The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-22
|eneral News Summary.



LIN the Senate, on the 18th, several
3 were introduced, among which was one reg
<kipg the distillation and rectifcation Of spir
and one authorizing the election Of o Dele
from the Indian Territory. A resolution
nation IN respect to % the Ne Nea Percss war the
nber Of lives lost. etc. The resolution in re,
b to the management of the Pacific Railroad
called up and discussed at length by Mr..
ss was snd taPen Pene up ins and | rsferred Among
resolutions offered was one .authori-
Commission to arrange for reci-
pity nth Mexico. In the House;
%s51Ssssa Of feSs ass'sss ana ne
Resolutions were offered directing in
into the expediency of aiding those who
10 crnig1ate from the East to the West; di-
pnlder the expedisncy of winding up the
pnal Banks. The Deficiency Appropriation
Wna passed without division. The bill to re-
the Resumption act was discussed without
hing vote.
eHE bill to enable Indians to become
eps of the United States was reported from
mittee, with amendments, in the Senate, on
Nth. A bill was introduced and referred to
u additional homesteads to settlers upon pub
ends in the States of Alabama, Mississippi.
isiana and Florida The House bill making
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6rted from Committee and placed on the cal
er. A communication was presented from
President, inclosing the report Of the Secre..
of State in reply to the resolution In regard
the rescue of prisoners, by an armed
q from Mexico from the Jail in Starr County.
in August last. Mr. Voorhees, was ap-
ted to fill the vacancy on the Committee on
hons, occasioned by the resignation of Mr..
6sportation Routes to. the Seaboard, occa-
ID by the resignation OF MIR. Saunders. In
House, a resolution was adopted instructing
Judiciary Committee to inquire into the facts
Dmber of the House from South Carolina;
to report whether such imprisonment is, or
pt, violation of the Constitutional privilege
be House. A resolution for he final adjourn-
4 Of the special session of Congress, on the
was reported from Committee. The bill for
repeal of the Specie Resumption act was
her debated and several amendments were
h the Senate, on the 18th, remon-
ice of the forty-tive National Banks of Bos-
against the passage of the bill for the remon-
tion of silver was presented and referred
House bill providing for certain deficiencies
Ie pay of the Navy and Marine corps, and
bther purposes, was passed without amend
I. A joint resolution was introduced and re-
ID proposing an amendment to the Constitu-
providing for tribunal BY States for the de
b of all contested issues arising in the choice
Electors for President and Vice-President.
Army Appropriation bill was con-
ed, and amendments were agreed to,
of 10000 as provided by the Housel and the
b amended was then passed. Bills were
duced and referred in the House -provid-
or the payment of duties on imports in gold.
and legal-tender notes; providing for
b transportation between Underwater ON the
ntic and the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys;
be construction of a railway from New York
buncil Bluffs, Iowa. The bill for the repeal
e Resumption act was further considered,
hi amendments being offered and debated.
the Senate, on the 10th, a bill was
duced and referred repeating the act au-
hing the coinage of the twenty-cent silver
A resolution was agreed to calling for
kmation respecting the seizure of logs. lum-
nd naval stores suspected of having been
from public lands in the States of Ala
Florida and Mississippi. The resolution
ding for the appointment of q Special Com
3 to inquire into alleged discrepancies in
was called up and debated at considerable
b, substitute and an amendment being
ID. Adjourned to the 19th.. In the
e, bill was reported to accept the invita-
Exposition. and appropliating !sl5o.0o0
for which bill, together with substitute
ppriating $50, 900 only, was referred. A res
on was adopted directing the Military Com
3e TO INQUIRE 1nuO J0e SCrengbn OF pQe cavalry
Infantry regiments of the Army, how many
nents are employed upon the Texas frontier.
hAracter of the troops eAployed there, etc.
)iciency bill appropriating 81 560,6 ,623 was re-
ID. The bill to repeal the Resumption act
urther debated an evening session being
for that purpose.
HE Senate was not in session on the
!. In the House, the Army Appropriation
vas reported back, with the Senate amend
3, one of which was to strike out the clause
ding that four full cavalry regiments should
pt upon the Texas frontier, and insert in its
a proviso that cavalry regiments might be
ited to LOCO men, and that a sufficient force
yalry should be employed in the defense of
exas frontier; the recommendation of the
8 amendment, but it was concurred in-140
thirteen Democrats voting yea. The
kdment to insert 5000 instead of
men in the clause prohibiting the
iting Of 9f the Army beyond 5aa that nam- ,sn
Democrats voting atfirmatively.. Other SEN
amendments were non-concurred in, and the
TENT back to the Senate. A bill was intro
and referred for the financial relief of
hyment without injuriously. affecting the
hercial business and general industries of
eople. The bill appropriating $150,0O0 for
hentation at the Paris Exposition was con-
ID in Committee of the Whole.
NUMBER OF bills were introduced
eferred in the Senate, on the 18th. The
dments to the Army Appropriation bill
were non-concurred in by the House were
Ided, and the bill as amended by both houses
assed. The resolution providing for the ap-
ment of Committee of five Senators to
Fe into alleged discrepancies in the books
b to- :. In the House, the Paris Exposition
as considered in Committee of the Whole
an amendment was agreed to requiring
Il the Commissioners to be practical agricul-