Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-25
ILIY. CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Feb. "a, 1856.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. "a, 1856.
senate.
After the transaction OF the routine
morning business the Senate proceeded
to the consideration Of bills on the cal
endar. Among the measures taken up
was the joint resolution authorizing the
President to grant permission to one or
more officers of the army to accept tenn
porary service under the Government
Of COIea, TO instruct and drill its troops,
the officers not to receive pay from the
United States during their absence.
Mr.. Sewell moved an amendment re-
curing that no leave Of absence under
authority of the joint resolution should
continue longer than three years.
This was agreed TO.
The joint resolution was then changed
to the form Of bill and temporarily
laid aside to give time for the prepare
Of an amendment suggested by Mr. In
gals permitting such officers to receive
pay from the Government Of Corea.
Mr.. Morrill, called up House bill per-
uniting national banks to change their
name, location, and capital by vote Of
two thirds of their shareholders.
After long debate an amendment
was made limiting the right of a bank
10 change its location so that it shall
not change to another State nor to a
place more than thirty miles distant
from lis original location. The bill
was then passed.
The bill authorizing American Of
ficers to take service in Corea was
again taken up and passed.
The discussion Of the education bill
was then resumed, and Mr.. Blair ad-
dressed the Senate in reply 10 the OBJ
jeciions and criticisms made against it.
commended that the Legislature of Ala
bama had given unanimous endorse
ment TO the principle of the bill and to
the bill itself, so far as its essential
features were concerned. lie denied
that the people Of the South were OPP
posed TO the measure, and insisted that
they favored il. lie dwelt at some
length on the benefits TO come not only
to the South, but the entire country,
from the removal Of illiteracy in the
South. Among those TO come to the
South he included an increased immi-
grafton and consequent increased ac-
tiyity and prosperity.
Dir. George said the House Of Rep
resentatiyes Of his State Mississippi
had passed resolutions requesting the
United States senator's from Missis-
sippi to support this measure. MissiS-
siPpi was not here, however, as a sup |
plant for national bounty. ltregarded /
the measure as a generous offer from 1
the northern States toward removing
the illiteracy prevailing in the South.
Mr. George said he would be com.
PEELED, however, to decline the offer if
be believed 1t to be unconstitutional.
At 5 o'clock Mr.. George yielded TO
a motion for an executive session, aud
the Senate after few minutes spent in
executive session adjourned.
Hon,e OF KeDresep,susss.
In the morning hour the House pass
ed bill to annex the northern part Of
the Territory Of Idaho to Washington
Territory.
On behalf Of the Committee on Rail-
ways and Canals, DIR. Murphy, Of Iowa,
called up and the House proceeded to
consider In Committee Of the Whole the
Hepnepin-csnsl bill. Mr.. Murphy
poke In behalf Of the bill, and said
hat the wheat raised in the six vest.
I'm States which were in the nsighbor-
'eod Of The proposed csrsl eould be L,
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