, 1874-03-03
Ut impeachment,
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD,
SENATE,

Chicago AforollantB' Exchange againBt any f,lr
tllor Issue OF paper money, and stattng tlat til
aollon OF tho Illinois Bonaton IN advocating ii
hnnsn 1SaSe O! snoa nionoy was basod OH misappro
/. LII presenting tho petition, hlr. Sherman sal
lt Was alao signed by soventy-nvo loading NOR
ele'ss or Chicago representing 800. 900 600 cap
A1r. LOGAN saii l,o had nothing to say apntns
the character OF the mon sgnnr tho rosoln
tione, aH they wore respectable merchants
bnt ho would nay tint the meeting q
Which which TIC resolutions wero adopted was com
pohea po"t1 ,ro1,, Of ton n men,, aud tioy had beo'
signatures Of business men to tho resolutions
IloErocors Of Chicago bud an organization Gallo,
tho Merchants' Exchange, and 1t was member
n q TINS body WHO had adopted tho resolutions
aaao meeting: \, e;g did not represent tho businea
city was composed Of 1,G2G mon. Ho (Lognn
lad received letter from ono OF tho elogot
efgnora stating that his name was thoro with
% ont his authority, h1r. Logan thon presented I
Waller, D. F. Allen. II. o. Stone, J. Young
Scammon, and Peter Schuttlor, O: Chicago, ayE
ing for an increase In tho volume Of paper cur.
roncy' Ho said these eix mon had done more
10 To- oaiia H.. up ghlcaEo thaa any other per.
OF similar nature from tho Mayor and majori
ty Of tho Doarl Of Aldermen Of tlat civ. aud lOf
Leading business firms, aud 31t prominent ,ner
ohantB; another, Signed by 100 manufacturers
and business mon another signed by 4S0 70.
spectacle citizons another signed BY s. SEQ busi.
neaa mon and small ttaters and finally, one
signed by oil tho merchants Of Evanston; which
| Wero referred.
AR. ALLISON presented remonstrance from
e'tlzons or wisconsin against any contraction oI
tho logal-tonder noteB.
TIE WISCONSIN CENTRAL.
:, Inc Dill reported from the Committee on Pub
iin M Landa to extend tho time for completing The
wisconsin Central Railroad was taken up aud
passed. -
uNsuHvEYED LANDa.
Mr. PRATT, from the Committee on Public
Aatius, reported fayorably Oh tho Senate bill
cedipg to tho soyorat States the beds Of all un-
surveyed lakes. .bayouB, aud other bodios Of
nnnaylgablo wateEs lying within tho limits Of Buch
Placed on tho calendar.
PENSION WANTED.
Mr. SUMMER presented a petition of Indies
OF New York, setting forth tho service rendered
ny ~ them during the war, and asking for pension.
THE JEFFERaoN STATUE. =.
Iae blil reported from the Committee On
Public buildings mud Grounds a few DAYS ago In
relation to removing the bronze statnto OF JET
aeTsoh ne from sho grounds at tho executive man-
aion to the old hall of tho House of Representa-
tises, was taken up and passed.
UNITED sTATEa NOTES.
Mr. FRELINGH0YBEN introduced reBo-
luton requesting tho Secretary of the Treasury
to inform tho Senate whether Unitod States
securities. bonds, notes, aud fractional currency
nhVo and arc boing prepared in accordance with
tho recommendations Of tho Joint Committee OIL
ltetronchment; if anythinghaB beon made thore-
IN, and whnt were the rensons for such chargo,
and what safeguards had been adopted against
1faaoulont lssuos Of said securitios. Agreed to.
REVOLUTIONS.
Iho Chair laid before tho Senate tho joint res
olllt1on8 Of tho KauBaa Legislature in favor OF
~ the trnnsfer OF tho Bureau Of Indian Affairs to
reso,YR', rao Mar Department. Neferred Also joint
mediate payment by tho United statos Of cer-
taln adjusted claims for Indian depretlations in
Kansas. RofoErcd. Also, resolutions OF tho
Hopublican state Central Committee Of South
!ations u! OF INC Iaxpayors' Convention 10 rogard
TO tllo excessive taxation imposed By tho Stuto
OF South Caro}ina. Referred.
INDIAN ANNUITY.
MIR. 1NtALLb introduced q bill authorizing
the Secretary Of the Interior to Be for the beue-
tit Of tho Great and Little Osage Indians, Kan
saB, :2o0+o90 per aun,lm for four years, and of
tue proceeds Of tho snle OF thor lands.
Also bill relating to the
CENTRAL BRANCH UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD,
1t PROPOSES to give that Company the right to
grants Of land and subsidy bonds for extending
lts road to unite with the Union Pacific Ilairoad
at tho hundredth meridian, provided tho Su-
promo Court shall decide s1oi to have been tic
intention 1ae Of the Pacific Railroad acts Of 1862,
Mr. sOHURz presented resolution OF tho
a1ssourl Legislature asking all appropriation
1M the rotnovnl Of tho obatruotions from tho
channel L OF tae Mississippi River.
Mr. RAMSEY presented resolutions OF the
made to determine the Feasibility of connecting
the navigable waters Of tho Minnesota River and
He'd Rlvee OF tho North by a canal.
TIE L1QuoR-TnArrIo.