The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-04-27
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Jele4ipg 10 > neU Legal tender .sllyer dollar.
4 I'LL ms passed requiring the congressional
PRIMER Is furnish members With the Congress
honal Record and other pnhhe documha .esfts 81
cot, with TN per cent. addition6l. p The hill
1oor paving Pennsyl vania Avenue W. passed
re- deficiency bill, including s76.ooo Ifor the
Black Hills commission, ~ passed, and the
Senate adjou1ned. @ 's :, q
The House occupied the, entire day !
with oontested eleotion cases, and declared
Hazlason, Of Alabama, entitled 70 his present
seat, and tha*J ]. Finley; Of Florida, il enti-
tied 70 the seat Of Wells istt; ..;tii!s!>, Il Il
hs After the adjournment of the court
q impeachment; on: the 18th, the Senate
parsed the House bill defining the tax on fer:
'mented and malt liquors, also : bill, to rau-
thori,e certain corporation, 70 improve the
,,ooooto river. Or motion Of Senator Morton
The bill regulating the counting Of electoral
votes for President and Vice President Wa
reeonsidered,, and placed on the oalandar. In
the course Of his, remarks Mr.. Norton refer.
rcd to charge against Thos. jefferson that
be was guilty of;ftaud in counting the, elec-
toral votes when he himself was candidate.
Mr.: Thurman 1efutsd the charge. y So IT,.
The Chairman Of the impeachment
manager. reported to the House = replication
to the, Plea, Of, Jurisdiction fled on behalf OF
Babcock, and it was adopted. A bill was intro
duoed providing for the coinageof Centennial
coins. J. U. Filley Of Florida, was declared en-
titled to seat and was sworn in. The evening
session was for general debate on the transfer
OF the Indian bureau to the war department.
The Senate on the Goth passed a bill
authorizing Mrs. Minnie Sherman Fitch to re-
oeive free Of duty the wedding present from
the Khedive Of Egypt. The question Of max
ing silver legal tender came up and Mr..
Bogy spoke in favor Of making it legal ten
der for all amounts and receivable in payment
Of all duties At custom houses.
In the House bills were introduced
to limit the power of courts to punish for
contempt, and to enlarge the privileges
Of the writ OF habeas corpus This
relates particularly to cases in which Con.
gress is directly concerned. A resolution
was introduced and referred reciting the un-
settled condition Of the Mexican border and
requesting the President to direct the General
Of the army to proceed to the scene Of the
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may deem necessary to maintain peace and
protect the dignity and houor Of the govern
ment. MIR. Cole offered = resolution for an
investigation Of the reports connecting Sec
rotary Bristow with the violation Of customs
laws in the case of the aiezure OF the bArque
Mary Merritt, in Milwaukee. Mr.. Hall re-
iquested that the resolution be made more ex-
plicit, as Secretary Bristow desired the full
est possible investigation.
The House ON the 2lst amended the
resolution passed previously for an investiga.
ton Of the newspaper rumors affecting Secre-
tary Rristow; the amendment places the in
vestigation in the hands of the ways and
means committee, and makes all proceedings
public. The bill transferring the Indian bu-
reau to the Indian department was passed by
4 vote Of l39 to "a.
The House, only, was in session on
the 22d. VIM. Falkner, from the committee
on foreign relations introduced bill defining
certain rights Of American citizens, and VIM
Cox introduced substitute. No action was
taken upon either. After short considers
ton of the bill relating to the Freedman's
bank, the House adjourned.
The Senate. on the 25th. was engag.
ed in consideration Of the bill to abolish the
Office Of supervisor Of internal revenue, and
the bill to amend the laws relating to the
legal tender of silver coin.
Bills were introduced in tho House
to increase the national bank circulation, to
liquidate the national debt, to reorganize the
navy, and to regulate taxation in the District
Of Columbia. A resolution was passed re-
questing the President to take steps to Sc
cure the release Of o. NJ. Condor, now i'm
prisoned in England. Mr.. Blaine proceeded
to make \ personal explanation in regard to
the newspaper charges connecting him with
the Union Pacific railroad company.