New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-08
BY TELE G R A PHI
CONGRESS.
Senate.

SS06tSs
WASHINGTON, August THE bin rele
tive y the wreck of the tt crT 'eh, sr> Z II
Mob e bay. end burial of the Iema '7s o1
passed.
The bill extending the me for the re'
demption of lands sold for to xe-, passed.
The reDort1 OF rhe majority end minority =
of the NJ 7sissiDpi COMMITTEES were pre-.
ssnte1, P1d W 0e read ,morfOw.
The Hor1e biz making an appropria. on
for the payment of the awards of the
Southern Claims Commi lesion, With amend
ment,, passed, ana goes back to the House.
The b''l giving the Court Of Claims q
hearing t, determine the OLE ms OF lawful
owners of cotton seized az June ~, 1866,
VIZ :odefini+ ,ly postponed.
The bi" req .sling the day clause Of the
resump..on act which pessed the House
was referred TO the Committee on Finance.
The school amendment II the c1nstitu-
ton. which pa sed the House, we taken u,
Two substitutes were offered, and the Whole
matt n referred 20 the Judiciary Commit
tee.
The resclu Ion to pint the Presidents
message on Hr ubr~g was resumed. NO &C.
ton.
Adjourned.
Confirmation.
Henry F. French, Assist ut Secretary Of
the Tre;, urJ.
The resolution Of Mr.. Douglass, of Vir-
ginis, allowing committees of Investigation
to report at any time during the present
session was resisted by the Republicans.
who resortsd to the plan of refraining from
voting, thus revealing the apparent ab-
sence Of a quorum and preventing the
transaction OF business. Then there had to
be call Of the House and warrant: we're
issued for the arrest of the absentees. The
Sergeart-a from time to time ap-
peared at the bar of the House with some
members in his custody, and they were iu-
tsrrogsted by the Speaker pro rem. what
excuse they had to render for their ab-
sence. The anusiag answers. usual on
such occasions, we're made, and the usual
amount of chatting INDUCED in at their ex-
pense TO the erjoy yment OF members and
spectators.
The Speaker pro TEN. exerted his best en-
deayors to prevent the proceedings assum-
ing TOO ludicrous a character, and to keep
them within the bounds of parliamentary
prepriety, and to some extent he succeeded
in Going 80.
Durng pause IN the proceedings Mr..
Cai,tenden, Of New York, rose, asked and
obtained unanimous consent to make what
he called q misce)t taneous remark. He had
not got through his first cent .nce, delivered
in his usual emphat manner aud N high
KEY, before he was mt ,rrupted with mock
lug shouts of Louder, louder" from the
Democratic side. This interruption wac
severely censured by the Speaker pro TEN,
who declared 1t grossly out OF order.
Mr.. Chitrenden was, therefore, allowed
to proceed, s1d he went on to cay that in
the oppressiveIv hot condition of the atmos-
phere members had played children long
enough, and that it was time to leave of
fooliug. He could not see how these pre-
ceeiiugs could be reconciled to their own
sense Of mapliness, or why they should
ws ate their time aud endsuger their lives
aud health in such manner. He, there
fore, moved that the House adjourn.
Negatived after some further time wasted
in the same manner.
Mr.. Cox, of New York. suggested com.
reports being gwen.
Mr.. Hale. of Msine who had been lead.
ing the opposition, sssentsa to the sag
&c ltion, v itn the understanding that two
DAYS notice should be given by the ma j0I
ity Of the committee - the minority, 80
that both reports should be made together,
snd go to the county simultaneously. He
disciaimed env desire to exclude tue re-
ports of committees.
AfFsr much discussion compromise wa
effect ID IN the adoption of resolution Of
fered by Mr.. Cox that investigating com.
mitt7e es have leave to report, during the re-
mai1der of the session. at any time after
two days from the tine that committee
hes agrf I'd torepors, submitted the same
10 the minority. who shall have leave at the
came time to submit thei~ views to the
House, and that, il the miuoii,y of the
committee shall be absent, not .cs shall be
given in the House.
The House adjou-nei aft ,r refusing leav;
of absence II some twenty members who
had applied for it.