The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-10

Senate bill to allow pension of $57 per month to
soldiers who have lost both an and leg, in lieu
of $24 per month now allowed, was passed on
motion of Allison, the Senate insisted upon It's
amendments to the River and Harbor appropriation
bill, and agreed to conference asked for by the
House -. The Post-road bill considered.
House.-Huribut, from the Committee on Civil
Service Reform, submitted the report OF the COM
mittee in regard to the Chicago Pension agency
evidence, which was ordered printed The COM
nittee recommended the passage OF resolutions
declaring that 1.-THE acceptance or demanding OF
money by any person consideration Tor real OF
pretended influence in procuring appointments TO
public offices is disgraceful to the individual ana
prejudicial TO the public interest, and that such
misconduct is good cause for removal" and direct
ing the Judiciary Committee to report bill for the
punishment of such ofenses. Lord, from the u
dietary Committee, reported back with an amend
ment) what is known the Blaine school amend
ment to the constitution. After debate, the House
proceeded to vote the resolution and it was
adopted-yeas, l66; nays o.. eSarneld rephed III a
set speech to Lamar on the political situation He
spoke for two hours, and listened to with close
attention.
SATURDAY, Aug. 4.-SeaGte.- Senate de-
voted nearly the entire day to political discussion
of Southern affairs, the occasion being the calling
up of Morton's resolution to print 10000 copies
of the Presidents message and accompanying
documents in the Hamburg affair. Morton
and Thurman took the lead for their
respective sides i'll the debate-Patterson Cam
eron, Mcmillan and Gordon participating.
HOuse.-Majority and minority reports OF the
Committee on Expenditures in the War Depart
ment and in the Department of Justice were made
by Messrs. Clymer and Caulfeld. and were ordered
| printed :. Cox, the Chairman of the Com
mittee Banking and Currency, reported
a bill to repeal sections OF the resump-
| ton act of July Is, 1875, which direct the
| Secretary of the Treasury 20 redeem in coin the
lega-tender notes then outstanding. After an hour
and half of debate O vote was taken on the Dill,
/ and it was passed by the following vote; Yeas
Ainsworth, Anderson, Athens, Banning, Bland,
Boone, Bradford, Bright, Brown; n y, Brown'
K Co1,o1 (Io11 Ia 6pVplt
| Campbell, Cannon, Cason, Cate, Caulfeld, Clarke,
KY, Clarke, No., Clymer, Cochrane, Collins, Cook,
Cox, Dlbrill, Douglass Durham, Eden; Evans
| Faulkner, FELTON,, Finley, Forney, Fort, Franklin.
| Ganse Goode Goodin, Gunter Harrison, Hartseu,
Raymond, Hinhle. HEREFORD, Holman Hooker, Hop
k1ns, House, Hubbell, Hunton, Hurd, Jones' n.y.
| Landers, Ind. Lane Lawrence Lewis, Lynde,
| Mackey. Marsh, Mcfarland, McMahon, Mlinken,
Mills, Morgan Mutchler, Neal, New, Payne Phelps,
Rice, Riddle. Robinson, Savage, sheakle; Single
/ ton Slemons Smith, Ga, Southland, Springer,
Singer, Stevenson. Stone, Teese. Thomas, Throck-
morton. Tucker, Turner, Van Y0Tshees' vance vance
Whitthorne, Williams, Ind, Williams, Ala,
Wiltshire, Wilson, w. Va, Yates Young-lO6.
ley, j. H., Baker, Baou, Canks, Bell, Blair Burch-
| ard, Ill Caswell, Chittenden, Conger, Cronnse,
Cutter. Danford, Day. Durand, Eames, Ely, Free
man, Frye, Gilsen, Hale, Hancock, Harden9erg'
/ Harris, Mass Henderson, Hewitt N Y, Hoar,
Hoag, Hayner, Joyce, Kasson, Kehr, klmball,
Lamar, Lapham, Levy, Lynch Mcdowell NC
!
rison. Nash, Norton, O'Brjen, OdelI, O'Neill,
Packer, Page, Pierce, Piper, PLAT, Potter
Powell, Pratt, Rainey, Ross, Rusk, Sampson,
Schleicher, Sinnickson, Small Smith, Pa, Strait,
| Stowen Thompson, Thornburg Townsend, Pa,
| Tufts Wait Walker, n. H., Ward, Warren, Wells,
/ Miss White Whiting, Williams, A., Mich, Willis,
| Wilson, Iowa, Woodburn-8G. Cox thep reported
! bill which was passed, creating commission OF
| three Senators, three Representatives, and three
experts, who shall report on or before the 10Th OF
next January upon all matters relating to the cur
1 rency.
MONDAY, Aug. 7.-SemGte.-The House
amendments to the Senate bill extending the time
for the redemption of lands sold by the United
States for direct taxes agreed to, and the Dill
was passed MAJ ority and minority reports OF the
! special committee appointed to inquire IN
to the late election in Mississippi were presented
The House bill to repeal the resumpt1on-day
clause of the Resumption act of 1875, read and
referred =. The House joint resolution, proposing
sixteenth amendment to the constitution, prohibit
| ing the appropriation of any school fund TOR the
support OF sectarian schools ETC., was, after dis
/ cussion referred to the Judiciary Committee.
The Senate resumed consideration OF Mortons reso-
luton to print 900 copies Of the Presidents mes
sage and accompanying documents IN regard TO the
| Hamburg affair. long and heated political debate
! followed the chief participants being Edmunds.
Logan and Eaton.
HotSse-A resolution was offered by Douglass
ya) allowing committees of investigation to report
at any time this session. This resisted by the
Republicans. who resorted to filibusterng to pre-
vent the adoption of the resolution.
| A compromise was finally reached, in the
shape of rule providing that the 1nyes-
tigating committee, shall be authorized to report at
any time during the present session. provided the
majority give notice to the minority to submit their
report forty hours before the time OF the pre-
sentation of the report to the House, so that both
reports may go in together.