The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-12-28
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

Pension bill, passed by the House, was reported
| by the committee and placed on the calendar
| Statues Of John Winthrop and Samuel Adams were
formally presented by Messrs Boutwell, and Dawes.
on behalf of the State of Massachusetts Mr.
Mitchell's resolution in regard to the appointment
of Cronin Presidential elector in Oregon was
discussed by Messrs. Mitchell, Morton and Bogy.
| House.-The House proceedings were exceedingly
tame. The Fertilization Appropriation bill was
passed. after which the formalities of presenting
| and receiving the Adams and Winthrop statues oc-
cupied the attention of the members,
| WEDNESDAY, Dec. 20.-Sendte. THE Senate
passed bill to create new Territory out of the
| northern portion of Dakota. west of Minnesota.
to be called Huron. :. The Oregon electoral
case was again before the Senate, and Mr.. Bogy
concluded his speech. The matter was further
! discussed by Messrs. Morton, Eaton and Sherman.
| Mr.. Hitchcock introduced bill providing
for an additional Representative in Congress FROM
Nebraska. The Pension Appropriation bill was
/ passed.
| House.-The report of the Judiciary Committee
on the question Of the power of committees to COM
pei the production of kilograms was made. The
report asserts the right resolution, offered bv
Mr.. Hurd, from the majority of the COM
mittee, makes the same assertion, but
requires a description of the kilograms to be
given. substitute for both of the reports has
been offered by Mr. Knott the Chairman of the
Judiciary Committee, declaring that telegraphic
| communications have no more privilege than oral
or other communications, and must be produced
| when called for. A long discussion ensued.
i Among the notable speeches made was Que by Mr.
Garfele protesting that the telegraph shonld be as
sacred as the postofice and one by Mr. Hewitt de-
clarlng that the sancity of the postofice more
imaginary than real, as his (Hewitt's) letters had
been constantly opened in the New York postofice
MIR. Garfield suggested that it was the duty of the
| gentleman (Hewitt) to ask for an inquiry and he
| (GarfeldD would assist him in it. MIR. Wood
no rnJ1O oF +no
| and opposed Mr.. Hurd's amendment as being
| tantamount to defeat of the Louisiana investi-
| CATION. Finally Mr.. Hurd's resolution, requiring
the subpoena to describe the specific kilograms to be
| produced, was defeated-yeas, "a; nays, 125-and
Mr.. Knotts substitute was adopted without divis-
| ion. Mr.. Platt then asked unanimous consent to
offer resolution for inquiry into the charge made
by Mr.. Hewitt against the New York postofice but
objection was made by Mr.. Luttrell. The Irish
Centennial address, which the President declined
| to receive because Sir Edward Thornton, the
British Minister, had refused to present it, came
| up in the House. 1t was referred to the Foreign
Affairs Committee for consideration Mr.. Chit
| tenden asked leave to introduce and have re-
ferred to the Banking Committee bill for funding
legal-tender notes, but objection was made by Mr.
Holman. -. The conference report ON the bill to
| provide for the expenses of investigating COM
| mittees was made by Mr.. Holman, discussed, and
| agreed to tt
THURSDAY Dec. 21.-Sendte.- The Senate
ordered 5000 extra copies of the compilation from
its Journal by its Chief Clerk, of all that has taken
place concerning the counting of electoral votes.
resolution passed providing for an adj ourn-
ment from the 22d to the 26th of December. Mr..
Davis called up the report of the conference COM
mittee on the disagreeing votes of the two houses
| on the bill to provide for the expenses of
certain special committees. The committee
| agreed to give each house $35, 900 to conduct
| the investigation ordered The report was
| agreed to-. :. The Chair appointed as the special
committee authorized by the recent resolution of
Mr.. Edmunds to devise means for the proper count
| of the vote for President and Vice President, in
connection with a similar committee of the House,
| Messrs. Edmunds, Morton, Frelinghuysen, Logan,
| Thurman, Bayard and Ransom. Mr.. Freling-
| huysen presented the petition Of large number
of soldiers of the late war; asking for the passage
of the House bill for an equalization of bounties.
Referred -. The Oregon electoral matter dis
cussed.. On motion of Mr.. Davis, business was
suspended, and the Senate then paid it's tribute of
| respect to the memory Of Senator Caperton. APP
| propriate remarks were made by Messrs. Davis,
| Wright, Withers, Edmunds, and others. AS a fur
| Their mark of respect the Senate adjourned.
House.-Mr. Patt offered resolution for the ap-
pointment Of select committee to investigate the
charge made by Hewitt, that his letters had been
| tampered with in the New York postofice.
the Clerks desk, and had read, telegram
| from Postmaster James, pronouncing the &C
| cusation utterly and absolutely false. Mr..
| Hewitt stated the circumstances under which he
| made the charge. He said about month ago he
received letter, the writer stating that he was
| employe in the New York postoffice, and he felt
bound to communicate the fact that SHADES little
Kettle " was at work on his letters. The only at
| tention which he felt called upon to pay to this
anonymous letter was to observe closely the letters
which he received. He found that considerable
number of them presented the appearance of hav-
| ing been opened the flaps of the envelopes
presenting puckered or corrugated appear
ance. Unfortunately he had thrown in the
| waste-basket the anonymous letter. rae re-
ooixy fpo1Y tn fXunT txy III
fore it's handwriting could not be identified. so,
| too, with the envelopes They had been thrown
AWAY and it remarkable fact that none of the
letters received by him to-day presented the ap-
/ pearance of having been tempered with. After
some little discussion, the previous question was
voted down, by vote of 70 to II. Mr.. Holman
/ then moved that the special committee now in
i New York investigating the election frauds he
directed to investigate this matter Mr.. Buckner
| moved to lay the whole subject on the table. Mr..
| Buckner's motion was lost by vote of IS ayes to
| 143 noes The resolution directing Mr.. Coxs
New York committee to investigate the charges was
then passed The Speaker laid before the House a
/ Geographic communication from VIM. r. Morrison,
| the Chairman of the Louisiana Investigating Com
mittee, transporting report of the proceedings
before the committee in the case of E. w. Barnes,
/ the Manager of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany in New Orleans. 1t was agreed that an hours
discussion should be allowed, and Mr.. Garfield
spoke against the resolution. on the ground that
| the House is not justified in treating telegraphic
communications as an official report. Quite long
l
| adopted without division.
| FRIDAY, Dec. %. -Senate. The resolution
of Mr.. Mitchell, authorizing investigation as
to the appointment of E. A. Cronin as Presidential
elector in Oregon was again the subject of discus
sion in the Senate. Mr.. Mitchell accepted the pre-
amble of Mr.. Bayard in lieu of that reported by
| the Committed on Privileges and Elections, and
| the resolution was agreed to-. After
| the transaction of some unimportant
business the Senate adjourned until Tuesday,
/ Dec. 26. $3.50 As.t G2#'@f @'f
Rouse.-The House passed,a resolution giving to
the widow of the late Speaker Kerr an amount
equal to his pay to the end OF the present Congress.
- Speaker Randall appointed the following as
committee to act with the Senate committee to con-
slider the question of counting the electoral votes
| Paine, Hunten, Hewitt, Springer McCrary, Hoar,
and Willard of Michigan. i,
| SATURDAY, Dec. 23.-Senate. in seq
| sion. Ed fl&eI@ ,-t$8 KlA ~@A 44 s. oA
| Ho,sse.-Mr. Springer offered resolution for the
| compilation and printing of the proceedings and
debates relating to the counting of the electoral
| votes since the establishment of the Govern
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