Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-06-28


Mr.. Wadleigh, OF New Hampshire, from the /
committee ON privileges and elections, to whom /
was referred the resolution Of the Senate /
adopted at the last session, instructing the /
committee to investigate the charge that the
election OF /. i. Grover, United States Senator /
from the State Of Oregon, was procured by /
bribery and fraud, reported that the evidence |
taken did not sustain any such charge against /
him. The conference reports on the river |
and harbor and the army appropriation bills |
were agreed to. The bill giving pension Of |
500 a month to General James Shields, Of |
Missouri, was passed. Adjourned.
Mr.. Thurman, of Ohio, introduced q bill to |
repeal sections 800 and S21 of the revised |
statutes Of the United States, providing that |
any person who may have taken up arms |
against the government, with duress and |
coercion, may be challenged as juror in United |
States courts, and prescribing an iron-clad
oath to be taken by such jurors. Referred to |
the committee on the Judiciary -. The follow |
ing resolution by Mr.. Cameron, of Pennsyl- |
vania, was agreed to: " Resolved, That the
commission on education and labor be in
structed to inquire into the industrial condition
of the country, the extent, nature and causes
of the depression Of business, and the enforced
idleness Of labor, and what remedies, if any,
can be provided by national legislation and
also into the expediency Of providing perma-
nent bureau In one of the executive depart
ments Of the government for the purpose of
gathering and publishing the statistics Of the
national industries and that the committee
report by bill or otherwise" The following
amendment, reported by the committee on
appropriations was agreed to: "That here
after all advertisements notices, proposals for
contracts, and all forms Of advertising required
by law for the several departments OF the
| pnvarnmaAt .AIay De palu for, at q price not to
exceed the commercial rates charged to private
| individuals, with the usual discounts, such
rates to be ascertained from sworn statements
- be furnished by the proprietors or publishers
81 the newspapers proposing 90 10 advertise.
| Provided, that the heads Of the several depart
| ments may secure lower terms at special rates
whenever the public interest requires it. .
During the evening session the sundry civil
service appropriation bill was discussed. Ad-
| journed.
An amendment providing for the $5, 500, 900
award of the fisheries commission was inserted
in the sundry civil service BILL and the bill was
completed in committee of the whole, reported
to the Senate and passed. =. "A messenger from
the House requesting the Senate to allow
| Senator Matthews to appear before the Potter
| committee was received, and a resolution
granting the permission was submitted, but
| the whole matter was referred to the commit
tee on privileges and elections. After passing
number of minor bills the Senate adjourned.
House.
Exactly at midnight the House passed the
sundry civil service bill. The amendment in
creasing the appropriation for the Rock Island
arsenal to about $500, 200 was agreed to-yeas,
121 nays 81. The paragraph refunding to
the States of New York and Pennsylvania
$82, 000 and $4,000, respectively, for expenses
incurred in raising volunteers, was retained.
Adjourned.
Mr.. Burchard, of Illinois, moved to suspend
the rules and pass preamble and resolution
setting forth the joint action of the Forty
fourth Congress in declaring the electoral
votes, and declaring that neither house has
power to revise such joint action. The resolu-
ton was adopted by 215 to 81. The report of
the majority of the judiciary committee on the
Maryland resolutions proposing to try the title
of the President was made, and was accom-
panied by resolution declaring that no sub
sequent Congress had power to revise the &C
ton of the Forty-fourth Congress-. The reso-
luton was adopted 234 to IA. . Mr.. Ewing
made motion to suspend the rules and take
up the anti-resumption bill and concur in the
Senate amendments but the motion was de.
feated by 113 to 1870. The House held al
evening session, at which $50 pension billi
were passed. Adjourned.
Mr. Townshend, of Illinois, moved to amend
the internal revenue laws so as to repeal the
, section of the revised statutes which prohibits
, an exemption from taxation of any farmer who
sells tobacco directly to the consumer, or t.
any person other than those who pay specia
: taxes. The amendment was rejected Tht
: conference committees reports on the rive
, aud harbor and army appropriation bills wer
! agreed to. BY agreement on the latter bill thu
| maximum limit of the army will be %, 900 men
80. Mr.. Proctor Knott chairman of the com
mittee OH the Judiciary presented his repor
, dissenting from the views Of the majority o
the committee on the subject of the presi
dental election. In his report Mr.. Knot
argued that the presidential title like the It'll
, to any other Office, can be passed upon and de
cided by the Judiciary if fraud in the election
is proven. Adjourned.
Mr.. Thompson, of Pennsylvania, offered
preamble and resolution, reciting the depresse
condition Of labor and industry throughout tn
country and providing a select committee o
seven members Ito sit during the recess) to in
, quire into the causes thereof and the remedie
therefor. Adopted. E. The internal revenue BIZ
was discussed. An amendment relieving fror
taxation such deposits in savings banks as ar
invested in United States securities and all de
posits to the amount of $4,000 standing in tn
, name of any one depositor was adopted. A
amendment providing that the word "gallon
when used in regard to lager beer, ale, etc
shall be held to mean the wine gallon. TIL
liquid measure containing 291 cubic inches wa
: adopted. An amendment providing that ever
: manufacturer of tobacco who has paid a tax O
4 "a cents on his unsold tobacco shall be entitle
= to drawback equal to the difference betwee
4 the rates of 16 and "a cents was rejected an
Q the bill was ordered to be engrossed and rea
a third time. During the evening session tn
bill to pay the Halifax fisheries award came u
Q and scene of uproar arose. The oppositio
: to the bill was led by Messrs. Butler, Of Mas
: sachusetts, and Cox, of New York; and tn
Speaker twice sent the sergeant-at-arms to tn
. former, to compel him to take his seat. TIL
bill was defeated as the requisite two-third
vote in its favor was wanting.
The House proceeded to vote on the Senat
amendment to the bill repeating the resumr
ton act. The Senate amendment proposed t
4 strike out the whole of the House bill and sui
r stitute for it provision making United State
!, notes receivable for four per cent. bonds an
a after October / next, for customs duties. Th
Q vote was yeas 140, nays 105 3d. two-thirds nc
: voting in favor thereof, the amendment wa
non-concurred in and the bill, therefore, failed
Z Mr.. Butler, as an individual member of til
judiciary committee, submitted to the Hous
his reasons for dissenting from the resolutio
and report of the majority in regard to the In
volatility of the Presidents title. Mr.. Butle
@ was absent at the time the committees repol
q was presented. He declared it as his opinio
J. that Congress was clothed with power to oil
o able the courts to adjudicate on the presider
& tial title and denied that there was no remed
q for fraud inIelections. The death of Repr,
sentative Quinn was announced. Adjourned
n The House Presidential Election InvestiGn
M tIon.
After holding several sessions at which III
4 important testimony was taken the committe
4 called Orlando Il. Brewster, one of the men
W bers of the Electoral College in Louisiana, VIII
testified in regard to his connection with sigI
a ing the certificates Of the election. Two
's three weeks after the election he heard that
defect existed in the certificate of the Stat
in through the private secretary of William l
Kellogg, at whose suggestion he signed other
He knew nothing about the signature of h
fellow electors. The committee received an
had read a communication from Secretal
Evarts, stating that he had received resoll
le ton Of the committee calling upon him 81
~ furnish this committee all the original con