The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-06-13
THE NEWS.
XLVth CONGRESS-,

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In the Senate on the 3D., Mr.. Dorsey
| presented an amendment to the Texas Pa
| cillc railway bill, in the nature Of a subeti-
| tute. Mr.. Edmunds moved to take up the
bill relating to presidential elections, but
| the motion was lost by Il vote of 2G to o..
Mr.. Hamin offered an amendment to the
| postal bill restoring the franking privilege
so as to apply to packages of written or
| printed matter of not more than two ounces
| IN weight Quite lengthy discussion en-
sued as to the propriety of restoring frank
ing privileges, and finally the amendment Of
Mr.. Hamlin was rejected by atie vote-yeas
30, nays 20.
In the House the following important bills
| were introduced: By Mr.. Blood. authoriz-
Ing the issue Of fifty millions of dollars in
| United States treasury notes for the i'm
| provement of the Mississippi river from st.
Louis to the Gulf of Mexico; by Mr.. Culber-
son, to retain the Secretary of the Treas
ury from paying the outstanding $40 bonds
| except in legal tender treasury notes: by
Mr. Wright. of Pennsylvania, authorizing
| the issue of S4,000,0O0 United States notes,
| to be known as national money; by Mr.. Ell
| lis, levying a tax of Is cents per pound on
| tea.
As the time fixed for the final adj
journment of Congress draws near busi-
| ness in both branches is handled more
crisply, and the result Is that much more
business is satisfactorily disposed CT, The
| accumulations of projects before the Sem
ate show that much time of committees has
| been wasted ON the whims of different mem
| bers, time that could and should have been
given to eXpediting business of more pro-
| iltable and a more serious nature. The
nature of Wednesdays busines in the SEN
|. ate was not of general interest, but covered
| a large field.
In the House the following bills passcd:
Fixing the election of Representatives to
the next Congress from Colorado for the
| first Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember. A bill eXempting municipal and
county buildings used as such from levy
and sale. While in committee of the whole
on the tariff bill Mr.. Garfield appealed to
the House not to permit the country to be
thrown into confusion by letting bill be-
come law which was so threatening in its
character. An effort was made to adjourn,
but Mr.. Garfield called for the reading of
| the bill, and succeeded in his demand. Al
| ter the clerk had commenced reading Mr..
| Conger moved to strike out all after the en-
acting clause, but the chairman refused to
entertain the motion and the reading of the
bill was proceeded with amid great uproar
and confusion. The reading was interrupt
ed by proposition of Mr.. Butler to have a
square vote tomorrow at II o'clock, by
| yeas and nays, on motion to strike out
the enacting clause. The proposition was
assented to.
In the Senate, on the 9Th Mr.. Mat
thews rose to II personal explanation, en-
phatically denying on honor as q Senator
that he had used his personal or official
influence to procure for James L. Ander-
son official employment in the executive
department of the government for the pur-
pose of covering frauds and perjuries said
to have been committed In the Louisiana
election. He submitted resolution for
the appointment of committee Of Sena-
tors to investigate the charges made and
all other charges Of corruption, in connec-
ton with the investigation, made against
Senators. 1t was adopted unanimously.
Tho postroute bill was passed after the
adoption of an amendment restoring the
franking privilege TO apply 10 packages of
not more than two and half ounces in
weight.
The House struck out the enacting clause
of the internal revenue bill by vote OF
1874 to 100. This of course killed the bill.
Immediately thereafter the bill amending
the revenue laws was taken up and a large
number of amendments were offered being
principally features of the defeated bill.
In the Senate on the 9th during the
morning hour, Mr.. Voorhees, spoke in fa-
vor of the early consideration OF the bill to
repeal the specie resumption act, and said
the Senate might as well look this matter
in the face. If 1t was not going to repeal
this act let it say so by its vote No great
Gr question has ever been before the
American Congress. The army approplia-
| ton bill was then taken up and amended
in various portions. A bill was reported
creating a Pacific railroad commission. A
commission was provided to be composed
of members of the Senate and House mill
tary committees and three army officers
to consider the matters In tho army bill re-
lating to reorganization and the Indian SER
| vice.
In the House by vote of yeas 1877, nays
103 the tax was reduced on tobacco to six
teen cents, and fixed the tax on cigars at
five dollars per thousand, and many other
amendments to the revenue bill were made
but space forbids us to enumerate them.
The Senate, on the 7th instructed its
Secretary to attend the meetings of the
House Investigation committee as requested
by that committee, and produce such pa
pers in connection with the inquiry as may
be in his possession. An amendment was
made to the army bill appointing commits
sion to ascertain the eXpediency of attach
ing the Indian Bureau to the War Depart,
ment. Pending discussion on striking out
the section forDidding the employment oI
the army us a posse commitatus,' the Son.
ate adjourned.
Proceedings in the House were upon the
appropriation bills, and as nothing was ac.
complished there is nothing worthy of re.
cord.
A resolution was introduced in the
/ natn ON tha fn, f,N,,a lon
ton into all matters connected with the
late presidential election where there is {
question Of fraud. The resolution was in.
troduecd by Mr.. Spencer, and on the OBJ
lection Of Mr.. Bayard was laid over. Or
motion of Mr.. Matthews. the further con
sideration of the Texas Pacific railroad bill
was postponed till the first Wednesda!
after the first Monday in December next
Mr.. Bruce, from the committee on pensions
reported in favor Of ncurring In thu
House amendment increasing the pension
of Gen James Shields from fifty dollars PEE
month to one hundred dollars per month
By vote of yeas, 55; nays, g. The bill wa
passed modifying the contract with Jas. B
Eads for the construction of jetties at Soutl
Pass. Mississippi river. The negative vote
were Burnside and Howe. The army ap
preparation bill was passed after variou
amendments, and 1t again went to th
House.
{ The proceedings of the House were dc
void Of interest.
Washington Notes.
GOVERNOR FREMONT.
/ The friends of Gen. John G. Ere
mont have induced the President to nomi
nate him for Governor of Arizona, and tn
Senate will no doubt confirm the nomina
ton.
t THE POTTER INVESTIGATION
GEN. B. +. BUTLER
Offered resolution before the com