The Newtown bee., 1879-01-28
- CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
senate.

SenuLes
 MT. Windorn offered resolution, which was laid over at his request, providing for the ap- pcin.ment ot d committee of seven to inquire into tlIe expediency of encourag gtng by all just and proper methods, the partial migration os colored persons from those States and con- gressional districts where they are not allowed to freely and peaceably exercise and enjoy heir cons titutional rights as American citizens, into such State as may desire to receif'e them and will protect them in said rights, or into stch Territory or Territories of the United Ststss as may De provided for their use and oce lipation." ... The bill granting arfearages of pensions amounting to $20, 100000 was passed and went to the President Adjourned after an executive session.
 MT. Saulsbury offered long resolution call ing upon the secretary of the treasury for in formation in regard to the compensation paid to bankers, syndicates, firi1is and individuals in negotiating the sale of bonds since 1S62 and also in regard to various other matters | connected with the financial operations of the government. Mir. Merrill objected, and con eduently. the resolution was laid aside. MT. Wallace requested that he and Mir. Bayard be l excused from further service on the Teller in- vestigating committee, and after some discus | sion the request was granted. Adjourned. l Bills were introduced by Mir. Cockrell To l provide uniform national currency to retire the notes of the national banks and to pro- 1 hibit their Incorporation and their issue of 1 notes to utilize silver and silver coin, and proside for the issue of coin and bullion cer= l tificatss; to provide for the redemption or payment of the bonds of the United States and 1 the issue of bonds bearing low rate of in 1 terest, and to provide for expansion and con- traction of the paper currency to meet the bus ines interests and wants of the people. Laid | on the table .... Mir. Morgan reported a series of resolutions (which had been agreed tipon | by the Democrats in caucus, as substitute for those recently introduced by Mir. Edmunds) 1 reciting in effect that the thirteenth, four | teenth and fifteenth amendments are as bind | ing as any ether part of the constitution, and | declaring that the punishment of vitlators Of | election rights rests with the State govern | ment and not with the United States. Ad- journed after reporting the patent bill and 1 holding executive session.
 MT. Morrill, reported, without amendments, 1 the House bill to facilitate the funding of the l national debt. Placed on the calendar. Mir. | Withers introduced 8 bill creating 8 national l board of public health another bill of similar
 import was introduced by MT. Matthews. I After discussing the naval appropriation bill the Sena' held an executive session and then | adjourned.
 The bill providing for the exchange of four per cent bonds for uncailed fve=twenties, was l passed. :. Mir. Edmunds moved to consider
 his resolutions regarding the last three consti- tutional amendments, but, after some debate, the motion was lost and the consideration of the naval appropriation bill resumed Mir. Blaine addressed the Senate in support of the | amendments offered by him looking to 8 re- duc.ion of naval expenses. He argued that it WAS useless to maintain so large navy when l we have no commercial marine to protect. and asked Congress to appropriate portion of the money spent in the support of the navy toward building up our commercial interests. Mir. Beck and Mir. Edmunds opposed Mir. | Biaine's amendments, and they were with drawn. The bill was then read third time and passed. Mir. Edmunds again moved to | take up his constitutional am endments resolu- tiona, but MT. Thurman moved to adjourn, whicl was carried.
 The bill authorizing the secretary of the
 trea.ury 10 exchange four per cent. bonds for | uncallsd fiye-twenties was passed without a di- | vision :. :. Tn the evening exercises in memory l Of Prof. Joseph Henry were held ia the hall of
 the House and attended by both branches of | Congress.
 Under the regular call of the States, large
 number of bills were introduced, among them
 being one to prevent the adulteration of food
 and drink one to repeal all laws regarding
 the appointment and pay of election super
 visors , and one by MT. Springer, of Illinois,
 equalizing the representation of the various
 States in Congress <. {. Mir. Potter asked leave
 to offer resolution for the investigation of
 the cipher dispatches, but Mir. Butler objected
 .... The bill for the settlement of out star ding
 claims against the District of Columbia was
 then considered in committee of the whole and
 passed. Adjourned.
 Mir. Potter called up his resolution directing
 an investigation into the cipher telegrams
 Speeches were made by Messrs. Potter, Hale
 Conger and Hewitt in favor of the resolution
 and by Mir. Butler against it. The resolution
 WAS passed without division, the Republican
 members refraining from voting. MT. Ste } phens, from the committee on coinage, intro duced bill to authorize the coinage of the goioid metric dollar, five dollars and fractioni ! of dollar. Adjourned.
 Mir. Stephens, of Georgia, introduced bill
 defining and describing the dutits of the secre tarv of the treasury in certain cases .Attel eulogies in honor of the late Representative
 Douglas were pronounced by Messrs. Goode : Pollard, Hooker, Walker, Springer, DunneI
 Pridemore, Clark and Tucker. and resolutioni
 in hcnor of his memory had been passed, th'
 House adjourned.