The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-06
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

In the senate, on the 9th, the c7eden-
tials 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 Jhe militia of the
| United States The bill reported from the
/ committee on naval affairs to esta ilIsh q
volunteer navy of the United States, was
/ passed m Mr.. Edmunds, from the judiciary
| committee, reported back the house joint
/ resolution, proposing an amendment to the
| constitution prohibiting the payment of
claims of disleyal persons for property iu~
! iured or destroyed in the war of the rebel
! lion, with an amendment in the nature of
substitute. Placed on the calendar.
disclosing of the morning business and
placing several bills on the calendar, the bill
70 pay Warren Mitchell for cotton taken
during the war, was taken and a long dis
cassion followed. Mr.. Hill, in opposing the
bill, said be would vote against it because it
was war claim. He was opposed to the
payment of all war clnims, whether they
be from loyal or disloyal persons. He might
probably except a few religious and edUca,
tional institutions whose property was des-
troyed. Mr.. Beck, in reply, defended the
cain of Mitchell. he knew that there
were many fraudulent claims. There we're
men here now making afidavits of loyalty
whom they had, as union officers, arrested
during the war for dislOyalty. No definite
action was taken on the bill, and after ex-
ecutive session the senate adjourned.
In the senate, on the 18th, q number
of bills were introduced and referred ......
Mr.. Dawes, from the committee on public
buildings and grounds, reported adversely
on the memorial of the Missouri legislature |
asking the removal of the national capital |
to a more central portion of the union. TIE |
committee was discharged from further |
consideration Mr. Paddock, from the |
committee on public lands, reported favors |
ably on the bill TO extend the time on public |
lands. Placed on the calendar The senate |
resumed consideration of unfinished bust.
ness, being the bill to pay Warren Mitchell |
for cotton belonging to him taken by the |
government. 1t was discussed at length,
and the senate refused to order its third
II, nays 80 MFR. Eimunds
moved to take up his resolution declaring
the validity of the thirteenth, fourteenth and |
fifteenth amendments to the constitution.
Mr., Edmunds said he did not desire to
occupy the floor this evening, and the
senate thereupOn adjourned.
In the senate, on the 10Th, Mr. Ham
lin called up senate bill for the promotion
and efficiency of chaplains of the United
States navy, and it was passed without dis
cussiOn The bill provides that no person I'M
der twenty-five years of age nor over thirty>
five shall be appointed chaplain, and fixes
the relative rank, the whole number not TO
exceed twenty. The senate considered the
pension cases. Among the bills passed was
one granting pension OF $50 per month to
Ann NJ Paulding, the widow of Hiram
Paulding, late senior FEAR admiral Of the
United States navy. The senate bill increas,
ing the pension of DR.. Mary E Walker to
500 per month and the house bill granting a !
pension of $50 month to Mrs Eliza B.
Anderson, widow of the late General Robert
Anderson, |. ). A, passed"s,.ln executive
session the vice>president laid before the !
senate the bill which passed the house yer,
terdsy to restrict Chinese Immigration
Referred to the Committee on foreign Tela-
tons aud the senate went into executive
session. When the doors were seopened.
Mr.. Allison was appointed m.stoer oil The
judiciary committee in place |f Mr.. Chris
asney. Adjourned.
In the senate, on the Both, Senator
Hill presented petition -. IN his state. pray
ing for the payment OF s. balance due on |
account OF expenditurAsf n the revolutionary |
war, the war of 1912 and VARIOUS Indian |
wars. Referred .....> " e resolutions of Sena- |
tor kdmunds, deciFHns tn validity of the |
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth smend> !
ments TO the contribution, were taken up. !
and Senator NortS-r advocated MS substitute |
Of January 10Th He argued that the exc
'utve was sit9 ly the right hand Of the
judiciary to = force its DEGREES. Before |
Senator Mcr9sI concluded his remarks the
senate wenthr 10 executive session, and soon
sfter sdjo6,y,ed
In the C nate, on the 3l-t. Mr. Noor
lees, IRON the committee on pensions,
eportedS resolution instructing the scores
AIRY or e interior to report the additional
'ierlcsl' orce necessary in the pension office
nd eAo sion branch of the surgeon generals
IN e o secure to applicants prompt ex-
nfneS' on OF their claims and the speedy and
1hec mt transaction of business of pens
io1 ers. Agreed to-. Mr.. Shields was app
~ Ited a member of the committee on
~ iroads and enrolled bills, in the place OF
I : predecessor, Armstrong. After execu-
i've session adjourned.