The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-01-18

Ihe London Berlin dispatch OF
the 18th says it is reported that two thou
sand divisions of the Russian army are ap-
preaching the Roumanian frontier.
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS-.
In the Senate, January 8, byavote of yeas
So, nays 8, the resolution passed requiring
VIM. n. Turner, Manager of the Western
Union Telegraph Office at Jacksonville,
Oregon, to answer questions propounded as
to messages which passed through his Office
in regard TO the appointment of Cronin as
Presidential Elector, and the check of $4,000,
alleged to have been drawn in New York,
in favor of Laid & Bush, of Salem,
Oregon. Mr.. Sherman presented the petition
of prominent business men and citizens
of Cincinnati, members. of both political
parties, asking an amicable settlement of
the Presidential contest. 1t was referred
to the Special Committee considering the
Presidential question. Mr.. Sherman pre-
scented the petition Of citizens of Ohio,
asking Congress to adopt measures to
secure cheap telegraphy. Referred. After
a short executive session, adjourned .........
In the House, under the call of the States.
bills and resolutions were introduced and
referred, including the following: For
paying the legal tender debt in harmony
eminent; TO extend for two years the
Southern Claims Commission; for free
coinage Of silver dollars, and making the
same a legal tender; to authorize and
equip an expedition to the Arctic seas.
A resolution instructing the Select Com
mittee on Privileges of the House, in regard
to the counting of the Electoral votes, to in
quire whether any Electoral votes were cast
by persons laboring under political dis
abilities, and, if SO what action should be
taken thereon was adopted. On motion
the Select Committee was authorized to
inquire into the alleged im%proprieties
Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
Passed without a single dissenting voice.
Mr.. Mills, of Texas, moved to suspend the
rules and adopt the following: "Resolved,
That the maintenance of the inviolate
rights of States, and especially the right
of each State to order and control its
own domestic institutions according to its
own judgment exclusively, is essential
to the balance of power, on which the per-
lection and endurance of our political fabric
depends, and we denounce the lawless in.
vasion by armed force of the soil of any
State or Territory, no matter under what
pretext, as among the gravest crimes" This
was lost by a vote of yea, 107; nay, 50; moi
two-thirds voting in the affirmative.
In the Senate, January 9, the House bill
abolishing the Board of Police Commission
ers of the District of Columbia, was passed
without a dissenting voice. A resolution
authorizing the arrest of Runyan, the New
York banker, who refuses to answer ques
lions concerning the Oregon Electoral mater
was also unanimously passed. A long de
bate then ensued on the state of affairs il
Louisiana and the South generally. Mr.
Sherman made an eloquent speech, whicl
Mr.. Bogy gave notice he would answer.
In the House a resolution ordering the al
rest of Mr.. Orion, for contempt of tn
House, was passed. A number of bills wsr
introduced and referred to the proper CON
mittees.
In the Senate, January 10, a large nun
Der of bills and resolutions were introduce
and referred......In the House, by a vote Q
"a to 1873, the bill to authorize a bridge acros
the Ohio River, between Cincinnati an
Covington, was defeated. After discussin
the amendment to the diplomatic appropr
alton bill, reducing the salaries of Minister
of the first class, the House adjourned.
In the Senate, January II, Mr.. Mitche
stated that he would soon propose a bill fc
the relief of ]. Milton Best, of Kentuck,
which had been vetoed. Mr.. Withers al
j., nounced his intention to make a speech o
the occupation of Petersburg, Va, in the la
election. The revised statutes were take
up and amended to require ordnanc
officers and officers having charge
ordnance to make quarterly reports......
| In the House, Mr.. Holman's amendment
, the Consular and Diplomatic Bill was los
by a vote of 100 to SO. Consent was give
, for the printing of election testimony. NJ
I Willard offered a substitute for the Sily,
! Commission Bill, which authorizes the Pre-
ident to appoint three members of an Int
, national Convention, the purpose of Whit
, may be to fix the relation Of gold and silve
: ans, also, authorizing him to extend invit
$ tons to countries in which gold and silv
e are both in legal use.
s In the Senate January12, Mr.. ~Frelinguyst
presented a petition from certain citizens
the Eastern States, praying that in countil
y the Electoral vote all party consideration
be laid aside. Mr.. Gordon presented a bi
e and had it referred, which provides for
United States advanced to the Weste
> Pacific, the Central Pacific, and the Uni,
5 Pacific Railroads. Mr.. Thurman
d motion that the Articles of Confederate
and the Revised Statutes be included wi
the publication of the revised laws, VI
!, agreed to. A bill presented by Mr.. Paddoc
q authorizing the Secretary of Wan to expe
q $4,000 in removing sandbars, and $500
y in strengthening the levees of the Nilsson
River, from Brownsville, Nebraska, to Sic
City, Iowa, was referred. Mr.. Chat
presented a bill to abolish stoves
railway coaches. Adjourned to Monday.
In the House, Barnes, the New Orleans tie
e grapher, was a~rraigned, and made ansv
that he would produce the dispatches il
could. The answer was deemed %insuficie
and he was remanded to custody. Mr.. Kn
reported from the Committee on the Pri
o leges of the House in Counting the Ell
toral vote. The Presidents message on ri
and harbor expenditures was referred.