The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-27
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

On the 18th, bills were passed in the Senate
authorizing the sale of the Congressional Record
and other public documents to members of Con
grcss at cost, with ten per cent. additional; the
House Deficiency Appropriation bill, with amend
ments. In the House unanimous report was
made in the Alabama contested election case Of
Bromberg IS. HARRISON, declaring the sitting
member, (Naralson) entitled to The seat, and the
report agreed to. In the Florida election
case majority report was made that Walls, the
sitting member, was not, and that Finlay, the
contes ant, was entitled to the seat.
on the 19h, in the Sena'e, sitting as Court OF
impeachment, the Managers of the House pre-
sented the answer adopted by the House to the
plea of the defense, the answer being to the ef
feet that at the time Of the commission of the acts
cha gel Gen. Belkuap was an officer of the United
States, and was such officer until after the
House had completed an investigation into the
ch rges against him aud were preparing for his
impeachment, fact known to him when
he re igued An ordnr was then
agreed to that the respondent f!c his answer
to the replication Of the House by the 9th, the
Managers their coindcr by the 18th, and that the
trial proceed on the 2-th. The Court the ad-
jJurncd. The messace vetoing the bill reducing
The salary of the President was laid before the
mented and malt liquors was passed. motion
to reconsider the vote by which the bill in rega
to counting votes for President and Vice-Presi
dent was passed was agreed to-31 to sand the
bill was placed on the calendar .. In the
House, bills were introduCed-for rcfunding the
interest hearing bonds of the Unite Staes in
United States consols bearing four per cent. gold
interest, and having forty ears to run to provide
for the coinage Ct Centennial coins. The report
IN the Florida contested-elec:ion case was ag eed
to, and j. Q. Fiulay was sworn in The Ser
gcant-at-Arms reported that he had obeyed the
writ of hG6sds corpus in the Hallet Kilbourne
case, and that the Judge had ordered Kilb urne
into the custody Of the Marshal
On the 2Otn, the Senate unanimously passed
a bill authorizing the Secretary OF the
Treasury to allow Mrs. Minnie Sherman Fitch TO
receive, free from duty, the wedding presen's
from the Khedive of Egypt. Amendments were
Offered TO the bill to amend the laws relating to
the lega-tendcr Of silver coin. Adjourned to the
18th Bills were introduced in the House to
grant 20 Ohio the Unsold and unappropriatcd
public lands in such State; to limit the power OF
privileges of the wit of hH6eaS corpps.
The Senate amendments to the Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation bill were
mens to the Deficiency Appropriation bill were
rejected, and others were c0ncurred in. reso
luton was adopted recitng the charges made in
newspaper report affecting tie official conduct
of Secretary RristOw in regard to the remission
of forfeiture in the case Of the bark Mary Mer-
ritt, seizrd a: Milwaukee in Is . for Il violation
of the Custom laws, and nstrncting the Commit
tee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department
TO investigate the matter. The bill 10 transfer
the Indian Bureau TO the War Department was
taken up and amended.
ON the 2ist the Senate was not in session..
A bill was introduced in the House to regulate
the privilege Of q writ Of ba5tas corpus in GER
tain cases. Bills were passed concerning cor
porations engaged in the business OF dstiling;
to transfer the Indian Bureau to the War De-
partment-139 to 9i-providing that, after the
first of July next the Secretary of War shall ex-
ercise the supervisory and appellate powers and
possess the jurisdiction, now exercised and pos
sesscd by the Secretary of the Interior in regard
TO Irdiau affairs.
On the 22d there was no session OF the Sen
ate A bill was reported from the Commit
tee on Foreign Affairs in regard to citizenship
and to define certain rights OF United States ciu-
zens in foreign countries and the duties OF
Diplomatic and Consular officers. substitute
TO amend the charter of the Frecdman's Bank.
On the 24th. in the Senate, the bills TO Abolish
the Office of Supervisors of internal Revenue and
to amend The laws relating TO the legal tender OF
silver coin were debated, Mr.. Jones, Of Nerada.
making long argument in favor OF the double
standard OF gold and silver money. Among the
bills introduced in the House were the following:
To increase the circulation OF National BANK
notes; to relieve the National Banks from the TAX
on their circulation; TO liquidate the National
debt aud to strengthen the public credit; to re-
organize the Navy. A joint resolution was
passed requesting the President to take
such steps as may tend to obtain the
early release,of Edward ON Condor from his
in England. resolution was Of
fered for the appointment OF select esn-
mittee OF nine to make animation into
the management Of the New Orleans Custom
House and other Federal Offices in that city, with
power to sit in New Orleans during the recess,
and motion to suspend the rules and adopt the
resolution was reieced-1i6 Is TO n, less than t"o-
thirds in the affirmative. Mr.. Blaine made per-
sonal explanation in regard to the newspaper
charges connecting him with the Union Pacihc
Railroad Company