Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-25
CONGRESSIONAL,
SENATE.

| WASHINGTON, Dec 18.
1 Beck called up the bill introduce,
Iby him on tho 9th to repeal section
Of the Revised Statutes prescribing
additional causes Of disqualification
. challenge Of an additional oath fol
grand and petit jurors.
Conkling said the subject was beins
considered by the Judiciary Commit
tee and should not be acted upol
without report from the committee
Pending discussion the morning
hour expired and the subject wa
laid aside.
| HOUSE.
The Senate amendment to the ad
journment resolution. extending re-
cess from Dec. Goth to Jan. 7th, wal
concurred in.
The bill appropriating $4,000 fol
expenses Of committee ON yellow.
fever epidemics was then taken up
The bill passed and House went into
Committee Of the Whole on the In.
dian Appropriation bill.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.
A communication was received
from Davenport, supervisor of elec.
tions at New York, ,sug ggesting amend.
ments in the naturalization laws. Re.
ferred.
Christiancy reported substitute
for the bill Of Beck to repeal sections
of the revised statutes. The substi.
tute provides for the repeal Of section
$50 providing test oath for Jurors
Placed on calendar.
Beck will call his bill up for con.
deration tomorrow.
Dorsey from committee on apprO-
priations reported favorably on house
bill to provide for deficiency in trans
portation of mails by railroads.
Mcdonald introduced . bill to re-
lmbHrse several states for interest
paid on war loans and for other pur-
poses.
The house bill appropriating $780,
600 for transportation of mails by
railroad, passed.
HOUSE.
J.G Young, took the seat made
vacant by the death of j. j. Leonard,
Of 9TH Louisiana district.
Cabell asked leave to offer reso-
luticn reciting charges made against
Alexander Rives, Judge of U. s..
district court for Western District of
Virginia, in regard to his action in is
suing writs Of nabeas corpus for
bringing before him two prisoners
now in custody under charge of mur-
der, and directing the Judiciary Com
mittee to inquire into the facts con-
nected with his action, and what &C.
tion should be taken relative thereto.
White and and Hale objected.
The House then went into Com
mittee Of the Whole on the Indian
Appropriation bill.
SENATE.
WAsHlNaToN, Dec. 20.
Most of the morning hour was used
in discussing the order of business.
After recess no special order was
made. After some discussion Of q
bill introduced by Beck to repeal Sec
ton S2O Of the revised statutes, Hoar
said it was evident this bill could not
pass to-day, and moved to adjourn,
but soon withdrew his motion, and
moved an executive session. This
motion was supported by the repub-
licans and opposed by the democrats,
and the vote resulted yeas 25 nays 25.
The vice president then voted in the
affirmative, and the senate went into
executive session. When the doors
reopened Beck withdrew his amend
ment to the bill TO repeal section 500
of the revised statutes so as to repeal
section 82l, also in regard to test
oaths. The bill to repeal the first
named section then passed without
opposition, and the senate adjourned
till January 7th, 1879.
HOUSE.
A communication was received
from the Secretary of the Treasury
in response to the resolution calling
for information as to what balances
on loan accounts were standing to
the credit of the United States in any
national bank from March, 1876, to
the present time. The letter was read
on motion Of Hewitt, Of New York,
who amid much confusion and
cries Of "order," endeavorel to have
table of flgures read, because - he
said che wanted the world to know
that there has been for six months an
average Of $50, 100000 to the credit
Of the United States in the First Ma
tional Bank of New York. Adjourn
ed till Jan. 7th.