Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-11-30
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.
cONGREssIONAL.

Senate, Nor. 20-A number Of bills were in
troduced and referred. The bill TO enable In
dams to become citizens was discussed at
length and further consideration postponed
until Dec. 10 next. Thurman (Ohio) submit
ted a resolution that the Committee on Priyi-
leges and Elections be discharged from further
consideration of Buffers credentials as Sena-
tor from South Carolina. Objection was made
and the resolution went over Adjourned.
Hotse.--The bill appropriating S150,000 for
representation Of the United States at the
Paris Exposition was passed-139 TO 124. A
petition from Philadelphia National Banks,
trust and saving fund companies against the
unlimited circulation Of silver coin was re-
ferred Adjourned
Senate, NoU 21.-Several private bills were
discussed and consideration Of the resolution
to discharge the Election Committee from
further consideration of the credentials of
Butler as Senator from South Carolina was re-
sumed. Speeches were made in favor thereof
by Hin and Bayard and in opposition by
Mitchell, Wadleigh, and Hoar, and then mo-
tion to go into executive session was agreed
too to 30 The House bill to authorize free
coinage of the standard silver dollar and to re-
store its legal-tender character, with amend
ments, was reported from the Finance Com
mttee and placed on the calendar Adjourned.
House-Nearly the entire session was spent
in Committee Of the Whole considering the
Deficiency Appropriation bill Isl ,25O,OO0). A
few amsndments were agreed to and the bill
was reported to the House, but without action
an adjournment was taken.
Senate, Noy 22.-The House joint resolution
in regard to the Paris Exposition was placed
on the calendar. A resolution to lay on the
table the motion to discharge the Elections
Committee from further consideration of the
credentials OF Butler as Senator from South
Carolina was rejected-29 TO 32-Davis Qll),
Conover (Fla) and Patterson Is. c. voting
with the Democrats in the negative. Debate
followed upon a motion to amend the original
resolution by inserting Kellogg's name. Re
iected-30 to 81. An amendment to postpone
the case of Butler and direct the committee
to report in the matter of Kellogg and Spof-
ford was reiected-30 to 32. An amendment
to discharge the committee from further con-
sideration OF the credentials of Kellogg, Spof-
ford, Butler and Corbin was reiected-30 to 32,
motion TO adjourn until the 36tb resulted in
a tie vote Conover voting with the Repub-
licans therefor. The Nice-President voted in
the affirmative and the Senate adjourned until
the 26th.
Ho,tse.-A bill was introduced to create
postal savings banks. The Deficiency bill was
passed. The bill to repeal the Resumption
act was taken up and Ewing (Ohio) in a
lengthy speech, which was listened to with
the closest attention on both sides of the
chamber, closed the debate. Without further
action the House adjourned.
House. Non. Reconsideration of the bill to
repeal the Resumption act was resumed, and
Mr. Fort spoke in advocacy Of his substitute.
Mr. Crittenden replied to Ewing's speech of
the previous day. The various amendments
tfourteen) were defeated, most of them with
out division. The amendment to add new
section to the bill providing that debts for
wages be payable only in coin or legal-tender
notes was defeated-127 to 129. The vote on
Forts substitute for Ewing's bill was then
taken, resulting; 1873 to i20-and the bill was
passed. The vote was in detail as follows:
-Ysas-Atkins. Baker dnd.), Banning, Bayne.
Bell. Blackburn, Bland Boone, Bragg BrOgden
Browne, Buol1ner, Cabell, Caldwell tKy.), Cald-
well 'Igin EinI , SalkiHS Hst S@nRI M IDa Cahh
Collins, Cook, Cravens, Crittenden CulbersOn
Davidson, Davis IN. O., Dibrell, Dickey, Doug
las, Durham. Eden, Elan, Errett, Evans Is; G.,
Ewing, FELTON,, Finley, FOrney, Fort, Franklin,
Fuller, Gardner, Garth Geddings, Glover, GoOde,
Gunter, Hamilton, Hanna, Harris (Ga.l, Harris
Hatcher, Hayes, Henkle, Henry, Hewitt (Ala.),
Herbert, Hooker, House, Hunter, Hunton. Hum
phreys ZONES (Aln.l, Jones Ohio, Kelley, Kenna.
l.illinger, Knapp, Knott, Lyon, Mackey Maish,
Manning. Marsh, Martin, Mckenzie, Mcmahon,
Mills, Morgan, Muldrow, Oliver, Phelps, Phillips,
Prdemnre, Rea Reagan, Reilley, Rice (Ohio),
Riddle, Robbins, Roberts, Robertson la, Rob
inson llnd,l, Ryan, Sapp, Sayler. Scales, Shell
Springer, Steele, Thompson, ThruckmOrton. Tip
ton, TOwnshend Ill.l, Tucker, Turner, Turney,
Vance, Van Voorhees,, Waddle, Walker, Walsh,
Z White Pa, White Qnd.l Whitthorne Williams
lAla-l, Willis tKy), Wilson, Wright. Yeates,
loung-l33.
Nays-Aldrich, Bacon, Bagley, Baker IN, ",
I3allou, Banks Beebe, Benedict Bisbee, Blair,
Boyd, Brentano, Brewer, Briggs, Burchard, Bur
Clark N. j.. Clark qowa), Cole, Conger. Covert,
Cox (Ohio), Crapo, Cummings, Cutler, Danford,
Davis Cali, Deering, Dennison. .Dunnell, Dwight
Eames, Eiekhof, kllsworth. Evans Pa, Foster,
berg, Harmer, Harris Mass.) Hart, Hendee, Hen
derson. Hewitt On, W, Hubhell, Hungerford
Ittner, James, Jones IN, H., Jorsensen, joyce
Keightley. Kimmell Ianders. Iapham Iathrop
Mayham. McC0ok McGowan Mckinley, Met
cali, Mitchell Monroe, Morrison, Morse, Muller
Norcross, 0Neill, Overton, Pacheco Page, Pat
terson, Peddie, Potter, Pound; Powers, Price
lMass) Robinson (Mass.), Ross Sampson
Schleicher, Shallenberger SinnicksOn. Stenger
Stewart, Stone CMich.l Thornhurg, Townsend
(Ohio,, Wait, Warner, Watson, Welch Williams
(Mich.). Williams IN. W Williams (Wis.l. Will
Jams tOr.), Willis IN. ", Willets, Wood, Wren
I'D.
Cox and Kitcham, who would have voted no
were paired with Kefer and Lynde, and there
were some half-dozen absentees impaired who
would have voted no. Butler did not vote al
all. Adjourned to the 2Ith