The Worthington advance., 1879-04-17
CONGRESS SUMMARY.

MS visit. Some say Garlbaldi came to Rene
| to die.
CONGRESS SUMMARY.
SENATE, April s.-The army appropri-
alton bill was reported from the House with
out amendment. Senator Blaine gave notice
punishable with fine and imprisonment, for
! any military, naval or civil officer, or for any
other person, except for the purposes named
in the bill, to appear armed with deadly
weapon OF any description within mile Of
any polling place where general or special
ing held. Senator Bayard introduced a bill
to repeal the act passed in 1862 providing test
Oaths and disQualifcatiOns of Jurors in courts
| OF the United States, and asked unanimous
count count to oua. put It on It's passage: Senator Ed
| the committee on judiciary, and after the de-
bate the Senate, without action, adj journed.
HOUSE, April 8th:-The House
! went into committee OF the whole on the leg.
| js!ative bill, consideration to be under the
! tive minute rule and all general debate to be
reserved until the principal features Of the
! submitted, one by Mr. Fort providing that
hereafter, when legal tendar treasury notes
are reissued they be in the same denomina.
tions as originally issued. MIR. Garfield raised
the point of order that the amendment
changed an existing law, and was not in the
interest Of economy, which point of order was
sustained by Chairman Mills, and the amend
ment was ruled out. After Flushing consider
alton OF sixty pages of the bill the committee
rose and House adiournyd.
SENATE, April Reconsideration was
resumed of the New Hampshire Sen atorla]
| case. Senator Davis opposed the admission
OF Bell, arguing that there was no such
1,1 nnL
Senator Mcdonald said he believed the ap-
pointment of Bell came within the spirit and
| letter OF the constitution, and therefore Bell
was entitled to admission. Senator Jones,
Fla, spoke in favor of admitting Bell. After
! further debate Senate went into executive
,, session, and when the doors opened adjourned.
HOUSE. April 9.-The entire session OF
| the House was speut in discussion a. to the
amentment of the rules.
SENATE, April 10.--The Vice President
announced the question to be on the pending
| amendment, viz: That Hon. Charles H. Bell
entitled to seat as Senator by virtue OF ap-
pointment by the executive Of New Hamp-
shire. and the amendment was then agreed
to-, yeas IS, nays %. The resolution as
amended was then passed by precisely the
same vote, and Senator Bell was sworn in-
| The Senate decided to take up the army ap-
prop, iation hill, but soon after went iato ex-
ecutive session and adjourned.
| HOUSE. April 10.-The legislative ap
preparation bill was taken up in commit
tee OF the whole. Several amendments were
offered, discussed and agreed to. after which.
pending an amendment increasing the cleri-
cal force of the postoffice department, the
House adjourned.
SENATE, April 1l.-Senator Garland
| made report from the committee on epi-
demic diseases. Senator Hereford called up
| Senator HOar's resolution declaring the pro-
gramme of the Democrats revolutionary and
spoke against it. The army appropriation
| bill was taken up, and Senator Withern eX-
planned its provisions. No amendments were
| adopted, the committee on appropriations
having agreed to resist all amendments, and
the majority OF the Senate seconding them ac-
| cordingly. The reasons assigned ny Withers
| for such course was that amendments would
delay the passage of the bill. The clerk
reached the sixth section, which prohibits the
presence Of troops at election places, when
| the Senate adjourned until Monday, yeas 20.
nays %.
HOUSE April 1.-THE Legislative bill
was taken up, and several amendments pro.
| posed and discussed Mr.. Hunton submitted
an amendment increasing the appropriation
| for eradicating infectious diseases among
domesticated animals from SIS, 600 to $25O,OOO.
! He stated the object of the large increase was
| to stamp out the disease known as pleuro-
pneumonia, and the only way known to er-
dicate the disease was to buy and kill all dis
eased cattle, and cattle which have been SUBJ
| iected to contagion. MIR. Sparks advocated
the amendment. 1t was vastly important the
| disease should be Immediately eradicated
| Without disposing Of the amendment the
committee rose,the committees were an
nouced and the House adjourned until to-
! morrow.
| STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE.
speer, Colerick. Armheld, Beltzhoover, Saw
yer. Phlster, Keifer, Camp, Calkins, Field,
Overton, Weaver.
WAYS and Means-Fernando Wood, Tucker,
Gibson, Phelps, Morrison, Mills. Carlisle, Eel
lows. Garfield, Kelley, congsr, Frye, Du1nell.
Miss, Clymer, Blackburn, Wells Cobb. For
ney, Mac Mahon, Baker, Monroe, Hawley,
Hubbell, Cannon, Hiscock.
| Banking and Curreney-Buckncr, Ewing
Davis, Young, Lewis, Lounsberry, Ladd, Chit
tenden. Fort, Pr.ce, Crapo.
Clark, Dickey, Ellis, Martin Wellbern, Harm
er, Belford, Newberry, Bailey, Butterworth.
| Claims-Bright, Dickey, Davidson, Covert,
O'Conner, DAVIS, Sanford, Lindsay, Bowman
Crowley.
Commerce-Rcagan, Bliss, Ross. Kenna,
ter, CIardy, O'Neill, Waite. Henderson, Town
send, Ohio. Russell.
Public Lands-Converse, Wright, Steele,
Mckenzie, Williams, Ala, Ketchum, Ryan,
Sapp Washburn, Bennett.
PostofAces and Post Roads-Money, Clark,
Ketchum, joyce Stone, Bingham.
District Of Coumbia-Hunton, Henkle,
Bouck, Clark, Martin. Sanford, Klatz, Neal,
James. Heilman, Aldrich.
Judiciary-Knott, Harris. Culberson, Hurd,
House, Ryan, Herbert, New, Hammond, lap
ham, Robinson, Reid, MacKinley, Williams.
Wilets.
Var ClaMims-Bragg, Robertson, Warner,
Ferdon, Tyler, Bayne, Russell.
Public Expenditures-Finley, Manning,
Mason, Cowgirl. Brigham.
Private Land Claims-Gunter, Martin, Cald-
well, Muldrow, Stevenson, Meyers, May, Nit
chell, NOrcross, Burrows, Voorhees,.
Manufactures Beale, Nichols, Smith,
Richardson, Taylor. Lowe, Hall; Hor, Ham
mond, McCook.
Foreign Affairs-Cox, Nelson, Bicknell,
King. Nichols, Harndun, Hill, Killinger,
Rice, Morton, Robeson.
Territories. -Muldrow, Cravens. Bouck,
Muller, Martin, Frost, Bachman, Humphrey,
Aldrich, Young, Dick, Maginnis.
Cabell, Dibrell, Singleton of Illinois, Ryan OF
pennsylvania, Converse, Farr, Miles, Pierce,
Gillette.
Invalid Pensions CoAroth, Lewis, Caldwell,
Hostetter OF Indiana, Persons OF Georgia,
noICA Va NAAeoo&all. AayAOI Oi AcuucoSets 0tEltu
of Pennsylvania, Hazleton of Wisconsin, Davis
Of Illinois, Updegraff of Ohio.
Railways and Canals-Cabell, Shelley.
Kim9ell, slemons, Wise. Oscar, Turner,
Asric1itare~Govert % % Aikep aaf steele Sea Dbrell
I Henry, Lefever, Richmond, Persons, Hatch,
McGowan, WILDER, Valentine, Godschalk,
Anderson, Forsythe.
Indian Affairs Scales, Hooker, Gunter. Wild
dell, Poehler. Whitaker, Weloorne, Errett,
Deering, Pound, Haskell, Ainslee.
Military atfairs-Sparks, .Dibrell Bragg,
. Johnston, Smith, 1efever, White, McCook,
e Marsh, Bremen.
Militia-Ross, Scales, Hinkle, Thomas, Turn.
Miller.
3 Naval affairs-Whitthorne, Goode, Morse
1 Elain, Davidson, Talbot, O'Brien, Harris
/ Harmer, Briggs, Brewer. ...
I Mines and mining Stevenson, Acklin, Arm.
q ell Urner, Einstein, Csmpbell. e.