The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-04-18
DOINos OF CONGRESS.

penal ofrense, punishable with fine and imprison-
ment. for any military, naval or civil officer, or
any other person. except for the purposes
named in the bill. to appear armed
within a mile of any polling place where a
general special election for representative to
Congress is being held. Mr.. Bayard's resolution.
calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for
Supervisor of Elections at New York since 1870,
adopted. Consideration of the New Hamp-
shire Senatorial case then resumed. Messrs.
Garland. Wallace. Herman and Carpenter opposed
and Mr.. Groome favored the admission of Mr..
Bell.-The House, after an hour of wrangling
over precedents in a debate In committee of the
whole, Immediately proceeded with the Legislative
Appropriation bill, and commenced the formal
reading of it.
The Senate did nothing beyond discussing
the New Hampshire Senatorial case on the 9th.
Mr.. Davis opposed the admission of Bell, and
Messrs. Mcdonald and Jones (Fla.) spoke in favor
of his admsson.-The House devoted the entire
day to the discussion of the machinery
of parliamentary procedure. and some import
ant changes were made in the rules. II was
decided to appoint special committees on Census.
on Civil Service. on Means of Ascertaining the
Presidential Vote, on Origin and Introduction of
Epidemic Diseases Ventilation of the House, on
the Labor Question, and TO increase member
ship of the Committee ON Enrolled Bills to sew
en-, on Coinage to eleven, on Ways and Means
to thirteen, and on Agriculture, Judi
ciary, Elections, Commerce and Appropriations
to fifteen EACH Among the most important changes
was a new rule which authorizes the Committee on
Commerce to report the River and Harbor bill at
any time. The most important change of all was
nays, which permits the committees on Ways and
Means. Banking and Currency, and Coin
age to report bills at any time, and on
motion of any member the Honse may, by ma
jority vote, fix day for the consideration of any
pubic bill which may be reported by any of these
committees. new rule, which will be of great
was adopted, which provides that the morn
ing hour shall not be dispensed with
except by two-thirds vote of the mem
beers present. This will prevent single committee
from monopolizing the time of the House. as is
now frequently done.-At Democratic caucus of
the House members, after the adjournment for the
day. a resolution was passed. with but dissent
ing vote, that the House will regularly proceed TO
business on Monday, the l4th.
The Senate finally settled the New Hamp-
shire Senatorial case on the 10th by the admission
Of Charles H. Bell. The vote S5 yeas to Is
nays. Two Republicans Carpenter and Conkling
voted with the minority. Senator Davis. Of Hi
nois, voted against Bell. Ten Democrats voted
with the majority, namely, Bayard Gordon,
Groome, Jones, Mcdonald, Randolph, Voorhees,.
Walker Whyte and Williams.-The House was
AZ work on the Legislative Appropriation bill.
The Army Appropriation bill was taken up in the
Senate on the 18th, and Mr.. withers explained its
provisions. No amendments were adopted, the
Committee on Appropriations having agreed to
resist all amendments, and the majority of the
Senate seconding them accordingly. The reason
assigned by Mr. withers TO: such q course was that
amendments would delay the passage of the bill
Mr.. Hereford called up Mr.. Hoar's resolution declar
ing The Democratic programme for the passage Of
appropriation bills to be unconstitutional and v
dictionary, and made a speech against it. insisting
that no such action contemplated would
justify such a concluson.-The House was at
work on the Legislative Appropriation bill.
Speaker Randall announced the standing commit
tees. which are as follows:
Electons-Springer, Manning, Slemons. Speer.
Colerick, Armheld. Betzhoover Sawyer, Phister
he fer Camp. Calkins, Field, Overton. Weaver.
Ways and Means-Fernando Wood, Tucker. Glib
son, Phelps. Morrison. Mills, Carlisle Felton, Gar
field, Kelley, Conger, Frye, Dunnell.
Appropriations-Atkin Blount. Singleton CNiiss),
Clymer, Blackburn. Wells. Cobb. Forney Mcmahon,
Bak r, Monroe Hawley, HUI bell, Cannon. Hiscock.
Banking and Currency-Buckner. Ewing, Davis
Young. Lewis, Lounsbery, Ladd, Chittenden, Fort
Price, Grape.
Pacific Railroads-McIane Chalmers. Bliss
Clark, Dickey, Ellis. Martin. weIlborn Harmer
Belford, Newberry, Bailey, Butler, Worth
Claims-Bright. Dickey Davidson. Covert, O'Con-
nor, Davis, sanford, Lindsey, Barber, Bowman,
Crowley
Commerce-Reagan. Bliss. Ross. Kenns. Nc
Lane, Thomas, Turner, Acklen, Beale. Deuster.
CIardy. ONeill, Waite, Henderson, Townsend (O.).
Russell.
Pub Lands-Converse, Wright. Steele. McKen.
.ie, Williams tAla.), Ketcham, Ryan, sapp, Wash
burn Bennett.
Postoffices and Post Roads-Money, Clark. Cook.
Evins, Singleton (nl), Shelley, Jones, Ketchsm.
Joyce. Stone. Bingham.
District OF Columbia-Huntcn Henkle. Bouck
Clark, Martin, Sanford, klotz, Neal, James, He'll
man, Aldrich.
Judiciary-Knott. Harris, Culberson. Hurd.
House, Ryan, Herbert, New. Hammond. Laphanl.
Robinson, Reed Mckinley. Williams wi,i-ts.
War Claims-Bragg. Robertson, Warner. Roth
well, Thompson, simonton, Carpenter, Ferdon.
Tyler, Bayne, Russell.
Public Espenditures-Finley, Manning Davis
Tillnian, Smonton, Beltzhoover, Joyce, Mason,
Cowgirl, Brigham.
Private Land Claims Gunter. Martin. Caldwell.
Muldrow, stevenson, Myers, Lay, Mitchell. Nor
Manufactures-wse. Beae, Nichols Smith,
Richardson, Taylor, Lowe, Hall, Horr, Hammond,
McCook.
Foreign Arairs-Cox. Nelson. Bicknen. King.
Robson.
Observation-Disclosures, Cravens. Bouck, Muller.
Martin. Frost Bschmsn, Humphrey Aldrich
Young. Dick, Maeinnis.
Revolutionary Pensions--w hitesker. Bland. Ca.
bell. p6reii Singleton uil.), Ryan pa, Converse,
Farr, Miles, Pierce, Gillette.
Invalid Pensions-Conroth Lewis. Caldwell. Hos |
letter Ind J. Persons Gal Hatch (Mo.). Taylor |
lIenn.l, smith La), Hazelton (wis) Davis Gl.). |
Railways and Canals-CsbelI. Shelley. Kimnel.
slemons. Wise, Osmer, Turner, OReilly, Fisher, |
Blake, Houk, Ford.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. AIKEN. rteele. D1brfl. |
Henry lie Fevre, Rchmo nd. Persons. Hatch, Nc.
Gowan. WILDER, Valentine. aodschslk, Anderson.
Forsythe.
Indian Anairs-Scales. Hooker, Gunter, waddeii
Poehler Whitaker. wellborn, Errett, Deeiinr
Pound, Haskell, Ainslee.
Military Affairs Sparks Dibrell. Bragg John
ston Smith, lie Fevre. White, McCook, Marsh.
Browne.
Militia-Ross, Scales, Henkle, Thomas Turner
Speer. OBrien. Dick, Farr. Daegett, Hawk, Miller.
Naval Affairs -whitthorne, Goode, Morse, lam.
Davidson. Talbot, o'Brien, Harris, Harmer
Briggs, Brewer.
Mines and Mining Stevenson, AolIen. Armheid
Atherton, Wsddell, klotz, Loring. MITCHELL Urner
Einstein. Campbell
Education and Labor-Goode Willis. Law, Till
man, Mcmillan, Ballou, Barlow, Osmer. Van Aer-
nam. |
Revision of the Laws-Harris. Clark MOI. Town.
shend, q ddes. Richardson, Mcmillan, Lowe, vr.h,
Thomas, Osmer, Gillette.
Coinage, Weights and Measures-Stephens
Vance, Ellis. Bland. Willis, Warner, De La Matyr,
Clafin. Ward. Fisher.
Patcnts-Vance. Smith tGa.), Aiken. Townsbend
I'LL }, buchanan, Talbot, Smith, Ward, CasweIl,
Bslou, Dwight.
Public Buildings and Grounds-Cook, Young,
Kimmel. Atherton, Kitchen, Murch |
Clark us.) Jorgensen, starin Shallenbergcr.