Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-05-02
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the 23rd, Mr.. Wallace, Of
Pennsylvania, presented two petitions from
citizens of Philadel phia, favoring Govern
ment aid in the construction of the Texas
Pacific Railroad. Mr.. johnson, of Virginia,
presented resolutions of the Richmond Cham
Der of Commerce, favoring a uniform tax on
imported sugar and molasses. The commit,
tee on finance reported favorably on House
bill to prevent the coinage of twenty cent
pieces of silver, and the bill was passed by
the Senate. In the House, the entire day
was consumed in debate over the river and
harbor appropriation bill.
In the Senate on the 24th, number of
bills not of a general character, were passed,
among them, the House bill for the payment
of claims reported by the accounting officers
of the Treasury, with number Of upimpor-
tant amendments. Mr.. Eaton introduced q
bill to allow the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company to construct bridge over the COL
orado river at Fort Yuma, and Mr.. Dennis,
bill to permit the same company to build a
road through the Fort Yuma reservation.
Bills referred. The Senate adopted the report
of the conference committee on the bill au.
thorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to
employ temporary clerks, and for other pur.
poses, and passed the House bill appropra-
ting 100000 for a deficiency in the appro-
priation for public printing. The remainder
of the session was spent in action on such
bills on the calendar as were not objected to-
In the House, Mr.. Roberts, of Missouri, from
the committee on commerce, reported a bill
providing that the haling place of every YES
sci of the United States, shall be the town or
city where said vessel was built, or where the
owner of said vessel resides, and the name of
such town or city shall be painted on the
stern of the vessel. Passed. The House
went to the business on the Speakers table,
and after disposing of several bills, the Sen
ate Pacific Railroad bill was taken up, and
after discussion, was passed by vote OF 243
yeas to 2 nays. The latter were Butler, of
Massachusetts, and Lynde, of Wisconsin.
The bill to repeal the bankrupt act was next
taken up, and pending its consideration the
House took recess till 7.S0 P. NJ, the even.
ing session to be for debate only.
In the Seuate on the 25th, the day was de-
voted, and almost the entire session, to the
consideration of such bills on the calendar as
were not objected to, and a number of unim.
portant and mostly private bills were passed.
The report of the committee of conference on
the deficiency bill was concurred in. This is
the sixth deficiency bill that has been passed
by the present Congress, the amount thus ap-
propriated, aggregating over eight million
dollars. Adjourned to Monday. The House
devoted nearly the whole day to the consid-
Grafton of the bill from the Senate for the re-
peal of the bankrupt law. 1t was amended
so as to include the repeal of the act of 1878,
which was supplemental to the original act,
and passed, after discussion, by vote of
2O6 yeas to 80 nays. Of those who voted in
the negativs was Mr.. Evins, Of South Carroll
ma, the only member from this State reported
as having voted against the repeal. The bill
having been amended, goes back to the SEN
ate for concurrence. Mr.. Schleicher, of Tex
as, from the committee on foreign affairs, SUBJ
mitted a report relative to the condition of
affairs in Mexico. 1t was ordered to be print
ed and recommitted. Mr.. Cox, Of New
York, offered concurrent resolution, which
was agreed to, authorizing the appointment
of Joint committee to consider and report
upon the proper measures to be adopted for
taking the next census of the United States,
and to report to the House. The House then
at 435 P. NJ, adjourned.
In the House on the 26th, the whole day
was consumed in uninteresting debate on the
postofice appropriation bill, which was final
ly passed.
In the House on the 9th, the Indian ap-
preparation bill, appropriating 81, ,472,OOO was
passed. The House then went in committee
of the whole on the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill, without action.
In the Senate on the 29th, during the
morning session, Conover, of Florida, called
up the resolution submitted by him on the
2Oth of March last, requesting the President
to communicate to the Senate certain infor.
nation touching the surrender of the Cuban
insurgents, and the further policy of Spain in
the government of the island of Cuba. He
made notable speech on the passage of the
resolution. He reviewed the history of the
colonial administration of Spain in Cuba as a
system of commercial pillage and rapacity Of
vast injury to the trade of the United States
He claimed that no progress had been made
by our representatives in Madrid in negotia
ting new commercial treaty, but that the
United States has been constantly betogged
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