Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-02-08
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

in the senate on the 9th. the creden
tals of Senator Shields, Of Missouri, were
presented, and Mr.. Shields took the oath OF
Office. A large number of bills were
referred, including one by Mr.. Ferry to re-
organize and discipline the militia of the
United States .... The bill repor ed from the
committee on naval affairs, to esta lish
volunteer navy of the United States, Was
passed ... Mr. Edmunds, from the judiciary
committee, reported back the house joint
resolution, proposing au amendment to the
constitution prohibiting the payment of
claims of dsloysl persons for property iI>
iured or destroyed in the war OF the rebel.
hon, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute. Placed on the calendar. After
disposing of the morning business and
placing several bills on the calendar, the bill
to nay Warren Mitchell for cotton taken
during the war, was taken and long dis
cassion ollowed. Mr. Hill, in opposing the
bill, said he would vote against it because it
WAS a war claim. He was opposed to the
payment of all war claims, whether they
be from loyal or dislOyal persons. He might
probably except few religious and educa.
| tional institutions whose pro- erty was des-
troyed. Mr.. Beck, in reply, defended the
cain of Mitchell. He knew that there
were many fraudulent claims, There were
men here now making aflidavits Of loyalty
wuom tney had, as union officers, arrested
duupg the war for disloyalty. No definite
action was taken on the bill, and after tx.
ecutlye session the senate adjourned.
In the senate, on the 2Sth, a number
Of Mills were introduced and referred ....:
Mr. Dawes, from the committee on public
| bulldiups and grounds, reported advsr'e ely
| ON the memorial of the Missouri legislature
| asking the removal of The nattonsl capital
IN a more central portion OF the union The
committee was schsrgpd from further
consideration .....h Paddock, from the
commlttee on public lands, reported faVors
ally on the bill 10 extend the time on public
iand,. Placed ou the calendar. ..... The senate
resumed consideration Of unfinished busis
ness. being the bill to pay War en- Mitchell
far cotton belonging to him taken by the
government. II was discussed at length,
and the senate refused TO order its third
readiup-yeas II, nays 80 Mr.. Eimunds
moved to take up his resolution declaring
the validity Of The thirteenth, fourteenth and
dfteenth amendments to the constitution.
| NJ. Edmunds said he did not desire to
ocrupv the floor this evening, and the
senate thereupon adjourned.
In the senate, on the 29th, Mr., Hams
lin called up senate bill for the promotion
and efficiency OF chaplains of the United
s ates navy, and 1t was passed without dis
cnssi0n The bill provides tbat no person un'
der twenty.fve years OF age nor over thirtyN
Ave shall be appointed chaplain, and fixes
the relative rank, the whole number not to
excred twenty .. The senate considered the
vansion cases. Among the hills passed was
ona pIaptng a pension of $50 per month to
Ann N. Pudding, the widow of Hiram
panlliop. late senior rear admiral OF the
1Tnited States navy The senate bill increas>
inc the pension Of DR.. Mary E. Walker to
So6 ner month and the house bill granting a
nansion of $50 month to Mrs. Eliza b.
Anderson, widow OF the late General Robert
And r,on' u, s. A, passed. ....,. In executive
ssssion the vice>president laid before the
senate the bill which passed the house yes
terday to restrict Chinese immigration
Rafsrred to the committee on foreign rela'
tions and the senate went into executive
session. When the doors we're re0pened,
Mr.. Allison was appointed a member OF the
;ndicary committee in place of Mr.. Chris
tiancy. Adjourned.
Ia the senate, on the S0th, Senator
Hill presented petition from his state, pray
Inc for the payment Of a balance due on
acconnt of expenditures in the revolutionary
war the war Of 1912, and various Indian
,vsrs Referred ..... The resolutions OF 9ena.
tor Edmunds, declaring the validity Of the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth smend'