New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-17
BY TELEGR P H
CONGRESS.
Senate.


WASHINGTON, February l6.-Ihe Com
mittee ou Claims re ported adversely on the
bill to settle claims for advances by several
States for the war of 1912.
The Committee on judiciary reported al
versely on Mr.. MerrimOn's bill TO pay claims
for carrying mails in the South before the
war.
The bill for selling timber lands ia Cali
fornia was discussed. Pending its discus
sion Mr. Edmunds said he was about to in
quire what became of the regular order
Yesterday on the case OF Pinchback. The
Chair replied that it was not called up
Yesterday and had been succeeded by other
busne 81. Mr.. Edmunds moved to postpone
the pending bill in regard to the saie OF
timber land, and take up the resolution for
tho admission of Pinchback. He agreed
with the Senator from Indiana (Mr. MOT
tony that the question was one OF nigh
privilege, and had already been too long
delayed.
MI Morton said he did not press the res
olution for the admission of Pinchbac yes
terday for several reasons, one OF whlcn
was that several Senators we're absent, and
| he desired that there should be q full Sen
ate when the vote was taken. 1t the Sena-
| tor from Vermont (Mr. Edmunds) desired
| to have the resolution taken up for the pur-
pose of making a speech, he (Morton)
| would not object.
Mr.. Edmunds said he had never moved to
| take up anything for the purpose OF making
a speech. He desired to get the case to u
| final determination. The little he had to
say would not occupy thirty minutee, and
| it was probable that he would not speak at
all.
Mr.. Morton said if Senator Edmunds did
not desire to speak he hoped the resolution
would not be taken up, as there was one
Senator sick. and he desired to be here.
Mr.. Edmunds said when the case OF
Pinchback was left on Monday, the Senator
from Indiana (Mr. Morton) was in the
| midst of some observations; as he seemed
| to be indisposed, he (Edmunds) moved for
an executive session. Yesterday the mat
ter got displaced some way during bis
| (EGmunds) absence. If the Senate was to
wait until the whole number OF seventy
| three Senators were present before taxing
| vote, the case of Pinchback would never
| be settled. If any Senator was i'll who de-
sired to vote on the side of Pinchback. he
| (Edmunds) would pair with him with pleas
ure, as he did not intend to vote on that
eide He believed the Senate was as full as
it ever would be in the ordinary course OF
events. He did not know how the case
would be determined, and he did not care
how it would be determined, except IN the
interest of law, the constitution and the
facts.
ne question: CeIDS VI tdhiuS up eAtO Soo
luton, d division was called Tor ana re-
suited: Yeas %. nays pa
Mr.. Logan, of Illinois, demanded the
yeas and nays, and the motion II take up
the resolution Was lost. Yeas 81, nays 50.
as follows:
Yeas-Bayard, Bogy, Booth, Caper,on,
Cockrell, Cooper. Davis. Dennis. Eaton,
Edmunds. E ,glish, Goldthwaite. John.
ston, Jones of Florida, Herman, Key, Nc
Me-
wood, Randolph, Ransom, Salisbury. Ste
| venson, Thurman, Wallace, West, Whyte,
Withers-3O.
Nays-Alcorr, Allison, Boutwell,, Bruce,
! Cameron of WISCONSIN, Cameron Of Penn
sylvenia. Clayton, Conkling, Conover,
Dawes, Dorsey, Frelinghuysen, HaL,ilton,
Hamin. Harvey. Hitchcock, Howe 1ngails;,
of Maine, Morrill, Of Vermont, Merton,
Oslesby, Paddock, Patterson, Sargent,
Sherman. Spencer, Wadleigh, WINDOW.
! Wright-33.
| MI. Ferry, who would have voted in the
negative, was paired with Mr.. Gordon, of
| Georgia, who would have voted in the
affirmative. Those not voting were Meesrs.
! Anthony, Burnside. Christ taincy, Cragin,
| Kelly, Mitchell and Robertson.
| On molten Of Mr.. Merrinon the vote by
| which the bill to pay tor carrying the mails
before the war was indefinitely postponed
| was reconsidered and the bill was placed on
the calendar.
After executive session the Senate ad-
journed.
The bill extending the time for fling
claims for additional bounty to July, 1880,
was passed.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs report
ed unfsvorably on the proposition to ter
inmate the treaty of 1868 with the North
German Confederation.
An amendment to the bill admitting Colo
RADIO az State was passed. 1t appropri-
| ates $50 900 to pay expenses.
By special order, the bill reorgaDizing
the judiciary was taken up. 1t provides
for circuit court in every district, and q
court OF appeals within such district The
terms of the courts of appeal are to be held
IN Richmond. New Orleans, Louisville and
St. Louis. The bench consists of q circuit
| judge and district judges within the circuit.
| The decisions are final. except in cases in
volving amounts of over $4,000, which
may 60 to the Supreme Court.
| Mr.. Bradford moved to insert Mobile in
| stead OF New Orleans.
Mr.. Mills moved to substitute jackson for
New Orleans.
Mr.. O'Br;en moved to substitute Balti-
more for Richmond.
! Without action the House adj ourned.