New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-02-17

In the Senate on Wednesday the bill re.
moving the political disabilities Of Joseph
E, Johnston, Of Virginia, was passed.
The bill providing for the preparation
and publication of new edition OF The Re
vised Statutes OF the United States was
passed.
Mr.. COukling asked that the bill to pro-
vide for the distribution of awards made
under the convention between the United
States and Mexico be passed now; but Oh
lection was made by Mr.. Spencer, who had
d telegram from one of his constituents
saying there was fraud in the latter, and
was now on the way to Washington.
Mr.. d Jersey introduced bill amendatOrY
of and supplemental to the act OF March 3,
1871, to incorporate the Texas and Pac tio
railroad, and the act of July %, 1866, graut-
ing lands to aid in the construction of a
railroad and telegraph line from the States
of Missouri and Arkansas to the Pacific
ocean. Referred.
The bill is a copy Of the so,called cOmprO-
mise Of the Texas and Pacific bill recently
reported to the House of Representatives
by Mr.. Lamar from the Committee on Pa.
cific Railroads.
The Senate resumed consideration of IN
finished business, being a bill to amend the
! Pacific railroad acts SO as to create sink
| ing fund for the liquidation of the indebted
ness due the government by the Pacific
| An amendment of Mr.. Booth, providing
| that $3.50, 900, to be paid by the companies
to the sinking fund, shall be in addition to
the other payments or requirements, was
agreed to- yeas %, nays 20, as follows:
Yeas-AlcOrn, Anthony, Bailey, Booth,
Boutwell,, Cameron of Wisconsin, Christians
cy, Cockrell, Harvey, Hereford, Johnston,
| Maxey, Merrimop, Morrill,, Oglesby, Rob.
ertson, Wadleigh, Wallace, Wright-22.
Hays-Barnum, Bruce, Cameron of Penn
sylvania, Clayton, Cooper. Cragin, Dawes,
Dennis, Dorsey, HamliD, Hitchcock, Kelly,
Herman, Logan, Mitchell, Norwood, Pauter'
son, Spencer, Teller, West-20.
Without completing the bill, the de.
ficiency appropriation was resumed and
passed. Ii provides, after the present ses
sion, the Public PIintt shall not pay over
fifty Gently cents per thousand ems for com
position.
The Senate bill appropriating $1,000 tC
pay the expenses of the Electoral Commits
sion was passed.
In the House, Mr.. Sayler asked leave Il
offer a resolution directing the Secretary o
the Treasury to report within ten days the
actual amount OF gold coin and bullion an(
silver coin and bullion now in the treasury
together with detailed statement of al
outstanding obligations payable on demand
in coin, with the balance actually owned BY
the treasury available for a resumption .
specie payment; and also whether any
bonds or other interest bearing obligation
have been issued during the past or presen
year in the purchase of any such coin o.
bill.
Mr.. KassOn tIOwal objected.
Consideration was resumed of the resolu
tiOns reported by the special COMMITTEES
charged with the investigation of the re
cent election in Florida, and Mr.. Thomp
son, chairman of the committee, addressed
the House.
The proceedings in both houses Thursda.
were unimpOrtant.
In the Senate on Friday Mr.. Logan, o
IlliuOis moved to ta.e up Senate bill TO
the issue of silver coin, and to make th
silver dollar a legal tender, being the bll
introduced by him in August last.
MIR. Morrill,, of Vermont, opposed the me
tiOn on account of the absence of the ohaii
man of the Committee on Finance, and sal
there had also been kind of understand
ing that the bill should not be considere'
until after the report of the silver commits
sion shall be made.
During the discussion Mr., B1gy, q mem
Der of the silver commission, said the repOr
of the commission had been completed, an
would have been submitted to the Senat
had there not been difficulty IN having
printed. He hoped it would be printed an
submitted to the Senate in few days.
Mr., Spencsr, of Alabama, presented til
petition OF Alfred A. Green, of AlabamG
asking an investigation into the allege
wrongful action Of the joint commission
adjust the claims between citizens of tn
United States and the republic of Mexico
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciar.
The sinking fund for the Pacific road wa
considered to adjournment.
Several bills removing political 6isabil
ties passed the House.