The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-12-23
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

OK the 14th the Attorney-Generals annual re-
port was laid before the Senate. A bill was
passed extending the duration Of the court of the
Commissioners of Alabama Claims SIX months.
A resolution was passed-35 to 25-calling upon
the Secretary of the Treasury for a list of unset
tied accounts of Government officers and deia-
cations. After considerable debate the motion
to allow Mr.. Mcmillan to withdraw his papers
claiming a seat as Senator from Louisiana was
agreed to-ycas 30, nays IS Among the bills
introduced in the House was one by Mr.. Blaine,
proposing an amendment to the Constitution
providing that no State shall make any law re-
specting the establishment of religion or pro-
hibiting the free exercise thereof; and that no
money raised by taxation in any State for the
support of the public schools, or derived from
any public fund thereof, or any public lands
devoted thereto, shall ever be under the
control of any religious sect; and that no
money or lands SO donated shall be divided
among religious sccts or denominations. bill
was also introduced by Mr.. Da"is, of North Caro-
lima, to repeal the act forbidding the payment
of the accounts, claims and demands OF South
ern citizens for Quartermasters' store' ETC., ana
apprOpriating S500,000 to pay for the same oth-
er bills were introdu ed-to repeal the act for
the resumption of specie payments; against sub
sides and grants of lands to railroads; TO reduce
| coinage of gold and silver; to remove political
disabilities from all citizens of the United states
| to provide for the admission of Utah as State;
to fund United States legal-tender notes ana to
prepare the way for the resumption OF specie
payments as soon us practicable: to amend the
| Constitution relative to the Presidential term OF
| Office The Senate bill extending the dura-
ton of the court of the Alabama Com
mission was passed. Resolutions were Of
fered and laid over under the ru!e--re-
questing the President TO transmit to the House
all the correspondence in reference TO the dls-
missal of ex-senator John 3. henderson as one
of the special counsel of the United States IN the
prosecution of the whisky fraud cases before the
United States Court at ST. Louis; directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to transmit copies OF
all letters, kilograms, orders and instructions re-
latng to the organization and prosecution OF the
present movement against the whisky ring at st.
Louis. Chicago and Milwaukee; directing the Sec
retary of War 10 transmit COPIES orders and IN
structions under which Quartermaster-Gen.
Meiggs is acting for the 6 vernment during his
absence from the United -tates.
On the 18th large number of memorials were
presented in the Senate asking for the appoint
mept of commission to inquire into the maj u
| facture and sale of Intoxicating liquors. MI
| Morton submitted a resolution for the appoint
| mont of a committee of five to inquire into the
frauds. violence and intimidation alleged to
| have been practced at the late election III MIS-
| sissippl Mr.. Morton also submitted concurrent
| resolutions decla ing that the people OF the
| United States are one people in the sense Oh Ia
tional unity; that the National Government Is no
| a compact between the States in their muhicipa
and corporate characters, but was iori.eo ny 'tie
| neon1s of the United States in their primary ca
| ri,,bt pf States
| and guaranteed by the Constitution, and not py
| an outside theory of State sovereignty, and tha'
| ,ba r;,bts of the States cannot be enlarged OF
| diminished except by an amendment to the Con
stitution: that local domestic government by INC
States within the limits of the Constitution, Is al
| essential of our free republican system; that the
| doctrine that State has the right seceue lIoh
| the Union is inconsistent with the laea Vi h"'ion
aIity. is in conflict with the spirit ana
| III. constitution. and should be regarded as nav
inc heen forever extinguished by the Suppression
| nf The rebellion Considerable debate was had OF
| a resolution offered by Mr.. Stevenson ealiihs io
| information relative to the prosecutor Vi 'h'
| parties accused Of whisky frauds and Tue fesoiu
| to, was withdrawn Several Dlils "ero M. ~
| d,cad in the House, among which were: IL
amend the Postage law relating 10 pos'as. VI
| ,hird. .c1ass mailable matter; for the removal
oil noI;tical disabilities imposed by the Four
| teentb Amendment to the Constitution
reducing the salary Of the President after marc
| A 1877 resolution was offered and referred ac
claripg in favor of prompt legislation to rehae
oesctive the act of Jan. IA, 1873, providing 10
the return to specie payment on the lst o. !an' ,n
ary. 1879. resolution declaring against w
granting by Congress OF subsidies to pubic
private associations or corporations was auop.o .
yeas 22a, nays 80. resolution was aso haop' l"
ed-232 to ts-decIaring that any departure noi
the time honored custom adopted by "ashsas y. !
ton and other Presidents in retiring from onio
after their second terms would be uh"is.' -. =,
patriotic and fraught with peru 70 our ''''
tutions. House adjourned to the l'th.
ON the 10th, in the Senate, bills were lh'roau.o ~.
to provide for the appointment OF commit. .
ON the subject Of the alcoholic liquor fame' .
authorize the appointment Of special agents
: investigate frauds under the Pension Jaws.
resolution adopted by the House TO anJouiI ~ =
the 10th to Jan. was amended by inserting a.
s. and adopted. Mr.. Spencer, of Alabama, oneie
resolution, which was adopted, instfuc.ins -
Committee on Privileges and Elections !" ih4'''