The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-03-23
CONGRESSIONAL.


the protection of agriculture against injurious
insects was amended and passed. bill was in
troduced to vest the appointment of post-traders
in the Generals commanding the departments
wherein they are situated, instesd of the Secre-
tary of War In the House, bills were intro
charges in trading establishments at military
posts: to protect witnesses in the trial of i'm
parchment cases. Mr.. Clymer and other
members of the Committee on Expendtu' cs in
the War Department announced that they had
been subpenaed to appear before the Supreme
Court of the District Of Columbia to furnish
checks and other documents and testify in regard
to the charges pending in that court against the
late Secretary of War. Mr.. Clymer said he had
appeared before the coRrt and stated that he felt
it would be prejudicial to the highest interest Of
the country if members of the committee should
be compelled to state at had transpired in their
committee room. After lengthy debate on the
subject, resolution was adopted-13O to 70
declaring the mandate Of the Court to be a breach
of the privileges of the House, and directing the
members of the committee to disregard such
mandate a report was made from the Commit
tee on Naval Affairs that E. F. Wolf, formerly
bookkceper of S. p. & r. P. Brown, Of Washing
ten, navy contractors and claim agents, had
refused to answer certain questions when before
the committee, and resolution was adopted
directing warrant to be issued for him to be
brought before the House for contempt.
A PETITION was presented in the Senate,
on the 9Th, signed by over 5000 persons, in op-
to pass q law making 1t unlawful to appoint any
person to Office under the Government who is a
member of a secret organization. A final vote
was had on the Pinchback resolution. the amend
to sa-and the resolution az amended was then
adopted by the same vote. The recusant wit
ness, Wolf, was brought before the bar of the
House. and the Chairman of the Naval
witness had that morning appeared and
answered, when the latter fell on the floor in
an epieptic fit. causing much excitement. The
Judiciary Committee made report on the i'm
parchment of the late Secretary of War, with a
resolution that the matter be recommitted, with
power to take further proof and to send for per-
The committee also offered two bills, one to pro-
tect witnesses who shall be required to testify in
certais cases, and the second providing for the
punishment of any person who shall wlllfully alb.
sent himself from the country to avoid being
called upon to testify in such cases. After dis
cnssion the first bill was passed-2O6 to lO-and
the second was recommitted.
In the Senate, on the 9th, Mr.. Gordon
called up resolution submitted by him instruct
ing the Finance Committee to ascertain, if posi-
BILE. what are the defects in the present revenue
system, and what legislation is necessary to rem
In the House, bills were passed-author-
izing the sender of any third-class mail
matter. to write on the outside of the
and number of the articles enclosed; to provide
for holding terms of the United States district
and Circuit Courts at Fort Wayne, Ind. A reso-
lntion was offered and referred rcciting allega-
tions that Charles Havs, of Alabama, a member
of the last Congress had received s 1900 for pro-
curing the appoi tment of a cadetship for Guy
r. Beardsey, and had falsely certified as to the
residence of said Beardsley.
The Senate, on the 10th, passed the bill
to enable the people Of New Mexico to form a
Constitution and State Government, and for the
admission of such State into the Union. the bill
providing that Constitution shall be framed and
submitted to the peo lie Of the Territory in No
vember next; the vote on the passage of the bill
wa, WAS yeas yeas q, ma, nays MS Is Adjourned to
i've i've and juGc, the Heusf the biz hsa
considered in Committee of the Whole, A reso-
luton was offered and referred instructing the
Ways and Means Committee to examine the
books OF tbs Treasury Department. and also the
officers thereof to ascer' ain the causes Of the
great fluctuations OF coin and bullion in the
Treasury. and also to ascertain whether legal
tender notes received for the redemption Of Ma
tional Bank notes are kept as a special fund, or
held in common with other money.
SENATE not in session on the nth
IA bill was introduced in the House, and re.
ferred, to transfer the Pension Bureau from the
Interior to the War Department. The Legislative
and Judicial Appropriation bill was further con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole, and speeches
were made on the currency question.
MIR. MoRToN's bill to provide for and
regulate the counting OF votes for President and
Vice-President was taken up and debated in the
Senate, on the 18th. Among the bills intro
duced in the House was one to provide for a
more certain resumption OF specie payments on
JAM l, 1879 MIR: Baker, of Indiana, offered a
resolution declaring that the people Of the United
states constitute one nation, and not mere con =
1ederacy OF States or nations that The Constitution
was formed by the people acting in their primary
ano II dlvldual capacity, through their duly con-
stituted delegates; that the National Govern
ment Is sovereign and supreme, and in it's nature
permanent and indissoluble except by the CON
sent OF the whole people; that all overt acts of
that the late war was causeiess and indefensible
on any theory Of right or Constitutional law A
motion to suspend the rules and adopt the reso-
luton was rejected yeas 81, nays 7s-less than
voted afirmatively. Mr.. Cox then offered
series Of resolutions to the effect that the
people of the United States conetitute a nation
IN the sense, to the extent ana for the purposes
is a Federal Union, formed by the people Of the
States In their sovereign capacity; that the pow.
ers OF the General Government are limited by the
Constitution, and cannot be enlarged or dimin.
the rights Of the States have the same sanction
OF security in the Constitution IS the rights and
powers of the Federal Government; that
local domestic government by the several
y necessary for the preservation OF the liberties
OF the citizen: that the doctrine Of secession il
In conflict with the idea Of perpetual Union, az
contemplated by the Constitution, and should be
suit Of the recent conflict. A molten to suspend
the rules and adopt the resolutions was agreed "a
yeas 15O nays 90. All of the Democrats and :
lew OF the Republicans voted for the resolutions
payment of interest on the SOS bonds Of the Dis
trlct OF Columbia was agreed to.