The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-04-17
DoINGs OF CONGRESS.


the Senate, without amendment, on the sth. Mr..
Blaine gave notice of an amendment making it q a
penal offense, 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
with deadly weapon of any description
within mile of any polling place where
general special election for representative to
Congress is being held. Mr.. Bayard's resolution.
calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for
statement of the sums paid to John I. Davenport,
Supervisor of Elections at New York since 1870,
adopted. Consideration of the New Hamp-
shire Senatorial case was then resumed. Messrs.
Garland Wallace. Herman and Carpenter opposed
and Mr.. .Groome favored the admission OF Mr..
Beu-The House, after an hour of wrangling
over precedents in q debate in committee of the
whole Immediately proceeded with the Legislative
Appropriation BILL and commenced the formal
reading of it. et.4 M Y}H |'ft y#
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 admission.-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. 1t 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, on 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
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 House may, by ma
jority vote, fix day for the consideration of any
public bill which may be reported by any of these
committees. new rule, which will be of great
benefit for purposes s Of general legislation leg
ing hour shall not be dispensed with
except by q wo-thirds vote of, the mem
bers present. This will prevent asingle committee
from monopolizing the time of the House, az is
now frequently done-At Democratic caucus of
the House members, after the adjournment for the
day, resolution was passed, with but dissent
ing vote that the House will regularly proceed to
business on Monday, the 14th.
| The Senate finally settled the New Hamp-
shire Senatorial case on the 10th by the admission
of Charles n. Bell. The vote was IS yeas to Is
nays. Two Republicans-Carpenter and Conkllng
voted with the minority. Senator Davis, of Ili-
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
at 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 fo- such course was that
amendments would delay the passage of the bill.
Mr.. Hereford called up MIR. Hoar's resolution declar
ing the Democratic programme for the passage of
appropriation bills to be unconstitutional and roy
dictionary, and made speech against it. insisting
that no such action was contemplated as would
justify such concluslOn.-The House was at
work on the Legislative Appropriation bill.
Speaker Randall announced the standing commit.
tees, which are as follows:
Elections-Springer, Manning, Slemons. speer,
Colerick, Armfeld, Beltzhoover, Sawyer, Phister,
He fer, Camp, Calkins, Field, Overflow Weaver.
Ways and Means-Fernando Wood Tucker, Glib
son, Phelps Morrison, Mills Carlisle Felton, Gar
field Kelley, Conger, Frye, Dunnell.
Observation-Disclosures Blount, Singleton (Miss.),
Clymer, Blackburn, Wells. Cobb. Forney, Mcmahon,
Baker, Monroe, Hawley, HUI bell, Cannon, Hiscock.
Banking and Currency-Buckner. Ewing, Davis
Young. Lewis, Lounsbery, Ladd, Chittenden, Fort,
Price, Grape. I &
Clark, .Dickey, Ellis, Martin. Welborn Harmer,
Bedford, Newberry, Bailey, Butler, Worth.
Claims-Bright, Dickey, Davidson Covert, O'Con-
nor, Davis, sanford, Lindsey, Barber, Bowman,
Crowley. 80 =.
Commerce-Reagan, Bliss Ross. Kenna. Nc
Lane, Thomas, Turner, Acklen. Beale, Deuster,
Clardy: oNeill, Waite, Henderson, Townsend o.,
RUSSELL. oe s@ss aa N.ts w~,e - =
Public Lands-Converse. Wright. Steele. McKen-
zie, Williams (Ala.), Ketcham Ryan, Sapp, Wash
burn, Bennett. 49, II '.F' TIFF
Postofices and Post Roads-Money. Clark. Cook.
Evns, Singleton (Ill), Shelley, Jones, Ketcham,
pn1an
District Of columbia Hunton, HenkIe. Bouck
Clark, Martin, Sanford, Klotz, Neal, james, He'll
man, Aldrich. 81 '...
Judiciary-Knott Harris, Culberson, Hurd,
House, Ryan, Herbert New, Hammond. Lapham
Robinson, Reed, Mckinley Williams. Wiiiets. ~,
War Claims Bragg, Robertson, Warner, Roth
well, Thompson Simonton, Carpenter, Ferdon,
Tyler, Bayne, Russell. t...t.,.
Public Expenditures-Finley, Manning. Davis
Tillman, Simonton, Beltzhoover Joyce, Mason
Cowgirl, Brigham. bta3 = .s... ..I
Private Land Claims unter, Martin. Caldwell,
Muldrow, stevenson. Myers, Lay, Mitchell, Nor
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Beale, Nichols Smith.
Richardson, Taylor. Lowe, Hail. Horn, Hammond,
McCook.
Foreign Atfairs-Cox. Nelson Bicknell. King,
Nichols, Herndon Hill, Killinger, Rice, Morton,
Robson. ~ -f
Observation-Disclosures, Cravens, Bouck, Muller.
Martin Frost, Bachman, Humphrey, Aldrich,
Young, Dick Maginnis.
Revolutionary Observation-Disclosures Bland, Ca
bell, Dibrell Singleton tIll), Ryan (Pa, Converse
Farr, Miles, Pierce, Gillette.
Invalid Pensions-Co ffroth, Lewis Caldwell Hos
letter und Persons (Ga.l, Hatch MOL Taylor
lTenn.). Smith Ia.), Hazelton (Wis.), Davis Gll.)
Updegraff Ohio.
Railways and Canals-Cabell Shelley. Kimmel
Slemons, Wise, Osmer, Turner, O'Reiily, Fisher,
Blake Houk, Ford.
Agrculture-Covert, Aiken. Steele, Dibren.
Henry, LIE Fevre, Richmond Persons. Hatch, Mic
Gowan, WILDER, Valentine, GodschaIk, Anderson
Forsythe. -
Indian AffairsT,scales. Hooker, Gunter, waddell,
Poehler, Whiteaker, Wellborn, Errett, Deefihg
Pound, Haskell. Amslee.
Military Affairs-Sparks, Dbreu, Bragg. John
ston, Smith, LIE Fevre, White, McCook, Marsh,
Browne. - s..l
Mllitia-Ross, Scales, Henkle Thomas. Turner,
Speer, O'Brien Dick, Farr. Daggett, Hawk, Miller
Naval Affairs -Whtthorne Goode, Morse, Eam
Davidson, Talbot, O'Brien, Harris, Harmer,
Briggs, Brewer. a#
Mines and Mining Stevenson, Acklen Ar1nfield
Atherton, Waddell. Kiotz, Loring. Mitchell Urner
Education and Labor-Goode. Willis. Law. Till
man, Mcmillan, Ballou, Barlow, osmer, Van Aer
nam. !. fft4a h3ss 81 '4ttrET 4 ILL., H.
Revision of the Laws--Harris Clark mo }. Town
shend, Gcddes. Richardson, Mcmillan. Lowe. Orth
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