The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-12-28

10Th, Goth and 21st, large number OF
vessels were destroyed and over sixty per.
sons perished.
CoN&H HESSIoNAh.
OK the 10th, number of private
bills were passed in the Senate The stat
ucs of Samuel Adams and John Winthrop
were formally. presented by Messrs. Bout
well and Dawes. A communication was re.
ceiyed from the Secretary of State, transmit.
ting a list of names of persons not citizens
of the United States VINO held consular of
fees and were paid salaries during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1876. The resolution
relative to Mr.. Cronin's appointment as an
Elector in Oregon was further considered.
A resolution was adopted in the House-l21
! to 92-for an adjournment from the 23d to
the 27th, and then from the 30th to Jan. 3
The Fertilization Appropriation bill was
passed. The Adams and Winthrop statues
| were received.
On the goth, in the Senate, the vote.
in August last, by which the bill was passed
establishing the Territory of Pembina, was
reconsidered, and the name of the new Ter.
ritory was changed to Huron and the bill
was passed The Pension Appropriation
| bill was passed, with an amendment. The
resolution authorizing an investigation as
/ to the appointment of Mr.. CrOnin as Presi.
| Dental Elector in Oregon was further de-
| batCd. IA resolution was adopted in the
! House, reciting that Mr.. J. O'Connor Power,
I NJ P, had been deputized to present to the
| people Of the United States the congratula-
! tiOns of the Irish Nation on the Centenary
| Of American Independence, and referring
/ the subject of his mission to the Com
mittec on Foreign Affairs. The Judi
/ ciary Committee made report that
| Congress had the right and power
to compel the production of kilograms
for the purpose of conducting an in~estiga-
ton, Mr.. Hurd making a minority report
requiring a description of such kilograms
to be given. After a lengthy discussion, Mr..
Hurd's resolution requiring the subpoena to
describe the specific telegrams to be produced
was deteatCd-94 to l25-and a substitute
was adopted declaring that telcgraphic com
municatiOas have no more privilege than
oral or other communications, and must be
produced when called for. The Senate
| amendment to the House bill for the sale of
certain lands in Kansas was asnsn-concurredi in.
| The Conference Committees report on the
bill to provide for the expenses of the in
yestiEating committees was agreed to-
Oh the 2lst, in the Senate, the Chair
appointed Messrs. Edmunds, Morton, Fre-
linghuysen, Logan, Thurman, Bayard and
Ransom as the special committee, to act in
connection with a similar committee on the
| part of the House, to devise means for the
. proper count of the Presidential Electoral
vote. A resolution was adopted that when
the Senate adjourn on the 22d, it
( be TO meet on the 18th, with general un-
der. landing among the Senators that no bu-
sincss would be transacted until the I'd of
January. The report of the Conference
Committee on the question of the appro-
priation to defray the expenses of the spe-
cial investigations was agreed to, giving
each House $35, 600 The Senate paid its
respect to the memory of the late
Senator CapcrtOn go. In the House,
a res solution was offered for the appointment
of special committee to investigate
charge made the day before, by Mr.. Hewitt,
that his letters had been tampered with in
the New York Postof1ice, and telegram was
read from Postmaster James, pronouncing
he accusation utterly and absolutely false.
MIR. Hewitt stated that he had about month
before received an anonymous letter, the
writer protesting to be an emplOyc in the
New York Pos office, intimating that his
llICWitt's) letters were being tampercd with;
that he had then observed closely the letters
which he received and found that con-
siderable number presented the appearance
of having been opened; he did not state it as
q fact, bu, he had that suspicion which
amounted to belief that his letters had
been opened. A substitute was offered and
adopted referring the matter to the commit
tee engaged in Investigating the alleged elec-
ton frauds in New York city. Bills were in
troduccd and referred-providing that the
fleet Of the navy in peace, and until the pub
lie safety demands an increase, shall consist
of thirty sca-going vessels of war, to be dis
tributed among the several squadrons
and divisions; providing that no mil
itary or naval officer, or other person
engaged in military or naval serv-
ice, shall have any troops or armed
men at or near the place. where any general
or special election is held in any State,
either on the day of such election or for ten
days prior or subsequent thereto, under
penalty of $1,000 fine and Imprisonment for
a term of not less tnan five years. The
memorial of the Governors of Missouri and
other ates, for action in reference to the
grasshopper plague, was presented. Eulogles
were pronounced and the customary resolu-
tions were adopted in respect to the memory
of the late Senator Caperton.
On the 22d, the resolution relative
to Mr.. Cronin's appointment as Presiden-
tial Elector in Oregon, was taken up in the
Senate, and agreed to without division. 1t
provides that the question shall be referred
to the Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tiUns, with Instructions to inquire INTO the
eligibility of j. W. Watts (on the RepubIlcan
Electoral ticket, and into the facts attend
ing the appointment Of said Elector and
pretended Electors, and report the same to
the Senate. Conference Committee was
appointed on the bill to provide Tor the
sale Of certain Cherokee scrip lands
| in Kansas. Adjourned to the 2oth. "A
resolution was adopted in the House dl-
'nTnJ mi
report in the Deficiency bill provision to
pay the widow Of The late Speaker Kerr
sum elual to the pay and mileage OF the
Speaker from the time of his death until the
end of the present Congress. Messrs: hnoLt,
Sparks, Tucker, Marsh, Burchard tlli;1
| Seclye and Monroe were announced by the
Speaker as the committee to ascertain ana
report as to the privileges, powers ana au-
ties of the House in counting the votes 1or
President and Nice-Presidenti and on count
ing the Electoral votes, Messrs. fayne,
Hunton, Hewitt, Springer, McCrary, Hoar
and Willard.
On the 23d, the Senate was pot IN
| session. In the House, Mr.. Monroe re-
signed from the Committee on the Rights,
Privileges and Duties of the House in regard
to the counting of the Electoral vote. A
resolution was adopted, requesting OF the
him, or under bis direction, and OF the or
dcrs and correspondence Of the War De-
| par mcnt, relating to the limitations made
| by the President Of the appropriations lor
| the improvement of rivers and harbors, ana
to specify how the S2,000,OOO out OF the
| s5OOO,OOO appropriated oy the last congress
have been expended, and also to state under
what law such Limitation was made. Ad.
| jOurned to the 27th.
| THE INVESTIGAT
| Compiled from Associated Press Reports, unless
| Otherwise Deslgnatedl
LOUISIANA.
| The statement of votes rejected III
each Parish, and at what polls rejected, was
received by the Senate Committee, from The
| Returning Board, on the goth. Five Wit
nc5ses were examined, their names being
George Shelton, Jane Logwood (wife of Ea
ton Logwood), Ben James, Cora Williams
and Andrew McCloud (all colored), who
swore to intimidation and outrages of vari
Gus kinds, in Ouachita Parish, by which
| Republican voters were prevented IRON
| going to the polls and voting. Cora
Williams stated that she attended
Republican meeting four days be1ort
election, Henry Pinkston and her huspano q,
being there, and that on the night OF th'
same day she was severely whipped by bull
dosers and otherwise inhumanely treated
| she also recounted outrages perpetrateo
| upon other parties because OF their hepuo
| licanism and refusal to join the Democrats
| The general tenor of the statements OF az
| the Witnesses was the same, being rePeti
ton of the stories of olitrages and intimlda
tions recounted before the Returning Board
| A certificate was filed before the COMMITTED
/ to the effect that Eliza PinkstOn was stlll ii