The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-03-09
T MEmoR1AL was presente n he So

ate. on the 2Ith, from the committee appointed
BY tn New York Cheap Transportation Associa.
ton tc call the attention Of Congress to various
facts relating to cheap transportation. Among
the bills introduced was one to provide for the
waters; to restore the ocean. carrying trade Of
the United States. and for other purpoeee. The
motion to reconsider the vote by which the re-
resolution to. pay interest on the SIS District
Of Columbia bonds was passed, was laid on the
tablets TOSS. message was received nom ON
The aSuse the .Son that IN
weather, and eulogies were pronounced BY several
Senators. "A resolution was adopted in the
h M,9,,.. AUTHORIZING t the COMMITTEE on the
ia proseeutins l. invest,estiosn into pi he
affairs Of the District. Bills were passed
TO exclude Missouri from the provisions OF
United States; providing that any oficial in the
Patent Once who who shall receive any money
other than his salary for any work done shall be
ment was made of the death of Mr.. Starkweather,
and eulogies were delivered and resolutions OF
coincidence and respect were adopted.
In the Senate, on the 25th, the bill re-
ported by the Finance Committee on the 2sd, to
amend the acts of July "A, 1870 and JAM 20, 1871,
to authorize the refunding Of the National debt,
was paesed-yeas 81, nays 5-Messrs. Cockrell,
Eaton, McCreery. Mcdonald and Robertson vot.
debated Adiourned to the th 1sp Sat
was made in the House from the Conference Com
mitee on the District Of Columbia s.65 Bond bill,
and, after debate, its further consideration was
postponed for one week. A number of private
bills were passed. The Committee on Foreign
Analn reported back the correspondence fur
nfshcd that committee by the State Department
the American Minister to England, with the EN-
ma Mine and the Mechado claim, with
statement that the action of the Gxecu-
pears to have been limited to
Recommendation, in a Geographic dispatch to
Cen. Schenck, dated the 18th of November, 1871,
that he should retire from the directory Of the
Emma Mine Company, which recommendation
Gen. Schenck appears to have acted upon, after
the lapse Of week, although the fact did not
appear " have been communicated to the press
until the 18th Of January following; in regard to
the Mechado claim, Gen. Schenck appeared to
have taken no action in the matter.
THE credentials of Mr.. Sharon, Senator
elect from Nevada, were presented in the Senate,
ON the 18th ult., and he was sworn in Petitions
were presented and referred-ffom the Commit
tee Of the National Women's Suffrage Aseocia-
ton asking that the women of Utah be protected
IN exercising the right Of elective franchise;
rom members Of the bar of Cincinnati remon.
bin to reorganize the Judiciary Of the
United States. A favorable report was
made from the Committee on Re,renchment
Of the Presiden. of the United States at
$ss'0a year, The House bill to amend the
act Of March ), 1875, to enable the people Of
Colorado to form CONSTITUTION and State Gov
eminent, and for the admission of said State into
the Union, was passed. The Military Academy
bill was further considered, and several amend
ments were disposed off,. memorial was pre-
senled In the Houee, signed by 1916 soldiers
OF Indiana in the late war, asking for an equal
ization of bounties. A communication was re-
ceived from tn Attorney General, in response
to resolution calling for an explanation Of
h nj. order touching the testimony Of accom-
Plices In the whisky prosecutions: he states,
In this communication, that euch instruc.
tons as he issued were merely in confrma-
tlon OF arrangements already made. and that
as these instructions aud arrangements relate to
matters now in progress, the House would readily
see the propriety of withholding special ,nforma-
tion relating thereto until the trials are over; the
whole subject matter was referred to the Judic-
iary Committee. Several bills were introduced,
among thcm-tO restore the Thanking privilege:
to repeal the Resumption act; for the protection
Of agriculture from the injuries of insects; de-
claring the Black Hills open to exploration and
settlement.