The Osceola times., 1878-03-16

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tween Lakes Michigan and Erie. BY Mr.
Gibson-Providing for commission to su,
pervise the construction Of works TO improve
the navigation OF the Mississippi, BY Mr.
Williams Mich. To establish a board oi
fish commissioners to regulate and protect
the fisheries on lakes. BY Mr.. Potter-T,
regulate immigration also TO authorize
bondholders and other creditors Of railroad
corporations to elect receivers in suits oi
equity pending in the United States courts
Adjourned.
In the house, on the 9th, on motion oi
! Mr.. Eden, the senate amendments 10 the
house bill making appropriation for the pay
ment of claims reported allowed by the
secretary of the treasury were concurred in
The speaker then called on committees ioi
reports. Mr.. Crapo, from the committee on
foreign affairs, reported back the bill sup
Elementary to the act to carry into effect a
convention between the United States and
China Concurred in, and to give the court
of claims jurisdiction in certain cases. The
bill authorizing any person or persons hav.
ing any claims against the balance Of fund
designated as the Chinese indemnity fund
for losses sustained by the plunder OF the
| bark Caldera in 1854 to commence within
twelve months next after the passage Of this
act proceedings in the United States court OF
claims. Passed .......The committee then
went into committee of the whole, Mr..
| Porter in the chair, on the foftifcation ap.
preparation bill. The bill appropriates one
hundred thousand dollars or the protection
| of Notifications and other works OF defense,
one hundred and twenty-iour thousand dol.
lars for the armament OF fortiications and
fifty thousand dollars for torpedos and for
harbor defense. The bill was read, and, with
the amendment, laid aside TO be reported to
the house committee. ...... Mr.. Kelley took the
| floor by unanimous consent, and proceeded
TO make speech on the resumption ques-
| ton, The speech was in reply to Mr.. Gar.
field some months ago. He denied Mr..
| Gartield's statement that the year 1868 was
prosperous one, and quoted from various
authorities to sustain his position. In reply
| to Mr.. Garfield's assertion that no president
or statesman had favored any money but the
standard of gold and silver, he said that
Jefferson and Madison were exceptions to
that sweeping assertion, and Alexander
Hamilton had favored resort to greenbacks
under the name of treasury notes. He also
| contradicted the assertion OF Mr.. Garfield as
| to the hesitation and unwillingness of sena,
| tors and members to pass the legal tender
act and he quoted Thaddeus Stevens, Hoop.
| er and Senator Sherman in commendation OF
that measure. He denied Mr.. Garfeld's
assertion that greenback currency was
forced loan, and said the forced loan is
debt, and greenbacks is the money with
which we pay the debt. II the genteman's
assertion had been made in 1862 il would
have been denounced as the Kissing of
venomous copperhead. Coming down to the
question of specie resumption, he said with
sixty.tiye million dollars Of gold in the treas
ury, with none in the hands of the people,
and with seven hundred million dollars to
be redeemed the proposition was measure
| of insanity. 1t was this proposition which
was driving the people to pauperism, to
| lunacy, to suicide, and was c. eating mon.
| eyed oligarchy whose wealth, compared with
lhe body of the people, would be greater
than that of the moneyed oligarchy of Eng.
land mir. Garfield rose to reply to him,
and is to have an hour for that purpose,
when the house again goes into committee
on the bill The committee rose, and Mr.
Fort Introduced bill to authorize the pre-.
| parstion OF fine or standard silver bars Of
| value of Sl0l ,00,, deposit the same in the
| United States treasury, and issue of certih-
Gates therein. Referred. Adjourned.
In the house, on the 9Th at the con
clusion of the morning hour the speaker
| laid before the house a nesssge from the
| president, returning, without approval, the
house bill authorizing special term Of the
| circuit court of the United States for the
| southern district of Mississippi, to be held
al Scranton the second Monday in March.
| The message stated that there was not suh
| cent time TO give notice of the holding of
| the said special term, and the government
could not prepare for the trial at the said
| term, because no funds would be available
for that purpose. The bill and message
were referred. Adjourned.
The house, on the 7th, went into com.
mittee of the whole on the deficiency appro.
| priation bill. After further discussion on
| this point by Messrs. Randall, Foster and
Cox, the consideration of the bill was pro-
| cseded with, and finally the committee rose
and reported the bill and it was passed. 1t
approprlates six thousand five hundred dol
lars for temporary clerks in the treasury
twenty thousand dollars for clerks to inves.
tigate fraudulent land entries, etc; twenty
FIVE thousand dollars for clerks in the gen.
eral land Office TO bring into the market
public lands in Arkansas, louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama and Florids, and four
thousand dola,s for heating and gas CT the
pension Office. Adjourned.
In the house, on the Stb, the commit
tee on Pacific railroads agreed to recommend
the passage of a bill appropristing twenty
thousand dollars for the survey of a railroad
from Austin, Texss, through Chihuahua and
Sonora to Topoovampo harbor, gulf OF Cali.
fornia. The house then went into COM
mittee of the whole, Mr.. Price in the chair,
upon the private calendar OF unfinished
business, it being the bill for the payment
of certain ante bellum southern mail cons
tractors. Without action on the bill the
house adjourned.
SENATE
In the senate, on the 4th, Mr.. Cockrell
introduced bill to althorize the deposit Of
silver bullion or bars, and issue certificates
therefor, and it was referred TO the commit.
tee on finance. 1t authorizes persons to
deposit such bullion or bars, and issue OF
certificates therefor by the secretary Of the
treasury in a sum not less than $40, in the
same form as certificates now issued by gold
bullion, such certificates to be receivable at
par for duties on imports and all public
duties.....W When the senate. bill was reached,
amending the laws granting pensions to Off
GERS and soldiers OF the war of 1912, Mr..
Stephens moved to pass the bill. 1t places
on the pension rolls the names OF such
officers and men as served fourteen days in
the war with Great Britain, and directs the
restoration TO the pension rolls OF those
names stricken therefrom on account Of dis
loyalty, but provides that no back pay shall
be allowed. The bill was then passed-yeas,
217 nays, 2l.......All the business on the
speakers table having been disposed of, the
house adjourned.
In the senate, on the 5th, Mr.. Beck
called up the resolution submitted by him
in January declaring it inexpedient at this
time to levy and collect taxes for the main.
tenance Of the sinking fund, and spoke at
length in favor of the resolution. Referred
to committee on finance. Adjourned.