Show CONGRESS I 1 I 1 11 ly BY western ail drw to the t I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I PP t dec 4 th tho fell following additional bills billa were presented hock bock to repeal the act of july ond 1802 and such sections of the llo vise statutes of the U S aa perpetuate the tile oath I 1 prescribed prescribed by the fourteenth fourte anth amendment also to authorize tho the baym payment ent of custom duties in legal tenders edmunds to amend sections 1757 of the revised tit statutes atutes it Il blabol abol dishos tho the ironclad oath and fixes one oath for all officers alike retaining however all provisions provision against rebel claims and all penalties etc also to redraft redraft the bill ul pas passed ed by the tile committee twe of oft the lie jud J n iary come some years ago dealing in general with the rights of colored citizens aspeel especially illy with a view to securing their freo vote nod and the fair count of all votes edmunds commenting upon tho the first bill introduced by him today to day paid baldit Fal dIt it undertakes to provide security forthe for alie protection of colored citizens alt of tit tho e united states against tho tile inhuman wicked and unholy diss dis ions that in somo some states are still made ag against them in respect to civil rights and to protect them consists consist antly with tho the laio late decision of the supreme court of the united states coke presented a petition from the U S attorney of till tha western district 0 of f texas praying lor for legislation to correct the evil of judges appointing their relatives to their court blair introduced introduce da bill to establish a a bureau of statistics and labor under tho department of tho the interior also a bill regulating tho hours of laborers workmen and mechanics in lib employ of the united states limiting tho the number of hours which constitute I 1 a days work to eight and providing that wherever it wag was faund necessary essai ry to substitute labor by hour for labor by day such euch labor to be paid for forat at the tile rat rate ione eighth days pay for cadi each hour loga locanto Lo ganto n to appropriate and addi derived rived irom from internal ile revenue ven taxes and sale of public lands for tile education cfall of all children li liy ingin tha the united states taace tat ce hoar floar to provide for tho the performance odthe of the duties oath of the e officio ortho 0 the president in case cue of the death resignation or inability of both tile president and vice president also to fix the day for tho tile meeting of tho the electors of the president and vice president provida provide for and regulate tho the counting cou ntina of the tile votes for president and vico president Als providing adi rig for uniform 5 system of bankruptcy ta k bupt rupt Y tho the lowell bill lopan logan to provide for t the be pensioning of prisoners of war confined in confederate prisons in the late war brown to extend the time in which action can bo be brought in the court of claims under the provi aiona of lie captured abandoned property act for two years van wyk wy k declaring railroad corporations po rations shall pay within v itjin GO 60 days the costs of surveying and loc locating tho lands to which they are entitled otherwise they bo be subject to state and local taxation also alcoa a preemption and homestead entry also to restore to tho the public domain lands donated but not earned by railroad corporations when the tile mada 19 I 1 loa w 1 1 athi within the timo tinie grant I 1 also to protect all preemption and homestead anti entries les made after tho the forfeiture or failure to build the railroad in the time specified also for the tile relief of tile settlers on tho the public lands in nebraska and kansas on tho the line of the denver stroe road it provid for the payment nent of per aero acro to the set aicra whoso choso lands by a recent decision of tho supreme croine court reverted to tile railroad company under tinder a I grant which ia is supposed to havo have been forfeited fei ted I slater to repeal tho the northern pacific land grants it confirms to the tile company all lands earned by tho tile construction st of any portion of the road but restores to settlement and ealo sale several severi millions of aures acres in washing ton territory and oregon being a au p to that portion west 0 of wallullah Wal wallullah Wal lulla junction the right of th the settlers on odd set sections eions 18 ia preserved by allowing 1 g them to enter en cr alpon tho tile homestead bomes toad or preemption liwa laws or purchase n not J t more than 10 m res it per acie A resolution was offered bv by vest est and agreed to calling upon tb thu e secretary t a ry of odthe tho interior for peeples of all till leases contracts orders regulations had by v the department with any an parties since tile last session relating to tile yellowstone park including a statement 1 inelia of all special privileges granted and all ap for the tile privilege of build ing hotels etc herman and bayard the committee aL appointed pointed it etith itil the committee of the house to wait on the tile president to inform him that both houses had organized and were ready to receive any communication lie ho might make returned to alie benato ye nato Sher manali ai tho the committee had performed their duty alie president Pre eident in reply requested tho committee to convey to the tile two his behalf and congratulation en it the tile a nad ld nay eay lie would immediately commonis com comInI munis 1111 cate cato in ili writing ilk within a few minute tits the lne ines sag o was received and read 0 senate adjourned the bill relating to bigamy y polygamy cac introduced by edmunds does loca not diner differ materiale mate materially riall y from that introduced b by t him I 1 lust L session senator wilson onerea a joint res resolution 0 proposing tho tile folio following 1 ng amendment to the constitution io n congress shall have tho the power by appropriate legislation to protect tho the citizens of the tile united stages states in tile exercise cx erciso and the rights privileges losca and institutions and assure them of tho the equal protection of the tile laws A memorial wib presented to the by coke relating to tho tile alleged abuso of united united states district courts couris in bozai it bota forth that tho tile united district judges in in texas are failing to hold the terms of courts na as fixed hy by law la fricsons sons i lawand I 1 wd br othera in inlaw liw to inces in the district and deputy district offices of their courts and keeping keepin them in office f ic to alie great avron wrong to the public in 0 other illustration charges c Iii arges tho t public io mori aliet alist and mentions tile fact that the united judge of the western district of the state las has in tho the last three years held only two terms of court when he should havo have held field six and for thia this negligence there was no good cause Ws washington nINo ro i dec dee 5 rhoar aloar presented a joint resolution of the legis lature of massachusetts opposing con vict labor in public works of tho the united states blair pres presented anted a joint resolution from the of ofner new hamp I 1 sh ire 0 land crants to ail roads s and any renewal of R for r feinted itce land grants butler introduced a bill to repeal the Internal revenue laws now in jn force and abolish internal revenue J cullom introduced a abill bill ro to red r tho the legislative power of utah hoesr washington dec dee 4 17 upon poll completion of tho the drafting drawing dunn offered a I resolution to appoint a committee on liners rivers and harbors to anch which shall be referred propositions for the im provO men t of rivers era and h harbors a arbors referred arre t botho to alio committee Commit tco on oil rules when appointed the speaker appointed tho the coin com in itte coll mileage Bl maulton Me ulton well bourne glasscock ranny rna and miller penna tut ed a resolution referring to alio llio committee Committe eon on elections when appointed tho the certificates CS and all tile papers i elating relating to tho tile election ortho of tho representative of the first district of virginia Tir ginia with anstr actions to re report port as is early as practicable tica ble is b inch ich odthe of alio rival claimants mao alayo or garrison risen to tho the scat seat baa enma facie right reserving to the other party the eriv bleg e of contesting r the case on its merits althis at this point tho the committee to wait on ahe e president announced the president would communicate to tho the house ins message in writing the presidents Pres identa secretary at 3 05 appeared and presented the presidents dents mes saca consideration of tuckers resold don tion was entered upon cal bilkins kins contended thattie that tho prima was already settled by swearing inma in aavo mavo y 0 TI diio 0 previous question was beco aided kir keifer spoke ili in opposition to the resolution eso lution contending should it be adopted and garrison allowed prima jacie facie right to the beat seat mayo would bo be deprived ed cfall of all power to contest this was vas the plan by which a man mail already sworn in could bo be unseated on a prima facie caso case and forever forea er deprived ed odthe of the right to contest the house should hesitate before it undertook to put any gentleman into that position john 8 wise asked his colleague whet whether fier iio lie had any ques question imi a as to who has tile prima facie tit title e tucker answered anaw cred yes es springer Spi inger paid said lie understood garrison risen made a contest on oil prima facie right as well as the right on the merits now noy that the house was w as or it was to audgo of everything that pertained to the right of a mem her ber should the bouso allow a returning board to usurp the authority of tit alie house and disfranchise whole communities in granting prima prini faan certificates if there eyer had been an ail arbitrary exercise of luisi quisi judicial power pow er by a returning board it was w as in this case J b S wise said tho the only CASO case from virginia in in which the question of re turning boards was raised was the case of platt against goode when platt was elected but goode was given the seat by a democratic house it came caule with bad grace from front other side to make the statement ol 01 frauds of returning boards becoming too common ili in virginia mayo declared the certificate allowed him to be sworn in in was iden with that presented by his col league tucker liick cr he ile asked in common justice thit that tho the home deal with his caso case fairly for lie would be sorry tc to th koy tt it t tl ul l I BJ B J 1 tn t body aa of men inen who choso whoso so fur far forgot what wha was right as to decide upon I 1 A case in fit ad advance vanco merely because he lie belonged to the minority calkins appealed to the gentleman from virginia tucker not to lish a precedent which would endanger eve ev erv inin man in ins his beat after the clerk alithe 01 tho house put a man on the tile roll and lio lie was sworn in ili the prima facie right was a rex on suggestion of randall the tile mat ter went oyer until tomorrow and the tile clerk read tho tile presidents sage ordered printed and referred to tho the committee on oil the whole adjourned WASILI washington NOTON I 1 dec dee 5 tho virginia contested election case of garrison vs ma mayo was referred to the tile committee on oil 1 1 elections when appointed with instruction to report on tile legal questions involved therein 0 ordered that when the house 11 adjourns d to it boto bo to meet on 1 monday londay jones submitted customary resolutions announcing the death of efthos ahns II 11 harndon of alabama and respect to tho the memory of the tile deceased the bouso adjourned with tho the un tin der ferstanding standing that no business be transacted tomorrow to morrow 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