River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1877-11-01
FORTY FIFTH CONGRESS

ed iOr the appointment OF stiecI committee
of eleven TO consider and report upon the
subject of the civil service of the United
States, and the measures to promote its
efficiency. Also resolution for select
committee Of eleven 20 consider and report
upon the aseertaining and declaration of the
election of President and Vice President.
Adjourned.
SENATE, Oct. 23-Mr. Wallace intro
duced bill TO provide a lawful note OF eoin
currency for the United States, also bill To
authorize long bonds for the investment OF
savings Mr.. ingalls, introduced bill To equal
ize the bounties of soldiers who served I'M the
late war. Adjourned.
HOUSE, Oct. 23.--Not in session.
SENATE, Oct, 24th.-Not in session.
HOUSE, Oct, 24th.-The Colorado con
tested election case was taken up when Mr.
Harrison made speech in favor OF Patter
sons right to the seat Mr.. Garfield snnnort
the prima faeie title. The House adjourned
without action.
SENATE Oct 25.-Petitions were pre-
scented from citizens Of New Yord against the
repeal of the bankrupt law. The committee
on elections were authorized in the Louisiana
contested cases of Spofiord and Kellogg to
send for persons and papers. Bills were in
troduced authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to adjust and settle the indebted
ness of the State of Arkansas TO the United
States. Adjourned.
House, Oct 25th.-The Colorado con-
tested election case was referred to the Com
mittee on elections, ayes Isl nays 1l3 Petit
ton for the removal Of the National Capital
and for encouragement Of rifle practice were
presented and referred. Mr.. Garfield present
ed petition of 2l0 men Of color asking an
appropriation of 500 each Ia enable them to
emigrate to Liberia. Mr.. Wright presented a
petition Of 2l,0 600 workingmen from Pennsyl-
Vanla, asking government aid TO settle on the
public domain.
SENATE, Oct, 29.-Bills were intro
duced 10 provide for the coinage of silver dol
lars and making the same legal tenders. The
Vice President laid before the senate a Joint
resolution of the Wisconsin legislature asking
increased postal facilities in that Slate. in
favor of legislation to improve the condition
Of the Oneida tribe of Indians, asking the right
of way and grant of land for railroad In
the northern part of the State from St Paul,
Mimi, the Falls of Sault Ste. Marie, Wis for
an appropriation to aid in the survey of the st.
CroiX river. Adjourned.
HOUSE, Oct. 20th-A large number of
bills relating to financial and tariff matters
were introduced and referred after which
Speaker Randall announced his committees
as follows; The following is the organization
of the committee of Elections-Harris Vir.
ginia, chairman; Springer ILL.,; Gambler, Ga;
Turner, Pa; Cobb Ind; Williams, Ala; Ellis
La; Waite, Conn; Thornburg, Tenn, Cox, O.;
Hickock, n. Y.
Ways and Means Wood, n. 7. chairman
Tucker, Va; Sayler, o; Robbins, n. G.; Harris,
Garfield, o; Burchard, Ills; Banks, Mass
Appropriations-Atkins Tennessee. chair
man; BlOunt Ga; Singleton, Miss; Clymer,
Pa; Hewitt, n. Y; Sparks, Ill; Durham, Ky;
Hale, Me; Foster, o; Smith, Pa; Baker, Ind.
Banking and Currency-Buckner, Of Mis-
,lafr. ~ - NJ Il
Yeates, N. c; Hartsell, Ill; Bell Ga; Hart,
\. Y; Eames, r. l.; Chittenden, n. Y; Fort,
ILL., Phillips Kan.
Pacific Rairoad-Potter, n Y, chairman
Throckmorton, Tex; Morrison, III; House,
Tenn; Luttrell, Cal; Landers Conn: Chal-
Caswell, Wis; Cole, Mo; Rice, Mass.
Claims--Bright Tenn chairman; Warner,
Ct; Davis, n. G; Reilly, Pa; Dickey, o.; Henry,
Mo; Lockwood, n. W Henderson, III; Els
worth. Mich; Lindsey, Me; Cummings la
Commenrce,Ragan, Texas, chairman; Eel
kenna, w Va; Hunter, Ind; Dunnell, MINI;
Hubbell, Mich; Overton, Pa
Public Lands-Morrison, ILL.,, chairman
Fuller, Ind; GAM, Ark; Clark, Mo; Wright,
Pa; Hewitt Ala; Smith, GA; Ketchum, n. Y
Paehecco, Cal; Sapp, Ia; Welch, Neb; Kidder,
ID. T..
Postofiices and Post Roads-Waddell, N. c.,
chairman; Slemons, Ark; Caldwell Tenn ;
Giddings, Texas; Garth, Ala; Quinn, n Y;
MoreY, Miss; Cannon, Ills; Freeman, Pa; Will
liams, n. " Townsend, Ohio.
District of lumbia-Williams, Mich chair
man.
Judiciary-Knott, KY, chairman; Lynde,
Wis; Harris, Va; Hartridge, Ga; Singer,
Pa; Mcmahon, Ohio; Culberson, Texas; FRYE,
Maine; Butler Mass; Conger, Mich. Lap
ham, n. Y.
War Claims-Eden, III, chairman; Cabell-
Va; Luttrell, Cal; Shelley, Ala; Caldwell, KY;
Vieder, n. Y; Reilly, Pa; Oliver, Iowa; Thonp-
son Pa; Keifer, Ohio; Robinson, Ind
Public Expenditures-Ha Mo. chair
man; Hartsell III; Pridmore Va; Finley, O;
Davidson, Fla; Benedict N. Y; Manning,
Miss; baker, n Y; Keighley, Mich; Burdick,
Iowa; Bayne, Pa.
Private Land Claims-Gunter, Ark, chair
man.
Wright, Pa, chairman; Di-
brcll, Tenn; Warner, Conn; Wilson, w Va;
Higon, Ala; Davidson, Fla; Harrison, Ill;
Peddel, j; 1ltner, Mo; Upton, III; Bacon,
n. Y;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS y. j., chairman; Clio
yer, Mo; Pridmore, Va; Covert, n. Y: Aiken
s. G; Finley, o; steele, ~ G; Denng, Ia;
Hayes, Ill; Watson, Pa; CalSins, Ind.
Indian Afiairs-Scales, n. c., chairman
Boone, Ky; Hooker, Miss Morgan, Mo;
Throcksmorton, Tex; Gunter, Ark; Beebe, N.
Y; Page, Cal; Van Voorhees,, O.; Townsend,
n. Y; Stewart, Mimi; Ferrin, Idaho
Military Attairs-Banning, o., chairman
Marsh, Pa; Williams, Delaware; Dibreu, Tenn !;
Clark, n. Y; Evans, S, C.; Bragg, Wis; Strait,
Mimi; White, Pa; McCook, y. Y; Marsh, H.
Milltia-Miles Ross, y j :, chairman; Dou-
glass, Va Scales, n. G; Henkle Md: Jones,
n. II; Culberson, Texas; Turner, Ky; Calk-
ins, Ind; Bundy, Ky; Evans, Pa; Smalls, s. c..
Naval -Whitthorne, chairman; Mills,
Texas; GoOde Va; Willis MY; Jones, n. II /;
Morse, Mass; Kimmell, Md; Harris, Mass ;
Danford, o.; Haines, Pa; Hanna, Ind
Foreign affairs-Swain Md, chairman Cox
\. Y, Hamilton Ind, Forney Ala, Schleisher
Texas, Bridges Pa, Wilson w. Va, Monroe 0.
Williams Wis. Grape Mass, killinger Pa
Territories-Franklin, Missouri. chairman;
Riddle, Tenn. Mills, Texas; Turney Pa;
Jones, Ala; Maldrew, Miss: Morse, Mass; Bag
ley, n. Y; Reed, Me; Aldrich, III; Neal Ohio;
Maginnis, Montana:
Revolutionary pensions and war of 1872
Mickey, Pa; chairman;
Invalid pensions-Rue, Ohio, chairman (;
Hewett, Ala; Riddle, Tenn Walsh, Md Mac
key Pa; Crittenden, Mo: Covert y. Y: Sim
nockson, n. j; Rainey, s. C; Joyce, Vt;
Powers, Me.
Railways and Canals-Schleischer Texas,
chairman; Cabell, Va. :Crittenden, Mo. Shelly
Ala. Mckenzie, Ky; Muller, n. Y; Clark, n
J.; Evans, Ind; Mitchell, Pa; Camp, N. Y;
Haselton, Wis.
Mines and Mining-Beebe, n. Y, chairman;
Davis, \. c.; FELTON,, Ga; Collins, Pa; Boone,
ANN vOHtSs -Atds lAtds -hbs hAtis NtNs tsdAl-
dolph, Tenn; Shallenberger, Pa; Stone, Mich
Stevens, Arizona.
Education and Labor-Goode, Va, chair
man; Fuller, Ind; Sou.hard, O; Willis Ky;
Manning, Miss; Bright, Tenn; Bell, Ga; Lor-
ing Mass; Campbell, Pa; Hungerford, \. Y;
Haskell Kan.
Revision of Laws--Walsh, Md; chair
man; Walker, Va; Bland, Mo; Bicknell,
Ind Herbert, Ala; Welles, Ky; Cravens, Ark;
Field, Mass; Clark, Iowa; Leonard, La; Me-
Kinley, O.
Coinage, Weights and Measures-Stephcns,
Ca, chairman; Marsh, Pa; Vance, n. G.: Clark,
Mo; Knapp, Ills; Muldrow, Miss; Clark, Ky;
Darrall, La; Brewer, Mich; Ryan, Kan Dwight,
NY.
Patents Vance, Y. c., chairman; Douglas,
Va; Clark Ky; Smith, Ga; Aiken, S. G; Town
send, III; Cutler, n. j Ward Pa; Pollard Mo:
Briggs, y. II; Willis, Mich
Public Buildings and Grounds-Cook, Ga.
chairman.