Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-02-07
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

| the COlOreQ member from NOfth CarOllna,
announced the death of Representative
Mackey, of South Carolina, and offered the
customary resolutions, which were unani-
moulsy adopted, expressing the regret OF
the House at the news of the decease Of one
of it's members, and authorizing the Speak
er to appoint committee to take charge of
the funeral arrangements. The Speaker
subsequently announced as such committee
Pettibone, Calkins, Bisbee, O'Hara, Willis,
Davis, of Missouri, and Hemphill. The
House then, as a mark of respect to the
memory of the deceased, at 1910 p. NJ, adj
journed.
In the Senate, Senator Hoar from the
Committee on the Judiciary, reported the
original bill relating to the enforcement of
the law in Utah. On presenting it, he said
he did not himself favor that clause of the
bill which requires the exclusion of women
from suffrage in that territory. a message
was received from the House Of Representa-
tives announcing the death of Congressman
Mackey of South Carolina, and the Senate,
after appointing a committee on its part to
attend the Obsequies Of the deceased, adj
iourned. The committee consisted Of Sen
ators Butler, of South Carolina, Pendleton,
of Ohio, and Hill, Of Colorado.
In the Senate, on the 29th, Senator Came
ron, of Wisconsin, introduced a bill to es-
tablish the Territory Of North Dakota.
Senator Voorhees, offered the following res
olution, which was agreed to: "That the
committee on post Offices and post roads
be instructed to inquire into the propriety
and expediency of admitting all newspa-
pers, periodicals and other printed reading
matter to the United States mails free OF
postage said committee to report by bill
or otherwise" Senator Sherman's pream-
BILE and resolutions relating to the elections
in Virginia and Mississippi, last year, were
then laid before the Senate, and Mr.. Sher-
man spoke in their support. He was follow
ed by Malone, and at the conclusion of his
remarks, calls of "Vote" were heard, and
the Chair announcing the question to be
on agreeing to the resolution, demand
for the yeas and nays was made, and, with
out remark from any Democratic Senator,
the matter was brought to a vote and the
resolution was passed by 80 yeas to 90 nays.
The preamble was then agreed to by the
same vote Allison called up the House
bill making appropriations for the payment
of rebate on the tobacco tax and providing
for the expense of the Legislature of the
Territory of New Mexico. For tobacco re-
bate it appropriates S3,75O,OOO, or so much
thereof as may be necessary; for the eX-
penses of the Legislature of New Mexico
it appropriates s2l,965. The bill was read
three times and passed.
In the House the greater part of the SEES
sion was occupied in discussing a resolution
introduced by Mr.. Hopkins, of Pennsylva-
MIA, referring to special committee on in
vestigation, charges against H. V. Boynton,
reporter of Cincinnati paper, the allega-
ton being that Boynton approached MIR.
Keiffer during the closing days of the LAST
session of Congress with corrupt PROPOSE
tions, intended to influence Speaker Keif-
er's official action. The resolution was
amended by directing the committee also to
inquire and report whether any other MEM
ber of the press now holding a seat in the re-
porters' gallery, against whom charges have
been preferred, has been guilty of conduct
that ought to deprive him of his right to
such, and as amended was passed. The
conference report on the bill to send an eX-
pedition in search Of Lieutenant Greely's
Arctic exploration party reported, and the
report was adopted. The result of the con-
ference is the striking out of the Senate
amendment requiring the crews of the re-
| lief ships to be volunteers.
On the 30th, the greater part of the time
of both Houses was devoted to the obsequles
of the late Congressman Mackey.
In the Senate on the 3lst, flood of petit
tons was presented from dozen or more
States, praying for prohibitory liquor laws
in the District of Columbia and the Terri
tories. The petitions were referred to the
committee on education and labor. The
Senate refused, by vote of 25 to y to con-
cur in the report of the committee of con-
ference on the Greedy relief bill and re-
solved to appoint new conference COM
mittee. Mr.. Platt's resolution, directing
the committee on postoffices and post roads
to inquire whether telegraphic charges have
been injuriously affected by the large stock
dividends of the Western Union Telegraph
Company or consultations or contracts with
competing or other companies, and whether
through the Gold and Stock Telegraph Com
pany, or otherwise the Western Union Com
pany, has prescribed rules or regulations
for the transmission Of press news, and au-
| thorizing the committee to send for per-
sons and papers, was agreed to. No further
decisive action was reached, and after a
brief executive session, the Senate adjourn
ed until Monday.
In the House, bill was passed forfeiting
land grants to certain States to aid in the
construction of railroads, after which, the
Speaker laid before the House Il message
from the President transmitting, in response
to resolutions of the House, the report of
the Secretary Of State, with accompanying
papers, relative to the restriction of the
importation of American hog products into
Germany and France. Immediately clash
of jurisdiction arose as to which committee
was entitled to the report Of the Secretary
of State-Townshend, of Illinois, favoring
the committee on commerce.; Hatch, OF
Missouri, the committee on agriculture,
and Curtin, of Pennsylvania, the commit
tee on foreign affairs. Finally the matter
was compromised to the mutual satisfaction
of all parties by ordering the message print
ed and laying it on the table. Adjourned.
The session of the House on the lst in
slant was occupied in debate on the bill to
restore to the army Gen. Fitz John Porter,
cashiered by a court martial in 1863 for al-
legged treachery to the Union cause. Attec Il
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