Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1876-03-09
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Recommendation that the In
dian and Pension Bureaus
be Transferred to the
War Department..
The Legislative and Executive
Appropriation Bill Report
ed in the House.
The Witness Wolf has a Con.
venient Fit, ofthe Epi.
leptic Series.
The Beklnap Matter Occupies
S0meOf the Nations Time.
Pinchhack Ruled Out as Sen.
atOr.
Senate

senate
WAsHINGroN, March S-AIr. Cam
son Of wisconsin, presented petitio,
signed-by over l6,000persons in re
gard to secret societies. The petition
declared their. oppositions to-all-secrel
organizations and asked congress.
to withdraw the charter granted tc
the Masons hall association Of tl,e
District of Columbia and that a ,s@s
be passed makingit unlawful to> ap
point any person to office under the
government who is member of a
secret organization and that members
of secret organizations may be chal.
lenged as jurors. Referred.
Mr.. Cameron in presenting u peti-
tion said he had been informed that
the petitioners were resident Of every
state and territory in.-,he United
States. He asked that the petition
DC read and printed in the record. DO
ut the expiration of the morning hour
the chair laid before the senate as un.
flushed business the resolution for
The admission of r. B. p, Pincllbacs
as senator from Louisiana.
The debate was long aud was par.
ticipated in by Logan, Harvey and
Morton, who favored the admission Of
P'nchback and Paddock, Morril and
E,amunls. who opposed IL.
The question then being on the
amendment Of NJ. Elmunds, to in.
Sert-tfhc word-..not before word
II.sdmi.ted,o y SO that the resolution
should read, Resolved, That p. B. S.
Pinchback be not admitted as senator
from the state Of Louisiana for the
term Of Gyears, beginning on the 4th
|0f-sfarcl,, 1918, ii was agreed 10.
Yeas 32; nays %. The question then
being on the resolution AS amended
it was agreed to. Yeas SO; nays 30.
Pinchback was then on the tloar.a,.d
stood near the entrance to. one of the
cloak rooms. As the roll call pro.
cecded he manifested some nervous
ness and soon after the vote was an
nounced he left the chamber.
Mr.. Hitchcock moved to Law aside
unfinished business and proceed to
consider the bill for the admission of
New Mexico. Rejected.
Mr.. West then spoke in favor Of
! the admission Of Pinchback.
Mr.. Wright Submitted concurrent
resolutions intsructing the presiden,
motens OF senate and speaker Of house
of representatives to adjourn their res,
pcctive houses sine dc on the first Of
May 1876 at noon. Mr.. Wright said
he need hardly state he offered this
resolution without consulting with
any one. He believed congress could
get through with all business and ad.
journ on that date. He asked that
the resolution lie on the table.
Mr.. Edmunds moved that it be re.
ierred to the committee on appropria.
tion as it was usual to refer such res.
olutions to that committee. Agreed
| to.
The chair laid before the senate q
communication from the postmaster
| general in answer toSthc senate reso-
-Hlution Of the seventh in regard IL
straw bids. Ordered printed and re-
I tcrred.
Thc.senatc then, on motion OF Mr.
Hitchcock, took up the bill to admi
New Mexico as state. Withou
1 acting on the bill, adjourned.
i WASHINGTON, March S.-Thc speak
er announced the appointment Of til,
following committees on matters con
nected with the SO called whisk
frauds and the attorney generals Of
q fee: Knott, chairman, Harris Of Vir
ginia, Glover, Cochran, McMahor
McGreary, and Plaistedt On the re
quest of Mr.. Harris he was excuse
: and the speaker said he would appoin
, another member in his place durin
: : the day.
! ! Mr.. Randall, chairman Of the com
. mittee on appropriations, reporte
; the legislative and appropriation bi
and made q statement as to reduotio
proposed. The estimates from tn
departments for subjects embraced
the bill, amounted to s2O,773,3OG, al
g preparations in the same bill summal
8 was slS,734,000, aud appropriation
: reported in this bill were sl2,749,8s
h The committee recommended u
d transfer Of the Indian appropriate
!. bill. and he had the authority Of &c,