The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-09
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS,

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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
On the 2Sth, the credentials of Mr.. Sharon.
Senator-elcct from Nevada, were presented in
the Senate, and he sworn in. Petitions were
presented and rcferred-frOm the Committee of
the National Women's Suffrage Association ask
lug that the women of Utah be protected in ex-
crcising the right Of elective franchise; from
members of the bar of Cincinnati demonstrating
against the passage Of the House bill to reorgan-
ize the Judiciary of the United States
favorable report was made from the
Committee on Retrenchment and Reform
on the bill fixing the salary Of the Pres
ident of the United States at $4,000 year
The House bill to amend the act of March g.
1875, to enable the people of Colorado to form II
Constitution and State Government and for
the admission of said State into the Union,
was passed. The Military Academy bill was
further considered, and several amendments
were disposed of....A memorial was pre-
sented in the House, signed by 1916 soldiers OF
Indiana in the late war, asking for an equaliza-
ton OF bountics. communication was re
ceiycd from the Attorney General, in response
order touching the testimony OF accompliccs
in the whisky prosecutions; he states, in this
communication, that such instructions as
he issued were merely in confirmation OF
arrangements already made, and that as
these instructions and arrangements relate to
matters now in progress, the House would read
lily see the propriety of Withholding special in
formation relating thereto until the trials arc
over; the whole subject matter was referred TO
the judiciary Committee. Several bills were in
troduced, among thcm-to restore the frankng
privilege; to repeal the Resumption act; for the
protection Of agriculture from the injuries OF i'll
sccts; declaring the Black Hills open to explora-
ton and settlement.
ON the Goth ult. bills were passed in the SEN
the time to Feb /, 1877, for the
redemption of lands held by the United States
under the several acts ievying direct taxes; max
ing appropriations for the support OF the Military
Academy for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1871,
with several amendments. y resolution was
adopted declaring it in order at any time during
the present session TO move recess, and
pending an Appropriation bill, to move to conine
the debate on the amendments thereto TO five
minutes by any Senator on the pending motion
and such motions shall be decided without dc
bate A message from the President was laid
before the House urging the necessity of an I'M
mediate appropriation to supply the deficiency at
the Red CIoud Indian Agency. The bill amend
ing the laws granting pensions to soldiers OF the
war of 1872 was further considered in Committee
of the Whole, and subsequently rccommittcd to
the Committee on Invalid Pensions.
On the list an adverse report was made
in the Senate, from the Committee on Ag-
on the bill to provide for an investiga-
ton as to the habits of the Rocky Mountain To-
Gusts, or so-caled "grasshoppers," and the same
committee reported favorably on the bill for the
protection of agriculture against injurious iu-
sects The House bill appropriating S75,0VO for
the purchase of material and continuation oi the
work on the building for Custom House and
postoifice at St. Louis was passed. A bill was
introduced and referred apprCpriating 3d.
2Oa,OO0 for the purpose OF repairing ana
in part rebuilding the lcvecs OF the MISSISSIPPI
River, providing for its expenditure ana ior
other purposes. The resolution for the admis-
sion of p. b. $. Pnchback, of Louisiana, was iur-
ther debated. Bills were passed i'll the Housc-
that the people of the several
States assemble in their respective counties or
towns on the approaching Centennial, and cause
10 be delivered historical sketch OF the county
Or town, from its formation, copies to be filed in
yress, so that a complete record may be had OF
he progress of the Republic; transferring the
custody of certain Indian trust funds from the
Secretary of the Interior to the Treasury of the
United States.
ON the I'd, among the bills passed IL
he Senate, were the following-to reduce the
number and increase the efficiency OF the lncul-
,al corps OF the army; to extend the time for
a., To- oil undpr the act
IF May 2s, 1866 The joint resolution in regard
% State Centennial celebrations, which passed
;he House of Representatives the day before
VAS agreed to. The Pincilback resolution was
urther considered. =. Bills were passed in the
valid all the suspend
ID entries Of public lands in which
he Commissioner Of the General Land
,ffice has decided that patents shall issue, ana
which have been confirmed by the Secretary
If the Interior and Attorney-General, and re-
,ealne section 2,f52 of the Revised Statutes; TO
lmeud the act of the 18th of March, 1874 70
encourage the growth of timber on the Western
,rairics declaring forfeited to the United States
md subject only to homestead entry all lahds
,rantcd by the act Of 9th of March, 1865 to ala
n the construction OF Il railroad from heaVeh-
Worth, Kan, to Neosho River. such grant nav
ng been forfeited by limitation of law; to ex-
cnd tho time two wears for pre-emptiou on pub
10 lends Mr. Clvmcr chairman of the Commit
90 on Exnenditurcs in the War Department, pre-
epted resolutions of impeachment against VIM.
u Relknan late Secretary of War. for high crimes
nd misdemeapors in office. After some discus
ion the nrcvious ouestion was seconded, and
fter remarks bv several members the resolutions
vcre upapimousIv odopted, and the Speaker up
,oin,cd a committee to notify the Senate of the
ct;on of the House. such committee consisting Of
Jessrs. Cvmer. Robbins, Blackburn, Bass and
,opfortb, these members comprising the Com
,ittec ON Expepditures of the War Department
,okno the report of the investigation in the case
f SECRETARY Re,knap. #
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