Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-11-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
CONcREssIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
Senate, Oct. %. 3.-Bills were introduced-to
provide a lawful currency for the United
States; TO authorize longtime bond for
the investment of savings; to equalize the
bounties of soldiers who served In the late
war (this is a copy Of the bill which passed
the House June ~, 1874, except that IL
strikes out OF that bill the clause providing
for the deduction 6f State bountles); to
amend the Revised sStatutes In regard to
militia (thls bill makes an annual appropria-
tioR of 81 100000 to ftovide arms and equip
ments for the whole body Of militla); TO
enable Indians to Eiomc citizens of the
United States. In Executive session the
nominations of r. CO cCormick as Assistant
Secretary of the TreaSury, A. b. Hazen rs
Third Assistant Postmaster General, and J.
NJ. Langston as Minister TO Hayti were con-
frmcd. Adjourned + ,the 25th.
House, Oct 24.-Cd liberation of the Colo.
RADIO contested election case occupied the en-
tire session.
Senate, oct. ga petition from New
York against the repeal OF the Bankruptlew,
aud praying that it boamendcd, was referred
The Committee on Privileges and Elections
were authorized in the case of Kellogg and
SpofTord, claiming the scat from Louisiana,
TO send for persons and papers and adminls-
ter oaths, that they might decide upon the
merits of each contestants title. A number
of unimportant bills were introduced. Ad-
journed to the 29th. sto.
House. After discussion the resolution re-
ferring the papers in the Colorado contested
election case TO the Committee on Elections
was carried by party vote-l37 TO 100. Gar
field (Ohio) presented a petition from 2l0
colored men asking that an allowance of 800
each be made to emigrants TO Liberia under
the auspices of the Colonization Society; re.
fcrred. Cox IN. " presented a petition
from white mechanics and laborers protest
ing against the unjust discrimination made
in fixing the compensation Of Government
clerks and leaving that of mechanics and la
borers to be established at the wbim of indi-
viduals; referred. A petition from 81 900
workingmen of the Twelfth Pennsylvania
District asking for Government loan TO aid
settlers on the public lands, was referred.
Kelley (Pa.) asked that the financial system
of the country be so changed that lsboring
men shall not appeal to the Government for
means of expatriation for themselves and
their posterity. Adjourned TO the 29th.
Senate, Oct. 29-Bllls were introduced
and referred-to amend the Bankrupt act; to
fix the date of meeting OF the first regular
session of the Forty-ffth Congress upon
Nov. L; providing for the coinage OF silver
dollars and for making the same legsl-ten-
der; to establish the Territory OF Lincoln and
provide temporary government. In exccu.
tive. session the following nominations,
among others, were confirmed: w. W. Up
ton, Second Comptroller OF the Treasury;
j. Gilhllan, u 8. Treasurer, and A. U. Wy
man, Assistant Treasurer; Frank Gilbert, U.
6. Assistant Treasurer at Chicago; j. p.
Hoyt, of Michigan, Governor, and John Gas
per, of Nebraska, Secretary, of Arizona; 8. 8.
Matthews, U. S. Marshal for the Eastern Dis
trict OF Michigan; II. II. Bates, OF New York,
Examiner-in- Chief of the Patent Office; John
Baxter, of Tennessee, u 8. Circuit Judge for
the Sixth Circuit; E. NJ. Marble, of Michigan,
Assistant Attorney-General; g. NJ. Wells, of
Massachusetts, U. s. Consul General at
Shanghai; J. 7. Mclean, of Ohio, Consul at
Nassau. A large 'number of Post.Aaste', =
vert Ti"e p. eonfirIEe$Y IEe$Y Trned. ~
Aou'e,LA,mGibervIr9 9S bills introduced
we're numlhc csa,rry,.d coinage of the silver
dollar and makines. mnsaGksn1s.eo yal tender. Others
were: Repeating til sections of the Revised
Statute embodyin,- the Tenure-of- Office act;
reducing postage on letters; for the removal
OF all political disabilities; to repeal the act
for the resumption Of specie payments; for
a constitutional amendment in regard TO
Presidential elections; to reduce the tax on
spirits, tobacco, etc. to abolish the iron-clad
oath; TO repeal the law forbidding the ap-
pointment OF Confederates in the army; to
provide for civil PENSIONS; making import
duties payable in legal-tenders or National
Bank notes; for the issue of national savings
bonds; prohibiting the Immigration OF
Chinese; for the withdrawal of National
Bank currency and the issue of $500, ,000, 900
Notwithstanding Treasury notes, and
making them legal tender. The Speaker
announced the committees, the Chairmen Of
which are as follows:
Elections, Harris of Virginia; Ways and
Means, Wood of New York; Appropriations,
Atkins of Tennessee; Banking and Curren-
cy, Buckner of Missouri; Pacific Railroads,
Potter of New York; Claims, Bright of Ten
nessee; Commerce, Reagan OF Texas; Pub
lie Lands, Morrison of Illinois; Postofflcc
aud Postroads, Waddlc of North Carolina;
District of Columbia, Williams of Michigan;
Judiciary, Knott of Kentucky; War Claims,
Eden of Illinois; Public Expenditures,
Hatcher Of Missouri; Private Land Claims,
Gunter of Arkansas; Manufactures, Wright
of Pennsylvania; Agriculture, Cutter of New
Jersey; Indian Affairs, Scales of North Car
olina; Military Affairs, Banning of Ohio;
Militia, Ross OF New Jersey; Naval Affairs,
Whittemore of Tennessee; Foreign Affairs,
Swami of Maryland; Territories, Franklin Of
Missouri; Revolutionary and War of 1872
Pensions, Mackey of Pennsylvania; Invalid
PEI sions, Rice of Ohio; Railways and Canals,
Schleicher of Texas; Mines and Mining,
Beebe of New York; Education and Labor,
Goode of Virginia; Revision of Laws,
and Measures, Stephens Of Georgia; Patents,
Vance of North Carolina; Public Buildings,
and Grounds, Cook of Georgia; Accounts,
Roberts OF Maryland; Mileage, Cobb of In
diana; Expenditures of the State Depart
ment, Springer of Illinois; Expenditures OF
the Treasury Department, Glover of Mis-
souri,; Expenditures of the War Department,
Blackburn of Kentucky; Expenditures of
the Navy Department, Willis Of New York;
Expenditures of the PostOfIice Department,
Williams OF Alabama; Expenditures OF the
Interior Department, Sparks of Illinois; Ex.
Penditures on Public Buildings, Lynch Of
Wisconsin; Expenditures In the Department
of Justice, Bragg of Wisconsin; Reforms in
the Civil Service, Harrison of Illinois; Mis-
sissippi Leyees, Robertson Of Louisiana;
Rules, The Speaker; Revision of the Law
Regulating the Counting of the Electoral
Votes, etc, Southland Of Ohio; Printing,
Singleton OF Mississippi Enrolled Bills,
Hamilton Of Indiana; Library, Cox of New
York.
Pending motion TO suspend the rules and
pass the bill authorizing the coinage of
silver dollar of 4l21S grains, an adjournment
was taken until the Slst.
WASHINGTON.
spoiord, Kellogg's contestant for a seat in
the U. s. Senate from Louisiana, argued be.