Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-07-13
CONGRESSIONAL,

J The Senate. on the Sd, resumed con.
sideration Of the bill for the payment of
pinchback's salary from March 3, 1872, till
Senate. Mr.. Morton first spoke and referred
to the contest in Mississippi as being carried
| by the shotgun argument" Mr.. Bayard,
| who was member OF the committee Of inves.
tigetioh, said that when the time came for
making the report 1t would be seen where the
the aggress0rs. Mr.. Mcmillan, Of Minnesota,
also one OF the committee, said the report
would show that in 1876 armed bodies OF
| white men prepared to carry the election,
| and that the slaughter of black men would
| astonish not only the Senate but the whole
never equaled before, and that the election
was carried by fraud. Mr.. Bayard replied
that the records would bear out his state
ment.
In the House no business was done
except flibustering to prevent the introduce
tion Of = bill for the repeal Of the resumption
act.
Oh the 5th the Senate passed the bill
| to prevent s'straw bidding'' in the postoffice
department.. Senator Sherman introduced a
concurrent resolution that the United States
assume the direction and completion Of the
Washington monument. It was passed by =
| unanimous vote. The conference report on
the post0idce appropriation bill wus agreed tc.
The resolution to pay PinChback tvr expenses
Of contest aud salary rs heretofore reported,
was passed by q strict party vote.
The House concurred in the bill
against mailing obscene matter. The CONFER
ence report on the postof6ce bill was agreed
| to. Pending discussion of the Geneva award
bill the House adjolrned.
The Senate, on the 9th, appointed q
committee to investigate the Chinese ques-
ton and report at the next session of Con.
then re:opened, and after an address by MIR.
Lyhde, ON the part Of Belknap; several wit
nesses were examined regarding written doc
| nments in evidence. The contract between
Marsh and the Secretary was shown and iden-
tiled by the attorney who "put it in legal
The House had a. short session but
transacted no business OF importance.
The Senate before sitting as court
Of impeachment, on the 7th inst, had a
lengthy and highly interesting discussion on
priation bills. Mr.. Morrill, charged the
House with improper motives and said the
reductions already agreed to by the Senate
would result in large deficiency bills for the
year. MIR. Morton appealed to the Senate to
stand firm, for if they yielded it would be
| kue euu VI y SOveiHIucHt ny TWO houses. Or.
Thurman replied to the speakers with great
warmth. Mr: Logan coincided with M0rri;l
| and Morton, and characterized the action of
the House as combining ni1lli6cation and rev.
olution.' New conference committees were
appointed on the legislative and sundry civil
bills, Mi: Windom being made chairman OF
both. The political disabilities of Gen Beau
regard were removed. Several witnesses
| were examined by the Senate Is a court of i'm
detachment, after which, adjourned.
The House, after discussion, passed
the bill requiring the Pacific railway to Gre
ate sinking fund, and adj journed.
On the 8th, the Senate passed a bill
extending for ten days the act recently
passed to provide temporarily for the ex.
penses Of the government. Mr.. Logan moved
to take up the House bill for equalizing sol.
diers' bounties, but the motion was lost q
to %. Mr.. Logan said he would move to take
yeas and nays on the motion. Nothing new
was developed In the impeachment trial.
Mr.. Banning in the House offered q
resolution Of inquiry as to the cause Of tile
military movements in the north-west. Mr.
Boone moved to take up the bill for com:
mission tor the cession of the Black Hills
but the motion failed. The House then tool
Of the North Platte and east Of tn,
summit of the Big Horn mountains open t,
exploration and settlement. Mr.. Fort enquir
} ed If the Late battle with the Indians hat
taken place in the country mentioned in thu
bill. III: Steele replied. In the course Of hi
remarks he referred to the peace policy ofth,
government in severe terms. he condemned
the abandonment OF Forts Kearney Reno ant
G. Smith and attributed thereto all the dis
asters occurring since, and said the object q
the present movement Is to again drive tn
Indians to their respective reservations an.