The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-01-21
CONGRESSIONAL.

| CONGRESSIONAL.
| On the 18th, in the Senate, the bill dcclar-
atory of the act of 1874, repeating moieties,
was passed. Mr.. Howe replied to the speech
Of Mr.. Schurz on Louisiana affairs. The re-
port of the United States District Attorney in
regard to the late troubles in Tennessee was
received and ordered printed. :. In the House,
bills were passed-to remove the limitation
in regard to the circulation of gold banks
giving to railroads the right Of way through
public lands and providing that all States
through which they may pass shall have at
all times the right to regulate and limit the
charges for transportation.
In the Senate, the Presidents message
| in relation to Louisiana affairs was read and
ordered printed. Mr.. Logan replied at
length to the late speech of Senator Schurz
and defended the course of the Admin
istration and Gen. Sheridan in Louisi-
ana. A bill was introduced for the lelief
of the Terre Haute 81 Indianapolis Railroad
=. In the House, q bill was introduced to
| cheaper the transportation Of persons and
property from the seaboard to the West. The
Indian Appropriation bill (s4,S55, 500 was
considered in Committee Of the Whole, after
| which adjournment.
In the Senate, on the 14th, a bill to revise the
Customs laws was passed. bill was intro
duced to organize the Territory of Oklahama.
Mr.. Logan concluded his reply to Mr.. Schurz'
speech, and Mr.. Upton commenced q speech
in reply to that Of Mr.. Logan. A mes
sage was received from the President
l,nk ~ lad I'D I'm
Finance bill, and suggesting certain
measures for the increase of the rev.
| enue. He also requested that the Sec
retary of the Treasury be authorized to
redeem legal tenders at 10 per cent. premium
for gold, the premium to be gradually re-
duced until final resumption. In the House,
the Indian Appropriation bill was considered
in Committee Of the Whole. The Sergeant
at Arms notified the House that Judge
Macarthur, of the District Supreme
Court, had issued writ Of habeas corpus in
the case of Irwin, the recalcitrant witness.
That official was ordered to make return to
the writ that the prisoner is duly held BY au-
thority of the House of Representatives to
answer in proceedings against him for con-
tempt. The House then adjourned.
Nothing was done in the Senate, on the
18th, beyond the continuance of the debate
on Mr.. Schurz' Louisiana resolution.
Messrs. Logan, Frelinghuysen and Others
participated. :. In the House, the report of
the subcommittee on Louisiana affairs was
presented, and notice given that the whole
committee would continue the investigation
at New Orleans. The report declares the
election of 1874 was determined by the Re-
turning Board, whose arbitrary, un-
just and illegal action alone prevented
the return of q majority OF Conserva-
tive members Of the lower house, and thus
concludes "Your committee have not been
able to agree upon any recommendation, but
upon the situation in Louisiana as it appeared
before us we are all agreed" Messrs. Foster,
Phelps and Potter sign the report. In the
case of Irwin, the Sergeant-at-Arms was in
structed to produce the prisoner before Judge
Macarthur, in obedience TO the writ of ha6eas
corpus and make the return indicated in the
resolution adopted on the preceding day.
The House then adjourned to meet on the
18th.
In the Senate, the debate on Senator Schurz
resolution was continued during the day,
Senators Sherman, Cooper, Stevenson, Nor
wood, Clayton, Conkling and Salisbury par
ticipating A memorial from 200 ex-Union
soldiers in Arkansas was presented, indors-
ing Gen. Sheridan's course in New Orleans
and declaring that his statement Of the condi-
ton of affairs in Louisiana and Arkansas was
true. The House was not in session.
Bills were introduced in the Senate on the
18th--to establish a mint at Indianapolis;
amending the act authorizing the St. Louis
bridge; authorizing bridge ct Grand Chain,
ILL., The Louisiana resolutions were laid
aside and the Legislative Appropriation bill
taken up. A lengthy debate ensued on an
amendment to organize Bureau Of Com
merce and Statistics, to be attached to the
Treasury Department, pending which the SEN
ate adjourned. :. Bills we're introduced in the
the issue Of bank-notes
Of . larger denomination than 500; limiting
the tax on bank deposits; authorizing the
use of information obtained through the
Dead Letter Office to prevent or punish crime;
to amend the National Currency act; to es-
tablish Q mint at Cincinnati; to distribute
seeds in the grasshopper region; authorizing
. bridge ut Memphis. The resolutions in re-
lation to Louisiana affairs adopted by the
Pennsylvania Legislature were presented and
referred. Adjournment.