Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-11-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
CONGRESsIONAL.


the President of the Senate TO appoint Sc,
lect committee on the subject of ascertain.
ing and declaring the result of a Presidential
election was agreed to. Nominations were
confirmed in executive session: K. W
Stoughton, Minister TO Russia; Noyes, to
France; Kasson, to Austria; Lowell, to Spain
Osborn, to Chill; Comfy, TO the Hawaiian
Islands; Clark Waggoner, Internal Revenue
Collector for the Tenth Ohio District; IT, r.
shipley, Postmaster at Springfield, Ohio. Ad.
Senate, Oct 31.--A bill was introduced 10
remove all restrictions regarding the enlist
ment OF colored citizens in the army; re.
terred. petition was presented praying
Congress to take action in regard to the
Frcedmen's Savings and Trnst Company, SO
as to restore to petitioners their deposits.
The Nice.President announced as the special
committee to consider the subject of ascer-
tanning and declaring the vote for President
and Vice-President OF the United States
Messrs. Edmunds, Conkling, Howe, Nc.
MILAN, Teller, Davis of Illinois, Bayard.
Thurman, and Morgan OF Alabama. In
executive session large number of nomi-
natiohs'were confirmed. Adjourned
Roese.-Ewing, from the Committee on
Banking, reported the following bin:
That the third section of the act entitled
: All act to provide for the resumption Of
peciepayments," approved Jan. IA, 1875, be.
and the same is hereby, repealed. Wv
Mr.. Fort, of the minority of the committee,
offered an amendment that the portion of
the act which authorized the Secretary of the
Treasury to dispose of. U. s. bonds and re.
deem and cancel greenbacks be repealed
Ewing moved to recommit the bill, which
was agreed to without division, and then
moved to reconsiderthe vote, his object being
thus to retain control of the bill. A motion
to lay the motion to reconsider on the table
was made, the effect of which motion, the
Speaker said, would be a test of the sense of
the House The vote resnlted:
Yeds-Aiken, Bacon, Bagley, Baker IN. Y),
Baliou, Banks, Bisbee, Blair, Boyd, Brentano,
Brewer, Briggs, Bundy, Burchard, Burdick,
Cain, Campbell, Caswel, Chittenden, Clalin,
Ida GIsrk ~. ~, Cole, Conger,. Covert, Cox
(Ohlo), Crapo, Cutler, Danford, ,Darrall, Davis
SCaL), Deering, Denison, DunneH, Dwight,
Eames, Eickhoff, Ellsworth, Field, Foster
Freeman, Frye, Garfield, Gibson, II ale, Hard
enourg, Harris (Mass.), Hart, Hayes, Halle
ton, Hendee, Henderson, Hewitt IN. ",
Hiscock' Hu6bell, Humphrey, Hungerford,
DsJO
JSYee, Keifer, KeIghtley, Landers, Latham,
Lothrop, Lindsey, Luttrell, Mayham, Me-
Cook, McGowan, Mckinley, Mitchell, Mon
roe, Morrison, Morse, Muller, Norcross,
0Neil, oyerton, Pacheco, Page, Patterson,
Peddie, Pollard, Potter, Pound, Powers,
Price. Rainey, Reed, Rice CMass.) Robinson
lMass. J, Sampson, Schleicher, Slnnickson,
Smith (Pa.), Stewart, Stone (Mich.), Stone
ICal.), Strait, ,Thornburgb, Townsend (Ohio),
Townsend On. ~, Wait, Ward, Warner, Wat
sou, Welch, Willets, Williams fWis.), Will.
Iams (Dell Williams (Or.l Willis IN. ",
s.NdYs Atkins, Baker Und.), Banning,
Bayne, Bell, Bicknelb Blackburn, Bland
Blount, Boone, Bouck, Bridges, Bragden,
Browne, Buckner, Butler, Cabell, Caldwell
ihy.), Caldwell (Tenn.), Calkins, Gambler,
CCsDnon' Carlisle, Chalmers. CLARK (Mo.),
Crittenden, Culberson, Cummings, David
son, Davis IN. C.l, Dibrell, Dickey, Durham,
Eden, Elan, Ellis, Errett, Evans Qnd.) Evans
lsSC) Ewing, FELTON,, Finley, Forney, Fort,
franklin, Fuller, Gardner, Garth, Giddings,
Glover, Goode, Guntet, Hamilton, Hanna,
HTtzel, Hatcher, Hendee, Henry, Hewitt
(Ala), Herbert, Hooker, House, Hunter, Hun.
tons Jones (Ala.), Kelley, Kenna, Killinger,
Mmmell, Knapp. Knott, Lynde, Macke,
Maish, Manning, Marsh, Martin, McKinzie,
Mcmahon, n,; Mills, Morgan, Mnldrow, o'Neal,
dolph, Rea, Reagan, Rice, Riddle, Robbins,
Roberts, Robertson, Robinson lind }, Ryan,
Sapp, Sayler, Scales, Sexton, Shellenberger,
Shelley, Singleton, Slemons, Smith (Ga.),
Springer, Steele, stenger, Thompson, ,Throck-
T%STton' TTlpton' TI' T9%rsehend % Qll) Turner,
walker, Walsh: White Pa), White Qnd.),
Whitthorne, Williams (Aia), Willis (KyE,
Wilson, Wright, Yeates, Young-13S.
This leaves the control of the bill in the
Banking and Currency Committee, or of Mr..
Ewing, who reported it, and who can at any
tnescAl up his motion to reconsider, and
thus ahaye action on the bill. 1t will be in
his power to cut off all amendments by
moving the previous question. Adjourned. 4
Senate, No0. l.-Petitions were presented
for Che repeal of the pecie-Resumption and
bankrupt laws. A short executive session
was held. Adjourned.
fHogSe.-Goode (Ga.) asked leave to offer,a
resolution declaring that in the judgment OF
the House the action of the President IN
Withdrawing the troops from Louisiana aud
South Carolina was wise and just and consti
tutional and entitled TO the support OF all
men, cite, but objection was made. Ewing
(0mo) called up his motion to reconsider the
vote of the previous day reeommitting to
the committee the bill to repeal the third
section of the Resumption act; carried-l32
to 124. Dilatory motions were interposed
untIl the morning hour was passed aud the
House adjourned. ,. ..f7,
tSeHdte, NoV. 2.-The death of Senator Nor
ten was announced by Senator Mcdonald
and resolution submitted by him, ap-
polnting six Senators to attend the funeral,
wasagoed toe The Vice-Presiden appointed
asspeh commlttee Senators Mcdonald, Davis,
burnside, Bayard, Cameron and Booth. Ad-
journed to, the 9th. ~, a. IA. 3,
House.-The Army Appropriation bill was
reported, referred to the committee and
madesthe special order for the 7th. The bill
appropriates S25,72S,O 600. Ewing (Ohio)
asked unanimous consent TO substitute for
the .committee's bill the bill presented by
Fort inlOs but objection was made mo.
ton 10 lay the previous question and amend.
ments to the bin on the table was defeated
107 To- I4O. The following resolution was
unanimously agreed to; ..'.....'.
RESOLVED, That in view of the sad intelli,
gence OF the death of Oliver p. Morton, the
late distinguished Senator in the Congress
OF the United States from the State of Indi-
ana, that the Speaker of this House, as a
mark OF respect for the memory of the man
whose death Is the nations loss, appoint a
committee of seven members to represent
this House at the funeral obseques.
Resotved, AS further mark of respect this
House do now adjourn.
Adjourned,
H0lise, Noy. S.-Price (Mo.) asked leave to
offer a resolution providing for the remon-
etization of silver, but objection was made.
The bill for the repeal OF the time clause of
the Resumption act was under consideration
and the morning hour was consumed in vot.
Ing on motions to adjourn yetc. A bill for
the free coinage OF standard silver dollars
was introduced and referred; so also bill
20 amend the Constitution so MS to elect the
President and Vice President by direct vote
otsthS people, Adjourned. ! ~ liiB
=, : House, Nou. 5.-A large number OF miscel-
l9neous bills were introduced, The House
passed, under suspension Of the rules Mr.
Blspdls bin for the re-eoinage OF silver. IL
provides that there shall be coined at the
several mints of the United States silver dol
lars OF the weight OF 41pl6 grains trov of