Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-12-17
CONGRESS-.

WASHINGTON, Monday, Dec. 7.-Senate.-The
Senate was called to order precisely at ~
o'clock by Vice-President Wilson. After
prayer by the Chaplain, Anthony OR. ID Of
fered resolution instructing the Secretary
Of the Senate to inform the House of Repre-
sentatives that quorum of the Senate had
assembled, and that the Senate was
ready to proceed to business. Agreed to.
-. Conkling and Thurman were appointed a
committee to wait upon the President and
inform him that they were organized and
ready to receive any communication that he
might desire to make. "A recess until L
o'clock was then voted, at which hour the
Senate reasssembled and listened to the read
ing of the Presidents message
House.-Speaker Blaine called the House
to order promptly at noon. Dawes, Beck
and Hale were appointed committee to wait
upon the President. =. Phelps On. j. asked
for unanimous consent to introduce and put
on its passage bill repeating the law relating
to libels in the District of Columbia, commonly
known as the press Gag law" Hale OBJ
jected. =. AT 1 o'clock the Presidents mes
sage was received and read.
TUESDAY, Dec S-Senate-wright liz tro-
duced bill fixing the salary of the President.
West introduced bill for the construc-
line between the cities of Washington and
Boston Chandler introduced bill amend
atory Of section 10 of the National Currency
act of 1864, and section of the act of July Is,
1866.
House.-Poland, from the special commit
tee on the Arkansas troubles, presented re-
port Of the testimony taken during vacation,
which was ordered printed. Bills intro
duced: Relating to the Omaha bridge; to
extinguish the Indian title to the Black
Hills reservation in Dakota; fixing the rates
Of duties on imported merchandise; to SUBJ
stitute United States. notes for issues of
tional banks to prohibit Congressman from
acting as counsel in suits against the
United States (passed unanimously; to
restore the duty Of ten pc. cent. on certain
manufactures Of cotton, wood, iron, etc; pro-
viding for additional Congressman from
Nebraska; proposing an amendment to the
Constitution. providing that Congress shall
tender in payment Of individual debts, and
shall pass no law impairmg the obligation Of
contracts providing for free ba hiking; d.
recting inquiry into the subject of the i'm
portation Of coolies under contract for
servile labor, and of Chinese women
for the purpose Of prostitution; for the
improvement Of the Kanswha liver: to abol-
ish the tax on bank checks authorizing the
President to correspond with foreign nations
concerning the establishment CT system of
international arbitration to regulate cleo
tions in certain Southern States repeating
the increase Of the Presidents salary The
House, in committee OF the whole, took up
and discussed st length Kelley's scheme for
the exchange of greenbacks into 365 con-
yertible bonds. The bill was ordered printed.
WEDNESDAY,, Dec. 9.-Sen rte.-Scott pre-
scented aremonstrsnce Of the type founders
Of Chicago and other cities against the ratifi-
cation of the Canadian reciprocity treaty, as
far as itreistesto type and type materials.
Ingalls, presented n memorial from citizens of
Kansas for an extension Of time to homestead
and presumption settlers on public lands,
who have been compelled TO abandon their
claims by reason OF the rsvages Of locusts. =.
Chandler presented Q memorial Of the Ma
tional Association of Lumbermen against the
proposed reciprocity treaty between the
United States and Canada :. Lewis intro
duced a bill amending the Pension laws.
SCOTT introduced bill to aid in constructing
the Southern Pacific railway. =
House.-The Omaha bridge bill was post
poned until the second Tuesday in February
:, :. The House referred various portions Of
the Presidents message to appropriate COM
mittees. The portion srelsting to Alabama
was referred to- the select committee on that
subject, and the part referring to Louisiana
and other Southern States to q select commit
tee Of seven. The remainder Of the days