Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-02-23
FOrty-FOurth Congress-.

FOrty-FOurth Congress-.
WEDNESDAY. Senate Senator Edmund
tried to get up Pinchback's case for fina
settlement. but failed by Il vote of 80 to 81
Mr. Morton pleading for postponement til
there should be full Senate A vot
Louisiana claimant. E,lmunds, Booth an
West voted with the democrats in the af
firmative.
Mr.. Anthony offered a concurrent rcso
luton to provide that the Congressiona
Record shall be record of what is actual
said, and not what members afterwar
wish they had said.
House. Speaker Kerr's health has bce
running down again. and he asked and oh
tained leave Of absence to recruit
The Colorado bill was passed. The onl
changes it makes in enabling the act O
last March are Il provision that all quail
fed voters under the laws of the territory
shall be entitled to vote on the question 0
ratification or rejection. and Il provision
appropriating $4,000 to pay the expense.
of the constitutional convention.
| THURSDAY. Senate. Mr.. Howe present
ed Il petition which he said purportcd I,
be signed by citizens of Wisconsin, asking
the passage of a law requiring the Treas
urcr of the United States to pay to every
man, woman or child residing in the coun
| try, without distinction on account of race
color or previous condition of servitude
the sum of ten dollars week; such sums
to be paid every Saturday night at the
postofiice nearest the residence of such
person. 1t was referred to the Committee
of Finance.
Mr.. Howe remarked that he wasn't Ger.
tain that it would be advisable to grant the
bounty asked for
House. S. S. Cox was elected Speaker
pro tem., and little done besides debating
whether he should be sworn or 90 on
without. It was decided that ne need no:
take any oath of office. Blackburn of XIV.
wanted the place and has shown himself Il
very good presiding officer
FRIDAY. House. With no session of
the Senate and privatehill day" in the
House. both halls Of Congress were desert
cd and cherries. Mr. Blackburn Of Ky.,
who wanted so bad, but in vain. to be AL
lowed to swing the gavel in the absence
OF Speaker Kerr, gave vent TO his bile. in Il
resolution, asking the president to inform
the House whether the duties of the execu
tive had not been discharged at II distance
rom the seat Of government, the object
being to compel Grant to explain his
summer absences ut Long Branch. 1t was
objected to. The House adopted rrsolu-
ton to make February 22d a legal holiday,
and discussed and amended somewhat.
without final action, the bill to reorranize
the judiciary.
SATURDAY. House. The speeches com
priscd, besides kelley's promised imitation
speech, two on the opposite side by rown-
send of Pennsylvania and Chitlcndcn Of
New York. and one by Mr. Pierce of
Massachusetts. on the presidential term OF
Office, in favor Of 4 six years term and I'M
mediate ineliyibiity
For straightforward advocacy Of civil
service reform and criticism on the way
that the offices are now used, the present
Congress has heard nothing TO compare
with the speech of Mr.. Pierce 1t was
short and to the point, Mr. Pierce think
ed Mr.. Randall for moving to recon,d,
he vote whereby the constitutional amend
rnent limIing the presidential term was
not adop'cd, and argued in favor of that
pror' sition on the ground that the pow,!
If The president over the army Of eiulty
|
our chief olitical woes He quoted from
he best authorities on civil service rr-
form. inclu'iin- George William Curtis.
" h" happened To be on The floor of the
House during the afternoon, unt showed
now the spells system Lad grown up to
he present enormous developments
MONDAY. .St,iuts The SENATE con
cured in the House resolution ,'ccitrinp
Na>llnEton birthday Il legal hoiid,v,and /
ooh houses honored their action bv adj /
burning over till Wednesday, to celebrate
t. The days doings in each house was of /
MINOR importance. The West Point ap |
bill was reported with nmcna- |
nents making 4 net increase over the /
amounts fixed by the House of .bou, $40
100; items are inserted Of S6ooO for addit-
onal pay of professors for length of ser
ice Slo,Wt6 for pay of assistant profess |
MS Instructors, etc. and emitting the ap.
lrop lailon Tor company musicians: but |
'e>torng the usual item of : / 500 for the
academy band; the item for rav Of cadets
) left unchan~cd
House. The usual gri>t Of invts' r,tion
e>olu,IonS Were Introduced and adopted |
n the House. the most notable heinz one
" Mr. Lord Of New York. directing the
AuorncyGencral to report lo what au.
horIly and for what purpose he recently
ave his Instructions to his suhortn,,tc>.
II conlravcntlon of The long established |
ule. relating To- the testimony of accom-
'liccs in criminal actions. The House
'ts> ed the bill TO rc-oryanizc the judiciary
" Il vote of rs to lO3