The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-14
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

hSS ihpOscu by IIle fourteenth amendment
to the constitution. Passed. Mr.. Freling
huysen called up the senate bill of the 18th
TO amend the 18th section of the act to es-
tablish judicial courts of the United States,
approved September 24, 17S9. A debate
ensued, but the morning hour expiring the
bill went over, and the chair laid before the
senate the consular and diplomatic bill as
the regular order. The question recurring
on restoring Italy, which was stricken out
by the house, on nay and yea vote it was
restored. The next amendment, restoring
several ports which had been stricken out
by The house, was taken up. Messrs. Sher-
man and Hamlin urged the necessity of con-
forming to existing law, and spoke against
the general principle of engrafting new laws
the senate went into executive session, and
soon adjourned.
In the senate, on the 29th, Mr.. ALI
son, from the committee on Indian affairs,
reported favorably on senate bill to author
ize the secretary, of the interior to deposit in
the United States treasury all sums now held
by him, or which he may hereafter receive,
as trustee of the various Indian tribes on
account of the redemption Of United States
bonds or other stock and securities belong
ing to the Indian trust funds. The bill
also provides that the United States shall
pay hve per cent per annum interest on all
sums so deposited. Passed. The senate re-
sumed consideration of the consular and
diplomatic bill. Mr.. Wallace spoke in op-
position to the restoration of appropriations
cut down by the house. The senate then
proceeded to consider the amendments pro-
posed by the committee on apprOpria tiOns,
all OF which were agreed to. The bill was
then passed on yea and nay vote-35 to II.
On motion, Mr.. MOrton's resolution for the
appointment of a committee to investigate
alleged frauds in the recent elections of
Mississippi was taken up, and made the I'M
finished business. The senate went into ex-
ecutive session, and adjourned.
In the senate, on the 30th, Mr.. Ste
venson presented memorial from the legis-
lature of Kentucky, asking congress to take
some action in relation to the case of L. o.
N. COnden. Referred. Mr.. Stevenson pre-
sented a memorial from citizens asking that
the barracks and arsenal at Newport, KY,
which it is proposed to move to Columbus,
Ohio, be restored to Newport, Ky. Referred.
After the morning business the senate
took up Mr.. Morton's Mississippi resolutions
and Mr. Bayard spoke in opposition. Other
remarks were made, and without action the
senate adjourned.
In the senate, on the, 9lst, bills, petit
tions, etc, having been presented and re-
ferred, the senate took up the Mississippi
resolution Of Mr.. Morton and Mr.. Bruce began
his speech. He said that in 1873 the repub-
licans carried Mississippi by twenty thousand
ma iority, and last fall the democrats claimed
to have carried the state by thirty thousand,
a reputed gain of fifty thousand. Why this
change in the popular vote? The evidence
will show that in many parts of the state
violence and intimidation were used and what
was known as the White League were instru-
mental in much of this class of outrage. Mr..
Key was glad the late war was fought out
and over with. He spoke highly, of the col
ored people, and their fidelity to the whites
during the war, and the people of his state
was willing to protect them and aid them.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen said when the right of
suffrage had been conferred on an individual,
he ought to have that right guaranteed to
him, and should be protected in the right.
He claimed that in this country, of all others,
the voter should be protected in his right to
vote, and that congress had the power to
protect him and to pass this resolution and
raise this committee for this purpose. Mr..
Bayard further opposed the appointment of
the committee. The question recurred on
the adoption of the preamble, and it was
to 10. The senate then adjourned
till Monday.
The senate, April Sd, entertained and
referred several petitions in regard to sus-
tanning, etc, the signal service. While the
senate was in executive session, Mr.. Adams,
clerk of the house of representatives, ap-
peared and announced that the house had
adopted articles of impeachment against w.
w. Belknap, late secretary of war, and had
appointed a manager to conduct the prose-
cution on the part of the house of represen-
tatives.
In the house, on the 2Sth. Mr.. Holman
offered a resolution fixing the compensation
of witnesses summoned before the house
at two dollars per day and mile
age of five cents per mile. Referred. Mr..
Ioar introduced bill to permit the impor-
tation, free of duty, of books printed in any
foreign language. Referred. Mr.. Gordon |
offered a resolution directing the judiciary |
to inquire into the expediency of |
preventing the use of the United States |
mails in carrying lottery advertisements. |
Adopted. Mr.. Atkins, from the conference |
the bill to supply the def |
cheney at the Red Cloud Sioux agency, |
made a report that the house should concur |
in the senate amendment increasing the |
amount from 100000 to S150O00. Agreed |
to. The house then took up the bill re- |
ported from the committee on commerce to |
amend the law for the regulation of steam |
vessels. The bill went over. Adjourned.
In the house, on the 29th, Mr.. Banks, |
from the committee on rules, reported a res
Dlution fixing the compensation of witnesses
to appear before the committee |
Of the house at three dollars per day, and |
allowing five cents per mile mileage. Adopt |
ed. Mr.. Thomas, from the committee on |
ways and means, reported a bill providing |
that all unused stamps shall he redeemed |
when properly presented. Passed. Mr.. |
from the committee on ways and |
means, reported bill authorizing the sec
retary of the treasury to convert into cou
pOns the five per cent. registered bonds neces-
'ary to pay the judgments of the Alabama
claims commission. Passed. The house
hen, as regular order of business, cOnsid-
cred the bill regulating the pay and allow
lnces of officers of the army. The bill is to /
axe effect on the 1st of July next. Mr..
Garfield sent to tho clerks desk, and had !
read an extract from the testimony of Major
General Hancock before the committee ad-
verse to the proposed reductions, and with
Dut any further debate the bill passed-I41
% 81. The house then proceed to the con-
,ideration of the bill apprOpriating $4,000
or the bureau of printing and engraving of
silver coin in the place of fractional cur
ency Various propositions were made in
'egard to mileage. Mr.. Foster moved to
lbolish it altogether. In the course OF the |
discussion on the mileage question, in
when many members joined, Mr.. Page
uuNGu an diutHulDtHb DTONlnlng TndL
he pay of any member elected to fill a va
'ancy shall begin from the date of his elec-
ion. Agreed to. The house then went INTO
of the whole on the legislative
md judicial appropriation bill, the question
,eing on several amendments to the item of |
alary of senators. The first vote was on
he amendment reducing the salary of sena-
Ors to $500. Rejected. All the amend
nents to the mileage item were rejected, in
'luding Mr.. Fosters. Without dispOsing of
he bill the committee rose and the house
adjourned.
In the house, on the 3Oth, Mr.. Bur
eigh, from the committee on naval affairs,
-eported bill directing the naval estimates
o be made in detail under the various heads |
If expenditure. After discussion the bill
passed. Mr.. Faulkner, ON the committee
'n foreign affairs, reported a resolution di-
'ectlng the committee on foreign affairs to
INQUIRE if there was any conflict of construc-
ion between Great Britain and the United
States in regard to the extrsdition treaty of
$40, and what legislation, if any, is proper
o remove any difficulty in the execution of
aid treaty. Adopted. Mr.. Knott presented
articles TO be adopted and presented to the