The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-03-17
Political and Miscellaneous
Intelligence.
CONGRESSIONAL. -
SENATE.

Washington, March 16.-Anthony,
from the committee on printing, re-
ported back two resolutions in rela-
tion to printing the debates and asked
to be discharged from their further
consideration. Agreed to. He also
submitted the following report of the
committee on the subject: Resolved,
that the proceedingsand debates shall
be printed in the Record as actually
delivered, and taken down by official
reporters, grammatical errors except
ed, and shall be furnished to the
printer in season for the next publi-
cation of the Record. Placed on cal
endar.
Window introduced bill es-
tablishing the Territory of Pembina.
Referred. Boutwell, introduced the
following: Resolved, that the Secre-
tary of The Treasury be requested TO
furnish for the information of the
Senate the annual product of gold
and silver in the United States from
1915 to 1875. inclusive; also the
amount of gold and silver in other
parts of the world for the same years
and an estimate of the gold and sill
yer in the United States at the nre.
sent time. Adopted. Cameron sent
up a slip from the newspapers charg-
ing that several Senators kept pri' l,e
secretaries who were paid as clerks.
AS one of the Senators mentioned he
denied the truth of the article. Sen.
ators West and Logan, whose names
were in the article, both denounced it
as an unmitigated falsehood. Ed
munds read from the Baltimore Gaz-
ette dispatch stating that the judi
ciary committee were holding back
the House witness bill, while Sena-
tors Conkling and Logan were look
ing up authorities for defeating it to
save some of their friends who were
mixed up in the whisky frauds. He
said that as a member of the commit
tee he felt authorized to say that not
one particle of influence from any
person or source whatever had been
brought to bear on the committee in
relation to the bill. Other members
of the committee also denied the
truth of the dispatch and the Senate
then resumed the consideration of the
Senate bill to provide for and regu-
late the counting of votes for Presi-
dent and Vice-President. The bill
was discussed by Thurman, Chris
tiancy, Frelinghuysen, Johnston,
Howe and Morton. The latter sub
mitted plan for calling the Supreme
Court in as an umpire as follows
That the Judges of the Supreme
Court shall be assembled at the same
time and in case the two Houses cam
not agree the question shall be SUBJ
mitted to the judges. who shall pro-
ceed at once to decide which is the
valid return. After executive session
the Senate adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.
The bill for the distribution of the
unappropriated monies of the Geneva
award was recommitted and made
the special order for March 29th. The
bill to provide for holding terms of
the District Court and Circuit Court
of the United States at Jackson,
Tennessee, passed. Hunton from the
Judiciary Committee, reported back
the resolution directing the Attorney
General to transmit to the House all
papers and letters asking for the re-
moval of Judge Belford, district
judge for the Territory of Colorado,
and the appointment of Judge Stone;
also. all papers appertaining to the
alleged corrupt rulings of Judge
Stone. Adopted.
The House then went into commit
tee of the wholeon a bill tosupply thu
deficiency in the currency printing
and engraving bureau of the Treasur,
department. and for the issue OF sill
| yer coin in place Of fractional cur