The Newtown bee., 1879-04-22
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
Senate.

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 CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. Senate.
 On motion of MT. Voorhees, a resolution was adopted directing the Postmaster General to furnish to the Senate his reasons for discrimi- hating postage rates in the transmission of newspapers through the mails After further | discussion of the claims of Mir Bell to a seat the Senate went into executive session and then adjourned.
 After further discnssion Mr. Bell was ad mitred to seat in the Senate from New Hampshire, by vote of 35 to 2S. The follow ing Democratic Senators voted tor the admis- sion: Messrs. Bayard, Gordon, Groome Jones' of Florida, Mcdonald, Randolph, Voorhees, Walker, Whyte, Williams. Senators Conk- ling and Carpenter, Republicans voted against the admission .. Alter taking up the Army Appropriation bill the Senate adjourned
 Amendments to the Legislative Appropria- tion bill were adopted, increasing the clerical force in the Post-offioe Department, increasing appropriation for the purchase and distribu- tion of seeds by the Commissioner of Agrcul- ture, and ordering that he should supply members of Congress with seeds for their con- stituents In the course of the debate Mir. Aiken said that the House would split hairs for hours over questions of law, lavish money on theoretical questions, and appropriate millions for destruction, but would not vote thousands for production. He was disgusted to hear men talk about revolution, when the agricultural element at home laboring to keep want from the door. Adjourned.
 Mir. Blaine spoke in favor of his amendment to the Army Appropriation bill. The amend ment is to add the following words at the end of the sixth section: z 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 concealed or displayed f eral or special election for Representatives Of Congress is being held, shall, on conviction, he h6p phnFfaed Ff s Mith so1 the of not less than 5000 for g. period not less than six months nor more | than five syears, with both fine and impris- onment at the discretion of the court. Messrs Withers and Wallace replied to Mr. Blaine after which the Senate adjourned
 | A note from the ce-President was read I stating that he had been summoned home on account of sisters illness, and Mir. Thurman was chosen to preside. Mr. Plumb intro duced bill providing for the increase of the army in emergency At MT. Hoar's re- quest he was reiey ed from service as a mem- | Der of the Committee on Agriculture, and Mir. Bell was appointed in his stead. Mir Lamar was appointed to vacany the Committee | on Education and Labor Mir. Logan spoke in opposition to the Army Appropriation bill
 and MT. Beck in it's detense Adjourned.
 The House spent day on the report ot Ne
 Committee on Rules. Certain select commi. | tees of the last House were reappointed and
 the membership of certain standing committees
 was increased. proposition by the commit
 tee to make three-fourths vote necessary to
 suspend the rules and pass a bill was rejected
 for substitute which extended the privilege o
 the Appropriations Committee, to report at any
 time, to the Commerce, Ways and Means
 Banking and Coinage Committees. An amend
 ment by Mir Garfield, declaring the introduc
 ton of any provision changing existing law Il
 any appropriation bill out of order, was lost b.
 & vote of yeas, 1l0; nays, l29. Adjourned.
 Mr. McMahon submitted m amendment tt
 the Legislative Appropriation bill repeating tn
 sections of the statutes providing tor the bfen
 nial examination of pensioners, but leavln
 with the commissioners the power to orde special examinations when necessary, and t
 increase or reduce pensions ln accordance wlt
 right and justice but no pension shall be re duce,d without notice to tine pensioner. Tn amendment concludes as follows: :" In orde to provide for the payment of arrears of pen
 sion, the Secretary of the Treasury is directe
 to issue immediately in payment thereof, a
 they may be adjusted, the $l0, 900, GOO in legs . tender currency now in the United State Treasury, kept as a special fund for the re , demption of fractional currency" Mr Gal
 field raised the point of order that the amend l ment was not germane to the bill, changed e1
 
 l The amendment was supported by Messr1 r Weaver, Fort, Warner and Kelley, and M
 Gariield's point of order was oyerruled by th f chairman Mr. Blackburn. Mir. Cannon sul I mitted the following amendment to the ament n ment: " and fractional currency presented ft \ redemption shall be redeemed in any none, = in the Treasury at the time the same is pr
 sented." Adopted-yeas, 9l; nays, 86 IT s amendment as amended, was then agreed r without division. Adjourned
 Mr Hereford called up the resolution of M e Hoar declaring as unconstitutional and revol ' tionary the alleged programme to compel u
 President to sign appropriation bills the 1e l. lures of which he did not approve, and spol il thereon. Mir. Dawes made brief reply
 The Senate proceeded to the consideration ss the Army Appropriation bill. MT. Witne "a | explained the provisions of the bill, which l general terms resembles in all it's principal fe rs lures the bill passed by the Senate last yea ; This bill appropriates ss26 799, ,000 or pl ,oo, Is 500 less than the Treasury estimates, al .a s204 O00 more than the former approprlat ,r bill for the support of the army for the prese
 fiscal year. The bill was considered by pal
 graphs. No amendments were made to any
 the items of appropriation, nor to any oth
 part of the bill, the Committee on ApprQpr O. tions having agreed to resist all amendmen he and the majority of the Senate seconding the ne The reason assigned by Mr Wlthers TOT snci b. l course was that amendments would delay [ ly passage of the bill. When the clerk reach & the sixth section, which prohibits the use to troops at election places, MT. Paddock ga ny notice of an amendment, in effect pernlttl by the army to be used as posse comttatus of Nebraska, Colorado, Oregon, Kansas, Neva
 and the Indian Territory, to enforce civ1l P e. oesses. Adjourned
 ,d- Ilnmediat ely after the reading of the journ the Speaker proceeded to the call of States lis bila for reference, beginning with the State ,r Mnine The first response was made by ,at Ladd, who introduced bill to put the conn Ire of gold and silver on the same footing. ,e- point of order was thereupon raised by ,al Conper that the introduction of bills reqni ,c- one day's notice, and that no such notice lat been given. The Speaker overruled the pt la of order, when Mr. Conger appealed from ,ti- decision of the chair, and Mir. Coz, of N nst York, moved to lay the appeal on the ta for After brief argument the appeal was laid on ffi- table by vote of I39 to 75.. Mir. Mo he moved to suspend the rules and ads,pt the 1n- lowing resolution: [ Resotued. That in for judgment of this House the business inter an of the country require tlat no legislation cha
 ing the law in regard to the currency or t