The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-01-28
CONGRESSIONAL.

Petitions were presented in the Senate,
on the 10th, asking the Senate not to ratify
the proposed Canadian reciprocity treaty
The Legislative, Judicial and Executive
Appropriation bill was considered at length,
an amendment being adopted to continue the
present Bureau Of Statistics with instructions
to report annually the statistics Of foreign
and Interstate commerce; the domestic
and foreign systems of railroads, in
Guiding the cost Of such railroads,
and the actual cost Of transportation of
freight and passengers on the railroads, ca
nails and rivers of the country. -. In the
House, several members made indignant de-
nial of charges that they had been implicated
in the Pacific Mail subsidy affair. A commit
tee was ordered to consider the cir
cumstances attending the arrest of
Whitelaw Reid at the instance of cx-Gov.
Shepherd. Chas. A. Wetmore, the correspond
ent Of the Alta California, was brought be-
fore the bar of the House to answer for con-
tempt in refusing to answer certain questions
profounded by the Pacific Mail Investigation
Committee. Adjourned.
Memorials of the Conservative and Republi
can members of the Louisiana Legislature
were presented in the Senate on the Goth. A
bill was presented to protect States from in
vasion. The Ohio Louisiana resolutions and
the protest of the Republican members of the
Ohio Legislature concerning the same were
presented. The Legislative, Fertilization and
Diplomatic Appropriation bills were passed.
Pending the consideration of the pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution
providing for the election of Presi-
dent and Vice President by direct vote,
the Senate adjourned. The House directed
that the resolution ordering the Incarceration
of Irwin in the District Jail de rescinded A
bill appropriating $4,000 for the purchase Of
seeds for the grasshopper injected districts
was passed. The memorial of the Louisiana
Legislature was presented. The Indian APP
preparation bill was defeatcd-111 to 100 A
message was received from the President ask
ing appropriations for coast defense. Wet
more was remanded to the District Jail for
contempt, and the House adjourned.
The Presidents message on coast defenses
was presented to the Senate, OIL the 2lst, and
appropriately referred The Civil Service
Committee reported adversely on the bill to
reduce the salary Of the President The re-
mainder Of the session was devoted to the dis
cussion Of Mr.. Morton's proposed amend
ment to the Constitution providing for the
election Of President and Vice President by
direct popular vote, in which Messrs. Thur
man, Conkling and Morton participated.
The House rcconsidered the vote on
the Indian Appropriation bill and sent it to the
Committee of the Whole Mr.. Wetmore, the
recusant correspondent, apologized to the
House for his insolence and was discharged
from custody. The Committee on Elections
submitted report unseating Delegate Can
non, of Utah, on the ground of polygamy
The report of the Conference Committee on
the "Little Tariff bill was concurred in
1856 to 99-after which adjournment.
The credentials of Messrs. Pinchbeck and
Bayard, Senators s-cect from Louisiana and
Committee on Privileges and Elections. A
bill was introduced to establish court for
the consideration of contested elections. AZ
ter a speech by Mr.. Anthony in its favor the
proposed amendment TO the Constitution reg
ulating the manner of the election Of Prcsi-
dent and Vice President was laid over until
the 9th Mr.. Sherman defended the
conduct Of the Administration in relation to
affairs in Louisiana, and Mr.. Johnston replied
-. In the House, several private bills were
introduced. Objection was made to the in
PRODUCTION OF resolution demanding of the
President his authority for interfering with
the courts of Mississippi. 4 number Of pri-
vate bills were passed, after which the House
adjourned to the 25th.
In the Senate, on the 25th, Senator An
thony was elected President pro tenn. in the
absence Of the Vice President. The Secretary
of War transmitted copies Of correspondence
in relation to Louisiana disorders. The dis
cussion of the Louisiana resolutions was re-
sumed, Messrs. Johnston and Mr.. Pease
participating 49,. In the House bills
were introduced-to establish postal
telegraph lines; to establish branch mint at
st. Louis; to improve the Little Rapids, on
the Minnesota River. r. B. IRWIN was dis
charged from custody. A motion not to en-
tertain any dilatory motion during the re-
mainder of the session was defeated for want
of two-thirds majority. A motion to sus-
pend the rules and take up the Civil Rights
bill was defeated. Adjourned.