The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-08-17

of Missouri, offered motion to reconsider
the vote by which the bill to establish the
Territory OF Pembina passed, and gave no.
tice that he would move TO change the name
to Algonquin. The Senate then resumed
the consideration of the resolution OF Mr..
Morton to print ten thousand copies Of the
message of the President in reference to the
recent trouble at Hamburg, South Carolina,
and Mr.. Eaton, of Connecticut, made po-
litical speech, which was replied to by Mr..
Patterson, of s. c., at the conclusion OF
whose speech the Senate adjourned. ..."...
In the House, Mr.. Throckmorton Dem. J, OF
Texas, offered a resolution directing the
Clerk of the House to pay l.. A. Fitzhugh,
late Doorkeeper, an amount equal TO his
salary from the 22d of May to the LIST OF
August. 1t was referred. A bill was intro.
dueed and passed, to print 100000 copies Of
the report Of the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture for 1874, and 200, 900 copies of the report
for 1875, and appropriating $780, 900 therefor.
After a political debate, participated In by
Mr.. Hale, of Maine, and Mr.. Cox, OF New
York, the House adjourned.
In the Senate, August 8, during the morn
| ing hour number of bills on the calendar,
not objected to, passed. Among them the
House bill to allow homestead settlers TO
make proof of settlement before the courts
| as well as before receiver. The Senate
| then resumed the consideration Of the I'M
| finished business, the resolution OF Mr..
Morton, of Indiana, to print ten thousand
extra copies of the message OF the Presi-
dent and the accompanying documents
| in regard to the recent trouble at Hamburg,
and Mr., Patterson resumed his remarks, az
hold an evening session and close the debate.
......... HOuse--The Committee on Invalid
Pensions reported bill giving pension OF
| thirty dollars a month to the widow OF Cap.
tain Yates, Of the Seventh Cavalry, killed at
! the battle of the Little Big Horn, which was
passed. The Committee on Public Lands
reported back the bill appropriating $500
for publishing the history of the surveys
and expeditions by the United States during
House then discussed political subjects, and
was addressed by Mr.. Hoar, who was replied
to by Mr.. Hooker, of Miss. On the close OF
the debate the House adjourned.
In the Senate, August 10, the amendment
of the House to the resolution of the Senate
to print 1000 copies of the majority and
minority reports of the special committee
which recently investigated the Mississippi
affairs, Was agreed to, and the
and Harbor Appropriation Bill passed. A
political discussion then followed, in which
Mr.. Sherman, of Ohio, was the principal
speaker, at the close of which the Senate ad
journed... In the House, Mr.. Lord (Dem. }
of New York, offered resolution recit
ing the Fifteenth Amendment, and ther
asserting that the right of suffrage is re
sisted, controlled by fraud, intimidation
and violence in some of the States, in def
ance of tie Fifteenth Amendment, ant
Whereas, All citizens are entitled t.
protection under said amendment
therefore be it Resolved by the House
That all attempts by force, intimi
dation, or otherwise, to interfere with tn
rights of citizens, are condemned, and tn
guilty parties should receive condIgn ant
etlectual punishment" The resolution wa
passed. The River and Harbor Bill was ais
passed. This bill now goes to the Presldsn
, for his signature.