The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-05-04
CONGRESSIONAL.

A1iAAo "S1C pdSSCIl Ill ll1c HCudlG, OH tile
STRENGTHENING the sale of the Congressional
| Record and other public documents to members
of Congress at cost, with ten per cent addition.
al: The HOnsc Detcit NC, Appropriation bill. with
| amendments. In the House q unanimous report
was made in the Alabama contested election
case OF romberg Is. HARRISON, declaring the
| sitting member (Harslsun) entitled to the seat
and the report was sgreed to In the florida
election case a ma rity report was made that
Walls. the sitting member, was not, and that
flnlay. the contestant, was entitled to the seat
In the Senate, sitting as a Court of
impeachment, on the 10Th. the Managers of the
House presented the answer adopted by the
House to the plea of the defense, the answer be-
ing 10 the effect tina: at the time of the commits
sion d he acts charged Gen. BeLn.p was an
officer of the United States, and Wa such an
officer until after the House had COMPLETED An
were preparing for his impeachment a fact
known to him when he resigned. An order was
then agreed to that the respondent file his answer
Managers their rejoinder by the 25th, and that
the trial proceed on the 9th. The Court then
adjourned The message vetoing the bill reduv-
ing the salary of the President was laid before
the Senate. The House bill to define the tax on
fermented ard malt liquors was passed. motion
to reconsider the vote by which the bill in regard
TO- counting votes for President and Vice-Presi-
Till was placed on the calendar. T.. In the
House. bills were introduced for refunding the
interest bearing bonds Of the United States in
United States consols bearing four per cent
gold interest and having forty years to run; to
PROVIDE 1or the coinage OF Centennial coins. The
report in the Florida contested election case was
agreed to. and ). q. Finlay was sworn In. The
Sergeant-at.Arms reported that he had obeyed
the writ Of hobeas corpus in the Hallet Kilbourne
case. and that the Judge had ordered Kilbourne
into the custody Of the Marshal.
The Senate, on the Goth, unanimously
pa 'sed q ILL authorizing the Secretary Of the
Treasury to allow Mrs. Minnie Sherman Fitch to
receive, free from duty. the wedding presents
offered to the bill to amend the laws relating to
the legal-tender Of silver coin. Adjourned to the
s4th Bills were introduced in the House-to
lie lands in such State; to limit the power OF
courts to punish for contempt; to enlarge the
privileges Of The writ of haoeas corpus. The SEN
shs 0n wa.s n s"s
concurred in. Some Of the Senate amend
men,s to the Deficiency Appropriation bill were
ana Others were cencurred in Areso-
newspaper report affecting the official conduct
OF Secretary Bristow in regard to the remission
OF forfeiture in the case Of the bark Mary Mer-
rift, seized at Milwaukee in 1919 for q violation of
the custom laws. and instructing the Committee
on Expenditures in the Treasury Department: to
Investigate the matter The bill to transfer the
Indian Bureau to the War Department was taken
up and amended.
SENATE not in session on the 2lst. A
bill was Introduced in the House to regulate the
privilege Of writ of habeas corpus in certain
casee. Bills were Passed-concerning corpora.
lions engaged in the business of distillng; to
transfer the Indian Bureau to the War Depart
ment-l39 to !4-providing that, after the first of
July next the Secretary Of War shall exercise the
supervisory and appellate powers, and possess
the jurisdiction, now exercised and possessed by
the Secretary Of the Interior in regard to Indian
afsirs.
No SESSION of the Senate on the 22d,
A bill was reported from the Committee on For
eign Affairs in regard to citizenship and to define
certain rights Of United States citizens in foreign
c. untries and the duties of Diplomatic and Con-
eular officers. A substitute was offered for he
DILL repOrted from committee to amend th charter
Of the Freedman's Bank. !. !. - .
In the Senate, on the oath, the bills to
abolish the ONCE Of Supervisor Of Internal Reye-
nue. and to amend the laws relating to the legal
tender Of silver coin were debated, Mr. Jones. Of
Nevada. making long argument in favor of the
double standard OF gold and silver money. =.
among the bills introduced in the House we're
the following: To increase the circulation Of Ma
tlonal Bank notes: orelieve the National Ranks
rom the tax on their circulation; to liauidste
the !. at,onal debt and to strengthen the public
sien 70 rsorg.nize he navy JOINT rssou
such steps - msy tend TO- sobtsin The
early release of Edward ON Condor from hje
imprisonment In England. resolution was Of
Tered Tor the appointment Of select commit &c
mcnt Of the New 0rleane Custom House and 9th.
er Federal OFFICES in that city, with power 10 cit
IN New Orleans during the recess, and . motion
wac retected-l46 to a, less than two thirds in
II . Affirmative. Mr.. Blsine made . personal ex-
pa aatfOn In regard to the Newspaper charges
connecting him with the Union Pacific Railroad