Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08
The 4urkrille Gnquirer,
YORKVTLLE. s. c.:
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 8, 1877.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

1HuRSUh1 MUhNlNU, NUf. Q, 1911.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
On the 30th, the Senatorial committee on
elections met and discussed a course to be pur-
sued in the Louisiana Senatorial contest but,
without reaching conclusion, adjourned to
Thursday. A number of bills were introduced
and referred to appropriate committees, nearly
all of them being of private nature. Mr..
Edmunds, of Vermont, submitted resolu-
tion authorizing the presiding officer of the
Senate to appoint select committee, author
lied by the resolution of the 22d ult., on the
subject of ascertaining and declaring the
result of the election for President and Vice
President of the United States. Agreed to.
The Senate, at 1915, on motion of Mr..
Hamlin, went into executive session.
In the Senate on the 31st, Mr.. Gordon pre-
sented petition from large body Of freed
men in Georgia, in reference to their interests
in the Freedmen's Savings Bank. The Pc
tition is addressed to Senator Gordon as zone
who has always proved himself ready to
exert his talents and raise his voice in the
cause of the weak and injured" and is signed
by Bishop Holsey, of the colored Methodist
Church, and by the pastors of various church
es in the State, claiming to represent more
than 5000 freedmen. Gordon then presented
petition of John R. F. Tatnall, of fSavanuah,
Ga., for the removal of his political disabili-
ties Referred to the Committee on the Judi
ciary. Burnside introduced bill removing
the restrictions against the enlistment of COL
ored men in the army. In the House, Ewing,
of Ohio, from the Banking committee, report
ed bill repeating that part of the resump-
ton act which authorizes the selling Of bonds
for greenbacks. The bill was, on motion of
Ewing, recommitted, and motion to recon-
consider that vote (made on the part of the
opposition, and which was regarded as a
test question) was defeated by % majority.
The bill is now in the control of the Banking
Committee, and may be called up for action at
any time. The various committees were or
ganized-among them the committee on pos!
Offices and post.roads, of which Mr.. Waddell,
of North Carolina, is chairman. 1t is under
stood that this committee will report, as the
first business, the resolution of Mr.. Reagan,
paying Southern mail contractors for trans
porting the mail in 1861, asking that the Sec
retary of the Treasury be required to pay
said claims at once.
On the 1st instant, the Senate was in open
session but about fifteen minutes, and no bust
ness of Importance was transacted. In ex-
ecutive session a number Of nominations were
con6rmed-among them that of j. R. Wal
lace, postmaster at Yorkville In the House,
Mr.. Ewing succeeded in getting his motion to
reconsider the vote to recommt his bill re-
pealing the resumption act. Agreed to.
The remainder of the hour was 6llibustered
away, and the consideration of the bill pre-
vented by demand for the regular order.
The House went into committee of the whole,
and Mr.. Hunter made speech in support of
the national bank system, after which the
House adjourned.
In the Senate on the End, the bill to re-
peal the Resumption act came up again in the
House during the morning hour, and Ewing,
of Ohio (who has charge of IT'D withdrew the
motion to recommit, accepted Forts bill as
substitute, and moved the previous question.
Hale, of Maine, moved to lay the bill on the
table. Motion defeated-1OS to 40. The
death of Senator Morton was announced, and
at 1920, as mark of respect to the deceased,
the Senate adjourned until Tuesday. The
House army bill was reported and made the
special order for Wednesday. Itprovides that
the army shall continue of the same force as
on the 1st instant, and forbids recruiting be.
yond what is necessary to maintain that
force. The bill appropriates twenty-five and
three.quarter millions. The House then ad.
journed till tomorrow in respect of the late
Senator Morton.
The Senate was not in session on the 3rd.
In the House, the bill to repeal the resump-
ton act again came up in the morning
hour, and an effort was made by its friends
to have an arrangement made by which it
could be taken out of the morning hour, and
made the special order for one week, with
leave to discuss it and offer amendments, but
an absolute objection was made by Willis, of
New York, who characterized the bill as an
attack upon the national credit, and said that
it should be kept out of the House. No prog.
ress was made with the bill. A bill to recoin
the silver dollar and restore it to its legal
tender value was, after sharp struggle on
its reference, sent to the committee on coins,
weights and measures stephens, chairman.
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