The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-17
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.

/ FORTY-F0URTH CONGRESS.
! Proceedings Of the Second Scssio
On the 9th inst, in the House, Mr..
Goodin, from the committee on public lands,
| reported a bill authorizing the extension OF
the McGregor Western railroad to point of
intersection with the Sioux City & St. Paul
road, near OBrien county, Iowa, the grant OF
land not to be enlarged or changed, nor
homestead or presumption rights affected.
The bill was passed. No other important
business was proposed and the House adj
journed. The Senate was not in session.
Senator Sherman, on the 9Th inst,
presented to the Senate petitions from prom
inent business men of both political parties,
asking an amicable settlement of the Presi-
dental contest. Resolutions were passed re-
garding the Oregon electoral contest, and the
Senate adjourned.
In the House, ON the 9Th, bills were
| introduced for the free coinage of silver dol
lars and making the same legal tender; to
authorize and equip an expedition to the
Arctic seas and to authorize paper circula.
ton convertible into gold and silver. Mr.
Lawrence offered resolution to ascertain if
in every State an equal opportunity for COM
and white children alike. A motion to sus-
pend the rules and pass the resolution result
ed. yeas ll9, nays 70, and was lost as less
than two-thirds voted in the affirmative. A
resolution declarative OF State rights was Of
tered and under q motion to suspend the
rules and pass it, was defeated by vote o
l07 to 80.
The Senate, on ythe 9th, ordered the
arrest of recusant witness Runyan, in the
| by Mr. Wallace, Mr.. Sherman addressed the
Senate at length, sustaining the course of the
Louisiana returning board, and quoting at
length from various authorities and regarding
precedents: Mr.. Bogy characterized tho
! speech OF Sherman as the most painful and
humlliating effort he ever heard in the Senate
| The debate occupied the entire time of the
| session.
The House on the 9th did no other
work than to order the arrest of VIM. Orion
OF the Western Union telegraph company.
In the Senate, on the 10th, Mr.. Win
dom, from the committee on public lands, re-
ported tavorably on the House bill amending
! the law tor land grant in aid of the Du-
bnque and Sioux City railroad. A resolution
OF the Boston board of trade was presented,
asking for the reconciliation of silver. The
annual report OF the Congressional librarian
was presenter, showing 3Ol ,O97 books in the
library and 50O, 900 pamphlets. Alter the con-
sideration Of number OF bills of no impor-
lance to our readers, the Senate adjourned.
The House, on the 10th. rejected the
bill for the bridge across the Ohio at Cincin-
natl, and the House went into committee of
the whole on the diplomatic appropriation
bill, after which adjourned.
On the 18th the Senate discharged
Enos Runyan, banker, he having answered
certain questions regarding the Oregon cleo
toral dispute. A conference committee on
post routes and fast mail service was appoint
ed. MIR. Withers gave notice that he should
at an early day call up the message of the
PRESIDENT relating to the troops in Petersburg
on election day.
In the House on the 18th, MIR. Hol-
mans amendment decreasing the salaries OF
OF SO to 100. All other amendments to the
consular and diplomatic bill were voted down
and the bill passed. The military academy
appropriation bill was also passed without
amendment. After the consideration of sever
al unimportant bills the House adjourned.
In the Senate, Mr.. Gordon on the
18th inst, Introduced bill to create sink
ing fund for the bonds advanced to the Pacific
railroads. Mr.. Booth called up the resolu-
tons U.s. submitted by him on Monday. on count
the same. He believed settlement could be
and will be devised which will comment it.
self to the sense of justice, and pr0priety of
ell, and reconcile the losing party. The three
theories in respect to the power and iurisdic.
ton in this matter he stated to be: Nesting
the power in the President the Senate that
the power is in both houses combined, and
that the controlling power is in the House
alone. He believed in the second theory Mr.,
Paddock introduced bill to improve the
Missouri river and especially the levees of
Omaha, Sioux City, etc.
The House on the 18th, remanded to
imprisonment the rccusant witness Barnes.
after Listening to his declaration that he was
not at that time in charge OF the New Orleans
telegraph ot6ce, but if he could get the copies
OF kilograms he would produce them before
the committee. MIR. Knott introduced a reso-
luton declaring that the power to determine
what electoral votes shall be counted rests
with the Senate and House OF Representatives,
and that no vote can be counted against the
judgement of the House.
The Indians Last Shot.
The Black Hills Pioneer narfates an
incident that shows the cool ferocity
of the Indian: -Four white men, while
out hunting about two miles from
Deadwood, killed deer, and while
they were skinning it one of them saw
an Indian approaching them, leading
his pony. He was probably trying to
surprise them, but being uncertain of
their exact position, he had approach
ed too near, and they discovered him
first. One of the party snatched I'm