Show 18 special to the deseret aseret quen zeren agnews ng News kij kil hai bai r congressional CONGRESSI onay tl SENATE washington the president sent in nominations today to day kellogg today today introduced a bill to aid the central pacific railroad fessenden reported a resolution to correct an error in enrolling the civil appropriation bill byln by inserting s er ang a p pro ro vision requiring the p proprietors 0 of K bonded warehouses to p pay a r salaries to storekeepers store keepers agreed to williams willaims Will ihms lims from the committee oon ton public lands reported favorably bf afa A bill amendatory loaa loan to an act to aid the construction of a railroad from the cen x trai aral pae pac pacific line to portland oregon it allows any company heretofore desiena ted by legislature to file its assent to to said act within one year 1 cole pole introduced a bill granting lands and aid to the sacramento irrigation and nd navigation company referred I 1 the bill to repeal the tenure of office act was called up and postponed drake offered substitute bill amenda amending the judicial system designed to d devolve v all duties of circuit courts now in exis existence tence teace upon district courts and reorganize the circuit courts with the nhe district courts of each out dut action adjourned washington 21 92 republican sena tors are in caucus cancu s two hours this am about the same bame time this afternoon Con klings proposition to suspend the tenure of oace office law four years was MI discussed S with much animation several senators declared they would not be bound by a caucus and retired from the room edmunds subsequently offered ii a resolution that the act ought not tob to b pealed repealed ie this also a lively debate it was finally adopted that the bill now pending amendments in session I 1 be re committed to the committee on judiciary with a view to the modify cation catlon of the tte tie law now in force itis it is not known what change will be proposed many senators suppose they will besuch be sueh such as will relieve the president from his present embarrassments embarrass ments it ii beems seems deems that the majority of the senators are re opposed to the total repeal of the law and desi desire neto reto to retain its prin principles I 1 I 1 es but think some proviso may be Cs a added ded which aich will render it generally tory r pomeroy ameroy from the committee on oil public lands reported with amendments the bill gK granting the right of way to the midland pacific railroad passed the senate then elected john jhn B R french of north carolina sergent at t arms armb john JohnM M morris of south bouth carolina executive clerk congressional printer A M clapp of buffalo anthony was waa chosen president pro bem acm fem inthe absence of 0 i i t jhb bill to repeal the tenure of 0 office r act was re committed imm ito to the judi jual ciary blary committee L joint resolution to continue the PIL pay of enlisted soldiers at sixteen dollars dollar peir till july 1871 was referred to the military committee i abill A bill authorizing the payment of then terest ferest on the public mt debt onias asked by the secretary odthe of the treasure treasury was passed i the iThe bill reorganizing fhe he jadi judiciary olary ciary system was taken up williams moved to postpone it till the t he next session rejected 11 II to 44 41 several amendments were offered and rejected and the bill billi was vas vig vii passed committees made a number of oi reports including one on the bill to abolish the office of chief of staff to the general of the army and unfavorably cn on the bill allowing the deputy collectors the same se pay as Collectors when Perfo performing their duty adjourned conkling has made a personal explanation respecting a published statement of his remarks in the caucus on the tenure of office bill trumbull reported a substitute for the bill to td repeal the tenure of office act bard moved to table the report lost davis javis moved a substitute to the house bill ruled out of order grimes said he coull couil not vote for the substitute morton said the substitute presented a shadow rather than the substance of the tenure of office act it was merely a bad photograph of the dead body the senate today to day confirmed one no mi nation only that of henry D moore as collector of customs at philadelphia fowler made a general argument against the tenure of office act and was followed by ross boss with a similar argument sprague made a long speech of a general character after which the re ree port of the committee was adopted thirty sevin seven seven beven to fifteen tru briefly explained the thell bill morton molton criticised criticized it the bill passed assed when the senate went into executive session and soon after adjourned hamilton of indiana qualified and took his seat rice introduced a bill to enforce the fourteenth laws of the united states to in georgia and restore the republican government lff iff jho new constitution 1 I L 1 iv cole introduced abill a granting laholt to the san pan diego branch of the Southern pact paci nic fie nefer Refer acl pol to the pacific railroad committee the following nominations haive have been sent to ahe fhe senate edward B plumb consul general havana nav hav R W V clarke j auditor A B borrell came fa r surveyor urve cpr 1 0 of f the port on Y E A ferritt Merritt 3 naval navai officer 1 district of X Y E F A wilson collector 0 of customs pu ruet sound SK wright receiver of or public money donby carson arson city and ledwin edwin volmer belmont bevad JS evada registers gi V F itice chrs cars carson on CI city 17 sam sam pam tallman belmont indiana agent charles La tollet grando grande ronde oregon postmasters ario cole georgetown colorado H P bennett denver wm win T ward susanville sanville Su colorado 1 hariam T street sonora CA cal cai i 1 1 the the bill passed extending the charter of the city elty of washington howard made an ineffectual effort ta haye have the joint resolution granting th the right of way to the memphis and A el paso railroad referred the pacific railroad rall Bail road introduced a bill to carry into efm eff effect act the mexican claims treaty passed I 1 1 several bills relating to the district I of columbia were introduced also one to remove political disability nye ye introduced a bill to insure the completion mple tion of the washington monument the bill makes vanderbilt stewart and several others a committee for the purpose howard submitted a substitute for the house joint resolution in regard to the meetings of the U P railroad company which allows stockholders to meet at washl washington t 0 n on march 31 to elect a 9 board of tji Director r e actors sand and also authorizes authorized them to establish ik a general office at sueh such place in the United States as they n may ay select e 1 e ct fes ees 4 endon made an ineffectual effort t to have the indian appropriation bill considered a financial bill and taken up kellogg withdrew his bis pending amendments wilson modified his amendment requiring the secretary of the treasury when greenbacks green backs and national bank currency elcee exceed d amundred aE a undred hundred and ind fifty millions to fund U S notes 1040 10 40 till the amount of notes outstanding be reduced to three hundred and abd nifty fifty millions conkling argued generally against the bill and oppose opposed dany any legislation for the reduction of bank ban circulation cu in any part of the country williams said the withdrawal of circulation from certain tates states proposed by the finander committee would bea be a breach offal of faith falth tb sherman defended the bill denying that thab it proposed injustice ustice to any portion of the country ai and objected to the amendments amendment of fand williams because they involved a ques of pending green backs which implied a return to specie payment 1 sprague opposed opposed the bill claiming that it aou would d nor ilor afford the promised relief to the south mortan keat length in defense df the bill and arid in bp position opposition to the amendment jentof I 1 of wilson which he characterized izenas as substantially a i ry disbursement of two wo and a half millions lions annually it would allow new england th the 6 undisturbed enjoyment of an uni unjustly justly large bf of banking circulation and proposed also a direct violation of theace the act to strengthen pub lic credit morton spoke at length and was followed by to wil liams amendment which was then rejected after further discussion the senate went into executive sess session bession lo 10 n after which they took up and pass passed ed a bill abolishing the office of chief chie f of staff adjourned till monday washington the senate today to day confirmed the following nominations commander calhoun to be captain of the navy commanders carpenter and kirkland kirkland to be commanders reader W clarke to be third auditor of the treasury giles A smith to be second assistant postmaster general moses H grinnell to be collector of customs adnew at new york alonzo B cornell surveyor of new york K E merritt to be naval officer of new york J A A wilson to be collector of cus Cut customs toms aget sound HOUSE A number of bills and resolutions and refer redi including several railroad grant bills blis j winans winaus ny gnau introduced a bill granting gran ting the right of ithe jhb easo paso and pacific Bail road from el paso to the pacific the eli bill pas passe sed dunder finder the opp op aeration of the previous drevlou lou fou I 1 question tion wair waki wa general aicra mil ull 1 paine reported a resolution relative to persons elected to congress unable to take the test oath nath that they do not have claims to be considered by the house and should not nod receive any commens tion adopted by a strict party vote julian introduced a bileto confer a claim Yosemite to valley the total number of bills Introduce introduced a exceeding one hundred I 1 paine moved to suspend the rules for or the introduction and anol passage of g a bill declaring votes cast for a member of congress ineligible under the fourt fourteenth benth amendment null and vold void and the person erson receiving the next highest ibm number er be admitted eldridge wa wanted to know knowlt if paino paine intended to farce tho th bill bili through wi without thoat discussion after some thi talk taik k the bill hili was introduced an and hia fid pi wade made ade a sit bit special al order next the tho ec report of the conference committee was agreed to making a joint committee atee on Retrench retrenchment ment meAt of four senators and five representatives logan introduced a bill li 11 to abolish the office of chief of suld staff jd the general of the army passed assed A ato d a bill which passed ass prohibiting El biting retired officers from arom E being ang assigned duty of any kind oi or to receive mord more than the pay and ailo allo allowances anc 9 provided for retired officers of hl his bis grade lawrence offered a resolution to recall the concurrent resolution for fok adjournment journ ment he said the reconstruction of mississippi texas ardd arid virginia TO tp quiren legislation now I 1 butler sald said that various barlous var yar lous ious bus business ineis inels required the attention of Cop congress gress durin during f the present session dawes farnsworth and others desired an early adjournment they said there was nothing in the way of an adjournment next friday unless con gress goes to work on such auch legislation as was absolutely necessary A lengthy discussion ensued regarding the propriety of embarking in general legislation during the pr present e s ent session finally lawrence Ij awrence m moved oved the previous question on the adoption of the resolution which ill ili was not seconded on motion of garfield the resolution was laid on the table without division johnson moved the suspension of the rules to allow him to offer a resolution declaring in a passage of the amendment that the house never intended chinese or mongolians Mongo lians to become voters the rules were not suspended nays 42 yeas log a strict party vote schenck reported a resolution adopted last session recommending to the dent the renewal of negotiations with britain regarding commercial comme roial reial and securing the rights of americans in fisheries on the coast of british provinces and navigation on the st lawrence adopted adjourned the house judiciary committee agreed not to report any bills iny involving general legislation the tribunes tribune 18 washington special says bays that the senate judiciary committee will report a new deiv tenure of office bill not applying members to of bf the cabinet allowing the president to make removals without re d sons leaving the he Sena Senat teto olto eake sake maleuch keuch ma examination as Ls it pleases while during recess he may way suspend and appoint at pleasure submitting his action to toillie the senate twenty days after assembling reassembling re senor lemos plenipotentiary from the cuban revolutionary revolutionary govern government menti reports the tha insurgent army as being eighteen thousand strong well drilled and well supplied lied lidd with arms lately received from the united states many americans are interested in th the revolution and profess great confidence that the administration will soon assume a friendly attitude towards the provisional G government overn ment A considerable number of quakers visited the president to consult about indian affairs it is fully known that grant intends to appoint general ely parker commissioner of indian affairs and remove at least three fourths of the indian agents and appoint a majority of quakers poland reported a bill extending extend ing the time for revising and c consolidating the statutes to three years after some criticism on the manner in which the work had hitherto been done the bill passed several senate resolutions were appropriately referred that removing the fight light houses on the oregon coast was passed A lengthy debate debato occurred on the tho senate joint resolution in relation to the burlington and missouri river railroad branch of the union pacific lo 10 gad gaw gau gaa commented sharply on thai that the resolution had been bean considered by the committee on public lands instead of by the pacific aate haae railroad committee the previous question on the passage kissage oi of the bill was wan not seconded and the bill was referred to the pacific railroad committee the senate resolution for a joint special committee on the removal of disa ported reported Te butler moved concurrence non on the ground thattie senate since it had appointed a special committee of its own had said bald it hoped that within a day or two to report a general law by which men should have political disabilities removed without applying to congress the resolution was non concurred in ln and the house adi journea jour ned i garfield reported a bill till for tor taking til twe the 8 census he gave notice that he would call it up un for fon petigny action next tuesday the bill establishes a census bureau in ithe the department of the interior the head of which to be appointed by the president and an tin assistant superintendent to be appointed by the secretary of the e interior for fjor each congressional h district the district superintendent to 0 appoint all ail necessary ordinaries sub bub the whole work to be done intro months and the bureA tito be closed by may fit the population lation of each state stale is to tobe hd divided by byn bya a hundred and onty fifty thousand quotient to give the number of presentations to which each state will been boen titled this is expected to give to the house the basis basia df bf representation will hereafter be nixed fixed at one member to every one hundred and seventy thousand bf 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