The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-16
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE,

49,
JOY an,endatory to the acts OF July
lsf, 1867, and July I'd, 1854. TO aid Yin
the construction OF a railroad from b
Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, was
made The. special order for July 10Th
IltproVides tor h -re-establishment of
a sinking fund to liquidate the indebt-
edness Of the Pacific railroad companies
to the government.
THE House bill for the payment of
electoral messengers was passed. l9i7sh.
Il Thurman then addressed the Senate
on the resolution providing for an in
vestigation of the Oregon electoral APP
Wright said that on Monday next he
would call up the civil service bill re-
ducing the Presidents salary to $780,
900 periannum. 1t passed the last
Congress and the President vetoed it.
The committee favored its passage over
the veto. Wright also said he would
on Saturday or Monday introduce a bill
providing for the settlement of con-
tested Presidential election cases.
Edmunds said be had not called up
the bill regulating the electoral count,
as he promised, because q Senator who
desired to discuss the question was in
disposed to-day. The House had noti-
fed the Senate of the appointment of a
committee to meet a similar committee
to devise some method of counting the
electoral votes, and he said the Sem
ate's respect for the House would doubt
less occasion the appointment of such
committee, which might supercede all
necessity for the passage of this bill.
The resolution for paying witnesses
before the Senate committee SO per day
and five cents mileage, passed with an
amendment providing for the payment
Of seven cents mileage to witnesses
living west of the 10th meridian, If
examined east of the Mississippi river.
: Window called up the bill appropri-
ating money for the expense of certain
special committees, and on his motion
the Senate non-concurred i'll the House
amendment. A committee of confer
ence was appointed. 500
Edmunds called up the message from
the House announcing the passage of
the resolution providing for the appoint
ment of a committee to act with the
committee of the Senate to devise some
method lof casting sthe electoral vote,
and submitted a resolution referring
the message to a select committee COM
posed OF seven Senators, with power to
prepare and report without unnecessary
delay such measure as will secure a
lawful couptro the electoral vote and
he hest disnosition of all questions com
cerned ltberewitb. and that said CONF
mittee have power to confer with the
House committee. Laid over until
Monday and ordered printed ssqaH5l8
otChaffee introduced a bill authorizing
the citizens of Colorado N Nevada and
the sterritoriesto fell and remove tim
Der on the public domain for mining
andf3 domestic 1854 Referred.
Adjourned 1iaaf55 1aa .Ietsaa sas VI.
gEeib nIgou HOUSE. Qs .dss9sis
tDTbarbWi read,,cinu the amount tn nav
fbe assnenses Of the Senata inv%esficatiry
ssmTittass1 fran, a5n q IN S90l006
ind ncreasi,,SS H2nse comm;tfees,
rn-nnr;at;ons from. COZ mn ~ e5n o00
eansed considerabJe noiitical ebate he,
fvveen Hale Ho1fnan and Coy During
Ria d;scnss;on The -senort IF the Demo,
cratic visitors 70 New Orleans was read
from the clerkss desk Tins securing ia
nr;nt;ng in the Congress;onal Record
Al the 'acJose of the discussiou the hill
for the exnenses Of the ,committees was
.,donted No recommended Nv the com
miffee an Observation-Disclosures giving $40
400 To- eacb botise. II m
81 During the discussion on this matter;
Hale opposed a reduction of the Sem
ate's sum. .He~said the American
people were anxious to learn the state
of affairs III those Southern states.
therefore the committees shouldn't be-
pincbed. isissT ~ m 1es
Holman said the Democrats were
certainly as anxious as the Republicans.