American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1877-11-10

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Chairman; Messrs. Glover of Missouri, Pride
more of Virginia, Covert of New York, Aiken
OF south Carolina, Finley of Ohio, Stelle of
North Carolina, Deering of Iowa, Hays of u
lnois, Watson of Pennsylvania, Calkins of
Indian Affairs-Mr. Scales of North Caro-
lima, Chairman; Messrs. Boone of kentucky
Locker OF Mississippi, Morgan OF Missouri,
Ihrockmoron of Texas, Gunter OF Arkansas
Beebe of New York, Page of California, Van
Norhes of Ohio, Townsend of New Y orl, Stew
arl of Minnesota, Fem of Idaho.
Military Atfairs-Mr Banning of Ohio,
Chairman; Messrs. Marsh of Pennsylvania
Williams of Delaware, DibrelI of Tennessee
Clark of New York Evans of south Carolina
Bragg of Wisconsin, Strait of Minnesota,
White of Pennsylvania, McCooll of New York,
Militia-Mr. Ross of New Jersey, Chairman;
Messrs. Douglass of Virginia, Scales of North
Carolina, Henkle of Maryland, Jones OF New
Hampshire, Culberson of Texas, Turner of
Kentucky, Call>ins of Indiana, Bundy of New
York Evans of Pennsylvania, Smalls of south
CsTo:ina.
Naval Afairs-Mr Whitthorne of Temes-
81 virgInia, Wits Of AtlS Ne q Yor zones Of
New Hampshire, Morse of Massachusetts,
kiHnmeu of Maryland, Harris of Massachu-
setts, Danford of Ohio. Harman of Pennsyl-
vania Hanna of Indiana! - Z
MsE NJ ~ SWn NdI, 4 4i MaFylamd' g AMI
ton of Indiana, Fort of Illinois, Schleicher of
Texas, Bridges of Pennsylvania, Wilson OF
West Virginia, Monroe of Ohio, Williams of
Wisconsin, Crapo of Massachusetts, killinger
of Pennsylvania.
Te11itories-NIr Franklin of Missouri, Chair
man; Messrs- Riddle of Tennessee, Mills, of
Texas, Turney of Pennsylvania, Jones of Ala
bama MuIdrow of Mississippi Morse of Mas
sachusetts BagIey of New York Reed of
Maine, Aldrich of Illinois, Neal of Ohio, Ma
ginnis of Montana.
Revolutionary Pensions and War of ISl2-
Mr.. Mac<ey of Pennsylvania, Chairman.
Invalid Pensions-Mr. Rice of Ohio, Chair
Tennessee, Wash of Maryland, Mackey of
Pennsylvania, Crittenden of Missouri, Covert
of New York, SinnickSon,- of New. Jersey,
Rainey of South Carolina, Joyce of Vermont,
Powers of Maine. 't .'- .-5- 5'.--
Texas, Chairman; Messrs: CabelI of Virginia.
Crittenden of Missouri, Shelley of Alabama
Mckenzie of Kentucky, .Mullerof New York,
Mitchell of Pennsylvania, Camp of New York
Hazelton of Wisconsin. -.+..t=s.
Mines and Mining-Mr. Beebe of New York,
Chairman; Messrs. Davis of North Carolina,
FELTON, of Georgia, Collins of Pennsylvania.
Boone of Kentucky, Jones of Alabama, Rea OF
Missouri, Wren of Nevada, Randolph of Ten
nessee, Shallenberger of Pennsylvania, Stone
of Michigan, Stevens of Arizona. s1 -
Education and I4abor-Mr. Goode OF Nir-
ginia Chairman; Messrs. Fuller of Indiana,
Southland of Ohio, Willis of Kentucky, Man
ming OF Mississippi, Bright OF Tennessee, Bell
bell of Pennsylvania, IiunSertord fNew York,
Haskell of Kansas.
'@ Revision of Laws-Mfl7W Walsh of MARYLAND,
Chairman; Messrs. Walker of Virginia, Bland
of Missouri, BiclSnen of Indiana, Herbert OF
kansas, Field of Massa chusetts Clark of Iowa
Leonard of Louisiana, Mckinley of Ohio.
C0inaSes az melghts anu M5rs nrg
Of PennsyIvania, Vance of North Carolina,
Clark of Missouri, Knapp of Illinois, ,Muldrow
sOf Mississippi, Clark of Kentucky, Darran OF
louisiana Brewer of Michigan, Ryan Of Kan
sas, Dwight of New York,
Patents-SIr. Vance of North Carolina, Chair
man AIessrs. Douglass of Virginia, Clark of
Kentucky, Smith of Georgia, Aiken of South
Carolina, ToWnshend of Illinois, Cutler of
New Jersey, Ward of Pennsylvania, Pollard OF
Missouri, Briggs of New Hampshire, Willis
of Michigan.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Alr. Cook of
lA.N N.
Accounts~9Ir. Roberts of Maryland, Chair
Miieage-Mr Cobb of Indiana, Chairman.
EXpendit.GrrSes state DePartmenf1M4ir f;7o4iI
er of Virginia, Mayham of New York, Dunnen
of Minnesota. Bayne of Pennsylvania.
Expenditures Treasury Department-Mr
of Georgia, Forney' of AIabnma Ganse of Ar
Kansas Veeder of New York, Dickey of Ohio,
gensen of Virginia.
Expenditures War Department-Mr: Black
burn of Kentucky, Chairman; MeSSrS. Gambler
of Georgia, Rice of Ohio, ,Darrall of Louisiana,
Eanes of Rhode Island.
Expenditures Navy Department-Mr. Willis
of New York, Chairman; Messrs. Whitthorne
of Tennessee, Carlisle of Kentucky, Page OF
California, Hubbell- of Michigan.
Expenditures Post Office Departmental.
Williams of Alabama, Chairman Messrs. Will
lisms of Michigan, Caldwell of Kentucky,
Watson of Pennsylvania, sBrogden OF North
Carolina.
Expenditures Interior Department-Mr.
Sparks of Illinois, Chairman; Messrs. Robbins
of North Carolina, Lockwood of New York,
Oliver of Iowa, Willis of Michigan.
Expenditures on Public Buildings-Mr.
Lynde of Wisconsin, Chairman.
ExpendituresHin Department of Justice
Mr.. Bragg of Wisconsin, Chairman; Messrs
Durham of Kentucky, Eden of Illinois, Har-
denbergh of New. Jersey, Hartrldge of Geor-
agia Evans of South Carolina, Muller of New
York, Conger of Michigan w ait of Connecti-
cut, Gardner of Ohio, Robinson of Massachu
sets. 81. .,s.- - :. - P - .
of Illinois, Chairman; Messrs. Hewitt of New
York, Cook of Georgia, Garth of Alabama,
Crayens Of Arkansas: Henry, , OF MARYLAND; 1
New York, Pugh of New Jersey, Sexton of In
| diana. hlr-
| iSiana, Chairman; Messrs. Hatcher of Missou-
| Knapp of Illinois, Landers Of Connecticut
vania, Pound of Wisconsin, Robertson OF
Massachusetts, Bisbee of % Florida ,,oa-,..
stephens of Georgia. Sayler of Ohio, Banks
of Massachusetts, Garfield of Ohio;
| Revision of Law Regulating the Counting Oi
| Electoral Votes, etc.-AIr. SOuthard of Ohio
| Chairman !; Messrs. Hunton of Virginia, Potter
| of New York, House of Tennessee, Bicknell OF
| Indiana, Herbert of Alabama, Carlisle of Ken
| lucky Butler of Massachusetts, Browne o1
Indiana, Brogden of North Carolina, Sampson
Printing-Mr.. Singleton of Mississippi
| En-: Enroiied BilIs-Mr. Hamilton of Indiana
| Chairman. .tas- --i+
Library-NIr. Cox of New York, Chairman
In the Senate, on the Both, number OF
| unimportant bills were introduced and re
| ferred. Senator Coke introduced bill MAX
i ing an appropriation to pay over to Texa:
the residue of *, 900 900 reserved for the salts
| faction of that portion of the public debt o
the late republic Of Texas for which dutie: I5a
pledged, being the balance remaining aftel
the payment of such debt. He also intro
duced a bill to reimburse Texas for expense!
| incurred in repelling invasions of Indians
and Mexicans. Both were referred. A NUM-
Der of appointments were confirmed in exec
| utive session. There was no session of thu
| House. -.5#s-s -r.57-
In the Senate, on the 31st, a number O.
bills were introduced and referred, >. anon;
them one by Senator ingalls, to provide TO
public buildings at Topeka, Kansas. II
the House, MIR. Ewing, from the Committee
lowing bill: 'That the third section of the &C
entitled An act to provide forthe resumption
of specie payments approved January Ia
1875, be and is hereby repealed" Mr.. Ewin
moved that the bill be ordered printed an
vision. Mr.. Ewing then moved to reconside
that vote, his object being thus to retain con
troll OF the bill, ana to be able to eall It up a
any time. Mr.. Conger moved to lay the mo
ton to reconsider on the table
The Speaker: "The vote on that motion wi
be practical test of the sense of the House.
vote was thereupon taken by yeas and nay
| on Mr.. COnger'S motion to lay on the table tn
motion to reconsider the vote recOmmittin
the bill to the Committee Banking an
! Currency, and the motion was rejected-yea
: 1l6, nays I3S, as follows:
f PeGs-Messrs. Aiken, Bacon, BagIey, Bake
n. Y. BallOu, Banks, Bisbee, Blair, Boyt
sBrentano, Brewer, Briggs, Bundy, Burchar'
f Burdick, Cain, Campbell, CasweIl. ChitteI
! den, C1aflin, Clark, n. j., Cole, Conger, Gov
: ert, Cox, O., Crapo, Cutter, Danford, Darral
' Davis Cal, ,Deering, Denison ,Dunnell, Dwigh
Z freeman, Frye, Garfield, Gibson, Hale, Ha
: denbergh, Harris, Mass, Hart, Hayes. HAIL
+ cock, HubbelI, Humphrey ,Hungerford, ,ittne
f Jones, n. H, Jones, o., Jorgensen, Joyc
n Keiter, Keightley, Landers Latham, LathT3