Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-12-18
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.


WEDNESDAY, December 4.-Sauls
bury introduced a bill authorizing tn,
secretary OF the treasury, in redeemini
United States legal tender notes, as require,
by the special resumption act, to pay rs pc
cent. in gold coin, ana 25 per cent. in stan
dard SILVER dollars.. motion by Matthew
to taxa up the Texas Pacific railroad bill
was rejected, l9 yeas, % nays, on thu
ground that it would lead to long discus
sion.. .....s.After an executive session the
senate adjourned. ~
THURSDAY, December 5--The follow.
ing changes were made in standi og commit
tees: Eaton to retire from the committee on
appropriations. Wallace to take his place.
Morgan to retire from the committee on
patents, Eaton to take his place; Wallace to
retire from the committee on foreign rela.
ions, Morgan to take his place . After an
executive session the senate ad journed until
Monday,
MONDAY, Decembe {. The following
resolutions were agreed to-; Directing the
committee on patents to consider the expe.
diency Of some other mode of com pensat.
ing inventors in place of the present system;
requesting the president to furnish the sen.
ate with all information he may have re:
ceived through U. s. officers relative TO the
recent elections in South Carolina and
Louisiana; instructing the committee on
Indian affairs to inquire whether it would
no. be wise and expedient to revise the ex.
isting laws regarding the intercourse
with Indian tribes in the Indian terri.
tory......A bill was introduced grant.
ing a pension to the widow of
Rear Admiral Paulding .....At the expira.
tion of the morning hour the senate took
up the bill to amend the revised statutes re.
la ing to pres Dental elections and to pro.
vide for and regulate the counting of votes
for president aud wee president and the de.
clson OF questions arising therefrom, and
Edmunds addressed the senate in favor OF
the bill......An executive session was then
held, and when the doors were reopened
the senate adjourned.
TUESDAY, December 10.-Wallace in
troduced a bill to authorize the exchange of
subsidiary coin for trade dollars Referred
..~..Allison, from the select committee to
inquire into the charges against Stanley
Matthews, submitted resolution request.
ing the house to transmit TO the senate
copy Of the testimony of James +. Anderson
relating to Matthews, taken before the house
committee. Agreed to. ..... At the expiration
Of the morning hour consideration was re-
sumed of the bill relating to presidential
elections and Mr. Morgan made speech in
favor OF the measure. Jones of Florida,
spoke in opposition TO the bill, and Edmunds
replied in its favor. After executive ses.
sion the senate adjourned
House.
WEDNESDAY, December 4.-The bill
providing for the Hot Springs commission,
With an amendment that free bath should
,e maintained for INDECENT people. passed
.... Adjourned.
THURSDAY, December 5.-The report |
II the committee on appropriations ON the !
onsular and diplomatic appropriation bill |
Vas referred To the committee of the whole |
nd made the special order for Tuesday
ext.....Tne general appropriation bill was |
lso received from the same committee of |
he whole. Adjourned until Monday.
MONDAY, December 9.-Bills intro
uced: To repeel the United States elec.
oral supervisors law; to make MINOR or !
legal tender receivable for all /
ebts due the government, including the
ayment of customs dues; to compel i
ational banks to receive standard silver
ollars as equivalent in value to gold coins
f the United States to make standard sill.
er dollars interchangeable with gold; to
nforce the fourteenth and fifteenth mond-
nents to the constitution in South Carolina
Motion to suspend the rules and pass
he bill prohibiting the further coinage of
f ira .e dollars, and directing their ex-
hange for and their recoinage into
tsndard silver dollars, was defeated, -
eas l54 nays 9i,-not the neces-
ary two thirds; also one to suspend the
ules and adopt the resolution declaring the
egal tender quslity of silver dollars, 4l2H |
rains, shall be maintained and enforced,
nd that any discrimination against them
y any national bank, shall be deemed
efance of the laws, and instructing the
anking committee to report a bill for the |
withdrawal of the circulating notes so offend
ng; yeas 150; nays o9 not the necessary
wo thirds in the afiirmative......A djourned.
TUESDAY, December 10.-The house
rent into committee of the whole on the
onsular and diplomatic appropriation bill.
-. On motion Of Hale the salary of min
sters to England France, Germany and
Iussia reported in the bill at $15 900 was, by
vote of 9S to 81, put back to the present
gure, ST. 800. Several minor amendments
rere adopted when consideration of the
ill having been concluded in committee of
he whole, the house passed it after strik.
ng out the amendment agreed to in com.
1ittee increasing the salaries OF tue minis.
ers to Great Britain, France, Germany and
sussia ..... The house then went into COM
nittee of the whole on the naval appropri.
tion bill. Clymer explained that the bill /,
gas substantially the same as the one which
ecame a law last year. Not a single amend
nent being offered to the bill the committee
ose aud reported it to the house, and it
7as thereupon passed. ...... The speaker laid
efore the house the request of the senate
o be furnished with copy Of James f.
AnGerson's testimony relating to Senator
iatthews, and on motion of Potter the re-
uest was complied with. Adjourned.