The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-04
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THE CONGRESS.
A Short session-A Few More Objections
from Oonger.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, June 3.--Mr. Mem ilIan moyet
to lay aside informally the Mcdonald resolu
ton relating to an investigation of the irreg
| ularity In Rhode Island elections, and to tax.
up House resolution No. 1852, tol extend tht
time for the payment OF pre-. .emptors on Ger
tain public lands In the State Of Minnesota
and the Territory Of Dakota. Agreed to.
The bill was then considered and passed.
The post route bill having been read and
passed, Mr.. Beck offered as a substitute for
! the bill the following, which, on objection, he
| subsequently withdrew:
THAT the Postmaster General is author
lied to place such mail service on any public
highway, river or railroad within the United
States as the public service may require, and
the same are hereby declared postroads SO
soon as said mail service is placed thereon. .
Mr.. Beck thought this would be proper
way OF obviatiDg thousand -and-one troubles
Of the details OF the bill, whose preparation
should be placed in the hands Of the Post
master General.
Mr.. Garland called up the pending order
Senate bill No. 572. to create Northern Judi
c1al District OF Texas, and to change the
Eastern and Western judicial Districts, and
to Tx the time and place OF holding courts In
the same.
On motion Of Mr.. Bayard at 2:20, the Sem
ate went into executive session. and AT 3 .75
p. m. adjourned.
After the reading Of yesterdays journal.
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was made that the States should be- called
where 1t was left off yesterday, but an objec-
t1on was made thereto and the regular order
was demanded.
Mr.. Covert. Of New York, asked leave to
special committee Of three members to lnves-
tigate the conduct OF the shipping commits
sioners of New York.
Mr.. Conger objected. There were enough
regular committees to do that.
1faG Grnnu utynu fHry,
order to be the consideration Of the bill here ere.
tofOre reported, providing for the removal Of
causes from State courts, the question being
on the secOndfng of the demand for the pre-
viOus question.
An effort was made to make an arrange
ment whereby the bill could be taken out Of
the morning hour.
Mr.. Cox, OF New York, said that he desired
to address the House on the subject OF the re-
peal OF the test oath, and asked that he might
Mr.: Conger objected unless it was under
stood that the bill should not lose it's status
In the morning hour, and that all parliamen-
tary advantages should be preserved.
Mr: IoWnshend inquired of Mr.. Conger
whether the gentlemen OF his side Intended to
oppose all manner Of legislation this extra
session.
Mr.. Conger replied that while he was not
authorized to speak for his side of the House,
he believed 1t was the opinion of good men ali
o*ol tHb cOuubIy LudL uOGlln& SuOulu Ue uOHet
except to pass the appropriation bills, and
that Congress should do that quickly and
then adjourn. Applause on the Republican
side.]
Mr.. Townshend wanted to know If he was
to understand that dictatory motions would
be made on all bills.
Mr.. Conger said that they would reply to
that as soon as the other matters came up.
Mr.. Townshend then applied the remarks
made by Garfield on another occasion, to the |
Republican side, and said that their whole |
action was revolutionary.
It was then agreed that Mr.. Cox should adj |
dress the House on the repeal OF the test oath, |
but that the status OF the pension bill should |
not be changed.
Coz then made speech in favor Of the re-
peal of the test oath. He showed the absurdi-
" of compelling men who had never been In
,he rebellion to take an oath that they had t
lever done so, while others only took an oath to
support the constitution OF the United States.
Ie reviewed the history Of test oaths Id Eng
fsh history, and explained the characters OF |
he different oaths in different countries, and
Iuoted some to show how ridiculous they
we're. He wanted to repeal all these oaths,
including the jurors test oath, which was
ept on the statute book to prevent fair trials.
fe referred to bis own course during the war.
nd said that while, as Q member Of Congress-,