Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-03-30


OF Congress. The amendment was rejected by
avote Of l01 to l07, and substitute bill was
adopted by vote by vote OF l73 to 8. The
bill provides that no ofncer or employee of the
government shall require OF request, give or
receive from any other officer or employee or
any other person, directly or indirectly, any
money or property or other thing Of value tor
political purposes, and that offenders shall at
once be dismissed from the service OF the gov-
ernment, and providing fine Of from $500 to
q, COO and imprisonment for not more than
one year.
Little business was transacted in the
Senate on the 2cd. Morton's electoral college
bill was again on the boards, and all proposed
amendments disposed OF, but before vote on
the main question was reached the Senate went
into executive session and soon after adjourn-
ed.
! The House passed tho bill prohibiting
the cutting Of timber on lands held by the In
dians as q reservation. The bill offered by
Williams, OF Michigan, to r.peal the law Tor
bidiing the appointment to any position in the
army OF any person who served the confeder-
ate army in any posit OIL, was passed. A bill:
was offered by the committee on Military a.
fairs, for reducing the pay of army officers,
affecting general oficers'cn 'cnly.
Tho Senate, on the Oath, passed the
post rout: bill, during the debate OH which
arguments were presented in favor Of = return
to the franking system. The electoral college
till was again brought up and passed by vote
Of 80 to 26--four Democrats voting yes aud
4.
moved reconsideration to allow of some
proposition being made on which the Demo.
erats could agree He, though Democrat,
could see nothing Objectionable iu the bill.
The motion was entered.
The House, in discussion Of the cxccu.
tive and judicial appropriation hi!l first took
up the pay o! Senators. Mr.. Foster moved
to reduce the same to 2,7O0. Mr.. Randall
wanted to know why the gentleman. did not
ter said he lad offered the amendment in good
faith, and he objected to Randall's charge Of
dnplicity. Mr. Hoar hoped the House would
not present the pitiiul spectacle that was seen
in the last Congress OF wraDg'ing about its own
pay. He thou4ht the present pay was about
right. Mr.. Cresswell characterized the bill a.
compilation OF Inconsistency and insincerity.
No vote was reached.
The Senate on the 9th ult. passed a
resolution setting apart the l4th of April next
as holiday for government employees to allow
them to witness the unveilingo Of Lincoln mon-
rmcnt. Another bill was offered for the regu-
lation of Sd class postage. The bill for pom
toon bridge across the Mississippia at La Crosse
was reported favorably. The consular and
diplomatic bill as passed by the House was
next taken up; and the salaries of the minis
ters to England, France, Germany and Russia,
which the House had fixed at $l4,056 were
raised to $40, pending discussion on re-
storing Italy to its former position, the Senate
adjourned.
Mr.. Willis, in the House, introduced
4 bill tor funding the national debt in per
cent. bonds. Mr.. Payne moved to suspend
the rules and pass his finance bill, known as
the ''Payne BILL" The motion was lost by a
vote of 81 yeas-all Democrats-and l56 nays,
Of which &C were Democrats and Mdepend-
ents. In committee of the whole the silver
| resumption Question was considered at length,
but no vote reached. The debate was quite
Elengthy and spirited, being participated in by
Randall, Townsend, Garfield and others.