Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-01
The Murkrille Gmqnirer.
YORKVTLLE, S. G.. /:
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. l, 49,
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

In Cle OeuaIe Ou Lue 1oio, 1AoiSon, va
Alabama, presented the petition of the Ala
bama Industrial Association, asking appro.
priations for the Improvements of various rlv-
ers in that State Referred to the committee
on commerce. In executive session, the Sen
ate confirmed Langston, colored, as minister
to Hayti, Ex-Governor Mccormick, of Ohio,
assistant secretary of the treasury, and Hazen
as third assistant postmaster general. The
Senate committee on privileges and elections
agreed to allow Spoford and Kellogg, (con-
testants from louisiana or their representa-
tives, an hour each to argue their respective
cases. Kellogg's counsel argued that the
Presidents decision as to which was the legal
government in Louisiana, was subject to re-
view and revisal by Congress. By request,
Spofford was allowed to defer his argument
until next day. The House was not in ses-
sion.
The Senate was not in session on the 24th.
Mr.. Spo1ord argued his case before the COM
mittee on privileges and elections. He took
the ground that according to the constitution
of Louisiana, the returning board has moth
ing whatever to do with the question of who
were elected Governor or Lieutenant Cover
nor of the State of Louisiana, and as the
Louisiana law requires all election returns to
be delivered to the secretary of State, and
not to the returning board, be claims his seat
on those grounds. Most of the time was
consumed in referring to past records and
reading the journals of the Louisiana Legis-
lature. The House was engaged all day with
the contested case from Colorado.
In the Senate on the 25th, Mr.. Chaffee, of
Colorado, submitted a resolution to amend
rule AZ of the Senate 80 as to provide for a
standing committee on baking and curren-
cy, to consist of seven members. Referred.
The committee on privileges and elections
have decided to 60 into the merits of the con-
tested case between Spoford and Kellogg.
This involves full rehearing of the Louisi-
ana election. Bayard, Thurman and Morgan
are the Democrats appointed on the commit
tee of seven to mature mode of declaring
the election of President and Vice-President.
In the House, the Colorado contested case
was finally disposed Of on party vote, by
reference of all the papers to the committee
on elections. A petition from the colored
people of North Carolina, asking aid for
emigration to Liberia, was presented, read
and referred. Both Houses adjourned to
Monday.
In the Senate on the 29th, Ingalls, of Kan
sas introduced bill to fix the date of the
meeting of the next regular session of the for
ty.6fth Congress on the first Monday of No.
vember. In the House 845 bills were intro
duced, which may be classified into some half
dozen prominent subjects-the repeal of the
resumption act; the reconciliation of silver;
the repeal of the bankruptcy law the aboli-
ton of taxes on the sale of tobacco by produ-
GERS; the extension of pension laws to the
South the repeal of the test oath; and appro-
priations for works of internal improvement.
The committees were announced. Of the
South Carolina members we find only the
name of Mr.. Evins, who is honored with a
place on the committee on military affairs.