The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-11-02
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.

l on privileges and elections. Whyte sub
: mitted the following as an amendment
J to the resolution referring credentials,
A: etc.: land that said committee report
2 thereon on or before the lst of November,
+ 1877" The motion of Mr.. Whyte to
instruct the ceT}mittee was rejected
} yeas. 81, nays, 35. After some discussion,
I during which Mr. Conkling said he
r modified his amendment so as to read.
2 ''and the same committee shall also con-
slider and report upon the credentials of
William Pitt Kellogg" The amendment
was agreed to, and the resolution passed
J as amended. Mr. Thurman then moved
t that ]. p. Eustis be sworn in as senator
fram Louisiana, for the term commencing
) March z, 1873. The motion of Mr.
: Thurman to have Mr.. Eustis sworn in
] having been decided out of order, he then
moved that the committee on privileges
: and elections be discharged from further
; consideration of the credentials of Mr.
Eustls. Objection was made by Mr.
Edmunds, and under the rules the motion
4 was laid over until the 10Th. Adjourned.
) In the senate, on the 10Th, Senasor
} Morrill, submitted a resolution instruct
/ ing the committee on pensions to inquire
r and report, by bill or otherwise, reducing
? and properly adjusting the salaries and
fees of the pension agents. An amend
| ment by senator Ingalls,, directing the
/ committee to inquire into the expedi-
ency of abOlishing all pension agencies,
and to have pensions paid from Wash
( ington, was agreed to, and the resolution
passed. The following bills were intro
duced and referred: To alter the times
for holding elections for electors for
president and vice-president, and casting
. 10 81 20,
peal section 4761 of the revised statutes
so as to restore to the pension rolls the
names of all those stricken therefrom on
account of disloyalty. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 22d, bills we're in
tTOduced and referred:
To repeal section of the act to pro-
vide for the, resumption of specie pay
ment, approved July ii, 1875.
To repeal the act to provide for the
resumption of specie payments.
To authorize the coinage of a dollar
of iorty-two-and a>half grains of stan
dard silver, and for other purposes.
To establish a pension agency at To
peka, Kansas. Also, to reimburse the
state of Kansas for expenses incurred by
the the state for the United States in re-
pelling invasiOns and suppTessing Indian
hostilities. Also, bill granting pensions
/ to certain soldiers and sailors\of the war
! with Mexico, and widows OF deceased
soldiers and sailors.
! Authorizing the adjudication and pay
ment of certain claims upon the fund
created by section 10 of chapter 459 of
the laws of the forty-third congress in re- !
| gard to the distribution of the balance of
| the Geneva award. u
To divide the state of Nevada into two J
judicial districts
Amending the revised statutes relating |
to the transportation of animals. Adj |
joumed
In the House on the 22d, the regular !
ordef1of business, proceeded to the con-
sideration of the Colorado case. After |
numerous debates the matter went over /
without action.
Mr.. Cox presented a petition for in
creased compensation to letter-carriers.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
In the house, on the 18th, after the |
reading of the journal, the disputed cleo |
tiOn case from the fourth district of |
Louisiana was taken up.
Mr.. Gibson offered a substitute pro-
viding for the immediate swearing in of !
J. B. Elam. After some debate the s-.b- /
stitute was adopted-yeas, 144; nays, |
l19. Mr.. Elan took the modified oath.
Mr.. Frye offered a resolution reciting |
that Chas. E. Nash had presented a GER
tificate of election, signed by Governor
Kellogg, then duly recognized and acting
as governor of Louisiana, but that the |
clerk of the house declined to place Mr.
Nash's name on the roll, but had substi-
tuted the name of f. w. Robertson, on
the authority of a paper signed by Gov
pF hot ha no, !
of Mr.. Robertson be struck off the roll, |
and that Mr.. Nash be sworn in. After |
some debate, the substitute offered by
Mr.. Ellis, that lIr. Robertson be sworn
in, was agreed to. and the modified oath
of Office was administered to Mr.. Robert
son.
The case of Mr.. Pacheco, of California,
was then taken up, when Mr.. Garfield
moved that the oath of office be admin
istered TO him. Agreed to after some
discussion, and Mr.. Pacheco took his
seat.
The Colorado case next came up, and
after short debate, it went over.
Adjourned till Saturday, with the
understanding that no business is done
on that day.
In the senate, on the 18th, Senator
Beck introduced a bill authorizing the
duties in legal tender notes. Referred. !
Senator EdSunds submitted the fol-
lowing, which was laid over until to-
morrow, at the request of Senator Bay
ard:
ReS0lyed, That a committee of seven
senator's be appointed, whose duty it
shall be to take into consideration the
state of the laws respecting the ascer-
tanning and declaration of the result of
the election of president and vice presi
dent of the United States, and that said
committee have power to report by bill
or otherwise.
On motion, Senator Morrill's resOlu-
tien, filling vacancies on committees as
fellows, was agreed to: Senator Mat
thews, of Ohio, and Wallace, of Pennsyl-
vania on foreign relations; Cameron, of
Pennsylvania, on military affairs and
public builGIpgs and grounds; Arm
strong, of Missouri, on railroads Grover,
of Oregon, on private land claims; Arm
strong, of Missouri, on enrolled bills.
Ferry, Of Michigan, was made chairman
of committee on pOSt-otHces and post
roads, in place of Hamlin, who retains
pIace Oh that committee as a member;
and Hamlin was made chairman of COM
mittee on foreign relations, in place of
Morton, VINO retains MS OIQ place as
chairman of the committee on privileges
and elections. Morrill, stated that it was
the wish of the senator from Indiana
(Mortonl that this latter change be
made.
A large number of petitions were pre-
sented and referred, among them one
from citizens of Iowa, asking the passage
of a law making silver legal tender for
all sums. Another from the legislature
of Michigan, asking congressional aid for
the construction of a tunnel under
Detroit river, at or near Detroit. The
citizens of MattOon, New York, petit
toned for the reconciliation of the old
silver dollar.
Bills were introduced, and referred, |
authorizing the citizens of Colorado,
Nevada, and the territories, to fell and
remove the timber on the public domain,
for farming and domestic purposes to
prevent abuses of the sale of postage !
stamps and stamped envelopes; by Sena-
tor Plumb: To donate portion of the
military reservation of Fort Harker to
Kansas for the establishment of an educa-
tional or charitable institution, and to
open the remainder to settlement.
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