The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-03-27
NylTH CONGRESS.

| finished business of the Forty-fifth Congress
the Senate was called to order, but withou
trsnsscting any business, > recess was takel
and upon re-.ssembling motion to adjourn
witness the ofening of tie session and grea
interest was manifested in regard to organizs
| ton.
The House convened 4: IL O'Clock. A vas
crowd was present to witness the opening o
the session and organization. Only one mem
Der was absent, Mr.. James of New York. Sam
uel ]. Randall. of Pennsylvania was choseI
speaker the first ballot, receiving la votes
Mr.. Garfield, of Ohio, received LIS votes.
Hendrick b. Wright, of Pennsylvania received
Is votes. Mr.. Kelley received one vote. Messrs
Garfield and Blackburn conducted Mr. Randall
to the chair. He made brief address and
then the oath of Office was administered td
the speaker by Mr.. Kelley. of Pennsylvania
after which the oath to the members was ad.
ministered by the speaker in groups of States
Mr.. Frye objected to administering the oath t.
Mr.. Hull, of Florida, and the matter went ovel
till tomorrow. The following officers were re-
elected: Mr.. Adams, clerk; Mr.. Thompson,
sergeant-at-arms; Mr.. Field, doorkeeper; Mr.
Stewart, postmaster; Rev. W. p. Harrison
chaplain. Mr.. Mcmahon sent to the clerks
desk and asked to have read petition signed
by twenty-three prominent citizens of Cincin-
natl against the right Of Messrs. Butterworth
and Young, of Ohio, to occupy their seats. A
discussion arose as to whether the petition
should take the ordinary course or be read and
printed IN the record. Without action the mat
ter went over till tomorrow. After drawing
for seats the House adjourned.
In the Senate On the 18th bills were
presented to revive the court of commissioners
of Alabama claims, and one by Beck to remove
all political disabilities imposed by the four
tenth amendment of the constitution; also .
bill to repeal the act of July 1862 requiring q
| test oath; one authorizing local taxation of
legal tender treasury notes; to establish a
branch mint at Omaha. The Vice-President
| laid before the Senate . memorial signed by q
number of members of the legislature of Kan
sas asserting that the election of Senator In
gals was secured by bribery and corruption,
| and asking the Senate to give them full oppOr-
tunity to offer proof of these assertions. Re-
ferred to committee on privileges and cleo
tons. The following resolution was offered:
ResOlrcd, That the Secretary of the Treasury
| be and he il hereby required to furnish to the
Senate a detailed statement of the accounts of
| marshals of the United States, in New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio. Massachusetts and Mary
land rendered to this date, for and in regard to
| the employment of and payment of wages, or
| fees charges for services performed by them
| selves or their special deputies, in regard to
| the conduct of elections in November, 1878
| showing the amount claimed by or paid to
each special deputy, and the aggregate paid
or claimed from the United States by
said marshals for services connected with said
elections. The resolution was held over. The
Presidents message was received at . quarter
past two O'Clock and read. On motion it was
referred to the committee on printing and the
Senate adjourned.
The morning session of the House was spent
in discussing the disputed case from the Sec
ond Congressional district of Florida, and re-
suited in the adoption of the original resolu-
ton that Mr.. Hull be sworn in. Tie Presi-
dents message was read and referred to the
committee Of the whole. The Speaker an
nounced the appointment of the following
committee on rules: The Speaker, Stevens,
Blackburn, Garfield and Frye. The House
adjourned.
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Fellow citizens of the Senate and the House
of Representatives:
The failure of the last Congress to make the
requisite appropriations for the Legislative and
judicial purposes, for the expenses of the sew
eral departments of the government and for
the support of the army, has made it necessary
to call q special session of the FOrty-sixth Con-
gress. The estimates of the appropriations
needed which were sent to Congress by the
Secretary of the Treasury at the opening of
the last session. are renewed and are herewith
transmitted to both the Senate and House of
Representatives. Regretting the existence of
the emergency which requires special session
of Congress at a time when it is the general
Judgment of the country that the public well
fare will be best prompted b. permanency in
our legislation and by peace and rest, l COM
mend these few necessary measures to your
considerate attention.
Signed, RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
Accompanying the Presidents message are
estimates from the Secretary of the Treasury
Of money needed for the army, and for
legislative, executive and Judicial branches
ut the government These estimates
are the same as those submitted at
the opening of the last session, with the ex-
ception of items provided for at that session.
The last Congress made provisions for the mil
itary academy at West Point and for fortifica-
tons and armament. This leaves according to
the estimates s2S 3l0.5O0 not to be appropri-
ated for the army. None of the Legislative.
executive and judicial department were pro-
vided for even in part. The estimate for these
expenses is s16.520,60l. To these appropria-
tons are also to be added the item for court
expenses which is generally placed in the sun
dry civil bill. but which was left out of that
bill at the last session. The estimates for
these expenses is s300O,OO0.
In the Senate 10Th, no business was
transacted after prayer and reading of the
journal. Adjourned.
In the House. Mr.. Mcmahon called up the pc
tition of citizens of Cincinnati in relation to
the election of Mr.. Butterworth and Mr.. Young
and the whole matter was referred TO . select
committee with leave to sit during recess. Mr..
Butterworth and Mr.. Young declared them
selves heartily in favor Of the resolution. The
committee also directed to inqnire into the
operation of the supervisors law in Cincinnati
at the last election.
In the Senate on the 2lst large num-
Der of bills were introduced, among them one
bv Mr.. Beck repeating SO much of the revis-
ed statutes as prohibited the appointment to
the army of any person engaged in the late re-
belliou. A joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution giving the
President power To except in his approval of
bills either items of appropriations or special
legislation giving his reasons to Congress OF
the items disapproved. To be treated a. in
case of veto. A resolution condemning A.
unconstitutional and insurrectionary the Al
tempt of one House To make the passage of
appropriation bills conditional on consent of
the other House and of the President Ia the
provisions they do not approve. The resolu-
ton went over. Mr.. Edmunds called M the
resolution heretofore offered by him propos-
ing to confine the business Of the session to
the object for which it was called. On the
motion of Mr.. Wallace. it was laid on the
table. Yeas, IS: nays, 2S-a strict party vote.
4 bill to eaualize the bounties of the soldiers.
sailors and marines of the late war for the
Union: also bill for the relief of the Chicago
Soldiers and Citizens Colony. Referred. Ex-
ecutive session was then held, and when the
doors were re-opencd, the Senate adjourned till
Monday.
In the House . resolution offered in
creating the membership of the committee on
elections from IL to l6, in the interest Of econ-
omy and the correctness of representation,
since it frequently happened that. owing to the
press of business. the committee were not able
tn report on election cases until the last day of
h. sn~S,an RAfayrRA tn the rypm m
rules Mr. Reagan desired to refer several
bills. but Mr.. Conger objected. he also OBJ
jected to the reference of the resolution which
Mr.. Young desired to offer for the re-appcint-
ment Of yellow fever committee. Adjourned
until Tuesday.