The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-11-01
CONGR ESSlONAL.
Extra Session.
THE sHNATE

stanley Mathews, Of Ohio, elected in the
place OF John Sherman, resigned; j. Donald
| cameron of Pennsylvania, in tae place &C
Simon Cameron, resigned; and d. II. Arm.
strong, appointed from Missouri, vice L. G..
BOeg, deceased. .... ,.,...
The usual committee was appointed to join
| the committee OF the house and inform the
president that quorum of the two houses
| had assembled. ...
| Adjourned until II o'clock tomorrow,
In the Senate on the 10th, during the morn
inc hour, large number of bills and petit
! tions were presented and referred Among
the petitions were many layoring an Increase
| of compensation to letter carriers. Among
the bills was one by Beck, for the removal Of
all disabilities imposed by the fourteenth
amendment. Referred. The senate then
| took recess
Mr.. Thurman introduced bill to amend
the Pacific railroad acts 50 as to create
sinking fund for the liquidation OF the in'
deb,edness due the government by the Pa
cfc railroad companies Referred.
A resolution providing that the committees
existing at the close Of last session be con.
tinued until further orders. Agreed to,
The memorials of the Missouri legislature
in favor of the removal OF the national
capital to the Mississippi valley, and in rela'
ton to the national system of levees for the
Mississippi river, were referred.
Mr.. Bailey presented petition from the
Southern Methodist Publishing House at
Nashville, for indemnity for the wear and
consumption OF ite property in 1861 ana
1865 Referred.
The following bills were introduced and
referred:
A bill granting arrears on pensions; to
establish the territory Of Huron and provide
n temporary government therefor; to estab.
ish q branch mint at Omaha; authorizing
the construction of q pontoon bridge across
the Mississippi from some point IN Buffalo
county. Wisconsin, TO some point in Winona
county, Minnesota. ..t
Mr.. Rogers, private secretary to the prcsl.
dent, delivered the Presidents message. 1t
was read Immediately by secretary Gorham.
Ordered printed and referred.
Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th, Senator
Beck introduced bill authorizing the pay
ment of fifty per centum of customs duties
in legal tender notes. Referred.
Senator Edmunds submitted the following,
which was laid over until Tomorrow, at the
request of Senator Bayard:
Resolved, That committee of seven sena-
tors be appointed, whose duty it shall be to
take in consideration the state Of the laws
respecting the ascertainlng and declaration
| of the result OF the election OF president and
| vice president of the United States, and that
said committee have power to report by bill
! or otherwise.
On motion, Senator MorrilPs resolution,
| filling vacancies on committees rs follows,
was agreed to Senator Matthews 'hiol
and Wallace PENN, on foreign relations;
Cameron, [Penn.l, on military affairs and
public buildings and grounds; Armstrong,
mo i on railroads; Grover, [Oregonl, on
private land claims; Armstrong, Mo-. !, on
enrolled bills. Ferry, [Mich.l, was made
chairman Of committee on post Offices and
post roads, in place of Hamlin, who retains
place on that committee as member and
| Hsmlin was made chairman of committee on
foreign relations, in place of Morton, who re-
tains his old place as chairman of the com,
mittee on privileges and elections Morrill,
stated that it was the wish OF the senator
from Indiana Norton that this latter change
| be made.
A large number OF petitions were presented
and REFERRED among them one from citizens
of Iowa, asking the passage OF a law making
silver a legal tender for all sums. Another
from the legislature of Michigan, asking cons
gressiOnal aid for the construction OF tun>
mel under Detroit river, at or near Detroit
The citizens Of Mattoon, New York, peti>
toned for the remone, ,iZation OF the old
silver dollar
Bills were introduced and referred; Au-
thoriz;ng the citizens Of Colorado, Nevada
and the Territories to fell ald remove the
timber on the public domain, for farming
! H., ~ Il, u, az
Of the sale of postage stamps and stamped
envelopes; by Senator Plumb: To donate
a portion of the military reservation Of Fort
Harker to Kansas for the establishment OF
an educational or charitable institutOn,an
to open the remainder TO settlement.
Senator McCreery introduced bill to re.
peal the bankrupt law, and I'll acts menda>
tory thereof. 1t was ordered that the bill
lie on the table to be taken up hereafter.
The senate then went into executive session.
The doors were recpened and the senate
adjourned.
In the senate, on the 18th, eonsidera-
ton was resumed Of Mr.. Thurman's resolu-
ton to have the oath administered to Mr.,
Spotlord, of Louisiana. Pending the gues'
ton, being n substitute referring the creden.
tials to a committee, after Il debate, by vote
of 30 to 80, the substitute was agreed to, and
the credentials of Spotiord were referred to
the the committee on privileges and cleo
tiOns, ''
Whyte submitted the following as an
amendment to the resolution referring ere
dentals, etc.: "And that said committee
report thereon on or before the lst OF No
vember, 1877"
The motion of Mr. Whyte to instruct the
committee was rejected; yeas, 81, nays 35
After some discussion, during which NJ :
Conkling said he modified his amendment
so as to read "and the same committee shall
also consider and report upon the creden
lials of William Pitt Kellogg" The amend
ment was agreed to, and the resolution was
passed as amended
Mr. Thurman then moved that J. P. Eustis
be sworn in as senator from Louisiana, for
the term commencing March 4, 1873.
The motion of Mr.. Thurman to have Mr.
order, he then moved that the committee or
privileges and elections be discharged from
further consideration of the credentials o
Mr.. Eustis. Objection was made by Mr.
Edmunds, and under the rules the motion
.. was laid ever until the 10th. Adjourned.
In the senate, on the 10th, Mr.. MOrril
| |
mttee on pensions TO inquire and report, b,
, bill or otherwise reducing and properl,
adjusting the salaries and fees OF the pension
age ITS.
An amendment by Senator Ingalls,, direct
ing the committee to inquire into The expe
diency of abolishing all pension agencies
| and to have pensions paid from Washington
, wa, agreed to, and the resolution passed.
+ the following bills we're introduced an
, referred: To alter the times for holdin
f. elections for electors for president and vic,
t president, and casting the vote in the elet
: toral college; 10 repeal section 476l OF til
revised statutes so as to restore to the per
}. sion rolls the names Of all those stricke
/. therefrom on account of disloyalty. Az
/; journed.
: HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES.
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