The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-02

The court reserved its decision until the
10th of March.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
On the 2lst the Senate reed to the concurrent
resolution adopted by the House declaring the I'D
of February of the present year legal holiday
Bills were passed-for the sale Of timber lands in
the States Of California and Oregon, and in the
Territories CT the United States: House bill
making an appropriation to pay fourteen crippled
and disabled Union soldiers employed in
the House of Representatives from
the 9th day OF December, 1875, to the
30th day Of June, 1876. The report of the
Conference Committee on the joint resolution to
pay the interest on the 3.65 District of Columbia
bonds was conCurred in, and motion was made
TO reconsider. Adjourned to the 23d Among
the bills introduced in the House were the follow
ing: Limiting the power Of Congress in making
appropriations; to reduce the tax on distilled
spirits; for the transfer of the Pension Bureau
from the Interior to the War Department.
The bill to reorganizc the judiciary was passed
ii3 to 131. The Post-route bill was reported from
committee and passed. Several resolutions CT
inquiry were adopted Adjourned to the .3t.
on the 23d, several petitions were presented
one signed by 5000 women and nearly
14,00O voters in Indiana on the subject of temper
ance, asking Congress to appoint commission
to investigate AMI report to the effect Of the
alcoholic liquor traffic, to prohibit the i'm
por;a,on of alcoholic liquors from foreign
countries, their manufacture and sale in
the District of Columbia and the Terri
tories, and to require the total abstinence
from alcoholic liquors Of all civil, military and
naval officers of The United States. bill
reported from the Committee on Finance amend
atory OF the acts of July IA, 1870, and Jan. 20,
1871, authorizing the refunding of the National
debt, the amendment providing that the amount
of bonds bearing four and n half per cent. be in
creased to $500 0O0,G00 and that they be payable
at the pleasure of the United States, after thirty
years from the date of their issue, instead of
after fifteen years-the total amount of bonds
provided for by the original acts, and the bonded
debt of the Government not to be increased by
the amendment Among the bills introduced
was one to regulate elections and the elective
franchise in the Territory of Utah. The bill con-
ferring exclusive Jurisdiction over Indian reser
vaions upon the United States Courts and for
the punishment Of Grim committed by
and against the Indians, was considered, |
and lengthy discussion ensued, Involving
the questions of Indian civilization, open
ing up the Black Hills to miners, treaty
obligations, etc. motion was made to re-
consider the vote by which the report of the
Conference Committee on the joint resolution
pay the interest on the 1868 bonds was agreed to,
and subsequent request to withdraw the motion |
was laid on the table-57 to Ia charge be ng
made that $4,000 of the bonds had beeh issued for
fraudulent claims. {. Bills were Introduced in
the House--to promote the efficiency Of the army
and TO provide for its gradual reduction and the
consolidation of certain of its staff departments;
to increase the clerical force of the Pension |
Bureau, and to provide for the speedy settlement
of all pension claims. Several resolutions of in
quiry, and a resolution authorizing the sub-com |
mittces OF the several committees that are
charged with investigations, to conduct those in
vest. ations, with power to send for persons and
papers. were adopted. A bill WIS passed to pre- |
vent the useless slaughter of buhaloes in the Ter
ritorcs making ii unlawful for any person not an
Indian to kill, wound or in any manner destroy |
any female buffalo, or any greater number of buff
faloes than are needed for food or for market |
The bill an ending the laws granting pensions to
soldiers and sailors of the war Of 1872 and their |
widows, was considered in Committee of the
Whole
On the 2lth a memorial was presented in the |
Senate from the committee appointed by the |
New York Cheap Transportation Association |
to call the attention Of Congress to various facts
relating to cheap transportation. Among the |
bills introduced was one to provide for the |
means of cheap TRANSFORMATION upon the interior |
waters; to restore the occar carrying trade Of the
United States, and for other purposes. The mo- |
ton to reconsider the vote by which the report |
of the Conference Committee on the joint reSo' |
luton to pay interest on the 36' District OF
Columbia bonds, was passed, was laid on The Ia |
ble--33 to rs. A message was received from the |
House, announcing the action of that body in |
respect to the memory of the iate II. II. |
arkweather and eulogics were pronounced ly |
several Senators "A resolution was adopted in
the House, authorizing The Committee on the
District of Columbia to employ experts in prose-
cutting its Investigation into the affairs Of the |
District. Bills wer, passcd-to exclude Missouri !
from the provisions of the act to promote the |
mining resources Of the United States; providing
that any official in the Patent Office who shall re-
ceiye any money other than his salary lor any |
work done shall be punishable by fine or imPris-
oumeut. Announcement made of the death OF !
Mr. S1arkweather, and culogics were delivered |
and resolutions of coincidence and respect were
adopted
ON the a5th, in the Senate, the bill reported by |
The Finance Committee on the sd, to amend the
acts of July IA, 1870, and Jan q, 1871, TO anthor-
izc the refuBding of the National debt, was |
passed-yeas 81: nays 5-Messrs. Cockreli, Eatou,
McCreery, Mcdonald and Robertson voting in the
negative. The Military Academy bill was debat-
ed. Adjourned to the 18th "A reportwas made
in the House from the Conference Committee on
the District Of Columbia 3b5 Bond bill,
and, after debate, its further consideration
was postponed for one week. A number OF Pri-
vatc bills were p ssed. The Committee on For
eign Affairs reported back the correspondence
furnished that committee by the State Depart
ment in reference to the connection of Gen.
Schenck the American Minister to England,
with the Emma Mine and the Mechado claim,
With statement that the action of the |
Executive Department OF the Government
appears TO have been limited to a |
rec ommendation, in telegraphic dispatch to !
Gen. ;henck, dated the 2Sth of November, 1871,
that he should retire from the directory of the [
Emma Mine Company, which re- ommendation
Gen. Schenck appears to have acted upon, after |
the lapse OF week, although the fact did not
appear to have been communicated to the press !
until the 12th Of January following; in regard to
the Mechado claim, Gen. Schenck appeared to
have taken no action in the matter.