The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-04-16

The slerk ofthe House Of Representatives
appeared In the Senate and announcer 70 -,
-age BY the House OF the Army ApI,roi 49,.
| bill, asking tho concurrence on INC -
therein; referred 10 the Committee on n iIio-
priations zee. Among the bills inlfo
one transferring the management -lle -. ~.
Of the Indian bureau from The lhee, ~, 49,
War Department On mot,on ~ n, :, ~
reli il was resolved that the Secretary o. ~" IA
be directed 20 furnish 20 the Senate any Anu az
reports mads 70 him BIZ the QuarterrnAs'ei-
General o. t.,s Army about the month o. 49, ~,
Der, 1878, and prior and SUBSEQUENT ~ Sr- -,
date. oh any discrimination made by the y mon
Pacific Railroad Company in favor oil private ~,
shippers against the United States, anu ~
correspondence relating thereto. ne S Sl;
took up the repogts Of the Comniuee ON H.,
/ leges and Elections declaring that the hon.
| Charles II. Bell Is not entitled 10 seat as a
senator by virtue Of the appointment by the
executive OF New Hampshire Alter discus
sion the matter went over. Adjourned
MFR. Withers. from the Committee on Appro-
priations. reported back the Army Approx ma
ton bill without amendment, and asked that II
be printed and placed ON the calendar; n si
Blaine gave notice that he would ouer the Iol-
lowing amendment TO go at the end OF seSuOn
six. sAnd any military, naval or civil oflcer,
or any other person who shall, except Tor the
purpose herein named, appear armed with n
deadly weapon Of any description, either con-
cealed or displayed, within a mile OF any poll
ing place where a general or special eieSuon
Tor Representatives TO Congress IS being held,
shall. on conviction, be punished with a nne OF
not less than $500 nor more than So,OVO, OF
with Imprisonment for period not less tiiah
six months nor more than fve years, or WIN
both fine and Imprisonment, at the ulscrei ln,
| of the court. Mr.. Bayard INTRODUCED Dh
to repeal sections $40 and S2l OF the Revisee
| Statutes. He asked unanimous consent TO put
the bill on its passage without referring IL 10
any committee. 1t repealed the act passed III
1862. providing test oaths and disqualification
of Jurors in courts of the United States. The
| effect of this was TO exclude persons OF charac-
ter and intelligence from jury service, IN the
| Southern States particularly. The Senate had
already passed such bill us the one he now
introduced He did not desire to debate the
bill, but offered it for the sake Of justice and
the promotion of good feeling among all his
oountrymen. Referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary So. After further consideration
| of the question of admission of MIR. Bell to a
seat the Senate adjourned.
On motion of Mr.. Voorhees, a resolution was
adopted directing the Postmaster-General to
furnish to the Senate his reasons for discrimi-
mating postage rates in the transmission oil
newspapers through the mails After lnrthel
/ ulOtushlOn Oh Vi A1cAl " "a 9Nfe
the Senate went into executive session and
then adjourned.
After further discussion Mr.. Bell was i'd
mitted to a seat in the Senate from New
| Hampshire, by vote of 35 to %. The follow
ing Democratic Senators voted tor the admis-
sion: Messrs. Bayard, Gordon, Groome, Jones,
of Florida, Mcdonald, Randolph, voorhees,,
Walker, Whyte, Williams. Senators Conk-
ling and Carpenter, Republicans, voted against
the admission. After taking up the Army
Appropriation bill the Senate adjourned.
House.
Mr. Conger suggested 70 his friends on the
other side that they should agree to strike out
the sections forbidding the use of military at
the polls, and then 50 far as the committee
could recommend to the House, should recon.
mend the passage ola bill repeating entirely the
two sections of the statutes He thought he
was authorized to say that, il on the committed
rising and recommending to the House the in
PRODUCTION OF n separate bill repeating thos'
two sections of the Revised Statutes, 30 tar a
his side of the House was concerned it could b,
passed without debate and without delay, leav
ing the Army Appropriation bill without an!
Objectionable feature upon it. All debate wa
then closed and voting ON the amendment
proceeded with. Mr.. Brewer submitted al
amendment providing that nothing containet
| III Tic VII Siliill III Any way Lllt "
power of the civil officers of the government
keep the peace at the polls at such time as
prescribed for the election of members of Con
gress. Rejected - III to 1876. Mr.. Congo
moved TO substitute for section 6 the follow
ing: That section 1902 and 5,52S of tn
Revised Statutes be and the same are here
by repealed" Rejected l09 TO l3t
} Mr.. Lapham moved to amend by providin
that any person who shall appear at the poll
at the election of members of Congress with
deadly weapon shall be subject to the penat
, provided in the bill. Rejected-4l to l3C
! Mr. Caswell moved to strike out the portion
the section providing for penalties. Rejected
The question then required on the motto
! made by Mr., Lowe to strike out the whole
section 6. Rejected-l22 to 1856. The cor
mittee then rose and reported the bill. Tn
other amendments to the bill, which were
unimportant, were agreed to without division
The bill was then passed-yeas, l4S; nay,
l22-a strict party vote, ten Greenbackei
: voting for the bill and two against it. AZ
t iourned.
Mr.. Atkins moved to 60 into Committee
the Whole on the Legislative bill. He state
, that he had introduced the bill on the basis
, the conference report OF the last Congress 9
nearly as possible. The entire money porto
of the bill had not been agreed to by the col
ference committee, but very nearly all of it hac
, In regard to those portions upon which the con
mittee OF conference had not agreed, the pres
emf bill coniormed to the bill as it had passe
! the House at the last Congress. Ho shout
not attempt to apply the gag to the House
the matter of debate, but he would suggest thu
I, the money portion-of the bill should be consit
i cred under the five minute rule, and that I'll
. general debate should be reserved for the pol
teal portions of the bill. This suggestion W,
i agreed to, and then the House went into Con
mttee of the Whole, Mr.. Blackburn, of Kei
= lucky in the chair, on the Legislative Apr,
Q priation bill After finishing the considerable
n Of sixty pages of the bill the House adourne
II The House spent day on the report Of Il
G Committee on Rules. Certain select COMM
n tess of the last House were reappointed al
IS the membership OF certain standing committe
: was increased proposition by the COMM
Of tee to make a three-fourths vote necessary
n suspend the rules and pass bill was reiect'
y for a substitute which extended the privilege
e the Appropriations Committee, to report at aI
j. time, to the Commerce, Ways and Mean
t, Banking, and Coinage Committees. An amen
j. ment by Mr. Garfield. declaring the introdu
rs ton of any provision changing existing law
st any appropriation bill out of order, was lost
a vote of yeas, ITO; nays, 1879. Adjourned.
IL Mr.. Mcmahon submitted an amendment
re the Legislative Appropriation bill, repeali
l. the sections of the statutes providing for t
ir biennial examination pensioners, but leavi
with the commissioners the power to ord
a special examinations when necessary, and
increase or reduce pensions in accordance wi
"A right and justice, but no pension shall be
~ duced without notice to the pensioner T
40 amendment concludes as follows: In ORD
to provide for the payment of arrears of pc
sions, the Secretary of the Treasury is direct
to issue Immediately in payment thereof,
they may be adjusted, the sic, DOC, 900 in lei
tender currency now in the United StaI