| Show SLY CONGRESS oot oat D A number of bills billa were introduced during the mor allig hour one by mr aft mem marri moo moa to aleoa the ibo revised Kevi ecil statutes relating to in the offices of president md and vice feb dent II 11 submitted ob mitto a resolution instructing the ibo committee commit loo on 00 pensions to report by till bill or otherwise reducing and ad d jesting tho the salaries lal and fees ot of pen HOD the by sir ingalls inquiring into tho the oy cy 01 boli blog all 11 II pension alte a notes and abing the pen 8 ioda r pud froce wt was agreed to rod the restriction passed mr Mer ilmon introduced a bill to liter alter tho the times fur holding for or president Preside Pre aident tit and vice president and ud calling ting tile voto veto in ia tho the electoral Eleo tor col acue it proposes to amend section revised statutes so EO that tbt El cotora to shall bo be appointed in ia each state on tuesday next boit after the first monday in october instead at 0 Novem november and that electors and give their votes upon the first monday in ID jon jn ury next flat the yer year is io which they are approved instead of lf the ibo ent crt wednesday in ia december Dc comber as g they were required to do by the ho present law mr merrimon biro a bill to repeal statutes utter so BO us to to re tore lord to the pension rolls rolli the names of all stricken on of disloyalty dig loyalty mr MoUre cry submitted tn an amendment to the bill introduced by him on to repeal the bu kropt luff law so follows provided provide J a nevertheless vert belesis that tbt nil CS pealing in an the he district courts of the united baates sad docketed on or prior to october 1877 may bo be tried an ad d determined under the law lair se it coir ow exists it was ha ordered that tbt thu the amendment bo be printed the bill be ba tokea taken from the table sad referred to tho the committee commit tao on oa judiciary juho arr together with the abo amendment at the expiration ot of the morning dg hour the benito benato the coos id oration of 0 mr Thur thurmand mans resolution to tho the com mittiea on daiv cleres and nd irom from farther eon stion of the credentials ol of J U B eustis Ku elii of louisiana Looi ein mr ile thurman spoke in favor of tho the claims ol of mr E knell asti during a somewhat bal elded debit debats M mr I 1 um davis ot of ll lioon mio male a brief speech in ia which its he taid dij ho be koew knew nothing about the claim ol of mr lilii c bovitt atlo been a r of no other aber branah ot of tho the publio public service dering the in id the ho senate or of the be Louit liana ones ila ho was wag dot col pre prepared parel to vote olo to aty upon this subject atil favored an aa by tile ho committee let at march it was wa referred to tho the committee on 00 privileges sod eleo alons rod and it a was w fid the bo committed would report sato mhd tbd question involved was legal ila iio did not dot want tot to give giro to so opinion upon orion i ituala 1 it thoroll be fortier ue ile voted toted yesterday against referring tb abo 0 credentials of spofford Cord because he be thought tho senate in ia tho the light ot of recent lichts could decide tho the question mr thurman said eid it had bad been intimated that a chomg would toon soon report the subject kod and withdrew wilh drew the be motion to discharge diec birge the committee from forth e r consideration ol of abe ho credentials 0 f mr iuelis adjourned till mond hy |
