The Newtown bee., 1879-04-01
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

The Forty-sixth Congress sitting in extra
 session. was called to order in the Senate at
 noon by the Vice-President. The Presidents | proclamation convening Congress was read | The mcmbers-elect were then sworn in. The | iron-clad oath administered to those who
 were not, and the modified oath to those who
 were, engaged in the civil war. When the cre-
 dentials of Charles H. Bell, appointed by the | governor of New Hampshire to fill the vacancy
 caused by the expiration of Mir. Wadleigh's
 term, were read Mr. Wallace moved they be | laid on the table. The motion was adopted I Messrs. Bayard and Anthony were appointed
 committee to join the committee of the House
 te wait on the President and inform him that | Congress was prepared to receive any com
 munication he may be pleased to make. Ad- | journed.
 | Bills introduced By MT. Burnside-To | reorganize the army of the United States. By Mir. Beck-For the removal of all political dis abilities under the fourteenth amendment of the constitution of the United States, and to 1 repeal the net of July, 1862, imposing what is generally known as the C iron-clad oath "...
 The Vice-President laid before the Senate a 1 memorial signed bya number of members of | the legislature of Kansas, asserting that the
 election of Senator Ingalls, was secured by bribery and corruption, and asking the Senate | to give them an opportunity to offer proof c, | these assertions, Referred to the committee
 on privileges and elections. ... A list of the standing committees, submitted by Mr. Wal .
 was received and read
 Mr. McMllan introduced joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution, giving the President power to veto one or more items in appropriation bills and approve the | rest .. Mir. McPherson introduced bill all-
 thorizing the equipment of expedition to the Arctic seas ... Mir. Edmunds called up the
 resolution offered by him, proposing to confine the business of the session to the object for
 which it was called; laid on the table by 35 to 2S-a strict party vote. =. Mir Hoar offered the following resolution. " Resolved, That the
 refusal by one house of Congress to make necessary provision for the support of the
 executive, legislative and judicial department, and for the defense of the country, except up- on condition that the other house and the President shall give their assent to legislation which they disapprove, and the refusal by Congress to make such provision except upon condition that the President shall give such assent, are unconstitutional, revolutionary, and, if persisted in must lead to the overthrow of constitutional government and the destruc- tion of the national life" MT. Wallace ob-
 jected, saying: Let it be printed" which
 was ordered. Mir. Wallaces resolution call ing for the accounts of the treasury with the election supervisors in certain States was dis cussed and adopted, after an amendment by MT. CSnkling, that the same information called for in the resolution be likewise sent to the Senate in respect to other States, was accepted An amendment of Mir. Edmunds that the treas
 urer report fully all information in his posses sion touching the question, and the necessity of such expenditures, and the operation of the laws under which they were made, was reject ed. Adjourned, after executive session. A bill introduced by MT. Harris to pre- vent the introduction and spread of infectious diseases into the United States. He subse- quently reported bill on that subject, which
 placed on the calendar ... Mir. Salisbury called up the resolution introduced by him, calling upon the secretary of the treasury for information concerning the negotiation of United States bonds, tine commissions paid,
 etc Mir. Eaton, of Connecticut, submitted
 an amendment, which agreed to, directing the secretary to inform the Senate whether other moneys than those mentioned in the resolution have been deposited with national
 banks since March f, 1877 MT. Wallace offered resolution that the Senate proceed to the election of a secretary of the Senate, chtet clerk executive clerk and sergeant-at-arms.
 ....A After a long debate the officers nominated to these positions in the Democratic caucus
 were elected as follows: John C. Burch, secre- 1 tary; Richard J. Bright, sergeant-at-arms; F. l.. Sholer, chief clerk; Henry B. Peyton, executive clerk; J. G. Bullock, chaplain. These officers were elected by strict party vote the Republicans voting for the then in cumbents. Adjourned.