The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-04-04
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate, March 25, House bill
passed for the maintenance of the District
of Columbia and taking a census of the
same. Senator Howe delivered speech ar
raignlng the Administration. Mr.. Booth in
troduced bill reserving waters of all lakes,
rivers and streams upon public lands from
sale and dedication to the common use of
inhabitants. In the House, Mr.. Springer's
motion to suspend the rules and pass bill
authorizing coinage of gold and silver on
the same terms and permit deposit thereof
Tor the same purpose, was rejected, wanting
the support of a two-thirds vote. Mr..
Goodies motion to suspend operation of the
Sinking Fund Actwas similarly disposed Of
In the Senate, March 26, Mr.. Blaine made
condemnatory speech in regard to the ap-
pointment of Delfosse on the Halifax Com
mission. The House joint resolution to
prescribe the time OF ofpaying tax on distilled
spirits passed. The Judiciary Committee
reported lack the bill to repeal the Bank
rupt Law In the House, the concurrent
resolutions to print 100000 reports of the
Commissioner OF Agriculture and 200, 900 of
the Forestry Commission passed. The
Tariff Bill was made the special order for
April 4.
In the Senate, March 81, a bill was intro
duced for granting pensions to Indians who
served in the War of 1872. A resolution
was agreed to to reimburse John Ray and
William L. Mcmillan for expenses in the
contested seat case of William P. Kellogg as
Senator from Louisiana. House-In the
House, bill passed to prevent the intro
duction of contagious diseases in the coun-
try. The contested case of Messrs. Dean and
Field, on coming to vote, resulted in tie
by the Speaker casting his vote against the
minority report of the committee awarding
| the seat to the Republican contestant.
In the Senate, March 2S, the Senate bill
| to amend an act to provide for the sale of a
| portion of the reservation of the Confed-
| Grated Missouri, Sacs, and Foxes of the
Missouri tribes of Indians in the States of
Kansas and Nebraska, was discussed briefly,
amended, and passed. A number of the
| bills granting pensions were passed. At
| the expiration of the morning hour, the dis
cussion of the Pacific Railroad Sinking
Fund bill was resumed .......In the House,
| consideration was resumed of the Massachu-
setts contested election case, the question
being upon the resolution of the majority
| of the Election Committee, declaring Dean
entitled to the seat. A vote was taken on
the question, which resulted in giving Dean
the seat by vote of 124 to 1913.
In the House, March 20, Mr.. Eden, Chair
man of the Committee on War Claims, re.
ported back the bill appropriating s420,o0O
| for the payment of claims reported allowa.
bic by the Commissioners of Claims. Passed
The House went into Committee of the
| Whole, Mr. Beebe in the chair, on the
private calendar. The first bill on the calen.
dar was one appropriating $1,000 to pay
the Bartholomew County, Indiana, Agri
cultural Society, for the use and occupation
of its Fair Grounds for military purposes,
from September, 1868, to June, 1865, and
gave rise TO political discussion between
Messrs. Conger, Luttrell and Townsend IN
W Finally the committee struck out the
enacting clause of the bill, and on the com
| mittee rising that action was ratified by the
House. Adjourned till Monday.