Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-08-12
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for the issue of silver coin and to
make the silver dollara legal ten
der. The river and harbor ap-
propriation bill, which, as amend
ed, appropriated $5.00O,O O0, was
further considered and passed.
In the House a unanimous re-
port was presented from the COM
mittee on the judiciary, exonora-
ting Mr. Knott, chairman of the
committee, from any wrong in
withholding the Caldwell dispatch
in the Blaine case. Mr.. Knott.
took the floor and spoke at lengt tn,
indulging in severe personal re-
Elections on Mr.. Blaine. This led
to a heated debate, in which
Messrs. Knott Hale Frye and 9TH
ers participated, after which the
report was recommitted 10 the
committee at the request Of the
republican members, who express
ed regret at having signed it after
hearing Nj. Knott's attack on
Mr.. Blaine. A resolution was
reported from the committee on
ways and means, and adopted,
providing for the adjournment Of
Congress on Monday next at II
o'clock.
AUG. Am the United States
Senate bills were reported to remove
the political disabilities of G. M.
Wilcox, of Maryland, and N. II.
Vansant. of Virginia. The COM
mittee on claims reported adversely
on Senate bill to reimburse the State
of West Virginia for 10 ses incurred
by the destruction of it's bridges etc,
by federal troops during the war,
and it was indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Davis, of West Virginia, spoke
at length to his resolution on the
discrepancies in the books OF the
Treasury Department,
In the House a report from the
committee on civil service reform
presented. Mr.. Garfield spoke at
length in reply to the recent speech
of Nj. Lamar, Mr. Lord, from the
judiciary committee, reported back,
with an amendment, what is known
as the Blaine school amend
ment, and as amended it
it passed the House by a vote of 166
yeas to 5 nays. The amendment of
the judiciary committee provides
that "this article shall not vest, en-
large or diminish legislative power
in Congress-"
AUGUST ga resolution was pre-
scented from the finance committee pro-
viding for a commission to inquire into
expediency Of the issue of a silver dol
lar and making it a legal-tender. A
motion of Mr.. Morton to print ten
thousand extra copies of the Presidents
hamburg riot message led to a long
political debate, Mr.. Morton admitting
that abe message was to be used as an
answer to the letters of Governors Tilden
and Hendricks. In the House the bill
repeating section three of the resump-
ton act, being the section to resume
specie payments January /, 1879, was
taken up and debated at great length,
after which it passed by a vote of LOG
yeas to 83 nays.
AUG. SIN the United States
Senate majority and minority re-
ports were submitted in rrgard to
the circumstances attending the
late election in Mississippi. The
bill Of the House to repeal the re-
sumption day clause of the re
sumption act was referred to the
committee on finance. The bal
ance of the session was occupied
in discussing the motion to print
10000 extra copies of the Presi.
dents report on the Hamburg
massacre,
In the House there were but
few bills introduced under the call
of the States, and the proceedings
were of an embarrassing charac-
ter.
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Senate a bill was passed to estab-
lish the Territory of Pembini. The
Senate resumed the consideration
of the resolution to print 10000
extra copies OF the Presidents
message on the Hamburg riot, but
no result was reached. In the
House a bill vas introduced re-
pealing 50 much of an act as allows
the Baltimore and Potomac rail-
road to run across the public reser-
vati0ns in Washington city. The
remainder of the session was spent
in flibustering on the bill to util-
ize the products of gold and silver
mines.
AUG. 9.-In the United States Sen.
ate Mr.. Window, from the conference
committee on the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill. reported
that the committee had been unable tc
agree, the Senate conferees being un-
willing to agree to the items cutting
down the pay of the president of the
United Sttaes ard Congressman. The