The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-12-24
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

On the 18th, in the Senate, bill was intro
duccd limiting the time for applications for
bounty lands. A joint resolution was offered
to amend the Constitution by providing that
the President and Vice President shall be
elected by direct vote; that the term Of
Office shall be six years, and that
the President shall be ineligible for
reelection. The bill for the relief Of the
grasshopper sufferers was reported upon
favorably. :. In the House, bills were intro
duced-for narrow-g gauge railroad from
Lake Erie to the Missouri River; regulating
the prosecution Of libel in the District of Co
lunibia; directing the Secretary of the Interior
to pay for the appropriation of certain lands
for Indian reservations. The following select
committees were appointed: To visit Vicks-
burg-Conger, Hurlbut, Williams (Wis.),
Specr aud OBrien; on Louisiana and the
Southern States--G. F. Hoar Wheeler (N. W,
Frye, Foster (Ohio), Phelps IN. j., Robinson
CID and Potter. The Legislative Appropria-
ton bill was considered in Committee Of the
Whole
bill was presented in the Senate on the
10th to aid in the construction Of a narrow
gauge freight railway from tidc-watcr to Chi
cagO and st. Louis. A communication was
received from w. L. Mcmillan, claiming to be
Senator from Louisiana, and asking speedy
consideration of his claim. Mr. Pease was
appointed member of the Committee on
Claims, yice Boreman, resigned. After execu-
tive session the Senate adjourned In the
House, supplementary Civil Rights bill was
reported from the Judiciary Committee. The
Legislative Appropriation bill was considered
in Committee of the Whole and an amend
ment striking out the item for the purchase
OF official stamps for the Treasury Depart
ment defeated-ayes II, noes n. The COM
mittee rose and the House adjourned
On the nth, in the Senate, $50, 900 was ap-
propriated for the distribution of svuds. The
bill to provide for the government Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia was debated at length, the
proposition being to elect the Commissioners
from the District instead Of having the
President appoint them. Pending discus
sion the Senate adjourned. In the
House, bill was passed establishing the judi
cial district of Oklohama. The Legislative
Appropriation bill was considered in Commit
tee of the Whole, and amendments to increase
the clerical force of the Bureau of Education
and to strike out the entire appropriation for
the bureau defeated Adjourned.
No business was transacted in the Senate
on the 18th. At noon, after having been indi-
vidually presented to King Kalakaua, the
Senators proceeded in body to the
House Of Representatives and partici-
patcd in the ceremonies attendant upon
the public reception. Returning, the Sen
ate adjourned until the 2lst.. in the
House, King kalakaua was presented to
Speaker Blaine, who delivered a brief well
coming address, to which the King made ap-
proprate reply. The Senate bill for the re
lief of the grasshopper sufferers was passed
as was also the Legislative Appropriation
bill Announcement was made of the death
of Hon. j. B. Rice, and committee of five
appointed to accompany his remains to Chi
cago. Adjourned to the 2lst.