Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-04-10
Congressional.

WAsHNGToN, April -iIousE.-At-
kins, Of Pennsylvania. reported the cgisa-
tive appropriation bill. 1t nppropriutcs
between fifteen aud sixteen million dollars
under the head Of ~ udicial." 1t contains
provision repeating tho last clause of
section 500 of the revised statutes (Which
applies to the State of Pennsylvania and
sections 80l, $50 aud 82l of the revised
statutes, aud providing that oil Jurors
(grand and petty shall be publicly drawn
from box containing the names Of not
less than 300 persons possessing the ncces-
sary qualifications, which names shul have
been placed therein by tho Clerk of the
Court and commissioner to bo appointed
by tho Judge, which commissioner shall be
u citizen residing in the district aud shall
be we'll known member Of the principal
political party opposing hat 10 which the clerk
shall belong. 1t also rcpeals sections ,O1G,
2,0l8 and 2,020 aud all Of tho succeeding
sections, down to and including 2,027 aud
also section 5522. It also strikes out of
section 2,0l0 the words for tho purpose of
engaging in the work of canvassng the
ballots and strikes out Of section 9 028 the
words or deputy marshal and the words
"clte, town, county, p>rish 1t also
repeas section 2,03l except such part of it
us relates to the pay of supervisors Of cleo
tions. 1t repeals all other sections and
laws authorizing the appointment of chief
supervisors OF elections and special or deputy
nIarshuls of elections. The bill was ordered
to he printed aud referred to the committee
of the whole.
Th" !!cdsc thon went into coalhitteo
OF the whole on the armv appropriation bill
aud was addressed by Belford, of Colorado,
against the section forbidding the use of
troops at the polls. Bclford's speech was
delivered from manuscript. He declared
thst in the contest 10 which Congress was
now engaged tho President might yield but
the Republican purity never. He charao
terized the Democratic party of the North
rs cowardly md treacherous and warned the
South against relying on it. All that the
R"publican party asked of the South was
respect for the laws of the country. They
had been told that the Confcdcrates had
crossed the Potomac and seized the Capital,
but the Southern pendulum would swing
back, and in 1880 the Democratic party
would retire to the rear as it had done 10
tho past. He followed on the same side by
Humphreys, of Wisconsin, who also read
from manuscript.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-SENATE.-Tbe
Senate passed tho bill appropriatiog $780,
900 for the construction of steel vessel to
DC used for the disnfection of vessels and
oargoos coming from ports supposed to be
infected with yellow fover and other conta-
gious diseases.
Pending motion by Edmunds TO take
up the resolution heretofore offered by him
declaring that tho business and interest of
the country required that tho Legislation
should bo confined to the objects for which
tho extra session was called, tho Senate
went into executive session, aud upon the
reopeoing Of the doors adjourned.
HOUSE In the debate, Muldrow, of
Mississippi expressed his astonishment at
the means employed by tho gentleman from
Ohio, (Gardold) few days ago, to make
party capital out Of tho pending question.
That gentleman, standing on his record, had
attempted to make tho people believe tho
Democratic party was sooking to carry out
Legislation bys.different methods than those
heretofore adopted by tho Republican party
wh'ob had set many suob prcccdchts, His