Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-06-14
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In tne senate, on Ine ou, the house Dill
extending the time for the payment of pre-
emptions on public lands in Minnesota and
Dakota passed. The Post-route bill also
passed. All pending appointments, some 800
in number, we're confirmed en- masse in ex-
ecutive session. The nomination of Secreta-
cy McCrary as Judge Dillon's successor was
referred in the usual course. .. In the House,
Consideration was resumed of the bill amend
ing the statutes relative to the removal of
causes from the State to the Federal Courts.
Mr.Townshend I'd. ,Il.) Withdrew the demand
Mr.. Cox d., n. W. who desired to
speak upon the subject of the test-oath. In
the course of the informal discussion. Mr..
Conger fR., Mich.) stated his side of the
House did not intend Townshena's bill should
advance step beyond where 1t was now, and
minority to refuse to vote upon all measures
except the appropriation bills.
In the Senate, on the 4th, Mr.. Bayard,
from the Judiciary Committee, reported with
amendments Senate bill repeating Sections
$50 and s2l of the Revised Statutes, which
prescribe the Jurors test-oath, etc, and
said he would probably ask leave to call it
up to o-morrow for consideration. In
| the House, MIR. Russell offered a resolution
directing the Committee on Commerce to in
quire and report wherein the existing law
can be 40 amended as to afford relief to COM
mercial interests of the country, and whether
measures can be adopted by Congress caicu-
lated to secure the return of prosperity by an
increase of trade and extension of business
of the merchant marine. The Senate amend
ments to the Post-route bill were concurred
In.
In the Senate, on the 9th, by vote of 2S
yeas to Is nays the bill reported yesterday
by Mr.. Bayard. from the Judiciary Commit
tee, relating to iuries, and to repeal Sections
$50 and SCI of the Revised Statutes, was taken
up. Mr. Hampton, after briefly supporting
the bill. spoke upon general political issues:
Conkiing and blaine upon the Republican,
side, and by Mes srs. Thurman, Hill, Eaton
and others upon the Democratic side. Sew
eral amendments, proposed by Republicans,
were voted down. The President pro tenn.
laid before the Senate message from the
President of the United States, inclosing the
report of the Board of Inquiry in the Fitz
John Porter case. Referred to the Commit
tee on Military Affairs. Senate adjourned.....
In the House, consideration of business of the
| morning hour was resumed, being the bill re-
Federal Courts. Mr.. Atkins 3D., Tenn) re-
ported the Legislative. Executive and Ju-
| be printed and recommitted, and de-
manded the previous question. After some
discussion regarding the provisions of the
| bill. which had not been read, the House
took up as special order the bill reported by
Mr.. Hatch ID, MOI from the Commit
tion of diseased cattle and the spread of in
| fectious or contagious diseases among do
mestic animals, and was addressed in sup.
port of the bill by Messrs. Hatch and Covert
| d., N.Y. and by Mr.. Morton Qt., N.Y. in
opposition.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the House bill
for the appointment of n Mississippi River
Commission was reported by Mr.. Lamar and
placed on the calendar. Mr.. Coke asked Mr..
| Bayard, Chairman of the Finance Commit
| tee, what action had been taken on the War
ner Silver bill. He had understood the com
sideration until December. Mr.. Bayard
| did not feel authorized to say what
had taken place In the COMMITTEES. He
| structed to report on the bill. Mr.. Coke then
said his sense of duty led him to offer reso
| luton to discharge the committee from
| further consid deration of the bill. and to de-
| clare the bill before the Senate for action.
Messrs Edmunds, Whyte and others object
| ed, and the resolution went over. Mr.. Ed
| munds resumed his remarks on the bill ia
repeal Sections $50 and S2l of the Revised
| Statutes, relating to Juries, and another long
political discussion followed. Mr.. Thurman
| in the course of his remarks. charged that
"bills have been Fundamentally the Army
| bill-because members of the Republican
party in both houses of Congress-, by nc
means very friendly to the incumbent of the
Presidential chair, have-I will not use the
slang Language of the day-I win not tall
about bull dozing-but have coerced the
Executive" Mr.. Edmunds raised the
out of order The words were taker
down and read by the Reporter. Mr.. Thur
cion" he did not mean duress or persona
violence, but that Republican Senators ant
REPRESENTATIVES, by the course they nae
the subject, raising the cry of revolution,
waving the bloody shirt, talking about thi'
| being "A question between secession and the
Union, and by their whole course OIL
the subject, had made u mamie would no
say a weak man, for he meant to be respect
full to the President-made man veto billi
that, if left to his own Judgment, he woult
not have vetoed Mr.. Edmunds nnally sai'
he was satisfied with Mr.. Thurman's expla
nation of the sense in which he used TIT
words objected to, and withdrew his poin
of order. In doing so he wished to depre
cate the growing freedom with which tn
actions and motives of the Executive wer
being brought into debates. The bill
then passed by strict party vote
% yeas to Is nays. Adjourned till Monday
| -.... In the House, the senate bill, creating
| the Northern judicial District of Texas, wa
passed. The Army Ap ropriation bill wa
| reported, ordered printed and recommittec
The House then went into Committee of tn
, Whole upon the bill making additional ap
preparations for the Post-ofiice Department
The Stnate was not in sessi n on the 7tt
.....In the House, the bin making further ar
propratiuns for the Post office Departmen
was considered ut length in Committee of til
1 Whole and finally passed.
In the Senate, on the 9th, Mr.. Coke's resC
| luton to discharge the Finance Committe