Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

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II WASHINGTON, Nov. 81.
Several private bills were consid
cred and at II 20 Conkling moved t,
adjourn, bu: at the suggestion O
Hamlin, withdrew it and the Senat,
went into executive session. 3
! On reopening doors Thurman't
resolution to discharge the electionl
committee from the consideration Of
the Butler case was discussed.
HOUSE. ~
/ A bill was introduced by Gibson
authorizing the appointment of q
commission to provide for the i'm.
proyement Of the Mississippi river.
The House then went into commit
tee Of the whole, Wright in the chair,
on the deficiency appropriation bill.
Singleton a member Of the appro-
tpriafion committee, explained it's
provisions.
i Foster said this was the second d a.
| ficiency bill brought before the
House, the former one appropriatinQ 2
1.-TWO and half millions, the present
one and quarter millions. That
was another illustration Of the econo-
my Of the democratic House of last
year.
Beebe, Of New York-Did not the
naval deficiency grow out of the fact
that money appropriated at last Con-
gress had been lnisapplied by execu-
tive officers.
Foster-Not at all. There is great
difference of opinion about that.
Singleton called attention to the
fact that of one million and half APP
priateti by the present bill $6SO,OOO
was a reappropriation.
Foster replied that il was one Of the
tactics Of the democratic party by
which they hoped to deceive the
country. Last year the democrats
had stated that they had saved the
country thirty millions. The books
made up and showed . saving of
less than ninteen million. He thot
that an item Of q quarter Of q million
should have been inserted for the
completion of tho new State depart
ment building.
The bill was then read by clauses
for amendment. The first paragraph
was for the payment Of awards Of the
court of claims to the amount of S..
94O.45. The paragraph specified In
dividual cases and amounts.
Garfield moved to strike out all of
the paragraph except the total
amount. 1t would seem if cases and
amount were specified as if Congress
were exercising a revisory power ov-
.er these judgments.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2I.
Thurman insisted that the Journal
was incorrect and moved to amend it
80 it should not appear that the pend
ing question was motion to table
his resolution for discharging the
elections cOmmittc from c0nsidera-
ton of the Butler case. Hoar had
Withdrawn the motion by unanimous
consent and the result of the discus
sion was, that Thurman withdrew
his motion to amend the journal.
Window, from the committee on
appropriations, reported with amend
ments, House joint resolution in re-
lation to Paris exhibition. Placed on
calendar.
The Senate then, by q vote of yeas
%, nays 30, refused to lay on the ta-
BILE the resolution of Thurman to dis
charge the committee on elections
from further consideration of the
credentials Of M. G. Butler as Senator
from South Carolina.
Davis, of ILL.,, Conover and Patter-
son, voted with the democrats. in the
negative.
The question then being on the
adoption of the resolution, Edmunds
moved to amend the resolution 90 as
to discharge the committee from fur
ther consideration of the credentials
of Kellogg, as senator from Louisiana
instead Of, NJ. G. Butler as Senator
from South Carolina. Upon this
motion debate followed.
The motion was rejected, yeas 20
nays 81. -,
menf fs;fflft5Hs Il Follows: :'''';'' I'd = " = '''Ahh:
Resoleed, That the committee on
privileges and elections be directed
to report in the matter of the credcn-
tials of VIM. p. Kellogg and Henry
M. Spofford, claiming seats as Sena-
tors from Louisiana, and that mean
while the case of M. e. Butler, of 8.
c., be postponed. 4
Rejected, yeas 30, nays 80.
Edmunds submitted an amendment
to discharge the committee from the
further consideration Of the creden-
tials of Kellogg, Spofford, Butler and
Corbin.
Rejected, yeas 80, nays 32.
Edmunds moved that further con-
sideration of this whole matter be
postponed until Monday next.
Rejected, yeas 30, nays 80.
At p. m. Edmunds moved that the
Senate adjourn till Monday next,
which resulted, yeas 81, nays 81, tie
vote.
Conoycr voted with the republicans
in the affirmative. The Vice Presi-
dent then voted in the affirmative and
the motion was carried and the Sem
ate adjourned until Monday next.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. %.
A vote was taken to-day on the va
rious amendments to the bill to repeal
the resumption act. There were IA
amendments and the Speaker ruled
that they were all before the House
and must all be voted on.
The first vote was ON Forts SUBJ
stitute, to repeal all that part of the
resumption act which authorized the
redemption and cancellation ofgreen-
back currency. Agreed to without
division.l
Hubbard's substitute for the bill
was rejected, yeas 80, nays Is. 1t
proposed to modify the Sd Section Of
the resumption act.
WASHINGTON.