The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-06
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

VII llit = Itil, 1t IepOTU WAS made IN
the Senate, from the Secretary of the Treas
ury, showing the amounts of balances due
the Government from public officers, etc,
since 1896. \ new Conference Committee
was granted and appointed on the Legisla-
uNG, JUDICIAL and Executive Appropriation
| DlIl. The bill to regulate the assessment
and collection of taxes for the support of the
| Government of the District of Columbia was
amended and passed. The House Joint resolu-
| ton to authorize the issue of arms ETC. to
| States and Territories, for protection against
| the indians, was amended and passed .
| Bills were passed in the House, in regard to
| the sale of spirituous. liquor in the Indian
| Territory; providing for the sale Of Il Chero
kec strip of land in Kansas. unanimous
| report was made in the case of Mr. Adams
| Clerk of the House, to the effect that in no
instance had he, directly or Indirectly, re-
ceivcd pccuniary or other consideration for
any appointment made by him.
IN the Senate, on the 2Sth, the House
bill for the sale of Cherokee lands in Kan
| sas was passed. The amendments to the
Army Appropriation bill were insisted upon,
| and Conference Committee ordered The
House bill for the issue of coin, and the
Senate bill reported by the Finance Com
mittec as Il substitute, were discussed at
length, and an amendment to make silver
coin legal tender for any amount except
lOr the payment of customs dues and i'll
tcrcst on the public debt, prevailed
IS to lfwhen it was discovered that
there was no quorum prcsent....In the
House, the Senate amendments to the Army
Appropriation bill were non-concurTcd in
and II Committee of Conference was ap-
pointed. The Senate amendments to the
Silver Coin D1u were considered and several
were rejected. One authorizing the pur-
chase of sufficient silver to coin $4,000, 900,
an ,lyItn rvn git,.,
of Il standard silver dollar, and making it
lCgal-tendcr in payment of all debts, public |
and private, was adopted-llO to 40. The |
Geneva Award bill was considered.
On the 2oth, number of pension
bills We're passed in the Senate. The House
Silver-coin bill was rccommitted to the Com
mittce on Finance. The Sundry Civil Ap- !
preparation bin was reported, with amend |
mcnts. The Conference report on the Naval
Appropriation bill was agreed to, concCs- !
sions having been made on both sides. The
joint resolution submitted by the President |
to extend the Appropriation bills for the
current fiscal year into the next was passed. |
with an amendment providing that in no
case should such extension continue for n |
longer period than thirty days. Bills were
ing of trade mark on goods; House |
bill to declare forfeited to the |
United States certain lands granted |
to the State of Kansas in aid of the construc- |
ton of railroad by the act of March 3, 1868.
4 report was made from the Conference |
Committee on the Postoflicc Appropriation |
bill that they had been unable to agree. and |
motion was made that new conference |
be granted -. In the House, a new Confer
cnCc Committee was appointed on the Post |
Office Appropriation bill The report of the
Conference Committee on the Naval Appro- |
priatiQn bill was agreed to-thc statement |
being made that the difference between the
original bill as ii passed the House and as II
passed the Senate was S2,0i3, 600 and that |
the difference between the original House
bill aud the bill as agreed upon in confer
cncc was only $3l5,00o.
On the 30th ult., i'll the Senate, new
Conference Committees were appointed on
the Postofiicc and the Legislative, Executive
and Judicial Appropriation bills Bills
were passed-authorizing the Congressional
printer to continue work for ten days, in ad
vance of the regular appropriations; House
bill to amend the revised statutes prohibit
i the mailing of obscene literature and
lottery circulars; House bill, with amend
mcnts, to continue the uncXpended balances
to provide temporarily for the expenses OF
the Government for period of not to eX-
cccd ten days. The Sundry Civil Appro
pration bill was considered, and several
passed in the Housc-to allow the public
printing to be carried on for ten days
in the absence of the regular appropriations;
giving to such Government employees rs can
be spared from duty furlough of twenty
days to enable them to attend the Centen-
nial; to authorize the payment of three
months extra pay to officers and soldiers of
the Mexican war; to continue the unex-
pended balances TO provide temporarily Tor
the expenses of the Government in the ab-
sence of the regular appropriations. An in
vitation of the Centennial Commission to
attend the Centennial celebration of the
Declaration of Independence in lndepend-
ence Square, Philadelphia, on the Fourth,
was accepted-l21 to /.
On the 1st, Committees of Confer
ence we've ordered and appointed in the Sen
ate, on the House joint resolution for the
issue of silver coin, and on the Indian Ap-
bill, the ground of disagreement
in the latter being the section transferring
the Indian Bureau to the War Department
number of amendments to the Sundy
Civil Appropriation bill were agreed to,
and the bill was passed, as was also the f
House bill to authorize the Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs to purchase supplies for the
Indian Bureau in open market. The Senate
amendments to the House bill to declare
forfeited certain lands granted to Kansas in
aid of the construction of railroads by the
act of March 3, 1868, were insisted upon,
and Conference Committee was appointed: II
A message was received from the President
vetoing the bill in regard to the payment OF the
Commissioners on the Fox and Wisconsin
River improvement. The resolution to pay H
Mr. Plnchback was further considered. In
the House, the Senate bill eXempting vessels
engaged in navigating the Mississippi River
and its tributaries, above New Orleans, from
entrances and clearances was passed. as was
also a bill authorizing the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs to purchase needed sup
plies for the Immediate use of Indian tribes,
not exceeding $780, 900 worIh, until the reg
uar appropriation bill shall have passed.
new Conference Committee was appointed
on the Legislative Appropriation bill, the
being on the section providing
for salaries of employees of the Government,
the money difference between the two houses
on the bill being So, 100000. The Joint reso,
luton providing that the two houses meet
in joint convention in Independence Hall,
on the 4th in commemoratioen on
of the day, was passed, as was also the bill
to regulate the assessment OF taxes IN the
District of Columbia. The Geneva Award
hill was further debated aN Ea7