The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-02-15


In the Sena{s, on the 7th, : Conference
Committee wss appointed on the Military Acad-
eny Appropriated bill, and new Conferences
ing hs ssstosston q Ss f.sD. "a s iIsns S anS Ss
iankinR privilege. A bill WAS peseed 10 an hos.
ize and empoweR ths Secretary Of he Interior to
ss!; ssas s, end sstsls The .ccongt e he Kss
Al smend.nent 70 the Printing Deficiency
bill, providing thar tho Public Printer shah
not hereafter pay more for similar work than
phis @ and. Bsisi% % ~ss = ssn non..osc.sd & aae IN
report was made in regard to the eligibility Of
HI. Humphreys. RsPp6lisaa Presidential Elec-
Appropriation bill Va fsrthsr considsrsd on ' ana
amended IN cuumtfte1 elsfAe whole, rdported to
the House and passed = The Nsvai Appropriation
Pill lSla ~ go was reported from the Commit
In the Senate, on the 9th, the Indian
Appropriation bill was taken up and several
amendments were agreed to, and the hill, u
amended was passed. =. In the House. M. Hale
read letter from ]. Madison Wells md Thomas
g. Anderson, stating that they were connned in q
and lat, On account Of bad sir IN The csii. Gov
Wells was Ill In bed. Nh. Hale corrobora.ed the
assertions contained in the letter, and o1ersd /
resolution directing the sergean..atAws tc
and vsll.vsntlistsd room where their heasiH
would not be- endangeu9. xy Nssra Cog,
ass stss; s.pss SS as A. =. sn s 4
which the prisoners were confined was the one
Congress, and ! y xsii heated Lighted and ven.
special Committee on tie Election in Ionisians, s
ths truth q 4hs ststsnsnts con nsainsd in ths Ss
priatioR bil} Was further amended in COMMITTEES
o. the Whols- y, ,,Ss,.st :, s.,,s
A ELL was introduced In fhe 6enate,
snths 9th, TO authotizs and equip a expedition
10 the Arctic Seas, according to plans suggested
by Capt. Howgats. A bill was passed to encour-
age and promote tele0raphic communication be-
tween Amerlca and Europe, . line to be con-
structed with the American end at Baltimore. The
bill were insisted upon, and Conference Com
mittee was ordered ...B Bills were passed in the
Holse-providiBg for . distFibution- Of awards
and Ms1ieo; the Deficiency Eppps. ristion bill.
HatDaty and minority repoEts- ware mAde. o.
dered Crinted and recommiIted from the Special
Guiding with resolution declaring that the Demo
cratic Electors received majority Of the votes In
Louisiana; that the pretended canvass and COM
Board Of Returning Oiicers WAS without suthor. or
fty Of law, fraudulent and void, and that the vots
Of fthat6 State cannot be counted for Hayes and
Wheeler without the confirmation and approval
Of the illegal and fraudulent action Of said Re-
turning Board. The minority report reco'f mends
the ATOP ion OF resolution declaring that the
Repub blican Electors have beon elected In Lnuiai-
ana, and that the election was examined into de-
termii ed, dec ared and promulgated by the proper
authorities Of said sfaie. under al forms of law
and II compliance with the Constitution OF the
IH.tbe Senate, on the 10th, the objeo.
lions subnitsd by M. risld to the decision II
the Elsctosd Oomnissih h the FIssida case
were read, and. after debate, an order that the
Senate do not concur in Sach dsci-i0n was de-
feated-yeas. rs: nays. A-aud . reso1utiop -pas
then adopted- ~ to y, . strict party v0.e-in,
dorpiag the Commhsiener'e decision, nQtwith-
skassdi1S the nhjsrsfnSs m sdn Yharefn N the
House, the Senate amendments 10 the Indian and
line Nj itary Academy Appropriation bills were
in. Alengthy discussion occurred
on q motion to take recess pending the
Of the objection TO the de-
sifion Of the Electoral Commission in the
Florida case, and such recess was finally decided
upon-163 TO 103-untiI ten O'Clock Of the morning
Of the 12th. The objections to the decision in
lerpoeed In the House are to the eject that tho
Commission refused TO receive competent and
evidence tending to prove that the action
Of the Florida Returning Board was corrupt snd
and in disregard Of law, and with In
tent to defeat the will Of the people; that the
Commission refused 10 recoeuize the right Of the
State Courts to review the action Of the Board and
that the decision excluded all evidence tending to
prove that all the departments Of the State Gov
ernmeathad decretd As fraudulent all action Of
Gov. Stearns and tho State Canyaseers by
which the Electors recognised BY the C0mrhission
had been cerlifed to, etc.