American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-02
CANTON MISS. SATURDAY. MARCH 2, 1878


spring, its source elsewhere; that ther
were many who believed that that whole per
| fornance had been dictated and driven for
ward by restless men, who did not mean eve
| TO admit that the Presidents title had been
settled, and that the President of the Unitet
states was learning to day the lesson of mis-
portrayed the state of affairs in I.oufsian:
| durlng late years, when no guilty MAJ
l-IeIt MS lite secure from lawless1Iess, bu
1 since the Nichols Government hat
been inaugurated no man. whether poor Of
/ Ilch, VINO committed a crime, had ESCAPED
i punishment. He denied that the Returiins
Board was prosecuted on political grounds
| keNeftlnS to the charges OF compact be
tween the authorities of Louisiana and
the Federal Government, he denied it not
only Tor the Nichols Government, not only
Tor his friends, but for the President and his
| crime. Mr. Garfield also made n speech ol
| some length in which b, ar.,,f.riitel tl,.
| Louisiana authorities for their prosecution
OF the Returning Board.
In the Senate, on the Goth, Senator Cock
rell submitted resolution instlucting the
| Commissioner of Agriculture to furnish to
the Senate such information and facts Il may
! be in his possession relative to the disease OF
! hogs, commonly called hog cholera, with
| such suggestions as he may deem pertinent.
| Agreed to. After the expiration of the
morning hour, consideration was resumed of
the bill to regulate the compensation
| of Postmasters and for other purposes, and
Senator HamIin submitted an amendment rs
an additional section, providing that the
President and Vice President of the United
States, Senators, Representatives and Dele
gates in Congress, Secretary of the Senate
and Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives, may send and. receive, free, through
the mails, all written and printed
communications not exceeding two ounces
| in weight. After a brief discussion to the
propriety of restoring the franking privilege,
the amendment was agreed to-yeas 33, nays
2l. The bill was then read n third time and
passed The vote in detail upon senator
Hamlin's amendment was as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allison, Beck, Burnside, But
Ter, Cameron Pa). Chafee, Cnristfancy-,
Edmunds, Garland, Grover, Hamlin, II ,rrfs
Howe, Hoar, Ingalls,, johnson, Jones (FIa),
gan, Paddock Ransom, Saunders, Spencer
Teller, Window, Withers-3S.
NGyS-Messrs. Bailey, Bayard, Booth, Cam
eron, CWis.), Cockren. Coke, Davis, QlI),
Eaton, Eustis, Ferry, McCreery, Mcmillan,
Merrimon, Morrill,, OgIesby, Plumb, Sargent
senator Patterson, who would have voted
for the amendment, was paired with senator
In the House, the contested election
case of Acklin VS.. DarraII, from the Fourth
majority resolution. declaring the former
elected, was adopted without DIVISION after
had been rejected, ll5 to 139. Acklin then APP
peared before the bar of the Honse and was
sworn in, taking the iron-clad oath.
In the Senate, on the 21st, a number of
bills were introduced and referred, after
which an executive session was held andthe
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House, Mr.. Knott, Chairman of the judiciary
Committee, reported Il bill dividing Missouri
into two judicial districts. Passed. Mr.. Butler,
from the same committee, reported a bill au-
thoriZing the Secretary of the Treasury to pay
Texas the balance remaining of the fund
appropriated for the payment of creditors of
the late Republic of Texas. Referred to Com
mittee of the Whole. Also, the bill to relieve
certain legal disabilities of women. 1t pro
VideS that when woman shall have been. q
member of the bar of the highest Court in
any state or Territory, she shall, on applica-
ton, be admitted to practice before the
United States Supreme Court. Passed-yeas
l69, nays 81. Mr.. Lapham from the same
committee, reported bill eXempting from
seizure on executions or attachments issued
by any United States C0urt the same proper
ty which shall be exempted from levy and
sa4e under the laws of the state in which the
defendant shall reside. Passed. At the
piration of the morning hour, Mr. Bland
moved to proceed with the business on the
Speakers table, and it was ordered. The
Silver bill having been reached, Mr.. Springer
raised the point of order that the bill must
go to the Committee of the Whole, and a
debate upon that point took place. The
Speaker finally OveITuled the point of order.
and Mr.. Cox, of New York, appealed from
the decision of the Chair. The appeal was
laid on the table by vote of - to .. Mr.
Hewitt, of New York. moved to lay the bill
and amendments on the table The motion
was rejected-yeaS u, nays 20f- The main
question was then ordered and the Silver bill
was passed as it came from the Senate. Ad-
journed till Monday.