The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

| nOlyGhnlN law Ol loO-, hHN lHc IOIHHu vi
| that Utah be admitted asHS State of the Union
4 petition from the citizens of Ohio asking
the repeal of the resumption act, etc., wa
read and referred. Mr.. Hamilton Introduce
| n bill TO secure the speedy completion Of th,
Texas Pacific railroad from point at or nea
| Marshal, Texas, to the southeastern bound
ary Of California, and toauthorize the South
ern Pacific railroad to aid in building III,
same, and also to build branch of It's ronC
| 10 San Diego, California. Referred. Mr.
| Dorsey presented memorial Of the Arkansas
legislature, asking the appointment of u com
petcnt corps of engineers to make t0po
| graphical survey Of upper Arkansas river
Referred. Several other billsand resolutions
were read, ordered printed, and laid over
for further action. Adjourned
I'm the Senate on the llth, Mr.. An
thony from the Committee on Naval Affairs
| reported favorably on bill to provide ioI
| the completion aud location Of n naval mon
ument in Washington. Passed, The fol-
| lowing bills were introduced and referred
| TO enable the people Of New Mexico TO form
| II Constitution and state government aud
| for the admission Of said State into the I'm
| ion on an equal footing with the original
States TO establish branch mint at st,
Louis. 70 authorize the construction OF a
bridge across the Mississippi river at Mem
phis. After the expiration Of the morning
hour, Mr.. Cooper announced the death OF
his late colleague, Andrew johnson, and de
livered eulogy. Eulogies were also deliv'
cred by Senators McCrecry, Mcrrimon, Pad
dock Bogy, Bayard and Key. AT the con
clusion of the cuIogies, the usual resolutions
Of respect requiring Senators to wear the
badge of mourning thirty days were adopted,
and the Senate adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, after the
morning hour, the Senate resumed the dis
cussion of the resolutions reported by the
Committee ON Privileges and Elections, on
Monday, the pending question being the mo-
tion to Indefinitely postpone me resolution
regarding the election of president pro- tenn.
of the Senate resulting in the passage OF the
resolution rs reported by the Committee, the
following being the resolutions reported;
Resolved That the tenure of a president pr0
tenn p0,p of the Senate elected mt one session
does not expire after the first recess, the Wee
President not having survived to take the
chair. Resolved, That the death OF the Vice
President does not have the effect to vacate
the office of president prO tempOre oI the Sen
ate. Resolved, That the Office of president
pro tempore of the Senate is held at the plea
sure Of the Senate. Resolved, That Hon.
Thoe w. Ferry, senator from Michigan, who
was elected president pro tcmPolc OF the Sen
ate at the last session, is now president pro
icmporc by virtue of said election. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, after some
other business, Senator Davis West va.
moved that committee he appointed to in.
vestigatc the atl'iirs of the treasury depart
ment, charging that he had discovered dis
crepancies involving large amounts, causing
them to differ widely from each other. As
to lhe transactions Of the treasury depart
ment in the same year. he quoted extensively
from the annual reports OF the navy war,
pension and Indian affairs departments,
making comparisons as to the receipts and
expenditures for several years, and claimed
that the figures in some years show an in
crease in the expenditures and public debt
in an aggregate of many millions Of dollars
and large decrease in the revenue c0llec-
tions. The amounts were increased or de-
creased rs occasion might require, by an ad.
diton or subtraction from the loans ol the
treasury books, and if there were errors or
frauds an opportunity was given to cover
them up. Under that head he also quoted
from the public debt statement for several
years, and claimed that there were gross dis.
crepancies between the figures OF the Srcre-
tary of the Treasury and the Register of the
Treasury, and also that the figures had been
changed. The matter was discussed at length
betN een Senators Davis and Boutwell, up to
the hour Of adjournment.
In the Senate. on the lith, after several
unmportant public and private bills had been
disposed Of and referred, including one allow.
ing military pre-empIion or lands in the Fort
Kearney reservation, Mr.. Knott reported
back the amnesty bill, which reads as fol-
lows: That all disabilities imposed and re-
naming on any person by virtue OF the third
section of the fourteenth article Of the amend
ments to the Constitution of the United States,
he and are hereby removed, and each and
every person is and shall be forever relieved
therefrom on his appearing before a judge Of
any court of the United States, or of any
court of record in the State Of which he is a
resident and taking and subscribing to the
following OATH to be duly attested and re-
corded: az, A. g., do soemnly swear or af
firm that will support and defend the Con-
stitution of the United States against all enc
mics, foreign and domestic; that will bear
true laith and allegiance to the same; and
obey all laws made in pursuance thereof,
and that ! take this obligation freely and
without any mental reservation or purpose
of evasion whatever" Mr.. Knott moved the
previous question on the passage of the bill
Blaine and others asked Knott to yield the
floor, hut he refused, and the vote, after some
skirmshing, was taken On call of the yeas
and nays, it appeared that there were one
hundred and eighty.two yeas and ninety
seven nays. The requisite two-thirds not
voting, the bill was rejected. On the result
being announced, Blaine took the floOr, and
by motion to reconsider, obtained the right
to speak lie said that the only object on
his side Of the house was not to be obstruct-
i've; but he did obstruct, and besides rehash-
ing his venom, announced as an additional
reason for his opposition to amnesty, that
Holden, of North Carolina, had been i'm
peached and disqualified by Democrats, and
Ames of Mississippi, was about to be. lie
harangued the house in this way at great
length, and refusing to yield the floor save
for on amendment excluding Jefferson Da-
Wis. The matter was brought to q conclusion
for the day, when the house, on motion OF
Mr.. Randall, went into Committee of the
Whole and entered on the consideration OF
the pension appropriation bill. After some
time the committee rose and reported the
bill, when a proposition for unanimous con
sent to have session tomorrow for debate
only, was objected to by Mr.. Page. The
house then, at five o'clock, adjourned till
Monday.
In the House on tho 10Th bills were
introduced and referred as follows: BY Mr..
Wood, of New York; to repeal in part the
act Of January 10, 1915, providing for re-
sumption of specie payment, and to facilitate
resumption OF specie payment, without con-
traction OF the currency. BY Mr.. Cox for
payment OF same bounty to drafted soldiers
as volunteers. BY Mr.. Cutler; declaring the
Department Of Agriculture one Of the Ex-
ecutive departments. The rules were sus-
pended and the amnesty bill taken up for
consideration, and the entire session con-
sumed in its discussion. The bill was dis.
cussed at length by Randall, Blaine, Cox and
others, when the House adjourned.
In the House on the 1lth bills were
introduced and referred as follows: By Mr..