The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-01-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
aENATE.

polygamy law of 1862, and the Poland bin
that Utah be admitted as State Of the Union.
petition from the citizens of Ohio asking
the repeal of the resumption act etc, was
read and referred. Mr. Hamilton introduced
a bin to secure the speedy completion of the
Texas Pacific railroad from point at or near
Marshal, Texas, to the southeastern bound
aTy of California, aud TO authorize the South
ern Pacific railroad 20 aid in building the
same, and also to build branch of its road
to Tan Diego, California. Referred. Mr..
Dorsey presented memorial Of the Arkansas
legislature, asking the appointment of a com
petsnt corps Of engineers to make topo-
graphical survey Of upper Arkansas river.
Referred. Several other bills and resolutions
were read, ordered printed, and laid over
fQT further action. Adjourned.
In the Senate GA the 1lth, BfF.s4if-
thony, from the Committee on Naval Affairs
reported favOrably on bin to provide for
the completion and location Of a naval mon
ument in Washington Passed. The fol
lowing bills were introduced and referred (:
To enable the people Of New Mexico to form
Constitution and State government and
for the admission of said State into the Tn
ion on an equal footing with the original
States. To establish q branch mint at St
Louis. To authorize the construction of
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-
IiTered a eulogy. EuiOgies were also deliv-
cred by Senators MeCreerY, MeFTimOH, Pad
dock, Bogy, Bayard and Key. At the con
ciusiOn Of the eulogies, the usual resolutions
of respect requiring Senators to wear the
badge of mourning thirty days we're 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-
ton to indefinitely postpone the resolution
regarding the election of president pro tenn.
of the Senate, resulting in the passage of the
resolution as reported by the Committee, the
following being the resolutions reported:
Resolved, That the tenure of president 1'r0
telnBOre of the Senate elected at one session
does not expire after the first recess, the Vice
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 tssRIlOre of the Sem
ate. Resolved. That the Office of president
pro tempOre of the Senate is held at the plea
sure of the Senate. Resolved, That Hon.
Thos. w. Ferry, senator from Michigan, who
was elected president pro teBlpOre of the SEN
ate at the last session, is now president pro
tela1Ore by virtue of said election. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, after some
other business, Senator Davis LWest Va.
moved that committee be appointed to in
vestigate the affdirs 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 nay, 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 collec-
tiOns. The amounts were increased or de-
creased as occasion might require, BY an ad-
ditiOn or subtraction from the loans of the
treasury books, and IL there were errors or
frauds 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
crepaneies between the figures of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury and the Register of the
Treasury, and also that the figures had been
changed. The matter was discussed at length
betH cen Senators Davis and Boutwell,, up to
the hour of adjournment.
In the Senate, on the 14th, after several
unimpOrtant public and private bills had been
disposed of and referred, including one allow
ing military pre-emptiOn of 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,
be and are hereby removed, and each and
every person is and shall be forever relieved
therefrom on his appearing before Judge of
any court of the United States, or of any
court of record in the State of which he is
resident, and taking and subscribing to the
following oath, to be duly attested and re-
corded: az, A. B., do solemnly swear or af-
firm that / will support and defend the Con-
stitutiOn of the United States against all enc
miles, foreign and domestic; that will bear
trina fo4fh nd allaarfaraa 10 "a az.d
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 Weld the
floor, but he refused, and the vote, after some
sikirmishing, was taken. On call of the yeas
and nays, it appeared that there were one
hundred and eighty-twO yeas and ninety
seven navs. The requisite two-thirds not
voting, the Dill was rejected. On the result
being announced, Blaine took the floor, and
by motion to reconsider, obtained the right
to speak. He said that the only object on
his side of the house was not to be Obstruct-
i've; but he did obstruet, 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
peaehed and disqualified by Democrats and
Ames of Mississippi, was about to be. He
harangued the house in this way at great
leHgtll, ana refusing 20 FletQ the MOOR save
for an amendment excluding Jefferson Da-
Wis The matter was brought to a 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 a 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 the 10Th bills were
introduced and referred as follows: BY Mr..
Wood, of New York; 70 repeal in part the
act of January 10, 1875, 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 ND 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 llth bills were
introduced and referred as follows: By Mr..
Morrison: Preparatory to redemption Of
United States notes and resumption of specie
payments, it proposes TO retain gold in the
Treasury to the amount Of so per cent. Of out
standing legal tenders; requires national
banks to retain the gold paid for their in
terest on bonds deposited to secure the cur
rency, till they have so per cent. of their out
standing notes, and repeals that portion Of
the resumption act compelling specie re-
sumption IN 1879. The House then pro-
ceeded to the consideration Of the amnesty
bill, and was addressed for two hours by Mr..
Hill, Of Georgia, and soon after adjourned.
In the House on the 18th, some meas
ures were adopted looking to a more econom-
eial bureaus. The house then resumed the
consideration of tiP amnesty hin Mr. Blaine
L.. a. anor t. I. - - Il.