The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-01-11
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On the Sd, in the Senate, Mr.. Nor
ton, from the Committee on Privileges and
Elections, submitted a report that VIM. NJ.
Turner, Manager of the Western Union Tel
| cgraph office at jacksonville, Oregon, had
refused to answer certain qu stions put to
| him, on the ground that he could not di-
vulge the business of the company; also a
resolution that said Turner is in duty bound
to answer questions, and cannot refuse to
do SO by virtue Lf his official connection
with the company -. Bills were introduced
in the House--for the free coinage of sill
yer dollars, and fer making the same
a legal tender; extending the time
| to pre-emptors on public lands; for the
election of Federal officers, and to prevent
fraud in elections. Majority and minority
reports were made from the Judiciary Com
mittee on the Colorado question, the former
accompanied by resolution declaring Col
orado to be a State in the Union, and that
| Mr. Bclford should be admit ed as a Repre-
senta i've, aud the latter recomme, ding the
| passage of an act admitting Colorado, which
reports were ordered recommiited. Mr..
| McDill was appointed on the Committee on
| the Rights, Duties and Privileges of the
| House in counting the Electoral vote, in
place of Mr.. Monroe. excused.
On the 4th, in the Senate, Mr.. COnk-
ling presented the petition of citizens of
New York in favor of an amica-
BILE settlement of the Presidential contest,
which petition was referred to the special
Committee to Devise Means for Proper
| Count of the Electoral Vote. The bill TO
establish court for the trial of contested
Presidential ell ctions was referred to the
| same committee. In the House, the Sen
! ate amendments to the bill for the sale OF
saline lands and to the bill relative
to the proof required in homestead
entries, were concurred in. Bills were
passed-giving parties contestant time
to enter lands under the Presumption,
Homestead or Timber Culture acts, after
contest shall have been finally decided; al
lowing pension of eight dollars month
to all who served sixty days in the Mexican
war, or thirty days in the Florida or Black
hawk war, and to their surviving widows,
unmarried. The Consular and Diplomatic
Appropriation bill Isl, 1877 ,0S5) was consid-
cred in Committee of the Whole. The bill
| to supply deficiencies in the contingent
fund Of the House (s42 $50 was reported
from the Committee on Appropriations.
On the 5th, in the Senate, the reso-
luton declaring that VIM. NJ. Turner was in
dltv bound to answer the questions pro-
pounded to him by the Committee on Privi-
leges and Elections in regard to the trans
mission OF JcIegrapnlc messages 1nrOugn
his Office at Jacksonville, Oregon, was taken
up, debated and voted upon, the ote stand
ing-yeas, 33; nays,3. No quorum voting,
an adjournment was had to the 8ih.. In
the House, the Senate amendments to the
bill making appropriations for the payment
of invalid and other pensions were concur
red in. The Sergeant-at-Arms was directed
to retain Mr.. Barnes in custody. The Con-
tingency Deficiency bill was considered in
Committee Of the Whole, reported and
passed.
No SESSION of the Senate on the
9th -. A bill was passed in the House au.
thorizing the Bank commissioners, in
property sold under foreclosure, to secure
the debts OF the Freedman's Bank, and te
sell the same at public or private sale, whert
, It is for the interest If the bank to do SO
and also modifying their former action. Tht
Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill
was considered IN Committee OF The Whole
On the Sth, in the Senate, Mr.. Sher
man presented a petition, which was refer
red, from prominent business men and citi
J zens Of Cincinnati, Of both political par
, ties, asking an amicablc settlement Of tht