The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-06
CONGRESSIONAL.


CONGRESSIONAL.
In the Senate, on the Goth, the House
bill to repeal the bankrupt law was reported and
ordered postponed until the first day Of the next
session of Congress, A favorable report was
made on the House Joint resolution, authorizing
In silver coin, in exchange for egal-tender notes
A message was received from the President rela
tive to the Extradition treaty with Great Britain
and criticieing the action Of that Government in
the WinslOw and Brent cases, which action, II
adhered to, the President says, cannot but be re-
gardcd as the abrogation and annulment of such
treaty, and he will In future neither make nor en-
tcrtain requisitions for the surrender Of crimi.
nails The Indian Appropriation bill was further
considered and amended, one Of the amendments
agreed to in COMMITTEES being to strike out the
70 eSs was the the S
as amended was reported from Committee of the
Whole. =. Bills were passed in the House-to pre-
vent the sale and use of aduiterated and explo-
sive Illuminating oils: providing that whenever
q party is lawfully entitled to patent, if he de-
lay to take out such patent it shall have the
same san ne. power when granted as though issued al
the the first to the
men-soldiers. sailors and marines Gncluding
slaves and IndianS eight and one-third dollars
per month between the 18th of April, 1851
already paid under United States or State laws
yeas, Id; nays, 46. A report was read from the
Committee on the Freedman's Bank, in which il
is alleged that fraudulent vouchers and o,he,
false evidence of payment had been issued by
ex-Commissioner Howard and DisbursiDg Officer
Ballock, by which they obtained. improperly
credits for moneys alleged to have been paid
and marines; the committee reported bill, as q
remedy for this evil, providing for the settlemen,
OF the claims for pay, bounty and prize money, Of
other moneys. due to such colored soldiers, sail
md xuhn 10 ot.hl Ssho
proper investigation, that they have failed to re-
made; the bill also directs proper legal proceed
shall be shown to be implicated in the frauds
connected with the Freednen's Bureau; the re-
port and bill were ordered printed and recon-.
mitted.
The Presidents message in regard to
the Winslow case was read and referred in the
Senate, on the 2lst. The House joint resolution
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue
$4,000, coo in silver coin, in exchange for legal
providing that the trade dollar be not hereafter
legaltender. and authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to limit the coinage thereof to such On
amount az he may deem sufficient to meet the
export demand for the same. The Indian Ap
preparation bill was taken up, and the third sec
lion Of the House bill, sbolishing the Indian Blu
reau and transferring the government Of the In
"A to 2s-and the bill was passed. :. The Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill was taken up il The
House, in Committee Of the Whole, and several
amendments were disposed of.
SEVERAL bills of minor importance
were passed in the Senate, on the s2d, aftel
which the Naval Appropriation bill was furthe,
considered, and amendments were agreed to in.
creasibg some OF the items as passed by the
passed. The consideration of the Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill was resumed in the House, in
Committee of the Whole, and about half Of the
bill was disposed of. The Senate amendments to
the Indian Appropriation bill were non-con
Cured in, and Conference Committee was ap
pointed.
In the Senate, on the 23d, the bill re.
ported from the Judiciary Committee to amend
the second, fourth and fifth sections of the En-.
forcement act. to meet the objections to the Law
expressed in the recent decisions of the Supreme
Court, was taken up and, after considerable de-
bate, was finally passed-25 to ID -after being
amended in Committee Of the Whole. The Sen
priation bills were insisted upon, and Commit
tees of Conference were appointed. In the
the House, reports were made from the Election
election case, unseating T. W. Bennett, the ait
ting delegate, and declaring s. s. Finn, en-.
titled to the seat; declaring j. H. Rainey,
fns t ss,F9 eg.t to
B. Strait, from the Second Minnesota district
The Senate amendments to the Navy Appropria.
ton bill were nOn-concurred in and Conference
Appropriation bill was disposed Of in COMMITTEES
of the Whole, several amendments being adopted,
and reported to the House, when all the amend.
ments on which separate votes were not asked
were agreed to in bulk; the amendment TO strike
out Of the bill the clause repeating the laws in
relation to the registration of voters, and the ap
pOintment Of supervisors Of election as deputy
amendments were being disposed Of the House
being still in session up to . fate hour.
In the Senate, on the 24th, the House
bill for the allowance Of certain claims reported
by the accounting officers Of the Treasury
was amended and passed. Before ite
disposed Of the proposed amendments to The
POstofice Appropriation bill. and 1t was then
passed. On the oath, Mr.. Say'er was elected
temporary Speaker, in the absence Of the
acted.
The Army Appropriation bill was
amended in the Senate, on the 26th, by increasing
the amounts Of several items in the bill as passed
by the House, and the bill, as amended, wac
preparation bill was referred to the Committee on
Appropriations. Among the bills introduced in
the House was one to further provide for the re
introduced, and the previous question moved
providing for the repeal Of the Resumption act
but the previous question was not second
ed-T to 100. A motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill to continue into the next
year the appropriations made for the current yeal
was rejected-55 to liz. A new Conference Com.
mittee was appointed on the Legislative Appropri.
alton bill. Bills were passed-reviving the law fol
the payment for horses and equipments lost dur
ing the war, and extending the time for filing
claims therefor, ETC.; for the issue Of disused
Government arms to States and Territories fol
their protection against Indians.