Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-01-03

feet of the navy in peace. and until the public
safety demands an increase, shall consist Of thirty
sea-going vessels OF war, TO be distributed among
the several fquadrons and divisions; pro-
viding that no military naval officer, or
other person engaged In milf airy or naval
service, shall have any troops or armed men NJ
or near the place where any general or special
election Is held In any State either ON the day OF
such election or for ten days prior subsequent
thereto. under penalty of -, o. fine and i'm
prisonment for term OF not less than five years
The memorial OF the Governors OF Missouri and
other 5 afes, for action in reference 10 the grass
hopper plague. was presented. Euogies were
pronounced and the customary resolutions were
| adopted in respect to the memory of the late
Senator Caperton.
The resolution relative to Mr.. Cronin's
appointment as Presidential Elector in Oregon
was taken up in the Senate. on the 22d, and agreed
TO without division. II provides that the ques-
| ton shall be referred to the Committee on Frivi-
leges and Elections with instructions TO inquire
into the eligibility Of j. W. Watts ION the Repub
lican Electoral ticket, and into the facts attend
ing the appointment of said Elecior and pretended
Electors. aud report the same to the Senate. A
Conference Committee was appointed on the bill
to provide for the sale Of certain Cherokee lands
in Kansas. Adjourned to the 10th -. A
resolution was adopted in the House
| directing The Appropriation Committee to
report in the Deficiency bill provision to pay the
widow OF the late Speaker Kerr sum equal to the
pay and mileage OF the Speaker from the time of
his death until the end Of the present Congress
Mtssrs- hnOtt. Sparks. tucker, Nhrsik burCnhrd
| (Ill.l, Seelye and Monroe were announced by the
speaker az the committee to ascertain and report
as to the privileges. powers and duties OF the
House In counting the votes for President and
Vice President and counting the Electoral
votes, Meesrs. Payne, Hunron, Hewitt, Springer,
McCrary, Hoar and Willard.
| Senate not in session on the 23d . In
the House, Mr.. Monroe resigned from the Com
mite on the Rights, Privileges and Duties of the
| House in regard to the counting of the Electoral
| vote. resolution adopted requesting OF the
| President copies OF all the orders made by him. or
under his direction, and OF the orders and CORE
spondence OF the War Depar ment, relating to the
| limitations made by the President Of the appro-
| priations for the improvement Of rivers and har-
bors. and TO specify how the 2,00a06 out OF the
5000 900 appropriated by the last Congress have
been expended aud also to state under what law
such limitation was made Adjourned to the 2lth.
In the Senate, on the Goth, Mr.. Mitch
| ell, of Oregon, was added as new and addi-
! tional member, TO the Committee on Privileges
| and Elections. A message was received from
the President, inclosng the report oftbe proceed
| Ing OF the Sioux Indian Commission. The
| President also sent in the correspondence be-
| tween the United States and Great Britain the
subject Of eYtradition, the conclusion being that
the treaty had been restored to vitality by the act
OF the latter Government receding from its former
posi- ion, and the consequent surrender OF Brent,
| the Louisville iorger, to this Government After
| an executive session, an adjournment was had to
| the 10Th. House not in session.
No session of the Senate on the eth :.
The Presidents messages relative to the report OF
the Sioux Indian Commission and the Extradition
Treaty with Great Britain we're received and re-
| ferred in the House. A petition from certain
citizens Of Cincinnati In regard to the counting
OF the Electoral votes, and containing resolution
declaring that the President OF the Senate has not
the power alone to count and declare the result Of
such votes, was presented, and, after cons derabe
debate, was read and referred to the committee
| appointed to examine into the subject.