The Newtown bee., 1879-04-15
 CONGRESSIONA SUMMARY.
Senate.

Senate.
 After the introduction of several bills and resolutions, Mir. Hoars resolution declaring the action of the last House and the alleged plan of tho present Congress ill regard to appropria- tion bills unconstitutional came up, and was laid on the table by a vote of 30 to 20-a strict party vote. Mir. Salisbury, from the mittee on privileges and elections, reported adversely on the credentials of Charles H. Bell as senator from New Hampshire, and MT. Hoar presented the views of the minority in favor of admitting MT. Bell. Executive. ses- sion and then adjournment.
 MT. Paddock introduced joint resolution to authorize the appointment of three Senators and three members of the House of Repre- sentatives a commission to devise plan for the reconstruction of the Department of Agri- culture, with view of extending it's jurisdic- ton and increasing its efficiency, with power to send for persons and papers, and to report at the next session of Congress. Mir. Paddock also introduced a bill to establish national board of agriculture; referred to the Con- mittee on Agriculture. Adjourned, after an executive session.
 The clerk of the House of Representatives appeared in the Senate and announced the pas sage by the House of the Army Appropriation bill, asking the concurrence of the Senate therein; referred to the Committee on Appro- priations Among the bills introduced was one transferring the management and control of the Indian bureau from the Interior to the War Department On motion of Mir. Cock rell it was resolved that the Secretary of War be directed to furnish to the Senate any and all reports made to him by the Quartermaster- General ot the Army about the month of Octo- Der, 1878, and prior and subsequent to that date, of any discrimination made by the Union Pacific Railroad Company ill favor of private shippers against the United States, and all correspondence relating thereto. -. The Senate took up the report of the Committee on Trivi- md Gprla thot hn Charles H. Bell is not entitled to a seat as Senator by virtue of the appointment by the executive of New Hampshire. Alter discus sion the matter went over. Adjourned. DIr Withers from the Committee on Appro~ priations, reported back the Army Appropria- tion bill without amendment, and asked that it be printed and placed on the calendar. Mir Blaine gave notice that he would offer the foi- lowing amendment to go at the end of section six: "And any military, naval or civil officer or any other person who shall, except for the purpose herein named, appear armed with deadly weapon of any description, either con- cealed or displayed, within mile of any poll ing place where a general or special election for Representatives to Congress is being held shall, on conviction, be punished with q fine of not less than $500 nor more than sS5 900, or with imprisonment for period not less than six months nor more than five years, or with both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court" "... MT Bayard introduced a bill
 
 Statutes. He asked unanimous consent to put the bill on its passage without referring 1t to any committee. It repealed the act passed in 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 as the one he now in- troduced. 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 couptrymen. Referred to the Committee the Judiciary After further consideration of the question of admission of MT. Bell to a seat the Senate adjourned.
 House..
 An effort was made by Mir. Sparks to have time fixed for closing the debate the army appropriation bill. Suggestions were made to have night session, to restrict speeches to fifteen minutes each, and to close the debate the next day. Objection was made to all these propositions, Mir. Conger stating that a number of gentlemen on both sides had given notice of their desire to speak; also that many had prepared speeches, and would not like to be restricted to fifteen minutes; and also, that few members would be present at the night session. On both sides it was declared that there was no desire to shut off debate; and the speaker gave 1t as his experience that an unlimited debate was the shortest debate. Finally, on motion of Mir. Dunnell all general ucDdtt WdS OIueIeu CloSco oli tliC ioilo"iiiS, Friday, leaving the 1ive-minute debate still open The debate then continued by Messrs. Townshend, Lounsbury, Phister, Her. bert and Buckner, Democrats, and Messrs. Williams, Calkins and White, Republicans. Adjourned.
 The debate on the Army bill was closed with speeches by Messrs. Singleton, Hawley, Tuck CT and Garfield and by number of Greenback members-Mes Weaver, De La Matyr, Jones and Wright. The most striking address q. Al. made by MT. Weaver, of Iowa. The burden of his remarks was protest against the introduc- tion of sectional issues into Congress at the time when, as he said, the country is suffering or the want of legislation to relieve it from its financial distress. He berated both parties for neglecting what he considered the weightier matter, and warned them of their approaching overthrow unless they should turn from their sectional disputes and give their attention to financial issues He said that he favored the repeal of the sections of law authorizing the use of United States troops to preserve the peace at the polls and requiring jurors to take the iron-clad oath; but he was in favor of re- taining those sections providing for the appoint ment of United States supervisors, with certain notifications. He also believed that consti- tutional amendment should be adopted, giving to the President power to veto any portion of a bill which he would not approve, while signing the remainder.
 Mr. Conger suggested to 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 so far the committee could recommend to the House, should recom- mend the passage of a bill repeating entirely the two sections of the statutes He thought he was authorized to say that, if on the com mittee rising and recommending to the House the introduction of | separate bill repeating those two sections of the Revised Statutes, so far as his side of the House was concerned 1t could be passed without debate and without de- lay, leaving the Army Appropriation bill with out any objectionable feature upon it. All de- bate was then closed and voting on the amend ments proceeded with. Mir. Brewer submitted an amendment providing that nothing contained in the bill shall in any way limit the right or power ot the civil officers of the government to keep the peace at the polls at such time as is prescribed for the election ot members of Conr gress Rejected - IT to 136. Mr. Congo, moved to substitute for section the following C That sections 2,002 and 5,528 of the Revised Statutes be and the are hereby repealed. Rejected = 1O9 to 136. M. Lapham moved to amend bv provie..ng that any person who shall appear at the polls at the election of members Of Congress with a deadly weapon shall be subject to the penalty provided in the bill. l Reiected--41 to 130. MT. CaSWeu moved to