The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-05-23


lishment OF a semi-inonthiy mail steamship
service between tho United states and Bra
XII, 20 be paid by the Government $50 per
NUE. also, one by Senator Beck, authorizing
the postmaster General to place mail service
on any public highway, river or railroad,
wherever the public srrsice REQUIRES ill.,.
IN IN the House, NJ. Wood called up the senate
concurrent resolution for final adjournment
and moved that its consideration be post.
poned TIL Wednesday, the esth of May.
Agreed to--yeas i5n, nays Ice. A division was
LINEN seiisu Tor on aeconding the previous
qnestlon on fotters Investigation resolution,
and the call showed lis members present. ri
less than quorum. All the iaeptfbi!cans re.
fused 20 vote. After several more inenectu-
no, ssp, ~ neenre vote, on motion Of Mr..
can House Caucus was held after adjourn
ment, at which the following resolutions were
adopted:
Resslred, That the resolution now pendins,
In the House is an attempt in form iintustfT
fable and Illegal TO reopen the question OF
the Presidents title, question soiemnly set
gress, which alone had Jurisdiction, and IA
therefore revolutionary and destructive oil
good order, business prosperity and peace
OF the country.
Rrsoiref. That the effort of the Democratic
majority 10 force upon the House, without op-
portnntty tor amendment or debate, a meas
ure OF such revolutionary character which
has not been recommended or considered by
any OF its committees, but has been devised
BY individuals Tor private or party ends
should be resisted by all means which are au-
th0rized by the rules of the House.
The nrst resolution passd unanimously
the second passed with only few members
of the caucus dissenting.l
In the Senate, On the 10th, consideration
was resumed OF the bin to repeal the Specie
Resumption act, and Senator Matthews read
an argument upon the general financial poll
cy of the Government, and offered as a sub
stitnte Tor the pending bill the bill introduced
l.s .f
deadlock in the House upon Potter's
investigation resolution still continued,
the Republicans refusing to vote and
the Democrats being unable to
After an Intellectual attempt to secure q vote,
Mr. Fort suggested to Mr.. Potter that the
regular order be laid aside and the House
proceed to a consideration of the pension
bills. Mr.. Potter said: :" We are prepared 70
go on with the public business and are here
forthat purpose, but are left without a quo
rum by the wilifdl absence Of gentlemen on
the other side, and demand the regular or
der" MIR. Potter then moved an adjourn
ment, which was carried-yeas al, nays l6
In the Senate, on the 18th, number Of
bills were reported from committees
Further consideration of the bill to repeal
the Resumption net was postponed TIL
Monday, a plumber o.; pension bills
In the House, after several more Intellectual
efforts to obtain vote upon the Potter reso-
luton of investigation, quorum was finally
obtained and the preamble and resolution
were adopted as reported, The Republican
members abstained from voting to the last
the only negative votes cast being those oi
Messrs. Mills and Morse, both Democrats
The final vote was las to z. Some exciting
scenes took place during the long struggle
over the passage ofthe resolution, especially
between Messrs Goode and Conger, the lat
ter having implied that the former had
broken his pair with Republican (Mr. Tor
ing).
The Senate was not in session on the 18th
..,...In the House, Mr.. stephens asked to be
put upon record. He was absent on leave OF
the House yesterday when the vote was
taken upon what is known as the Potter reso
luton, and was paired with Mr.. Harris. But
for the pair he would have voted AGAINST the
resolution as it stood. Mr.. Ellis, from
the Committee on Elections reported a reso.
luton declaring that there had been no fair
free and peaceable election in the First Con
gressional District of South Carolina
and that neither Mr.. Rainey, the sit
ting member, nor Mr.. Richardson, the
seat. He stated that he would call up the
resolution Thursday next. The Army APP
preparation bill was considered in Committee
of the Whole The Speaker announced that
he would be necessarily absent during the
coming week. and Mr.. Sayler was chosen
Speaker pro TEN.
In the Senate, on the Goth, the President
pro represented the resolutions of the City
Council of Chicago, praying for the passage
Of the House bill to place the name of Gen
James Shields on the retired list, with the
rank of Brigadier- General. Mr.. Thurman
from the Judiciary Committee, reported a
bill providing that no person shall be
refused admission to the bar of any United
States Court on account of sex. Placed
on the calendar. number of other bills
were introduced, including the bill to
amend the l03d article of war so as to pro-
vide that no person shall be tried or punish
n
ted more than two years or in case of deser-
ton three years before the arraignment OF
such person for such offense, which
was passed. The Indian and Pension
Appropriation bills, and the conferences
asked for, were agreed toS....1n the House,
the committee to inquire into the alleged
frauds in the late Presidential election, I'M
der the Potter resolution, was announced by
Speaker pro TEN. Sayler. Several bills relat-
ing to the District of Columbia passed, but
no business of general Importance was trans
acted