The Newtown bee., 1880-12-15
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.
Senate.

Senate.
 At twelve o'clock the Vice President called
 the Senate to order and sitter prayer the cre-
 dentals o1 James l. Iugh, of Alabama, elected
 to i'll the nncxpircd term ot Senator Houston.
 deceased and o Joseph E. E? ow h. of Georgia,
 elected to i'll tue unexpired term ot General
 Gordon, were read, and Mr. Pugh and MT.
 Brown were duly sworn in. The credentials
 of Sc ator Edmuuds, of Vermont, reelected
 his own successor, were also read. The Vice.
 President presented a communication fiom
 the attorney-general, and was proceeding to
 lay other communications before the Senate when Mr. Thurman suggested that 1t would be
 more orderly to wait notiica ion that the House was in session before transacting busl-
 ness in tho Senate. The etary of the Sen- ate was then, resolution offered by Mir Thurman, sent to notify tue House, A rcso- lution offered by Mir Bayard sonding the sanse information 10 the President by com mittce acting with similar committee oi the House was also adopted A recess ot halt an hour
 was then taken pending the reports of the
 committees. When the Senate reassembled a message was received from the House an-
 nouncing that 1t was ready to proceed to busi- ness, but as no word had arrived from the President another recess was had until l 30 The credentials of T c Mauning, appointed to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of H. M. Spoiford until the next meeting of the legislature of Louisiana, were read aud re- ferred. =. Mir. Johnston int oduced a bill authorizing the secret ny ot to grant the use ot certain land at Fortress Monroe for the erection of hotel Nlr. Mcdonald intro- duced bill authorizing the local taxnt ion ot the legal-tender treasury notes ot the UIited States. The standing committees oi the last | session were then revived and continued for | this session with two or three changes. MT. | Ransom and Mir. Lamar exchange pl ces on | the committee on railroads, thus making the 1 latter chairman of that committee. The fol- | lowing srIrct committees, on motion of Sena- | tor Wallace, We're appointed: To examine the I several branches oi the civil service, Mir Vest, l ot Missouri, ch airman; to consider the law as | to the election ot Presi ent and Vice-Presi- | dent, MT. Morgan, of Alabama, chairman; the 1 committee on alleged frauds in the late elec- l tions, MT. Wallace, ot Pennsylvania, chair 1 man. to inquire into Nicaraguan claims, Mir | Hampton, of South Carolina, chairman; the l joint committee on the Yorktown celebra. | ton, MT. Johnston, of Virgin a, chairman. The following select committees therefore l discontinued: To investigate treasury &C., l counts, Mir. Davis, of West Virginia, chair l man; on the negro exodus, MT. Voorhees,, oi | Indiana, Chairman 1.-Two resolutions were I adopted calling for information relative to l attempted settlements in the Indian Territory
 and relating to contagious pleuro- -pneumon onia l ofcattle and other contagious diseases of do- 1 mesticate l animals.
 1 Bills were introduced By Mir. Eaton 1 Giving the consent ol Congress to agree 1 ment between New York and Connecticut tor 1 the settlement oi the boundary between said | States. By MT. Teller-To provide certain l regulations concerning the manner of 1 ducting elections for repres entatiyes in Con- | gi ess, and to punish violations thereof. f.... 1 MT. Davis of A est Virginia, offered a Teso- 1 lution reciting the constitutional Tequiremen l that new apportionment be made alter each l census, and instructing the secretary ot the l interior to communicate to the Senate the re- l turns of the population of the respective | Sta es of tho Union as ascertained by the 1 tentf4 cen-us. Agreed to. Mir. Mo gan ia- I u oduced joint resolution that the following l be proposed as an amendment to the Constitu- 1 ton of the United States: 'sSeciion 2-The l Congress shall have power by legislation to | establish rules and regulations for certifying, l transmitting, receiving and opening the votes l of electors, and for ascertaining and counting 1 such votes by tue Senate and House of Repre- 1 sentatives, and tor declaring the result of the 1 cleo ion, and for the government of the Senate l and House ot Representative when they are 1 met to count the vote of such electors. Such | laws shall not be enacted nor altered, ! amendel or appealed within a period of one l year next etore the time fixed by the laws l oi the United States tor the appo ntment of ] electors in any State" Referred to the select 1 committee on the election oi President and l Vice-Pfesident.. Mir. Paddock introduced I bill to enable the people of Dakota to form l Constitution and State government, and for | the admission. Of the State into the Un on on I an equality with the ori sinal States. Referred. MT. Pendleton offered resolution referring to the select committee to examine the sev- l eral branches of the civil service. and with 1 instructions to report at an early day so much I ol the Presidents message refers to civil service reform, non-as6essment of govern l ment employees for political purposes lree- l dom oi eml loyees in the matter ot suffrage, l etc. Agreed to-. The Vice-President sub- l mitted the annual report of the Washington | monument commission, recommending an l appropriation of SS20 . co for continuing the 1 work. ] At exactly twel e 0 clock Speaker Randall l called the House to order and the chaplain, I the Rev. MT. Harrison, offered prayer. The i roll call showed 227 members, more than a 1 quorum. .Mr. Cox presented the credentials l of Jonathan Scoyille, member-elect from the | Thiry-second district of New York, and that I gentleman appeared and qualified. he ap- I pointment Of the customary committees to I notify the Senate and to inform the President that the House was ready to receive his mes-
 sage followed and the Speaker then proceeded I to call the States for bils and resolutions.
 Among the bills introduced and referred were
 the following: By MT. Springer For the tenn porary increase of the justices of the supreme court of ;he United States. 1t provides tor the appointment Of two justices after March 4, 1881, making the number eleven, which is to be eventually reduced to nine as vacancies occur. Also changing the time tor the elec- | tion ot presidential electors and representa- tives in Congress to the second Tuesday in l October. By Mr. Cox--A resolution request l ing the President to communicate any corres- pondence and treaties with the empire of
 China, having reference to emigration and l commerce between the two countries: also for the refunding of fees n all cases of void g:s-
 tration ot trademarks. By Mir. Bailey--For
 the organization of the militia Of the United States. By MT. Hurd--A joint resolution
 relative to the tariff It declares that such
 J1ffr cf,< principles: Ina tariff is tax on imported goods which is ultimately paid by the con-
 sumer; that tariff for protection (so-called)
 does not, in most cases. protect tae interest it ] pretends to protect; that protective tariff
 toes not increase the wages ot WorkingmenB