The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-11-22
eneral News Summary.


81 the Senate, on the 18th, several
were introduced. among which was one reg
hing the distillation and rectifcation Of spir
Ind one authorizing the election Of . Dele
from the Indian Territory. A resolution
adopted calling upon the President for in
hatiOn in respect to the Nee Perces War, the
lber of lives lost, etc. The resolution in 70.
to the management of the Pacific Railrosd
flee and othes. The Army. Appropriation
resolutions offered was one authori-
,Commission. to arrange for reci-
th intro %sa,S0 10 N fac,i ia hga ana
water transportation of freight and passen-
Resolutions were offered directing in
into. the expediency of aiding those who
p enigrate from the East to the West; di-
ne the Committee on Banking and Currency
pnsider the expediency. of winding up the
nd Banks. The Deficiency Appropriation
NJ passed without division. The bill to re-
he Resumption act was discussed without
hing a vote.
he bill to enable Indians to become
ns of the United States was reported from
nittee, with amendments, in the Senate, on
It'll. A bill was introduced and referred to
additional homesteads to settlers upon pub
nds in the States of Alabama, Mississippi,
siana and Florida. The House bill making
OPERATIONS for the support of the Army was
rted from Committee and placed on the cal
A communication was presented from
President. inclosing the report of the Secre-
Epf State in reply to the resolution in regard
he rescue of prisoners by an armed
from Mexico, from the Jail in Starr County,
in August last. Mr.. Voorhees, was ap-
ed to fill the vacancy on the Committee on
IONS, occasioned by the resignation of Mr..
j, and also the vacancy on the Committee on
sportation Routes to the Seaboard, occa-
d by the resignation OF M. Saunders. 9; In
louise, resolution was adopted instructing
Judiciary Committee toinquire into the facts
e imprisonment of Robert Smalls (colored),
mber of the House from South Carolina;
10 report whether such imprisonment is, or
II, violation of the Constitutional privilege
ke House. A resolution for .he final adjourn-
of the special session of Congress, on the
was reported from Committee. The bill for
repeal of the Specie Resumption act WIS
her debated and several amendments were
i the Senate, on the 18th, a remon-
Ice of the forty five National Banks of Bos-
against the passage of the bill for the remon-
Zion of silver was presented and referred
House bill providing for certain deficiencies
pay of the Navy and Marine corps, and
ther purposes, was passed without amend
joint resolution was introduced and re-
y proposing an amendment to the Constitu-
providing for tribunal by States for the de-
3 of all contested issues arising in the choice
Electors for President and vice-President.
Army Appropriation bill was con-
Il which limits the Army to 5000 men lin
of 10000 as provided by the Housel and the
amended was then passed. -. Bills were
duced and referred in the House-provid-
pr the payment of duties on imports in gold.
and legal-tender notes; providing for
transportation between Underwater ON the
tic and the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys;
he construction of a railway from New York
nncil Bluffs, Iowa. The bill for the repeal
II amendments being offered and debated.
the Senate, on the 10th, bill was
luced and referred repeating the act an
hing the coinage of the twenty-cent silver
]. A resolution was agreed to calling for
mation respecting the seizure of logs. lum-
nd naval stores suspected of having been
from public lands in the States of Ala
Florida and Mississippi. The resolution
ling for the appointment of a Special Com
to inquire into alleged discrepancies in
poks and accounts Of the Treasury Depart
was called up and debated at considerable
ID. Adjourned to the 18TH. In the
E, a bill was reported to accept the invita-
Rom France to take part in the coming
Exposition, and appropriating $4,000
for, which bill, together with substitute
bn was adopted directing the Military Com
e to inquire into the strength of the cavalry
Infantry regiments of the Army, how many
Vents are employed upon the Texas frontier.
6ciency bill appropriating 81 $50 .623 was re-
q. The bill to repeal the Resumption act
urther debated, an evening session being
for that purpose.
BE Senate was not in session on the
/. In the House, the Army Appropriation
vas reported back, with the Senate amend
), one of which was to strike out the clause
ding that four full cavalry regiments should
|pt upon the Texas frontier, and insert In its
"a proviso that cavalry regiments might be
tied to ], 900 men, and that a sufficient force
galry should be employed in the defense of
nittee on Appropriations was to non-concur
amendment. but it was concurred in-l4O
6-thirteen Democrats voting yea. The
dment to insert 5000 instead of
men in the clause prohibiting the
vas then concurred in--lSS to 1870
Democrats voting affirmatively.. Other Sem
amendments were non-concurred IN, and the
ent back to the Senate. A bill was intro
and referred for the financial relief of
ayment without injuriously affecting the
bercial business and general industries of
eople. The bill appropriating $150, 600 for
entation at the Paris Exposition was con-
d in Committee of the Whole.
NUMBER of bills were introduced
eferred in the Senate. on the 18th. The
dments to the Army Appropriation bill
were non-concurred in by the House were
dee, and the bill as amended by both houses
assed. The resolution providing for the ap-
ment of a Committee of five Senators to
e into alleged discrepancies in the books
to-. (. In the House. the Paris Exposition
as considered in Committee of the Whole,
In amendment was agreed to requiring
Il the Commissioners to be practical agricuI-