Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-01-16

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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
Congress re-assembled on the 9TH instant.
In the Senate large number of petitions
were presented during the morning hour
among them many from women in various
parts of the country; asking Congress to en-
act such legislation as will make effective the
anti polygamy law of 1862. Also, various
citizens protesting against the passage Of a
pending bill to revise, amend and consolidate
the laws relating to patents, and against the
transfer of the Indian bureau to the war de-
partment. All were referred to appropriate
committees. The bills introduced were as
follows: By Mr.. Hamlin, Of Maine, for the
more efficient collection Of postal revenues.
By Mr. Booth, of California, for the inter-
change of subsidiary silver coin and United
States notes. By Mr.. Mcdonald, of Indiana,
to authorize taxation of outstanding legal
tender notes Of the United States. The bills
we're all referred to appropriate committees.
Mr.. Edmunds, of Vermont, addressing the
Senate, said !"In this glad morning of the
New Year, when there was peace and joy and
hope everywhere, he thoughtit best to offer a
resolution tending to cement more perfectly
the good will and harmony now existing all
over the country. He, therefore, submitted
resolution, declaring that in the judgment
of the Senate, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution OF
the United States have been legally ratified,
and are as valid as other parts of the Consti-
tuition; that it is the right and duty of Con
gress to enforce such amendments by appro-
pirate legislation, and the duty Of the Execu
tive Department of the Government, to faith
fully, and with diligence, to impartially exc
cute such laws that it is the duty Of Con-
gress to appropriate money to that end, and
instructing the judiciary committee to report
bill for the protection Of the rights Of citi-
zens and the punishment of infractions there
Of" Laid on the table, at the request Of
Edmunds, to be called up hereafter Mr..
| VOORHEES,, of Indiana, called up the resolution
submitted by him early in the session, in
structing the judiciary committee to enquire
into the expediency of making the trade dol
lar legal tender and providing for its re-
coinage into standard silver dollars. He ad-
dressed the Senate at length in favor of the
resolution, denouncing the trade dollar as
fraudulent money, which, having failed in its
mission abroad, had returned home to cheat
the honest people of this country. The
amount OF such dollars coined was (thirty-6ve
million dollars) larger than the people had
any idea Of He reviewed the course Of Sec
retary Sherman, and said there was deep
seated hostility to silver money of every kind,
on his part. Silver, as money, was not re.
ceiving fair play at the hands of the present
Administration, and those who draw their in
spirations from it, He referred to the Silver
bill passed at the last session, and said that
the execution of this popular law was in the
hands Of its most conspicuous and pronounced
enemy. He referred to the action of the New
York and Boston banks, in November last,
in regard to specie resumption and the silver
dollar, and denounced it as rebellous against
the lawfully constituted authorities Of the
Government. He predicted the final triumph
of the silver dollar, and said the people in
sisted that specie resumption should not rest
on gold alone, but it should be as strong as
unlimited coinage of silver as we'll as gold
could make it. At the conclusion of Mr.
Voorhees, remarks, the resolution was laid
over without any action being taken thereon
Mr.. Beck, of Kentucky, submitted the fol-
lowing resolution That the communication
from the Secretary Of the Treasury in answer
to the resolution of Senate, passed December
Sd, 1878, relative to the amount of silver
coin received in payment of customs dues du-
ring the current fiscal year and disposition
which has been made of it, be referred to the
committee on finance, and said committee is
authorized and directed to make such investi
CATION as it may deem necessary to ascertain
whether the payment of customs dues and the
payment of interest on the public debt with
coin received therefrom have been and are
being complied with, and report by bill or
otherwise Laid over upon the objection OF
Edmunds.
In the House, Mr. Acklen, of Louisiana,
made personal explanation in regard to the
scandal attaching to his name, and presented
resolution for the appointment Of com.
mittee of three members to enquire into and
report upon charges against him. This was
defeated on the ground that the nature Of the
charges do not embrace question of privi-
lege. A resolution was adopted directing the
judiciary committee to investigate the charges
against Henry w. Blodgett, Judge Of the
Northern district of Illinois The deaths OF
Representatives Douglass and Williams were
announced and the House adjourned. .
In the Senate on the 9th, Mr.. Edmunds, OF
Vermont, said there were no joint rules be-
tween the two houses Of Congress, and he,
therefore, submitted concurrent resolution,
declaring that on the last three days of this
session no bill passed by either house shall
be sent to the other for its concurrence, and
on the last day of the session no bill shall be
sent to the President for his approval. He
said he hoped the resolution would be passed
and Congress devote the last three days Of
the session to the consideration of bills pend
ing between the two Houses. Referred to the
committee on rules. Mr.. Thurman submit.
ted resolution to admit to the privileges OF
the floor of the Senate Chamber, Geo. Ban