The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-03-07
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
TUESDAY. Feb.

4 D. n.
SENATE The session was resumed promptly
lat 10 o'clock, and the senators waded into bus
: mess at once. In accordance with the notice
fgiven yesterday, Mr.. Mcdonald called up the
shouse resolution in respect to the memory of
ethe late Speaker Kerr. EulogIes were deliv-
! ered by Messrs. Mcdonald. Wallace, Wright,
zBayard, Booth and Morton, after which the
RESOLUTIONS were unanimously agreed to. A
aaTge number Of bills were acted upon in
(which there were none of any special import
iance, and the senate took recess until to. NOR
irow morning.
HOUSE.-There was an unusual amount of
Cuisines transacted in this branch of congress-
To-day. The appropriation bills were againl
3taken up this morning, and quite a lumber
sof amendments to them were passed. SIR.
Field, from the committee on privileges rel
7ported a bill, providing that in the case of al
failure to elect president and vice president !
Ethe president of the senate, or in case of al
svacancy In that office, then the speaker of the.
|house, or in case of there being no speaker
lthen the secretary of state shall
assume the Office OF president until a presi-
adent has been elected. After Mr.. Field offered
THE above there was considerable sparringl
engaged in betweeen both sides, but the billy
! was finally read third time and passed by al
vote of f3O to SO, party vote with the except
ttion of Purman, OF Florida, who is a radical
Several other bills ana resolutions were intro-|
3duced and disposed of, when the house took
5recess until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. %.
SENATE.-Bills passed: For the organization
5of camp meeting associations; to prevent the
3sale Of liquor on Sundays, etc.. to establish a
state board of health fixing the time of hold
ling court in the fourth judicial circuit; legal
aizing the contract Of the city Of Indianapo-
Ills with the Belt Railroad company; exemp-
sting claims of wives and children in masonic
iodd fellows or other benevolent institutions,
5from creditors.
HoUsE.-Bills passed: Removing legal disa-
Utilities from married women TO make con-
5tracts in Their own name; repeating section y
3of the election laws for the organi cation of as
ssociations 10 establish libraries, gymnasiums,
setc.; amending the provoke law; subrogating
purchase of property sold on execution to the|
arights of the execution plaintiff; to fence the
alines of railroads; fixing the penalty for peri
sury. The general appropriation and revenue
.bills were introduced and in the afternoon theI
1house went into committee of the whole and
discussed sections and 2, aud decided upoDI
scutting off all provisions for incidental ex
spenses provided in section 2.
FRIDAY, March 2.
i SENATE.-The sessions were mostly takenI
zup with the appropriation bills, conference
areports coming in on the deficiency and post
foffce bills, and the sundry civil bill being dis
zcussed. The report of the silver commission /
zappointed last fall, was received.
! HOUSE After some political skirmishing
] the appropriation bills were taken up. Conf
ference reports were made the de 4
Efficiency and military academy bill, and
Z the army bill, reducing the number of
kenlisted men to 1900, was passed
<The river and harbor bill failed for lack of a
dtwo-thirds vote on suspension of the rules. Al
sresolution to discharge the Louisiana return
ding board from custody was negatived. Al
4joint resolution removing political disabili1
Sties from all persons under the fourteenth
amendment was passed by the requisite ma
fjority.
SATURDAY, March 3.
a SENATE.-Business has been rushed through
at lively rate. Bill after bill has been brought
aup and acted upon, and the beck business has
sbeen cut down considerably. Several of the
bills were brought up and acted
: upon, and at o'clock the senate adjourned.
q HoUsE.-There has been large amount OF
Sbusiness transacted In this branch of congress-
Ito day. A large number of bills and resolu-
Stions have been acted upon. The res
tolution of Mr.. Knott declaring that Tilden
3 and Hendricks had received l96 e1ec oral votes
land we're the rightful holders of the two offices
4to which they had been elected, created con-
asiderable excitement and passed by strict
Nparty vote. Some other business was trans
Eacted and the house adjourned sine die.
A heautift,l woman must he healthy and