The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-02-05
The previous question was sec

Inc previous question was seconded,
and the bill passed-yeas i34; nays. 81.
The bill in regard to courts was passed. so as to
provide that wlleh. State contains more than one
district or division every suit not of local ma
in the Circuit District courts thereof against
single defendant must be brought in the division
where heresi IS. but if there are two or more de-
PENDANTS residing IN different districts, it may be
brought III eirner division. and duplicate writ may
be issued against defendants directed TO the Mar
shals of both divisions. In all eases of removal of
suits from State to United states courts such
moval shall he to United States courts held in the
nvision in which said State are held. The
House then went into committee OF the whole
upon the revision Of the rules, and consumed the
day in discussion.
Following the usual INDECENT habits of the
Senate. that body was not in session on Friday,
Jan. 3O....In the House, a resolution was intro
duced by Mr.. Ortiz to ascertain the practcability
of constructing ship canal from Toledo, Ohio, to
The navgable waters of the Wabash river AT or near
Lafayette, Ind. Mr.. Shallenberger introduced
bill directing the Commissioner of Agriculture to
attend the international Sheep and Wool Show to be
held in Philadelphia in September next. Mr. AckleR
made personal explanation Mr.. Harris from
the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported bill
providing permanent construction fund for the
navy. Mr.. BucEner introduced bill reducing the
expenditures of the Government in lighting public
buildings. The House then resumed consideration
OF the conference report on the bill providing for
Circuit and District Courts at Columbus
Ohio, and, after a short discussion, the
report was agreed to. Tie disabilities
of William B. Talliaferro, of Virginia, were re
moved. On motion OF Mr. Hunton, the Senate
amendments to the House bill making appropra-
tons for filling up and draining the grounds south
OF the Capitol grounds were concurred in. The
House then went into committee OF the whole on
the private calender.
A warm discussion occurred in the House, on
the 31st ult upon the printing of petition Of Mr.
HARRISON, colored man, who contested seat in
the House from Alabama. HARRISON sets forth
that after the election he endeavored to obtain de-
positions, but the Mayor of Selma aud other per-
authorized to take dispositions refused to per-
form their duty. He also alleges that his
competitor procured indictments against
all witnesses summoned i'll behalf of
the petitioner, and kept them in jail until the
time within which the evidence had to be taken
expired. HARRISON appeals TO Congress to investi-
A resolution was adopted calling on the Secretary
of War for information as to the names and hneal
rank Of the officers not on duty with
their regiments aud corps. Mr.. Neal intro
duced bills requiring the Washington Gas
Company to nix the price OF gas; prohibiting the
publication of lottery schemes in the District of
Columbia. The House at 1 O'Clock discontinued
public business, when eulogistic addresses were
made in memory of Rush Clark, of Iowa. After
speeches by Messrs. Price, Sapp. Thomson, Car
derson, the House, as a mark of respect to the
memory of the deceased adjourned.
In the Senate, Feb. 2, Francis r. Griffith was
dominated for Supervisor of TIE Census of the
Sixth district of Indiana vice William P. Seymour,
whose nomination was withdrawn. Mr.. Thurman,
from the Committee on Judiciary, reported bill
for reviving and continuing the Court of Com
missioners of Alabama Claims, and for the distri-
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award. In the House, among the bills introduced
and referred were the following: BY Mr.. Phelps,
approprialing 600 for the relief of sufferers in
Ireland; by Mr. King, for the appointment OF COM
mission OF engineers to examine routes of inter-
oceanic communications: requesting the President
to tender to Peru Bolivia and Chill the good offices
of this Government for the restoration of peace;
by Mr.. Bland for the free coinage of the silver dol
lar; by Mr.. Blackburn providing for the registry
enrolment of any vessel built i'll foreign counries
by Mr.. Coroth, granting pensions to SOLDIERS and
sailors of the late war who were disabled while in
the military service; increasing the pensions for
the loss of leg arm by Mr.. Shelley for the de-
livery of letters having insufficient postage; pro-
vdng for the election of a Congressional Printer;
by Mr.. Young, to increase the efficiency of the
tional. Board OF Health; by Messrs. Cowgirl and
Coerck. bills to facilitate trans portation between
Lake Erie and the naW=able waters of tue Wabash:
by Mr.. Brown proposing a constitutional amend
ment providing that the House of Representatives
shall be composed of 300 members, to be appor-
toned among the several tates provided in
section of article ID of the amendments to the
constitution; by Mr. Bland for the free coinage
of the STANDARD silver dollar: q by Mr..
Thompson, providing that no claim of a citizen
of State which aid not go into rebellion shall be
disallowed on account of disloyalty unless it be
proven; by Mr.. Newberry, amending the Patent
laws: giving the Court of Claims jurisdiction of
Indian depredations by Mr. Fort, to put certain
articles imported and used in the manufacture of
paper glass and wooden fabrics the free list.
and to reduce the duty on printing paper used for
books. pamphlets, magazines and newspapers.
The bill making appropriations for the improve
ment of the Susquehanna, Ohio and Tennessee
rivers was passed, also the bill authorizing
the Secretaries Of the Interior and War to employ
additional clerks for the remainder of the fiscal year,
to expedite the settlement of the pension applica
tons. The Speaker announced the appointment of
Messrs. FELTON,, Phillips and Mckinley as visit
ors to West Point: also the appointment of Mr..
Phillips member of the Committee Ed
ucation and Labor and of Expenditures in the De-
partment of Justice. The House then went into
committee of the whole upon revision of the
rules, to defeat vote upon Mr.. Viewers green
back resolutions. On rising, recess was taken
till evening for tho purpose of listening to Mr..
Parnell. -