The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-11-01
FORTY-FTFTH CONGRESS.
EXTRA SESSION.
WAsHINGToN, Oct. 30, 1877.
Getting Down to Business,

10 day session OF the House may be
called a work day. From 1915 until
$40 was occupied in calling States and
Territories for bills for reference to cons
mittees, and 8S3 bills were introduced.
The great bulk of these were old bills,
that failed to pass the previous Congress.
There were over fifty to repeal the third
section of the Resumption Act, aud an
equal number to restore the dollar of the
daddies TO its old monetary power. Most
of the latter bills were introduced by
Western members, but dozen or so
came from the South. twas noticeable
too, that many from the latter section
introduced bills and petitions to reduce
the tax on tobacco and whisky. East
ern members got in over dozen bills to
equalize the bounties of soldiers in the
late war, intended as the sheerest bum
comb. A majority of the bills from the
West bore directly on financial relief
from Sherman's iron rule and the i'm
provement of lakes and rivers. Over
six different schemes for the Texas Pa
cifc subsidy were brought forward. Bans
ming got in bill to incorporate the Iron
Molders' Association of Cincinnati Ew.
ing one to remonetize silver and repeal
the Resumption Act, and Southard
bill tending to the same desirable end.
The Most Important Revenue Bill
introduced was by Willis, of New York.
to simplify existing laws imposing and
collecting duties on imports, to reduce
rates on imported merchandise; to re.
store the duty on tea and coffee, and to
enlarge the free list. The bill covers zoo
sections. Its features are reduction of
IS per cent on all imported articles, ex>
cept raw materials which enters into
manufactures. All articles not specified
in the bill are to constitute the free list.
1t proposes to remove all antiquities,
and abolish the similitude law that has
caused so much litigation and embar.
rassment. Compound duties are done
away with. Collection laws have been
eliminated of much useless verbiage.
A Funding Bill.
Was introduced by the same gentleman
providing for funding the non-interest
bearing debt at 4 per cent per annum,
payable at the expiration of forty years,
and to 60 into effect January Ist, 1878.
Bonds are to be issued in multiples of
$40, $50 and 500.
House Committees.
Speaker Randall announced the stand.
ing committees in the House: Fernando
Wood of New York, has the post Of hon.
or, and heads Ways and Means, instead
of Morrison, of Illinois, who is made
chairman of Public Lands. Atkins of
Tennessee fills Randalls old place as
Chairman of Appropriations. Buckner
of Missouri is Chairman of Banking
and Currency instead of Sam Cox. Gen.
Ewing is second on this committee. The
greatest surprise on the list is Clarkson
N. Potter of New York, as head of the
Committee on the Pacific Railroad. This
does not look as if the subsidy scheme
stood in high favor, as Potter is believed
not favorable to it. Reagan of Texas
is Chairman Of the Committee on Com.
merce. Proctor Knott, all rumors to the
contrary retains his old place as Chair
man of the Judiciary Committee. Gen.
Butler is placed on this committee. Hen.
drick B, Wright, of the Luzerne district
(Pa.) is Chairman of the Committee on
Manufactures; Scales of North Carolina
Of Indian Affairs; Banning of Cincinnati
retains his position at the head of Mill.
tary Affairs, and Whitthorne of Tennes.
see, Naval Affairs; Swami of Baltimore
is Chairman of Committee on Foreign
Affairs; Franklin of Missouri takes
Southard's place on the Committee on
Territories; Mackey of the Clearfeld
PA. district is Chairman of the Com>
mittee on Revolutionary and War of
1872 Claims; Schleicher of Texas is head
of the Committee on Canals; Beebe of
New York on Mines; Goode of Virginia
on Education and Labor; Vance of
North Carolina on Patents, and Alexan.
der H. Stephens of Georgia, in Weights
and Measures.