The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-02-22

In the Senate, on the 14th, bills were
passed-removiDg the political disabilities Of
Joseph 3. Johnston, of Virginia; providing for
the preparation and publication Of new edition
Of the Revised Statutes Of the United States; ap-
Prnpriatlng $500 70 pay the axPenses Of the
Pacific Railroad act 90 a. to create sinking fund
for the liquidation Of indebtedres ass duo the Cow
eminent By ths PnciG R.i'ff.d ts EeTRsnisa Tss H.
Naval Appropriation bill ($124 4s7, ,s21l was consid
cred In Committee Of the Whole Tho majority
resolution relai1ve to the Florida election, do
Sta O. was adopred-l4a to ss-s party vote, with
the exception Of Purman, who voted In the A.
frmative.
THE House bill for the support Of the
Government Of the District of Columbia was
amended and passed In the Senate ON the 18th.
The bill to amend the Pacific Railroad acts, 50 -
to create sinking fund for the liquidation Of the
ihsr Considered In n he House. bills @ were d passed
Ito remove the political dirabilites Of Joseph E.
Johnston; the Naval Appropriation bill; Senate
bin, wi an amendment; to ratity the agreement
the northern bands Of A. apah0es and Cheyepnes.
The Presidents Message vetoiDg the bill perfect
ing the revision Of the Laws of the United States
directed the Clerk 81 the House TO select one
newspaper in each Of the States and Territories In
which all such TIE ties and Laws OF the United
6tHtcH - may UG UkVCxVu IO1 YUU kCAtluu 9Uau oS
published; motion TO sustain the veto was
agreed to-211 to land the bill was again paeeed,
with the section objected to by the President
omitted. AS q
The House amendments to the Consul
lar and Diplomatic Appropriation bill were con-
CURED in and the bill was passed, in the Senate,
ON the 18Th. The bill to create q sinking fund
ciic Rsi1road Company was further cohsid sred
and amended. Several bills Of . private nature
were introduced in the House. a bill WAS passed
f. into s ae !. ss
Court Of Claims Jurisdiction In certain cssss.
In the Senate, on the nth, it was agreed
that the House b Informed that IL Senate was
ready to proceed with the count Of the Electoral
votes and message was subsequently received
from the House stating thst the latter body would
be prepared to receive the Senate on the morning
Of the lssh 70 resume the ccnnt; H.: Kelly; u n
dispatch for NJ. Patrick. who fepre-entea hat Il
was . telegramsto " n. Pelton for 30. 000 to pay
lawyers, less in Dragon. and II not used would %
returned. He denied that he ever attempted to
buy Republican Elector, or that he ever author
lied any0De to make such an offer for him. Re-
garding the " Gobblcs dispatch, Mr.. Kelly read :
is,sSsa % sslesfsm @ Is Jsia Tidsn nsvs ssut
cipher in my life. - Remarks Wero me1e bg d.
ferent Senators relative to ms,ters n Louic!a1a
and Florida, charges OF fraud being made ON both
eidess . In the House, . resolution wse adopted
--159 to III = directing the Clerk 10 inform the
Senate that the House would be ready TO receive
'ss SS . e sssss x @ e
then agreed to--lSp to III.
AFTER the Senate returned to IT cham
her from the joint session Of Congress, on the
18th, debate on the objections made to the &C.
tion ofthe Electoral Commissinn in regard 10 the