The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-12
CONGRESS-.

CONGRESS-.
JAN. In the Senate. the bill to
declare the true meaning of the Uui II
Pacific Railroad Acts of July 1. 1862.
July 2 1864 and July 8. 1e66 was take n
up and discussed. TIE bill refers TO
the claims made by the central branch
of tile Union Pacific Railroad for lands
aud bonds for the construction OF its
road in excess of the one hundred
miles from the Missouri River. Mr..
Morton, from the Committee on Priv
iieges and Elections. submitted a re
port that William III. Turner, manager
of the Western Union L, legraph Com
pany at Jacksonville, Oregon, had re
fused to answer certain questions put to
him. He also submitted a resolution de.
claring that Turner was TO answer the
questions, and gave notice that he
would call it up tomorrow. In the
| House, E. w. Barnes, the New Orleans
manager of the Western Union Tele
graph Company, was presented at the
bar of the House AS Il recusant witness,
but at the request Of ofcouusel, the hear
ing was posI poped till Friday next, and
Mr.. Barnes renitted TO tile Gus ody of
the Sergeant at Arms. Leave was
asked to Introduce bill 'or the free
coinage of silver dollars, for making
the same legal tender, and to refer to
the Committee Oh mines and mining.
The bill provides for the coinage from
time to time of silver dol ars contain
| II eli. II,
be made for converting standard silver
bullion into coin dollars. OH ction
was made by Mr. Hewitt of N. Y and
rhe ill went over. Mr. Knott. OF KY,
Chairman of the Judiciary Committee,
presented a report of the committee
on the admission of James b Bed
ford as representative from Colorado.
with resolution declaring Colorado a
State in the Union, and that Bedford
should be admitted. Mr.. Hurd, of o.,
presented minority report, which
Con ress admitting Colorado The
reports were received. A bill was in
troduced fixing the pay of U..ited
States Marshals and their Deputies. Ii
provides that the compensation uf
Mnrshals shall not exceed SIS 600 per
aunun, and that of D puties sha!l not
exceed S. per day wlirn actually EN-
gagged, or 81 200 per annuin- Ii ap
pearing thai no quorum was present,
the House adjourned.
JAN. 4.-Iu the Senate. Mr. Wright,
of Iowa, called up the bill recently i'm
troduced by hin, to establish II court
g a. - L.
the Office of resident and Vice Prrsi
d.nt of the Uni ed States, for tie pur
pose of having il referred, and spoke
long In favor of his proposition. M-ssrs.
Kr, nah and Sherman spoke briefly on
tie QUESTION, and the bill was referred
to the Special Committee to devise
means Tor coun' lug the Electoral
Vote. Mr.. Cunklin presented "a p-ri
lion Of tie bankers, merchants. and
other business men of New York City,
in favor of All aniicable settlement of
the Presidential contest In present
ing the petition, lie paid a high coinpl :.
Iuent TO the social and commercial
s.anGiug, and the charac er of the pe
iiriouers; said that he was in full sym
pathy with the views they expressed,
and asked respectful freatIneI t for the
petition Ii was referred to the special
committee of Sc, Ell Senators to devise
means for Il proper count of the Eiec
toral vote. The Senate then resumed
the consideration of the bill DE- clariBg
the true intent aud meaniug of the
Union Pacific Railroad acts. but a
quorum not being present the Senate
In h.. la
number of bills were brought forward,
The most important Of which we're; TO
provide for a repeal of all taxes n the
capital and deposits OF State and Ma
tional banks aud banking institutions
Referred; the Military Academy Ap |
preparation bill, and it was made the |
special order for Monday next. II |
appropriates S265 161; to fix the com
pensation of United States Marshals |
and Deputies. the pending question |
beinQ- -o.s- Shs sTne i,dsnrsIt of oar. Cou
gor, (Rep } of MiclI.. striking out the
clause limiting the compensation oil
Deputies to 5000. The amend .nenf |
VAS defeat. d and he bill was passed
and bill fixing the compensation OF |
United States Attorneys Ii provides
that attorneys shall receive yearly sal |
ary in lieu OF fees. The largest com |
pensation allowed is that of the Dis
trict Attorney for the South RI District |
of New York. $4,000. R-f, rrrd to
Committee of the Whole, and made
the special order for Wednesday The
committee Ell Pensions reported bill /
granting pensions 70 Certain soldiers
and sailors of the Mexican. Florida and
Black dawk wars and crrtain widows
of deceased soldiers and sailors Of the
same, @
JAN 5.-In the Senate. Mr.. Morton
called mp the resolution submitted
3 the Commitr-e on Privileges aud
Elections, Wednesday last, drclarine
that Wm. n. Turner is Ia duty bound,
under his oath, to answer the quee /
rions propounded to him by the Com
mi tee in regard to the transmission OF
Geographic messages through his ofiic,
ar Jackopsyille. oregon. and thar h-
cannot excuse. himself from answering
b. reason ofhis official connecfion with
tie Western Union T.legrapn Com
pany, as Manager of their Office Al
Jackonsyilie Orgon. The question
sas discussed at length, and. finally, a
vote was taken, which resulted, yeas.
80; nays, 3; no quorum voting The
President laid before the Senate th-
in-rnoriaIs of the National Board Oh
Trade of the United STATE, praying /
revision If the bankrupt Ia~, and oi
-i,-' tariff and internal Venue laws
R-ferred 20 the Comni re. on Judie
ary and Finance. TIE Senate the,
adj urn-d q It | Monday
In the House, the qu' sfion of the
-lcnsant witness, Mr.. Barnes, the NV