The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-04-07
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authorizing the Secretary of the Inte
rior to deposit in the United States
Treasury all sums that he may receive as
Trustee of the Indian tribes was passed
The Consular and Diplomatic bill was
taken up and various amendments, all
of which were opposed to the reductions
made by the House, were passed. The
Senate then went into executive session,
and at 4 80 adjourned. In the House,
| the various committees made the reports
when Mr. Banning's army bill was taken
up and passed. 1t reduces the pay of
the officers. Another army bill was
introduced, which consolidates certain
staff departments. 1t was made spe-
cial order. The House then proceeded
to the consideration of the bill appro-
| priating S163, 900 for the Bureau of
Printing and Engraving Of the Treasury
and providing for the issue of silver coin
in the place of fractional currency 1t
was debated at length and several
| amendments offered, all of which were
| rejected. The House then took a
recess until half-past z. At 7:30 the
House reassembled, and went into the
Committee of the Whole for the consid-
Grafton of the legislative, executive, and
judicial appropriation bills. The salary
of Senators, after much debate, was fix
ed at $500. Other items of the bill
were considered, but not acted upon, and
the committee rose. and the House ad-
iourned.
MAR. 30.-In the Senate, a number of
memorials and petitions were presented,
several of them asking for the Senate's
intercession for the release of Z. o. NJ.
Condor. These latter were referred to
Committee on Foreign Relations. The
''Silver BilI'' was then discussed by Mr..
Sherman, who proposed an amendment
to it, but it was laid over. Mr. Morton
then called up his resolutions on the
Mississippi election. A personal and
acrimonious debate followed. in which
Messrs. Bayard, Boutwell, and Morton
INDUCED. Conciliatory speeches were
made by Messers. Withers, of Virginia,
and Maxey, of Texas. The Senate then
adjourned. In the House, the Commit
tee on Naval and the Committee on For
eign Affairs, made reports, when Mr..
Knott, of the Judiciary Committee, re-
ported articles of impeachment against
w. w. Belknap, late Secretary of War.
He asked that they be Feeemmitted, in
order that they might be printed. They
are to be,called up next Saturday. They
are five in number, and all relate to the
Marsh transaction. The silver bill was
then taken up, and general amendments
cepted. 1t passed by a tie vote, Mr..
Cox, the Speaker pro tenn, voting aye.
Without disposing of the bill, the House
took a recess until 7:30. They reassem-
bled at 7:30 a bill for the appointment
of committee of three, to inquire into
the condition of the laboring classes of
and capital, was offered and referred -
The consideration of the legislative ap-
preparation bill lasted three hours, but
no action was taken upon it. The COM
mittee then rose and the House adjourn
ed.
MAR. 3I.-in the Senate, number of
important memorials and petitions were
introduced, all of which were referred.
The resolution, that a committee of five
be appointed to investigate the alleged
frauds in the last Mississippi election,
was called up and made the subject of a
long debate, which occupied the entire
DAYS session 1t was finally passed on
a yea and nay vote. The Senate then
adjourned until Monday. In the House
a memorial from the women citizens of
the United States, asking for form of
government ia the Distri, of Columbia
that will secure to the women citizens
the right to vote, was introduced and
ordered printed in the Record. large
number of bills were introduced, among
which was one to authorize Lieut.. Col.
Godfrey Weitzel. of the Engineer Corps,
to accept the position of Trustee Of the
Cincinnati Southern Railway, without
interfering with his rank in the army
Ii was ordered ecommitted- The House
then proceede,i TO vote OH the bill appro-
priating S163, 600 for the deficiency in
the Treasury Printing Bureau, and for
the issue of subsidiary silver coin. 1t |
was passed by a yea and nay vote-ayes |
122; nays 100. The House then went |
into Committee of the Whole on the |
private calendar After a discussion, |
the committee rose, and the House ad- |
iourned until Monday.
APR. 3.-In the Senate various peti-
tions were presented and referred, re- |
monstrating against any change i'll the |
present tariff, and against any legisia
ton providing for The payment of all
pensions at Washington. Mr.. Morton,
of Indiana. introduced bill TO amend |
certain sections Oh ltle bnlOrcelnelit ACI /
the object of which is to bring the act |
within the late decision of the Supreme |
Court. Protests against the abolition |
or tie Signal Service were received from |
indianapolis and Detroit Boards OF |
Trade. Mr.. Thurman then called up his |
amendment to the Bankrupt Act, the |
object of which is to put an end to the |
discordant decisions which have made |
the bankrupt law one thing in one dis |
trict and another thing in another. The |
bill was read for a third time and passed |
A motion 10 reconsider the vote 10y |
which the Presidents salary was reduced |
was made and lost-yeas, "a; nays, 81.
The Senate then went into executive |
session, when the Clerk of the House |
appeared and stated that articles of /
impeachment against W. w. Belknap, |
late Secretary of War, had been adopt |
ed by the House. After a session of |
three hours the Senate adjourned. In |
the House, the roll of the States was |
called for bills. At the close of the call |
Mr.. Knott, Chairman of the Judiciary |
Committee, called I'D the question of |
the impeachment articles, and they were |
adopted, unanimously. Mr.. Clymer |
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