The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-08
CONGRESSIONAL. INACTIVITY.

CONGRESSIONAL. INACTIVITY.
Congress has been six months in Sos
siou, and but q suaH portion of the legifi-
mate business has been completed. The
utter iuroTi,eteHcy Of The Democratic
House appears in bold relief from every
poipt of observation. Few Of the appro-
priation and other important bills have
been acted upon. Nearly every leading
measure has been neglected in the House,
and the time of the members has been
nccupied mainly in searching for hepu'-
Tican frauds. This self imposed labor
has, 50 far. been signify unsuccessful
The only case of any importance dlsccH-
-rrcd is that of Belknap, and he Is and
always has been & Democrat.
THE APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The Legislative, Executive, and Ju-
.1irial Appropriation bill of the housc,
was received BY the Senate and referred to
the Committee on Appropriations. After
receiving careful consideration, it was re-
ported back to the House with ocsr one
housand amendments. The committee
refuse to reduce the pay OF the President
10 sci. 900, and of Senators to 1880. fhcy
restore the salaries Of the Indian Com
missioner and all his clerks, and the pay OF
n number of surveyors general OF States
and their clerks. They allow $40, 900 per
onnum for the rent. of buildings for the
use of the Pension Office, and for the
Bureau of Education. They give the
Secretary of the Interior authority to pro-
cure fre-proof building of suitable &C
Communications for the Pension Office, at a
rental not exceeding that now paid for the
Scaton House, to be used instead Of that
building, &c.
DENoCRATIC EGULARITIES.
The Discharge of the Democratic invcs'
-tiration weapon, aimed at the Republican
par;y. has proved to be harmless, but the
rccoil has seriously damaged the party
who undertook its management. 1t has
hit and hurt in all directions, and ma
.tcrillly diminished the ranks OF Demo
cratic officials AMI employees. So tal
.Fitzhugh and seven others of the Demo
cratic family have come to grief and beer
retired in disgrace And now comes the
serious charge of bribery or something
worse against Speaker Kerr. The dlrcc
charge is that member of Congress, re
.ceivcd $500 for securing the appointment
of A. P. Green, of New York City, to
Licutcnancv in the U. S. Army. The evi
,cnce is strong, but kerr's friends asl
that Judgment be SUSPENDED until th
charge has bceu fully investigated. MI
Kerr is reticcnt on the subject.
NEWS AND POLITICAL NOTES.
The Treasurer now holds 344 523, $50 i
7bonds TO secure National Bank circula
lion, and %l9, 513, 900 to secure public dc
posts.
The Senate has confirmed the nominf
lion of Seligman & Brothers, to be finar
-cul agents of the United States Navy
London.
Ulysses S. Grant. Junior. has just bee
admitted to the bar of the New York ST
rene Court He is now acting as prlvui
secretary of the President, but Will IN
few months, take up his residence in
Y. City.
The question of jurisdiction in the Be
KNAPP impeachment case was decided We
terday in the favor of jurisdiction, by
vote of 3, TO 90
The Hon. Secretary of the Interior
now generally named as the possible,
not probable choice of the Cincinnati COZ
vention for Presidential candidat
Twenty years of successful public lit
and an untarnished official record, aitol
:, good card of introduction to the VIII
House.
To-day Blaine stock is in the asccn'
.cnt. His friends are elated and say i
will win. The friends of ether cand
,.lates do not admit this. LUTz.