Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-04-30
xLvIth CONGRESS.


| would be necessary 10 eject president pr
tenn, Bayard offered aresolution naming A
9. Thurman for that office. A motion b!
Anthony to substitute the name of Thoma
w. Ferry was disagreed to and Bayard'
resolution was adopted. Thurman was ther
escorted to the Chair by Ferry ..".. Bills in
troduced and referred; To provide for al
| increase of the army In an emergency; to
provide for the speedy completion OF line
OF railroad and telegraph between the ports
Of the lower Mississippi river and southern
frontier of the United States, and to aid in
the construction Of the same, and for other
purposes. The army appropriation bill
was then taken up and Logan and Beck id.
1 dressed the senate thereOn--the latter
| yielding to a motion to adjourn with the
understsn ding that he should conclude his
remarks tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY, April 16.-Kellogg in
troduced bill providing for the establish.
ment of steamship mail service between the
United States and Brazil. Referred ...... The
senate resumed consideration of the army
bill, and Beck continued his remarks from
yesterday. A running debate was then in
dulged In until adjournment, which took
place after an executive session.
THURSDAY, April 17.-At the expira-
ton of tho morning hour the army appro.
priation bill was taken up and debate until
adjournment.
FRIDAY, April 1s.-The army appro-
priation bill was again taken up, and Ran
dolph and Groome addressed the senate
thereon ....After an executive session the
senate adjourned until Monday.
TUESDAY, April 15.-The house went
into committees of the whole on the legis.
lative bill, ths pending question being ON
Bragg's motion to insert clause repeating
the law creating the southern claims COM
mission and the substitute therefor offered
by Young, of Tennessee, abolishing the
commission, but transferring all claims now
pending before it to the court OF claims.
in the nature OF substitute was rejected
yeas 65; nays 112. The question then
recurred ON Bragg's amendment and it was
rejected-yeas 65; nays liz. Springer
offered an amendment abolishing the south.
ern claims commission, and providing that
any person who may have q claim against
the United States, in which the court Of
claims would not now have jurisdiction,
but founded ON equity and Justice, and mot
barred by limitation, may file his plea in the
court o. claims. Without disposing of the
and the house directed that ell debate on
the amendments shall close in ten minutes
after the house again goes into committee
....Adjourned.
"WEDNESDAY, April 16.-Under the
call of committees, Stephens, chairman of
the committee on coinage, weights and
measures, reported billfor the interchange
of subsidiary coin for legal tender money
in sums of ten dollars, and multiples
thereof, and making such coin legal tender
money in all sums not exceeding twenty
dollars. Referred to the committee. The
morning hour expired before any action
was taken o. the bill and II went over until
tomorrow The house then went into
committee of the whole on the legislative
appropriation bill, the pending question
being on Springer's amendment to
insert what IL known as the Potter
bill, which authorizes any person
having a claim against the United
States not barred by any statute of limita-
ti0ns to fle bill in the court of claims, to
which amendment Young, of Tennessee,
had offered an amendment to strike out the
words mot barred by .ny statute OF limi.
ations." Atkins offered q substitute for
Springer's amendment. The substitute re-
peals the acts establishing the southern
claims commission (the repeal to take eject
ON the 10th of March 1880), and il directs
the transfer of all cases then pending to the
court of claims. Itthen enscts the Potter BILL
Both amendments were rejected and the
committee proceeded with the succeeding
clauses of the bill. When the committee
had disposed of all the bill except the por-
tions especially reserved for general discus
mode of selecting grand and petit jurors,
repeating the jurors test oath and also in
respect to supervisors of elections and dep.
uty marshals, debate was opened and con
tinued until adjournment.
THURSDAY, April 17.-In the house,
Immediately after the reading Of the journal,
the bill reported yesterday from the com-
mttee on coinage, weights and measures,
to provide for the exchange Of Subsidiary
silver coins ~ legal tender in all sums not
exceeding ten dollars, came up. The cues.
ton was on the motion made by BuckneF,
chairman OF the committee ON banking and
currency, to refer the bill to that commit
tee. After long discussion, the previous
question was moved, and the motion 10
refer the bill to the banking committee wa
rejected-S8 to 81. The bill then was before
the house, but went over until tomorrow.
...... The morning hour having expired At
kins moved that debate on the Legislative
moved Friday. Agreed to--yeas ISL, nays
81 The house then went into committee
of the whole on the Legislative appr0pria-
tian bill, and was addressed BY Kelley and
Carlisle. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, April 1S.-The morning hour
was dispensed with and the subsidiary iii.
yer bill WAS mot taken up:;..;. house
then went into committee Of the whole on
the Legislative appropriation bill and de-
bated L until adjournment
SATURDAY, April 1.-THE subsidiary
silver coin bill came mp ~ the unfinished
business Of the morning hour. Warner
then moved to amend the third section,
which makes silver coin legal to
the amount Of so, by adding the words "for
all debts. public and private" lills offered
substitute, the Arst section Of which pro.
yides for q silver dollar Of 4l2k grains, half
dollars Of 2O6N grains, quarters Of l0eh
Of 20x grains, and that al Of them shall be
legal tender for any sum Whatever. An
amendment by Springer increasinK the 10
eal-tender quality Of the sabsidiaxy silver
coin to $40 was agreed to-ayes 123; nays
lO3 The morniug hour having expired,
various amendments making the trade dol.
lar lsgal.tsnder, for issuing fractional mo.
nsy, etc., wsse offered, and then The bill
with the psading smendmentst inclaaisg
Mill sabstitatsk vent over Without acsaen; 2:
the whole on the Legislative Apps0priation
bill and debated Il undl adjoarnmsnt
Chinese spisitaalism.
The spirits of the unseen universe ars
directly invoked BY tho Chinese, chiefly