Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-04-01
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

In the Senate on the 22nd. Mr.. Hill, of
Georgia, from the committee on privileges
and elections, submitted majority report on
the Kellogg,Spoford contested election case
from Louisiana, declaring Spoford entitled to
the seat now occupied by Kellogg. Mr.. Hoar,
of Massachusetts,, from the same committee,
presented minority report, signed by him
self, Cameron and Logan, favorpg Kellogg's
claims. The House bill, appropriating one
hundred thousand dollars to continue the
public printing, was passed.
In the House no business was transacted
further than The introduction and reference Of
number of bills.
In the Senate on the 23d a bill incorpora-
ting the National Educational Association
was discussed until the hour at which the Sen.
ate went into executive session, and when the
doors were reopened the Senate adjourned.
The session of the House was consumed in
discussing question which arose on the
reference of bill revising the tariff. The
bill had been referred to the committee on
revision of laws, while Mr.. Conger, who
sprung the question, contended that it should
have been referred to the ways and means
committee. A long, confused and excited de-.
bate ensued, and without final action, the
House, at 6.1O P. NJ, adjourned.
In the Senate on the Oath, resolution for
the appointment of an assistant librarian for
the Senate, was discussed at some length, and
afterwards passed. The bill Incorporating the
National Educational Association was discus
sed, and after a short executive session the
Senate adjourned.
The entire day, and until after IL o'clock
in the night, was devoted by the House to
the discussion of the question Of taking the
bill for revision of the tariff from the CON-
mittee on revision of the laws and placing
it in the hands of the ways and means COM
mittee. The bill for revision of the tariff was
introduced by Mr.. Townshend, of Illinois,
who very cleverly outwitted the anti.reform
men and the ways and means committee Of
the House by getting tariff bill referred to
the committee on the revision of the laws, of
which he is member. His bill bore very
simple title, proposing to amend section Of
the Revised Statutes, and when the title was
read, no one, not even Conger, suspected the
real purpose of the bill, which was to admit
free of duty, salt, paper, printing machinery
and types and all chemicals entering into the
composition Of paper. Heretofore all efforts
to refer tariff bills to committees, other than
that on ways and means, have met with
formidable opposition from the Republican
and Democratic protectiouists, together with
that other class of Democrats who prefer not
even indirectly to vote lack of confidence in
the leading committee of the House.
In the Senate on the 25th, a number of
bills and resolutions were introduced and re.
ferred. The bill incorporating the National
Educational Association was passed, as also
a number of other bills of private and local
interest. After an executive session the Sen
ate adjourned until Monday.
The session of the House was devoted to
debate on taking Mr.. Townshend's tariff bill
from the committee on the revision of the
laws, and it was finally decided to discharge
that committee from further consideration of
the bill, and to place the bill in possession of
the ways and means committee.
In the House on the 26th, after long de.
bate on bill to extend the patent on shoe
pegging machine, the House, without acting
on the bill, went into committee of the whole
on the private calendar.
In the House on the 9th, number of bills
were reported and disposed of-among them
q bill removing the political disabilities Of
Roger A. Pryor, after which the House went
into committee of the whole on the diplomat
ic appropriation bill pending the discussion
of which, at 40 the committee arose and
the House adjourned.