The Grange advance., 1876-07-19
CONGRESSIONAL.

On the 9th, the Senate passed a bill
extending for ten days the act recent.
passed to provide temporarily for the ex-
penses of the government. MIR. Logan moved
diers' bo1nties, but the motion was lost-2O
to 25. MIR. Logan said he would move to take
up the bill every morning and demand the
yeas and nays on the motion. Nothing new
was developed in the impeachment trial.
Mr.. Banning in the House offered a
resolution OF inquiry as to the cause of the
military movements in the northwest. Mr..
Boone moved to take up the bill for COM
mission Tor the cessi0n of the Black Hills,
but the motion failed: The House then took
up the bill declaring the country north
OF the North Platte and east OF the
summit of the Big Horn mountains open to
exploration and settlement Mr.. Fort enquir-
ed if the late battle with the Indians had
taken place in the country mentioned in the
bill. Mr. Steele replied. In the course of his
remarks he referred to the peace policy of the
government in severe terms. he condemned
the abandonment OF Forts Kearney Reno and
G. l. Smith and attributed thereto all the dis
asters occurring since, and said the object of
the present movement is to again drive the
Indians to their respective reservations and
and protect both whites and the friendly In
dianS.
The Senate on the 10th transacted no
business except as court Of impeachment on
the Belknap case.
The House adopted resolution call
ing on the Secretary of War for information
regarding the military expedition under
Generals Terry, Crook and Gibbon Notice
was received that Mr.. Blaine resigned his
seat.
The Senate, on the 18th, received
the credentials of James &. Blaine, appointed
fn ha cd INV ~
oint resolution to authorize the enlistment
volunteers to aid in suppressing the Sioux
Indian hostilities, was referred to the COM
mittee on military affairs.
The bill provididing for the sale of
the Fort Kearney military reservation lands
in Nebraska, was passed by the House. The
bill for opening the Black Hills country north
of the North Platte was recommitted. The
report censuring ex-minister Schenck was
adopted. MIR. Townsend commented severely
on the attempt of the majority to cut down
h e present pititul number of the army.
The Senate, on the 18th, refused to
concur in the House bills for the sale Of the
reservation of the Otoe and Missouri bands Of
Indians in Kansas and Nebraska. The House
bill to establish two military posts on the
Yellowstone was passed
The conference report on the silver
bill was reported in the House. 1t omits all
mention of the silver dollar and to making it
a legal tender. A lengthy discussion fol-
lowed the report, in which it was attempted
on the one side to show that the value of sill
yer was equal to that in gold when the
national debt was contracted, and conse-
quently bondholders have no right to COM
plain i: paid in silver now, when it is worth
but 80 cents in gold. On the other hand it
was argued that gold is the standard, to make
the 80 cent silver dollar a legal tender would
be reputation and revolution. The report of
the committee was adopted by a vote of 129
to ID.
The Senate was still at work on the
appropriation bills, on the 18th, without any
progress.
The House unseated Mr.. Frost, Of
Massachusetts, and seated in his place Mr..
Abbott, contestant. No other business was
transacted.