The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-11-23
Proceedings of Congress.
WEDNEsDAY. NOV. ~


WEDNESDAY, NOV. IA.
The Vice President appointed Mr..
Voorhees, of Indiana to the commit
tee on pensions and transportation
rates.
The House ordered the judiciary
committee to Investigate the case of
Robert Smalls, of South Carolina, i'm
prisoned for bribery, and report wheth-
er a member of the House can be i'm
prisOned by State courts. The bill to
repeal the resumption law was deba-
ted and HOUSE adjourned.
THURSDAY, Nov. 10.
In the Senate Mr.. Dawes presented
a petition from 40 national banks Of
Boston against the bill to remOnetize
silver, on the ground that they held
many millions of government bonds,
the value of which would be deprecia-
ted by such a bill. Mr.. Eaton intro
duced plan to count disputed electo-
raj votes, by providing for tribunals in
each State to be appointed one year in
advance of presidential elections.
In the House the committee on mile
age reported back adversely the bill to
allow members mileage for the extra
session. The committee on foreign
affairs recommended the apprOpria-
ton of $4,000 for the Paris exposition,
including the establishment there of a
kitchen to show Europeans how to
cook corn meal. Resumption law bill
debated the rest of the day.
FRIDAY, Nov. 16.
In the Senate Mr.. Davis of West
Virginia called up his hobby of invest
igating discrepancies in the books OF
the treasury department, and made a
speech thereon. Mr.. Ingalls, introduce
ed bill to repeal the law authorizing
the coinage of silver pieces. Adjourn
ed to Monday:
Various bills were introduced into
the House, which devoted most of the
day and an evening session.. to deba-
ting the bill to repeal the resumption
law. Garfield, Ewing, Buckner, Hen
derson, Townsend, Muldron, Wright
Crittenden, Herbert, Cannon, Hewitt
Keller, Dunnell, Sampson and Loring
unloaded their minds on the subject
and House adjourned.
SATURDAY., Nov. II,
The House agreed, 134 to 100, to the
onanndF1nnTaf m Haaik tho =
up to $4,000 men. Mr.. Stephens, O.
Georgia, introduced new finance bill
being a modified form of the :65 inter.
convertible bond and currency plan
The bill to appropriate 100000 for rep
resentatiOn at the Paris exposition wa
discussed. Adjourned.
MONDAY, NOV. 10.
The Senate agreed to the army
bill in the shape it came but fren
the House and it went to the Presi
dent for his approval. The FinHnc,
committee reported no progress OF
the silver bill except that it hat
struck out the free coinage clause
Chauncy L. FiIly was confirmed q
postmaster of st. Louis. Adjourn
ed.
The House discussed the Pari
Exposition bill. A motion to strik
out the enacting clause was defeat
ed. Sc, all democrats, voting ~
q nd 133 nay. No other business.
TUESDAY, NOV. %.
/ The Senate Finance committe
resolved 4 to 9, agsinst amendment
to the silver bill to limit the legs
tender amount of silver. It adopt
ed an amendment to limit the coin
age to $4,O0O,Oc0 per month, lndef
nitely, and then postponed turtle
consideration of the bill until De,
10. The Senate appointed Davis c
West Va, Beck, Allison, Ingal
and Cameron of N. Y, to examin
; the book of the Treasury depsr
. ments. Adjourned.
. The House passed the bill to AZ
. propriate 100000 for America
: Commissioners to the Paris Expos
ton, by vote of 129 to 124. Al
journed.
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