The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-03-22

mon and Barnum. ), -.
Patents-W adleigh, chairman Booth, Cnal-
Public buildings and Grounds
chairman, Morrill,, Cameron 1T Penn. oauis-
bury and Jones OF Florida.
Territories-Patterson, chairman, Cnrlsti,
ancy, Chaffee, Saunders, Garland Grover ana
Railroads - Mitchell, chairman, Howe,
Dawes. Dorsey, Teller, Ferry, Morton, Ran
som. Bocy. Barnum and Lamar.
Mines and Mining-Shar0n, chairman, Cna1
fee, Kirkwood, Plumb, Hereford. COOK ana
Revision Of Laws hristiancy, chairman,
ingalls,, Davis of Illinois. Wallace ana Aer-
Education and Labor Burnside, chairman,
Patterson, Morrill,, Bruce, Sharon. dordon,
Civil Service and Observation-Disclosures,
chairman, Oglesby Patterson, Booth. McCreery'
Whyte and Beck.
nenses Of the Senate-Jones, of Nevada, chair
man, Rollins and Dennis.
Printing-Anthony, chairman. Sargent ana
Whyte.
Rules-Ferry, chairman. Hamlin and Mer-
rimon. ,..,
Engrossed Bills Bayard, chairman Withers
Enrolled Bills-Conover,c chairman. Paddock
Leyees OF the Mississippi river-Bruce,
chairman, Blaine, Conover, Cockeren and
Harris.
To Examine the Several Branches OF the
Civil Service Chaffee, chairman. Conkllng'
Window, Merrimon and Eaton.
TRANSPORTATION Routes to the Seaboard-Cam-
eron. of Wis. chairman, Window, Conovor
Burnside, Saunders, Davis, OF w. Va harris
Lamar and Beck.
In the Senate on the 9th. the only
business Of Importance besides the ann .;on
ment of the committees, was the adOptlon 0
| the following resolution offered by Senato
Resolved. That the thirteen memorial
here presented to the Senate by Hon: ). d
Mitchell, purporting to be signed by 569 cltl
/ zens cf Oregon, reciting that 1t was cnrrentl,,
. reported and generally believed that the cleo
ton of L. F. Grover, as Senator OF the Unite
: States, was procured by bribery, corruption
e and other unlawful means, in the Legislator
4 of the State OF Oregon; and that said u.
I Grover did corruptly and frandulently issue
certificate OF election to one +: a. CrOnm
Presidential elector, on December 9, 1870; an
a before q committee On or about January
J. 1877. be now referred to the committee Q
privileges and elections, VINO shall thorough
: investigate and report upon the 1oregoin
- charges, with power to send Tor nersons az
y papers
The senate on the 10th met and col
s irmed all OF President Hayes Cabinet 81
. pointees. Key was confirmed Tor Postmast
General by vote of 81 to the negative vot'
Is being cast by Democrats. The vote on Schurz
&c nomination was torty-four tor congrmatlt
I'd and two against. The vote on kvarts' nom
h. nation was about the same. Quite numb
OF Senators on both sides abstained from vc
ing. and few negative votes in each instan
Y, were cast by Democrats. Senator Camera
az of Pennsylvania, voted for Evarts, Schurz 9,
e Kew. remarking his vote for Evarts was una
what he regarded as instructions, his COZ
ne mittee on foreign relations having instruct
er him to report tavorably. MIR. Conkling
e. trained from voting on Evarts. The nom!n
;s- alton OF George w. McCrary to be Secreta
-, of War, Richard w. Thompson, Secretary
;, !" the Navy, and Charles Devens to be Attorn
fty General were confirmed without the roll ca
or even q division.
in The open session of the Senate
OF the 18th lasted but few minutes, and v
no wholly unimportant.
-; In the Senate session on the l4th
:. was voted to return the 80, 600 kilograms
es, tanned from the Western Union Company
has Morton's committee. Aresolution was ado
pO- ed informing the President that the Sen
zen was ready to adjourn unless he had furt
ace communications to make.