The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-04-11

TUESDAY, March 26.-In the Senate,
the bill to repeal the Bankrupt law was re-
ported back from the Judiciary Committee,
without recommendation. On motion of Mr..
Blaine, the correspondence between the Amer
lean and British Governments in regard to the
appointment OF Delfosse on the Halifax Com
mission, was taken from the table and referred
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In
the House, the Legislative. Executive and Ju
dicial Appropriation bill was reported from
the Committee on Appropriations, and the
Tariff bill, from the Committee on Ways and
Means, and the latter was, by vote of 137 to
ia, made the special order for April 4, after
the morning hour. The Massachusetts con
tested-elec;ion case Of Dean as. Field was
further discussed. Concurrent resolutions
We're adopted for printing 10000 copies of
the report of the Commissioner of Agricult-
ure and 5000 copies of the report of the For
estry Commission.
WEDNESDAY, March PA bill was
introduced, in the Senate, granting pensions TO
Indians who were in the service of the United
States in the War of 1912, as scouts, guides or
warriors. The House bill making appropria-
tons Tor the Consular and Diplomatic Service
OF the Government for the year ending June
30, 1879, was amended and passed. The Pa
cific Railroad Sinking Fund bill was further
debated. A bill to prevent the introduction
OF contagious diseases into the United
States was passed in the House. its
provisions not disturbing the quaran-
tine regulations Of any State, but State
officials are made agents of the National
Quarantine system. In the Massachusetts,
contested-electiOn case of Dean az. Field, the
minority resolution declaring Field entitled to
the seat was dcfeated-13N to l20-Mr. Butler
voting with the Democrats in the negative. and
the fOllowing-namcd Democrats with the Re-
publicans in the affirmative: Hartridge, Her.
bert Jones (Alal, Potter. Rea, stenger,
Walsh. Williams Del.) and Cutler. No vote
was reached on the majority resolution.
THURSDAY, March pa number of
bills. granting pensions, were passed in the
Senate. A bill was also passed providing
for the sale of portion Of the reservation of
the Confederated Otoe and Missouri and Sac
ana Fox iof Missouri) Tribes OF Indians in the
States of Kansas and Nebraska. The Pacific
Railroad Sinking-Fund bill was further de-
bated. Adjourned to the LIST. In the House,
the cOntestetl-elcction case in the Third Mas
sachusetts Dis riot was disposed of by the
adopton-l24 to l23-of the majority rcsolu-
ton declaring Dean (Dcn..) entitled to the
scat. MIR. Butler voted in the affirmative with
the Democrats, and Messrs. Cutler, Hartrilge,
Herbert. Henry. Potter. Rca, Stengcr, Walsh
aud Williams del --Dcmocrats-vOted with
the Republicans in the negative. Mr.. D.an
was then sworn in. Bills were introduced
to allow American registry to fOreign-bult
vessels; to establish Board of Pacific RAJ
road Commissioners.
FRIDAY, March 29.-The Senate was
not in session.. "A bill was reported and re-
ferred in the House, appropriating $50, 600 for
deficiencies in the miscellaneous fund of the
House. A bill was reported and passed ap-
propriating $40 600 Tor the payment of
claims reported allowed by the Commissioners
of Claims. A bill was introduced and re-
ferred to promote the general use of the met
ric system. Bills on the private calendar
were considered in Committee of the Whole.
Adjourned to the LIST.
MONDAY, April LIN the Senate, .
bill was introduced and referred to levy a tax
on liquors in the District of Columbia BY the
introduction of the Moffett bell-punch. Bills
were passed-appropriating $4,000 for filing
up the low grounds south of the Capitol; to
egulate the advertising of mail-lettings and
for other purposes. The Pacific Railroad
Funding bill was further debated. Among
the bills introduced in the House were the
following: Directing the Secretary of the
Treasury, when the amount Of coin and bull
ion in the Treasury shall exceed $lO0, OO0, 200,
to redeem the present outstanding legal-ten-
dor notes, when presented in sums. of RI 900
and upward, with coin of full standard value;
to regulate contracts for carrying the mails;
to prevent reduction of the National cur
rency by fraudulently withdrawing legalten-
der notes from circulation; to provide for a
more efficient Civil Service In the United
States. An evening session was held for de-
hate only, ">