Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-23
CONowKsssONAL

OOM0kESDOuOnAAs
liz the Senate, on the 9th, Mr.. Gordon
called MP ! resolution submitted By him instruct
ing the Finance Committee 70 ASCERTAIN. II post
Bile. what are the defects IN the present. revenue
systen, and what legislation Il Decevssry 70 rem
sdy ruch defects, and . lengthy debate eususd.
IN the House. bills were psssed -auihor.
is.ng the render Of any third .elass mail
wrapper bis name and sddrsss, With the name
and humber OF the artt-tes epclosed, TO provide
for holding terms Of Tie United stsies District
lntion was offered and referred- recitiag sllegs-
lions that Charles Hay, Of Alsbsma, member
OF the last Congress, had received 4s,00O for pro-
BsardsIey. and had falsely csrtined ~ 70 she
residence OF said Hesrdsley 4
TnE Senate, on the 10th, passed the bill
10 enable the people Of View Mexico to form
ConstI tation and STATE Government. and for the
adu.issfo7 Of such state into the Union. the bill
providing that Consultation shall be framed and
.ubiIted 70 the psosls = Inc ussito,y II M n,
The iiah.. In the House. the Tgi.la,
tive snd Judicial Appopriat,on bill was
lntiop ~as offered and referred fnstructfuR the
Ways and Means COMMITTEES 70 examine The
books Of tbs Treasury Department. ana also fbe
officers thereof, TO ascert ain the canscs Of the
great fluctuations Of coin and bniion in the
Treasury. and also 10 ascertain whether legal
tender notes received for the redemption OF Ma
d0unl Bank notes are kept as aspecial fund. or
held In common With other money. ia
SENATE not In session on the 18th
IA bill was introduced In the House, and re-
fcrred, 10 trsnsfer The Pension Bureau from the
Interior 70 the Wsr Department. The Legislative
and Judicial Appropriation bill was further con-
sidered In Committee OF the Whole, and speeches
we're male on the currency question.
Mr.. MoaTos's bill to provide for and
regulate the countIr OF votes for President and
vice-President was taken MP snd debated in the
senate, on the is,h. Among the PIE intro.
Jan. /, 1879. Mr. Baker. Of Indiana, offered
resolntion declaring that The people " the United
federacy Of states or tons that The Consultation
was formed ny the people acting la their primary
and individual capacity. through thsir duly con-
ment IL sovereign and supreme. and In It's nature
perm sHent and indissoluble except by the con
cent OF the whole people; that al overt acts 81
secession or rebellion constitute treason, and
tbstthe late war was canseless and indefensible
on any theory OF hight or Conetiiuiional law. A
melton " suspend the rules and adopt the veso-
luton war rejocted-yess 81, nays 7z-less than
two,tbirds IN The affirmative very few Democrats
voted sfnrmatively. Mr.. Cor then oGereo
q series Of resolntious TO the eject that the
people OF the United states constitute nation
In the sense, TO the extent ana for the purpores
defined I'm the Consultation: that the Government
IL Federal Union, formed ny the people OF the
STATES In their sovereign capacity; that the pow
err Of the Geners Government arc limited by the
Cone tituton, and cannot DO enlarged or dimin-
ished except by Constitutional amendment; that
the lights of the States have the same sanction
Of security 10 the Constitution W. the rights and
powers Of the Federal Government; that
local domestic government BY the several
States within Constitutional limits. IL absolute-
~ necessary for the preservation OF the liberties
OF the citizen: thattbe doctrine u secession IL
In conflict with the Idea OF perpetual Union, az
contemplated by the Constitution, and should be
n gardcd M being forever extinguished BY the re-.
sult Of the recent conflict motion 10 suspend
the rules and adopt the resolutions was agreed 20
yeas $50 nays ~ All OF the Democrats and a
few OF tn. Republicans voted for the resolutions.
The Conference Committee on the bill for the
payment Of interest on the 1856 bonds Of the Dis
triet Of Columbia was agreed 10.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the bill fix
ing the salory OF the President Of the United
States nc $4,000 was passed yeas 26, nays 20
80. Iallett kiibourpe, who had refused to pro-
ducc the books Of his firm or 10 answer certain
questions before the Select Committee on the
Real. Estate Pool and JAY Cooke Indebtedness,
was brought before the House, and, still persist
Ing In his refusal u answer, was committed To
the custody OF the Sergeant alarms, To be con-
fined In the common jail Of the District until he
should purge himself of his contempt The teR-
islatiye Appropriation bill was further debated
In Committee OF the Whole.
A BILL was passed in the Senate, on
the 18th, to exclude Missouri from the provisions
OF the net 10 promote the development OF the min
Ing rec oureer Of the United States. "A resolu
tIon Of inquiry vac adopted In the House ~ 10
the powers conferred on A Is. SieinDerRer as u
Special Agent or COmmirsonor TO the Samoan or
Navigator IslaDds, Speeches were made, In Com
miltec Of the whole IN the Legislative Appro-
priaIiOn bill. E