Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-11-23
CONGRESSIONAL.


WAsmNGroN, Nov. 2O.-During The
morning hour several bills were intro
duced aud referred TO appropriate COM
mittees.
Consideration of the bill to enable
Indians TO become citizens oflhe United
States was resumed, aud discussed by
White Thurman aud ingalls,.
The bill naturslizing Indians was
postponed until December. During
tho debate, Mr.. Thurman said he saw
no necessity for the passage Of this bill.
There was nothing in our laws now to
exclude an Indian from naturalization.
The word white having been stricken
out, the provision in this bill allowing
the Indian to retain bis tribal interests,
would work mischief Il would en-
able the Indian 10 become q citizen
and at the same time give him the ben.
eft Of immense sums annually dlstrib'
uted TO his tribe by the Government.
He was apprehensive that the bill, If II
should become law, might give a lit
tic trouble il Chief Sitting Bull, or, al
tho French call him, "BGuf asseySnt,
should happen 10 come over, they no
being so fortunate as the Commission
ers who went 10 New Orleans anC
tolled Packard's negroes away from
him. If they had tolled Sitting Bul
into this country and ono of his brave
should become citizen OF the Uulted
States, and should claim q part of the
annuity that belonged to Sitting
Bull and his band, he Thurman ven
lured that Sitting Bull would say tC
him not exactly in the wordP, but ex
actly with tho idea, "under whict
King, Bezonian, speak or die" under
King Sitting Bull or King Rutherford
THE Contested ELECTION CASE FRoh
soLTH CAROLINA,
After executive session, Thurman
OF Ohio, submitted a resolution that thI
Committee on Privileges and Elec
uons be discharged from further con
siderstion OF tho credentials Of Mr.. But
Ter as Senator from South Carolina
The motion 10 discharge tho committed
was unexpected, and several SenatorI
who would like to be heard in rcgart
10 this matter, were not here to-day.
The Senator from Vermont, Mr. Ed
munds, was out of tho city to-day, bu
would return tomorrow. A siugl
objection today would prevent tn
consideration Of the resolution, thoug|
he did not desire 10 make such objec
ton.
Mr. Thurman said he had not init
mated that a vote on this rosoluLio
would be taken lo.day-tho SenaI
could lsy this resolution aside. Th
matter, after long discussion, wer
over.
Mr. Thurman argued that the Tesr
! luton submitted by him was q quet
.. ton of privilege, and it should be dil
posed OF with ali due diligence. II
said he offered this resolution with ri
: luctancr because he knew the men
, bers If tho Committee would be apt
regsri il ~ 8 reflection upon them, bl
, the State of south Carolina had but Oh
; Senator ON this floor since the 4th I
5 March !as'-dye weeks Of the presel
, season had elapsed and no report ha
been made on the credentials OF NJ
; Butler. lie did not propose to go int
the merits of the case now, but as f
: "a he had been Informed, there was Il
u Icontrdversy whatever between the col
!, ,eslants from South Carolina (MessT
i Butler and Corbip) about the facts,
there was no necessity Of goir
: outside of tho record TO leaI
the facts. lie had also been il
: formed tina, /, was not the desire
either contestant TO go outside of Il
record. No report the Committee Q
. Privileges aud Elections could mai
u u would prevent discussion of tho ca'
u in the Senate. Ordinarily it was Il
| place Of the Committee to ascertain II
u facts in case, but in this case the fac
It we're all upon record, and the soont
the matter camc before the Senate, Il
better II would be; besides, If Il
Committee on Privileges and Election
r, had other eases in which testimoT
g, should be tRkeu, It wond be aidiI
If them in their work. The average day
,r session OF tho Senate the past fl
10 weeks had no exceeded an hour AVID
al half. More time had been given /
G. Committee work than he ever knew
heretofore. The Senators had be-