Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-04-20
United States legal tender notes, pending
which the house adjourned.

United States legal tender notes, pending
which the house adjourned.
In the house on the 9th, the unfinished
business of the Pacific railroad funding bill
was considered, and Mr.. Edmunds advocated
the bill of the judiciary committee. The
house then went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. SaylOr in the chair, upon the
tariff bill...... Mr.. Wood, chairman of the
committee on ways and means, then made
long speech in explanation and advocacy of
the bill. MIR. Banks obtained the floor to
speak in opposition TO the bill, but yielded
to a motion that the committee rise. Com.
mittee thereupon rose. Adjourned.
The house, on the 10th, went into
committee OF the whole, Mr.. Garfield in the
chair on the pension appropriation bill.
The bill appropriates $29, ,2S6, GA, and pro.
vides that after July ], 1878, pensions shall
be paid by the treasurer of the United
States, under the direction OF the secretaries
Of the treasury and Of the interior, The
committee arose without taking any action
on the bill, and the house adjourned.
The house, on the 11th, went into COM
mittee of the whole, Mr.. Garfield in the
chair, on the pension appropriation bill.
| Messrs, Chittenden, Fort and Hewitt, of
New York, advocated the bill, and Messrs.
Hanna, Foster Thompson and O'Neill op.
posed it........Mr. Rice offered resolution
that from and after July, 1873, the offices of
pension agents shall be filed bv wounded
or disabled union soldiers The amendment
was adopted amid enthusiastic applause and
shouts of laughter The committee then
rose and reported the bill concurred in. Ad.
iOurned
In the house, on the 18th, the bill
authorizing the secretary of war to relinquish
the position of Fort Harsuff, a military res,
ervation in Nebraska, to homestead and pre-.
/ emptiOn settlers passed. Also the senate
bill authorizing the construction and ap.
proach within Fort Riley military reserva.
| tiOn in Kansas 49,. The house went into com.
mttee of the whole, Mr.. Knapp in the chair,
on the private calendar, ami soon after ad,
| jOurned.
in the house. on the 18th, Mr.. Cox, of
| New YORK, chairman of the committee on
library, asked leave to report back the bill
| appropriating two thousand five hundred
dollars for the erection of a monument over
the grave of Thomas JeflersOn-the amount
on motion of Mr.. Cox having been increased
. W hNG IlOuSdHu uOlldTS' Inc Dlll DuShGu,
| The session Of Monday night was ordered
for debate on the tariff bill, and Tuesday,
| Wednesday and Thursday nights for the
consideration of pension bills.......T The house
then went into committee of the whole, Mr..
Cox, of New York, in the chair on the post.
Office appropriation bill. A long and gen.
eral debate was interrupted by the committee
rising, and soon afterward the house ad.
journed.
SENATE.
| In. the senate, on the 9th, Mr.. Morrill,
| reported from the finance committee bill
to repair and put in operation the mint at
| New Orleans. Placed on the calendar.....
The Union Pacific sinking fund bill was
taken up. Messrs. Sargent and Chafee,
stating that it was evident that all amend.
ments were TO be voted down, Withdrew
their respective amendments, and the ques.
| ton then recuued upon the passage of the
! bill, upon which the vote was-y yeas, 40 :
nays, 19....On motion of Mr.. McCreery, the
senate took up the bill repeating the bank.
rupt act, and pending its consideration the
senate adjourned.
The senate, on the 10th, resumed con-
sideration Of the bill to repeal the bankrupt
act, which came up as unfinished business
from yesterday. Senator Matthews offered
as a substitute for the bill his own bill to
establish a uniform law on the subject of
bankruptcy. He agreed with Senator
| MCreery that the present law contained
but little that was good, and that little is so
embarrassed by delays and vexations as to
be hardly worth consideration. He then
proceeded to explain the provisions of his
nd ,,,t ,l,,
differences between its provisions and ex-
planning the law. He contended that the
bill proposed by him came up to the const-
tutional requirement of being strictly in
relation to bankruptcy and uniformity in
its operation. There never had been
period when there was so much debt, so
much bankruptcy as at present and in
prospective, and he felt that something
should be done that would afford relief to
the unfortunate bankrupt, while at the same
time protecting the interests of creditors
For this reason he had yentured to offer the
substitute now presented. Senator MCreery
rose to reply, but yielded to Senator Sar
gents motion for the consideration of exec.
utiye business, which was agreed to, and the
senate went into executive session, and when
the doors re.Opened adjourned.
In the senate, on the LTD, MT. Nit
chell presented the following cablegram
from the United States consul at Tientsn,
China: Famine spreading; cannibalism
exists no rain; worse next year will in
demnity bill pass" Cablegram was referred
to committee on foreign relations, where the
bill providing for the return of the Chinese
indemnity fund to China is pending...... At
the expiration of the morning hour consd.
Grafton was resumed of unfinished business,
being the repeal of the banking act Mr..
DAVIS, of Illinois favored amending the
present law If the senate should reject the
bill to repeal, and said he was authorized to
say that Mr.. Edmunds took the same view
The bill was then laid aside......The senate
proceeded to consider the deficiency appro.
priation bill. After considerable discussion
the bill passed, Wallace introduced
a bill to authorize the issue of passports to
colored citizens going to Brazil free OF
charge, Referred. Adjourned till Monday.