The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-01-18

about. eeo pszsens collected, and, sas.
Il Che door 81 the State House, began peit-
them VIII oyster-shelle and other mis-
49, and yelling, Let's put them ON, =
doprs weye closed, md eeme pad rs
10 proceeded r. deface0ov. Kellogg's ear
rnnGe, which wa4 standing near. 1holsas
Police, appeared, and dispersed the crowd.
~: AT one O'clock p. m. of the same day Gen.
Nichols left the City Hotel for st Patrick 8
Hall, where he was, received with ire
mendOus cheers by the assembled thou
sands. Gen. Nichols appeared on the bal
cory At Ito, where The oath S;t.s s e
Judge TissoL After his inaugural address
nc and Witt ware escorted by the Legkla-
tive Ommittcc to Odd Fc lows Hall, where
tney rec civcd the congratulations of their
Irlends.y Cow, Nichols appointed Col.
Thomas BOylan, a well-known detective,
Chief Of the Metropolitan Police, who es-
tablisbcd his headquarters at Masonic Hall,
where force was being organized.
80 .1 ONGRBSSIONAL. Gsn7.
In the Senate. on the Sd, Mr.. Morton,
from the Committee on Privileges and Elections,
submitted . report that VIM. N. Turner, Manager
Of the Western Union Telegraph ONCE at Jack
s0nville, Oregon, had refus ed to answer certain
questions put to him, on the ground that he could
resolution that said Turner is in duty bound 70
answer questions. and cannot refuse to do so by
virtne OF his official connection with the COM
the ee coinage Of silver dollars, and for making
the same legal tender; ext, nding the time
to pr emp Ors Ga public lands: for the election
tons. Majority and minority reports were made
from the Judiciary Committee on the C6aOrado
question, the former accompanied by esO!utiOn
that Mr. Bedford should be admitted as a Represen-
Ia i've, and the latter recommending the Passage of
an act admitting Colorado. which reports were
ON the Committee on the Rights. Duties and Priv
Vote, in place Of Mr.. Monroe, excused.
In the Senate, on the 4th, Mr.. Conk-
ling presented the petition of citizens of New
York in favor of an amicable settlement of the
Presidential contest which petition was referred
Z, m,d inc special committee to devise means for
establish court for the trial of contested Presi-
Dental election was referred to the same commit
the bill for the sale of saline lands and TO the bill
relat.ve to the proof required in home
stead entries were cancurred in. Bills were
passed pa giving parties contestant time
or Timber Culture acts. after contest shall have
been finally decided; allowing a pension of eight
dollars month to all who served sixty days in
the Mexican war, or thirty days in the Florida or
Blackhawk war, and to their surviving widows
unmarried. The Consular and Diplomatic AID
Rropriation bill LIB, 065l was considered in
iiciencies in the contingent fund Of the House
lS&.s3sl was reported from the Committee on
Appropriations.
In the Senate, on the 9TH, the resolu-
ton declaring that VIM. N. Turner was in duty
bound to answer the questions propoundcd to
him by the Committee on Privileges and Elec.
tiOns IN regard to the transmits of teegraphic
messages through his office at Jacksonvi ie, Ore,
was taken up. debated and voted upOn-the vote
standing yeas 81, nays 3. No quorum vo ing an
the Senate amendments to the bill making appr,,-
prlatiOns Tor the payment OF invalid and other
pensions were concurred in. The Sergeant at
Arms was directed to re- ain Mr. Barnes in custody
in Committee of the Whole, reported and passed.
The Senate was not in session on the
9Th. "A bill was passed in the House authoriz-
ing the Bank Commissioners, in property sold
under foreclosure, to secure the debts Of the
rtedman's Bank, and to sell the same at public
or private sale, when it il for the interest Of the
bank bank to do So and so modifying their former
Whole.
In the Senate, on the 9Th, Mr. Sherman
presented petition, which was referred from
prominent business men and citizens Of Cincin-
natl. OF both political PARTIES asking amicable
settlement Of the Presidential contest. MIR. Nor.
ton offer d resolution directing the President of
the Senate to issue warrant tor the arrest Of
Enos Eunyon. Of New York, for his refusal to an
swer questions pro9pounded before the Committee
for 8, % drawn by his house in favor of Ladd
s Bush, OF Salem, Oregon The resolu-
d f9n the 5sqnW,ng VIM rHsnsr Manager
at jacksonville. Oregon. to answer the
quest Ons prOpOunded before the same committee
lative to the 3 100 check and Cronin's appoint
ment. was passed-35 tO3. A bill was pass. d
abolishing the Police Commissioners of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, and transferring their duties to
the District Commissioners. A concurrent res
olution was submit. ted prescribing rules for the
counting Of the Electoral votes, and a series of
resolutions were also offered instructng the
Special Committee on the Presidential question
to report as to the powers of the Electoral Col
lege. etc. bill was introduced. and referred, to
secure the rights of settlers certain railroad
lands -. Bills were introduced in the HOuse--fOr
paying the legal-tender debt in harmony with
justice and the pledged faith of the Government;
to extend for ten years the Southern CT inns Com
and making them legal tender; to authorize and
eqnfp an expedition to the Arctic Seas; to utilize
the product of gold and silver mines, and to arl-
tho ize paper circulation convertible into gold
and silver; to provide for the counting of the
Presidential Electoral vote. Resolutions were
defeated for want Of two-thirts' maiOrity-call-
ing Tor Information as to the purposes fer which
troops have recently been stationed at Washing
ton; requiring the judiciary Committee t. rel Ort
G. nsti ntional Amendment prohibiting the pay
ment of War claims except to loyal persons de-
carng in favor of the rights Of States to regulate
their own domestic affairs. and denOunc ny the
State or Territory, no matter under what pretext,
Us the gravest OF crimes.