The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-02-15
CONGRESSIONAL.

A COMMUNICATION was received in the
Senate, ON the 3lst nit. from Associate Justices
Clifford, Strong, Miller and Field Of the Supreme
Court. announcing that they had selected Aseo
ciate Justice Bradley ~ the nth Associate Jus
ce the Electoral 70. Ill. Count %
FROM West Virginia. =: The Houee agreed to the
senate's resolution for the appointment Of
y At men en- S.Dts Sans 'ps s Pc;
the Electoral vote. nil was introduced and re-
fcrrrd providing tor more thorough Investigations
Of accidents on ratlroade. The Ne olution 81 the
Co oradO to be State In the Union, and that Mr..
Belford was entitled to seat as Representative
from such State was adopted. and Mr.. Belf0rd
charging & W: Barnes from custody, he having
deliv. red to the Murrison Select Committee all
the kilograms in his possession.
In the Senate, on the list, resolutions
were presented and referred, which were adopted
at meeting of white and colored citizens at
Barnwell Court House, s. c., Jan. II, declaring
that the c"lored voters who supported the Hamp-
ton ticket did 60 to secure to the State IN honest
dation the part Of the whites toward the
blacks. A lengthy petition, signed by bankers,
merchants. clerYy%en and Others, Of New Orleans,
competency, and appealing to the country mot
to believe the etatemcn'e Of frauds and
violence charged against Louisiana, was presented
uuu IViCtICus IMCeStSs 1US0lIc 0EO AlllSO0 WStS
appointed Tellers ON the part Of the Senate to
count the votes for President and Vice Presid mt
Of the United States. lin the House Mes.rs.
the votes Of the Electoral Colleges. A commune
cation was received from Justice Clifford, Pref.
dent of the Electoral Commission, announcing
that the Commission hid organized and wa ready
to perform its duties
AMONG the bills passed in the Senate,
on the I'd, was one providing that all claims
against the United States which accounting off,
GERS Of the Treasury, or heads ofany department
or bureau, are authorized to examine aud decide,
shall be barred unless presented within six years
from the time the rame accrued. A bill was in
'roduc.d and referred to enable indiana to be-
House. q bill WAS introduced rel ealing all the
taxes on bank capital. The Legislative. Execu-
tive and Judicial Appropriation bill GA .s66, :
tee Of the Whole.
In the Senate, on the Sd, the credentials
of Senators Davis and Saunders, of West vir-
einia and Nebraska, were presented and
filed. The joint resolutions Of the Min
nesota Legislature in favor of . law CIV
ing bounty for the destruction Of grass
hHppsrs Al, and ,nsi! egg %s,e referred the
Appropriation bill was reported from Committee
Of the Whole, and amendments fixing the salary
Of Senators and Representatives .. 5000 were
agrssd to, and ID a. an amendment incrsasing the
feated yeas, AZ; nays, leland the bill was then
passed The Presidents Message on the financial
question was presented by the Speaker and re-
fer-ed to the Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Senate, ON the 5th. Mr.. Howe
stated that ON the Sd the subcommittee of the
Committee on Privileges and Elections had ex-
amined J. f. Littlefeld relative to Louisiana cleo
tion matters: his cxamna ion not being con-
cluded on that day, he was told to return on the
5th, but had failed to do so, and was
evidently evading the Committee; Mr.. Howe
thereto 9 submitted resolution, which was
adopted, ordering Littlefeld's arrest for con.
tempt. The Presidents Specie-resumption Mes
sage was referred :. In the House, the Senate
amendments to the Fertilization Appropriation
and the Military Academy bills were non-con-
Cured in A petition was presented from twenty.
eight banking institutions of Cincinnati asking
for the repeal Of the law taxing banks.