The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-11-28
FORTY FIFTH CON REss

examine into alleged discrepancies.in the ac
counts OF the treasury depar tlnent came up as
| unfinished businessman was agreed to- The
/ committee has power to send for persons and
papers, and employ clerks, and does not ex.
| 3pire with the presents ession. Petitions aud
iibills were presented and referred. 5 Ipon mo-
| ton Of Mr.. Window, the Senate receded from
| its amendments to the army BILL which now
| goes to the President for his ST gnature. !. H
4 HOUSE, Nov. 10, immediately after
! the reading of the Journal, the House voted
| BY 1888 to 20 to go into committee Of the
whole on the Paris exposition bill instead of
| taking up the anti-resunption bill. The bill
Twas discussed III committee, and several minor
amendments agreed to-. IA test of the strength
Iof the bill in the house was furnished BY d
vote on Mills motion to strike out The enact
Ling clause, which was negatiyed, IS, all Dem
| ocrats, to 1873. .a Il SE M s8 sss 8.5i 81
SENATE, Nov. &c. Several Bills, peti-
| lions and memorials were introduced and re-
ferred. Ordered, on motion Of Mr.. Whyte,
that $500 copies be printed OF the narration of
the discoveries of the Polaris. After the ex
ecutiYe session, Mr.. Thurman moved to dis
charge the. committeeon elections from fur
| ther consideration Of the case Of Ne. G. Butler,
claiming to be senator elect from South Car
| DINA. a long discussion cnsutd--kepuhli-
can members of the comrnittee claiRlin 8 that
sufficient time had not been allowed for de-
! liberation ON the contested eases. The vice.
/ president appointed Messgs. Davis, lgY. Va)
/ Beck, Allison Ir gal Us aaid as
| q special committee to examine the books
and accounts Of the treasury department. III
gard to alleged discrepancies, etc, author.
lied BY the resolution Of MI. DaYis. Adjourn
| ed. s MI Il s3s$58 # Il 5SSs3 #
Il HoUsE, Nov. a0-The entire session
| was devoted to the Paris exposition appro-
priation bill; which was finally passed without
| material amendment. The bill authorizes the
l ,,%,, No. d.. ~ xlsL +,
| sioner general with a salary OF "a Goo, twenty
commissions rsl with asalary5 Of ST 900 eachand
| tWentyfour honorary commissioners, to be
| distributed among the several States and rep
resenting different industries to have general
charge of the American exhibit at Paris; that
the President shall assign q public vessel to
transport articles for exhibition; and that
| $4,000 be appropriated to defray the neees-
! sary expenses. f-5
SENATE, Nov. ~ "A ffter a brief exc
| cutive session, the Senate resumed consider
| alton of ThIrman's motion to discharge the
committee on privileges and elections from
| farther consideration of the caseao Butler,
| claiming seat from South Carolina The
| matter was discussed at length iii relation to
| al the contested cases from tile South by Sen
ators Mitchell, Hill, Wadleigh, Hoar, Bayard
and others Mr.. Hoar moved to lay e hulInan's
/ resolution On the table. Ayote on this was
| prevented by motion by Thurman for exc
| eutive session, which was agreed to, SO to 49,
| Conorerv voting with the Democrats and Pat
1 terson not voting.
| HOUSE, N ov. 21.-NTr. Gibson intro
| duced q bill for the appoint ment of commits
/ sioners to provide for the improvement of the
! Mississippi. The house then went into COM
mittee Of the whole on the deficiency appro-
priation bill. After considerable political dis
.cussioD upon the economy of the last house
/ the bill was read by clauses for amendment
a
! encouragement Of fish culture was agreed to.
Mr.. Waddell offered an amend ment re -appro-
i priating last years surplus Of 100000 for the
4 star service !" Of the post Office depar tment.
| This created much discussion, being opposed
| on the ground OF economy, and was finally
| lost. "a s.4 n 81 533 81. q
5 SENATE, Nov. 20. Mr.. Window, from
/ Paris exposition appropriation bill, which " Is
4 placed on the calendar The contested cleo
/ ton cases came up and several close votes
1 were taken. IL The motion to lay on the table
/ Thnrman's motion to discharge the commit
tee on privileges and elections from the con-
1 sideration OF the Butler case, was rejected 80
| to 80, Davis, Conoyer and Patterson voting
/ with the Democrats. Motions to amend by
/ substituting Kellngg's name for Buffers, d.
/ recting the committee to report the Kellogg
case Immediately, discharg ing the committee
/ from Iteration Of all the cases, and post
/ rejected, SO to 49, Al motion to adjourn until
/ Monday caused d tic, Conoyer voting with the
1 Republicans. Vice President Wheeler gave
4 the. casting vote In the atirmati ye ss
HoUsE, N ov. % ~. b B Ills were iint roaueed
and referred. a motion to discharge the
election committee from a sconsid eration Of
4 the Colorado case was amended by directing
/ to report 3satnrd day, and passed. The def
/ cheney bill came up. The motion to recon
slider the vote rel Getting the amendment add
ing $T00 900 for the star mail service was lost,
/ Ia to lis, and the bill passed. Tie allti-re-
/ sumption hi came up, Nh Ewing hav wing the
4 hoGr. Several lnemb ers appealed for time To
l2explain amendments, but object on was made.
4 Mr.. Ewing then closed the debate in a speech
4 of great length, his time being, extended In
deinately by the House. All the close ef
Ewing reanarks the House nd onrned until
the sd .3 i8 f Ssss s fs
SENATE, Nov. s3s senate not ID SEES
sion III u.s. Ef3
HOUSE, Nov. IS a3 II The anti 4resun ptiion
/ bill coming up at once, was discussed by
Messrs. Fort and liittenden, the form 81 OK
planning his substitute. md the latter speak
ing. as q question of priy and rep to
4 attacks upon him. Es,i,rteen am ndm ents of-
Tered to- the were then ted pom, an alI
/ rejected except Forts slb titate, which
i leaves the free ban king clause intact rho
4 billas amended was pasted 133 to l20 ate
(which the house I'D iOlIrnetl I'M HILL the