Singleton from the committee
on appropriationsNreported back the
senate amendments<to the consular
and diplomatic appropriation bill and
moved they be non-eSncurrcd in.
Agreed 10.
Mr.. Young offered resolution re-
.ecitiHg the-unsettled condition of The
MEXICAN republic, and-the many out
RACES committed on persons aud prop
erty of American citizens living in
the neighborhood Of the Rio Grande,
and requesting the president Of the
United States TO order such military
force to rendezvous at suitable point
on the Rio Granae, as will be able to
enforce the existing neutrality laws,
to prevent hostilities on the border,
and to preserve peacefukrelations be-
tween the two countries; and also re.
questing the president to direct the
general of the army to proceed in
person to the scene of the threatened
outbreak and to take such measures
as may be necessary to maintain peace
and protect the honor and dignity of
this government. Referred.
Mr.. Cox, from the committee on
rules made report in the case of
Charles II. Smith, journalec!erk, who
issued a circular seeking business iii
the collection of additional bounty
claims. The report rcprimanded
severely this action.
Mr.. Wells reported back the sen.
ate amendments, to the deficiency bill
which were variously disposed Of.
Mr.. Cate offered resolution recit-
ing the charges made in newspaper
reports affecting the official conduct
of B. 81. Bristow, secretary Of the
treasury in regard to the remission of
forfeiture in the ease of the bark Mary
Merritt, seized in Milwaukee, in June,
1869, for violation of the customs
: laws; and instructing the committee
on expenditures in the treasury dept.
to inquire into the circumstances, and
ascertain on what groupd the Judge
ment Of forfeiture was remitted, aud
for What purpose.
Mr.. Hall suggested that the charge
should be made more definite and spe.
cifc. He knew Bristow courted an
investigation on every subject with
which his name was connected, and
he, Hall, believed such investigation
would bring him out brighter.
Mr.. Kasson desired Mr.. Gate to in
sert in his resolution provision that
the investigation should be conducted
with open doors, but Cate declined so
ITO modify it. The resolution was
adopted.
The bill to transfer the Indian lbu-
reau to the war department was then
taken up.
Mr.: Cox and Conger opposed the
bill, Mr.. Mills advocated it. Mr.. Hun
ter moved an amendment allowing of.
ticers on the retired list to be EN-.
ployed as Indian agents. Adopted
Mr.. Sparks offered an additional
section, providing for-the admission,
to the =. S. as citizens of any Indian
who may prove, TO the satisfaction of
any court nearest to reservation of
his tribe or nature, that he is suf-,
fciently intelligent and prudent to
Conduct his own affairs and interests,