New-York tribune., 1876-01-21
XLIVrH CONGRESSES SESSION.

REGULAR REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS.
ANOTHER SECTION OF Mr.. MOTIONS SPEECH ON
MIssIssIPPI-rHE CENTENNIAL BILL AGAIN DE-
DATED IN THE HOUsR-MR. BANKS FAyoRs 1T
STRONGLY.
SENATE. WARRINGTON. Jan. 20, 1870.
Various petitions were presented asking the
repeal OF the law requiring cent stamps TO be axed
to bank checks and rcforred to the Finance Com
mittcc.
Mr. SARGENT Qsep. CALI introduced BIZ TO confer
certain PyeSos upon telegraph GoPanG & ~ Rse5Tod
ate the Oxygen Gas Conpany OF me District OF 0Oiu'
Mr. EDMUNDS rep. VIZ submitted resolution car an
ing on the Attorney General TO state whether nnuc .9
s or so T@aS U ending dir june &c. s74 The claim
United for the five cent of net earnings therth
upon and not why not, and TO Communicate the pros
ent condition OF the matters therein referred TO- Asroeu
n. oso subnitted resolution calling on the Secretary
Of the Treasury information 10 the condition OF
ar. AiJIs0N CRep., Iowaj introduced o bill TO au-
thorze tho constructor OF oIiGse across 'o "i'''
Mr.. MITCHELL (Rep Oregon submitted TesontEn ion
bankruptcy act OF 1867. and report whether petition ia
involuntary bankruptcy, In The case OF corpoIatloi
ing one1hlrd Of the dcbis. Agreedto -, ,,.,a
Rsos M ws so,s 6f 6f a1 IFsD s6S and % july % isG
vdes that from aud after its enactment all the racine
Traas,ry lie Whole amount OF interest heretofore paid
by fhc on the bonds loaned to them to aud
tie construction Of Their roads, together with lnteest
upon the sumo paid 10y the Government in discharge OF
Interest said bonds. mt the rate OI p0I gen. ~
annum from tho date OF payment. less the amount re-
tained by the Government for such ti1msrortai@i9n ION
which shall be credited IN the account every SIX % -,
depost in the United Treasury. ten days preeed
ing the maturity Of tine scmannu s edcd 70 the
amount then due each company iVr NAL serTlee VIII
amount to the s'mannual interest Ihen talllng uut.
: mir HAMILTON Qud., TeXasl from the COmnittoe On
Pensions reported adversely on Tue teul'ohs % % Ja'
s Elliott Emily |. Heron, and Ihaddeus s. stewart
and the Committee was discharged from ther iuftner
consideration.
MR. MoRToN's SPEECH RESUMED.
The morning hour having expired. the CHAIR laid be-
fore the Senate the unfinished business being the resOu
uon Of Mr.. Morton to appoint committee 10 inquire
into the circumstances the recent election In
Mississppi
MIR MORTON (Rep.. Ind) said that the task which he
had undertaken not pleasant one, but he was I'D
the perfor,nsnce OF what he regarded high duty
He iBquired whether majority o the people OF e'Hte
coald DO Oyertrown by violence ana Ia au ,atd .wV m
portant amendments 10 the Constitution be volatea
without notice o asked the Senate to listen TO evl
dence which Ee would produce, anu desired 10 st'o
The becnning that il from Democratic sources lie
said II had been represented that the G0vefnu'nt O
Mississippi had been extrayagant beyond question:
In 1870 when the reconstructed GoVefgn' NJ eHE in.o
power the STATE was in an Impoverished condition
Many the public bindings had been DESTROYED y hto
and Others were of repair The bridges had been de
stroyod and the public highways were m an lhasanc
sd ~ S nrured 10 lin the state out Of this condition
A judiciary constructed under thc new toust'.f
ton, IL the best Judiciary the Sto ever hl
charges have ever been made against the supreme CONT
og the forty Judges in Mississippi So far rs the saJe
officers were concerned he believed their adhihsud-
tion had been comparatively pure. lie knew
that general charges OF corruption had boon made
AGAINST GOV Ames but he did not thlnk any dchhlIe
c6aTce of fraud could against him. The ehelfs
i'm Mississippi are 01ie0 collectors Of taxes ana ne LA
hoard of only two cases defaCaton there since lSfo
The aggregate OF these dcalcatiOns was SlooOO one
of the Collectors was Democrat and the other hepuO
hean a.
Mr. MORTON then read from the message OF GOV;
Ames as 10 condition OF the State Treasury, ana sad
The expenses OF the state Government last year were
S6lS0OO In 1874 the excess Of receipts OVe expcnl-
rejye. from Gov Anes stated that the OF Ie-
GENTS over expenditures for 1870 was SI90OOO lie
then gave AN exhibit of tue expenses OF tho ctae GON-
Aa.nn fDll.