The examiner., 1882-02-25
FoRrY.sEyENTH CONGRESS-.
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The fOllOE1ng Senaf6 Dlll6 were pdsS6O. 10 provide for tn, sale of the lands Of the Miami
 Indians in Kansas; to amend article 103 of the rules and articles of war (imposing limitation of two years from the date Of enlistment
 against prosecutions for desertion); to promote the efficiency of the navy (making drunkenness or incapacity arising from misconduct and not contracted in the line of duty; sufficient reason to prevent an officer of the navy belng placed on the retired list and allowing him, upon discharge by the President, one years pay) .. Mir. Dawes spoke on his bill Tn favor of civil service reform, and after Mir. PendIe- ton had made some remarks on the suDlect the bill was referred to the committee on CIVIL service.
 MT. Windom, from the committee on foreign relations, reported sn original bill for the re-
 lief of diplomatic and consular ohcers or tne United states 1t authorizes the President, Tn his discretion, to direct the payment from the appropriation for contingent expenses Of for- eien intercourse of the necessary expenses &-
 tending the last sickness ana 19neral 9a oI any diplomatic officer of the United States, consul general consul or consular clerk, who may ols l in a foreign country, when it shall appear to l him that the deceased man was pecun1arlly un- able to pay the sameO
 | lung plague of cattle was submitted by tue president pro tenn MT. Jackson introduced | a bill appropriating $150, 900 as compensation | to the agents of the Methodist Episcopal | Church South, for property destroyed at Nash vile during the war. MT. Call then addressed | the Senate in support of his proposed amend
 ment 10 the pension arrears resolution, de.
 claling in favor of pensions to the surVlvors or 1 Indian wars prior to 1845.
 After being further amended Mr. Edmund's l anti-polygamy bill was passed without oppo-
 sition. The bill provides penalties for polyga-
 my and disqualifcs for SC. vice as jurors | to be right The issue of polysamous mar | riages prior to January l, 1883, are legitima- | tized. No polygamist is entitled to vote or | hold office. All the registration and elective | -R TSoI o-a1 and | the conduct of elections shall be performed | by @ board of five persons, not more | than three to be members of one political party, to be appointed by the President. The | eligible to vote from the polls on account of l any opinion such person may entertain on the subject of polygamy. Each house of the assembly, after it's organization, shall have power to decide upon the elec-
 tiuns and qualifications of it's members; anl at or after the first meeting of the ieglsla- tive assembly whose members shall have been elected according to the provisions of this act, able to the organic act of the Territory, as 1t shall deem proper concerning the filling Of the ffices declared vacant by this act.
 MT. Coke reported favorably from the com-
 lnit ee on commerce the bill introduced by him m the previous day, appropriating $lO0, ,OOo to
 vrproYe the harbor of Galveston, Texas, and
 1t was passed . MT. Blair introduced bill to establish polytechnic school for the United
 
 and the arts. .. MT. Kellogg introduced bills
 appropriating s1, 800, 900 for river improve
 ments and government buildings in Louisiana
 Mir. Wit-s, from the committee on the judiciary, submitted a bill to prevent per sons living in bigsmy or polygamy from hold ing any civil office of trust or profit in any of
 the Territories of the United States. and from being delegates to Congress. House calendar.
 RU Mr. 0rft from thp ftca on for
 eign affairs (eported adversely, the
 resolution Originally offered by Mir. Rob- inson, of New York; calling on the attorney general for his opinion as to whether if Joseph
 Warren Keller, Alonzo B. Cornell or Charles Carroll should be arrested in the British em- pire without having committed any crime, the En- fish government. by suspending the writ of habeas corpus, could lawfully detain him on indefinite suspicion without trial or without the right of the United States to demand his re- lease. The resolution was tabled-yeas 117;
 nays, 103. MT. Orth also reported adversely the resolution requesting the President to com municate all correspondence with the British | government on file in the state department in | reference to the case of D. H O Connor, 8 citi- | zen of the United States, now imprisoned in Ire l land. The House refused to lay the resolution upon the tnhle-seventy-o yeas, seventy mine i nays. After a personal discussion between Messrs. Robinson, of New York, and Robeson, Mr. Cox, of New York, moved to recommit the resolutions, with instructions to the committee to insert therein the names of Michael Hart, H. O. Mahony and John McEnry, and to add clause requesting the President to demand of the British government the ompt trial of these citizens, or their prompt release. The motion was carried. s# .. in debate on the apportio,ment bill Mir.
 Herbert spoke in opposition 10 any increase in he membership of the House. He favored constitutional amendment limiting the number of R. 'prt sentatives. MT. Joyce argued ill favor of his amendment fixing the number at 365. Mir. Hewitt said he would vote in favor of the lHn nf aQT1fQ 1vdC 1Q
 get. Mir. Sherwin and Mir. Carpenter sup
 ported bill providing for 325 representatives,
 based upon the old method Of apportioD-
 ment. MT: Clements, MT. Page, MT. Speoner
 and MT. TIllman opposed the bill The latter
 was in favor of 8 House of 600 members-"a
 Gibraltar impregnable to bribery or intimida-
 tion.' He also favored Senate of 300 mem
 bers. MT. Cox, of New York, submitted a modification of his amendment so as to fix the total number of Representatives at 319.
 The committee to audit the expenses grow
 ing out of the death and burial of the late Pres
 ident James A: Garfield, reported through Mir.
 a dsTsId 4eS rEa fssf bi p 1as ms' paased aas[sa
 An amendment to the apportionment bill by
 sentatives at s25 (the present number is 29s),
 was passed by a vote of 162 yeas to 104
 nays. The States that gain are: Arkan-
 eali5orni1 R.2s. 2 Georgia kanidlE Illinois
 Massachusetts, I; Michigan, ?; Minne, sota, 2; Mississippi. |; Missouri, 1;
 Nebraska, q; New York, |; North Carolina,
 l; Ohio, 1; Pennsylvania, l; South Carolina, ?; Texas, 5; Virginia, l; West Virginia, 1; Wis
 consin, l. Maine, New Hampshire and Yer mont lose one each.
 The apportionment bill, which fixes the number of representatives at 325, was passed
 Mr. Valentine, chairman of the commit tee on agriculture, reported agricultural ap- pr rpration bill. Committee of the whole.
 The speaker laid before the House resolu- ton of the legislative assembly of Utah, de- claring that the present wild, unreasoning pres
 sure of public opinion has been wrought up
 by misguided and misinformed religious infu-
 ence, the promoters of which wish to rivet
 on the limbs of the citizens of Utah the chains
 of slavery. Congress is asked not to resort to
 extreme measures, hurtful in their application,
 but to appoint commission of honorable gen.
 tlemen to investigate the affairs of Utah. Re-
 ferred to the committee of the judiciary....
 The immediate deficiency bill, which appropri-
 ates s1, ,s22, ,9s3, was passed by vote of 155
 to 26.
 Hooks and Eyes for Russian Soldiers.
 By an imperial order just issued con-