The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-06-29

the Eastern question, and that serious
oahinct complications were likely to fol.
+. low
CoNGE EHsSJoNAr
ON the GOTH IN the Senate, the
/ House bill to repeal the Bankrupt law was
! reported and ordered postponed until the
first day of the next session of Congress- A
favorable report was made on the House
| loiht resolution authorizing the Secretary of
! The Treasury to issue $4,000, coo In silver
com, III exchange for legoitc tender notes. A
| message was received from the Presid, Mt
relative to the Extradition treaty with Great
! hritain, and criticising the action of that
| Government i'll the Wimslow and Brent cases
! which action, if adhered to, the President
/ says cannot but be regarded as the abropn-
| uon and annulmcnt of such treaty. and bp
VIII IN future neither make nor entertain
| rcgulsltions for the surrender of criminals
| ihe indian Appropriation bill was further
considered aud amended, one of the amend
| n@nts agreed to in committee being to strike
"uI The section proposing to transfer the
| INDIAN Bureau To the War Department. the
I NH rs amended was reported from Commit
Tee OF The Whole. ..Bills were passed in the
hpuSc-tp prevent the sale and use of
I
| providing that whichever party is lawfully
chtitlcd to u patent, if he delay to take out
such patent it shall have the same
power when granted us though issued
at the time the party was first en-
Illcd TO 1t; for the equalization of
mcn--soldicrS, sailors and marincs-(in.
| Guiding slaves and Indians )-cight and one
lhlrd dollars per month between the 18Th of
April, 1851, and the 9th of May, 1865, deduct
lnS all bountics already paid under United
states or State laws-yeas, I41; nays, 46. A
report was made from the Committee on the
freedman 5 Bank, in which it is alleged that
fraudulent vouchers and other false evidence
OF payment had been issued by cx-Commis
sloner Howard and Disbursing Officer Bal
lock, by which they obtained, improperly,
credits Tor moneys alleged to have been paid
cut by them to Colored soldiers, sailors and
marines; the committee reported bill, as u
remedy for this evil, providing for the settle
ment of the claims for pay, bounty and
prize money, or other moneys, due to such
coiored soldiers, sailors and marines, when
IL Is established, on proper investigation
that they have failed to receive such paw
ment ON settlements heretofore made; the
hlii also directs proper legal proceedings TO
be instituted against all persons who Shall
he shown to he implicated in the frauds CON
ncctcd with the Freedmrn;s Bureau; the re-
port and bill were ordered printed and re
committed.
ON the DIST, the Presidents message
in regard to the Winslow case was read and
referred in the Senate. The House Joint
resolution authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to issue SlO000,0OO in silver coin,
in exchange for legal-tender notes, was
passed, With an amendment that the trade |
dollar he not hereafter lcgal-tender, and au-
thorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to
limit the coinage thereof TO such an amount
as he may deem sufficient to meet the export |
demand for the same. The Indian Appro- |
priatOn bill was taken up, and the third |
section of the House bill, aholshing the |
indian Bureau ana Transferring me gONo..- |
mcnt of the Indians to the War Department,
was stricken out-4 to 22-;lnd the bill was
passed -. The Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill was taken up in the House, in Commit
tee of the Whole, and several amendments
were disposed of.
On the 22d, several bills of minor
Importance were passed in the Senate, after
which the Naval Appropriation bill was fur
thcr considered, and amendments were
agreed to increasing some of the items as
passed by the House, and the bill, as
amended, was then passed. The consider
alton of the Sundry Civil Appropriation bil
was resumed in the House, in Committee of
the Whole, and about half of the bill was
disposed of. The Senate amendments to the
Indian Appropriation, bill were nonconcur
red in, and a Conference Committee was
appointed. zS
On the 23d, in the Senate, the bill
amend the second, fourth and fifth sections
of the Enforcement act, to meet the obicc-
tiOns to the law expressed in the recent de-
cisions of the Supreme Court, was taken up
and, after conSideT;a bic debate, was finally |
passeA-25 to 1a--after being amended in
Commi tee of the Whole. The Senate
amendments to the Naval and Indian Appro-
priaticn bills were insisted upon, and Com
mittces of Conference were appointed. =.
In the House, reports were made from the
Election Committee and adoptcd-in the
Idaho contested election ease, unseating
T. w. Bennett, the. sitting delegate,
and declaring !. S. Finn entitled to |
the scat; declaring j. II. Raincy, the |
sitting member, entitled TO seat
from the First District of South Carolina, |
and u, b. Strait, from thG Second Minnesota |
District The Senate amendments to the
Navy Appropriation bill were non-cencurred
in and circumference Committee was APP |
pointed. The Sunday Civil Appropriation
bill was disposed of in Committee OF the
Whole, several amendments being adopted,
and reported to the House, wlien all the |
amendments on which separate votes were
not asked were agreed to in bulk; the /
amendment 10 sSriEe olt o. IItt5nitt ~ ny ny
clause repeating the laws N relation 70 ant
registration OF voters, anu I'LL" apponttpl.un5s t ,5
OF supervisors Oh e,ectloll as
special deputy marshais, was relcetco' psled tea
amendments were helng disposed Oh .Re
House belng sun IN session UP 10 d l"ee
hour'
+,o o.+h :, tho Sa5o+a t-4be |
goN tiiG -i''i, III ''io
House bill for the allowance oil certain
claims reported by the accounting officers |
Of the Treasury was amended and passed:
sns ah depts ,o t6 tobe Pdstoce
bill, and it was then passed. On the 24th,
mr. naiSr of tbe speakpr y e No
further business was transacted.
ON the 26th. the Army Appropria-
ton bill was amended in the Senate by in
creasine the amounts Of several items in |