The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-04-18
aeueral News summary.
N the Senate, on the 9th, . bill was

:, the Senate, on the 9th, bill was
1.,.a from the Finance Committee and placsd
op .hs calender to repair and put in opezG&on
o. y. Il New Orleans, Nh. Morrill, stating that
Y !as - ~ III opinion of the committee that thia
w VA affotd all the nccesaary additional mint
ssa";l;iies. bill was passed to provide q code
If army regulations Conference Committees
Ss If Ike Treasury to employ Temporary clerks
E3} Ets3 an an The Consular and Diplomatic Appropri-
~ s,;an !, bil The Pacific Raiiroad Funding bill
sss again taken up and an amendment offered by
Tsnrman' samendmart providing for the indorse-
iasrt Of sinking fund bonds by the Secretary Of
shs treasury was adopted. Several other proposed
amendments were witnd[a"h, ~ ,Ea n, ana ane Dill was
lsssolnian was offered and referred reciting ct
3sngth the present business distress throughout
w countr;. and directing the issue of 500 000.
an in United Sta 'es notes, to be .legal-tcnder
Il circulatis n at the earliest moment A bill was
.ssosnrted from the Committee on Banking and
Gnrrt ncy providing for the issue Of $500 400 $40
IF Treasury notes for the rctireme at Of National
gank notes. which are to be received in payment
If one.third of Gus 'olns duties: The Tariff bill
rss taken up in Committee of the Whole, and
M Wood, Charman of the Ways and Means
fammittee, spoke at great length in explanation
M advocacy of the bill. He said that, notwith-
Sanding the proposed reduced rates, the actual
ssranne under the bill would be about $40 600.
| 600 against about $3.50 100000 last year.
A FEW bills Of a private nature were
rassed in the Senate, on the 10TH The bill to re-
neal the Bankruptact was further debated and
substitute was offe ell ia the shape of q bill to
sstablisl uniform law on the su jject of bank
rngtcy Bills aere latroiuced and referred, in
tbs House authorizing the is uing of Treasury
notes, the taking up of greenba,ks and National
Rank notes prohibi ing contraction of the cur.
rency, and repeating the internal Revenue laws;
making it lille .al for any member of either house
ot Congress tn act as general advisory attorney
for certain corporations and p ,teUtees; q joint
resolution proposing u Con 'titutionat amend
ment proyd NJ for only one session of Congress
for every two years. after 1880, unless convened
by the President. The Pension Appropriation
bill Css 2S6 514) was considered in Committee Of
the Whole.
BILLS were passed in the Senate, on
the llth-- to repair and put in operation the mint
at New Orleans; the Deficiency Appropriation
bill, with amendments. A bill was reported
from the Committee on Public Lands for the re-
lief Of settlers on public lands. A new Confer
euce Committee was ordered on two of the amend
ments to the bid authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to employ temporary clerks. Messrs.
tonal members of the Committee on Mississippi
Ieyees. Adjourned TO the 18Th. In the House,
the Pension Appropriation bill was considered
in Committee cf the Whole, and amendments
Hen91On
Agents at 5000, and allowing them fees for
vouchers and actual expenses for rent clerk hire,
ETC.. and providing that after July IS, 1878, the
Offices of Pension Agents shall be filed by
wounded or disabled Union soldiers. The bill |
as amended was reported to the House and |
passed.
The Senate was not in session on the |
Eth "A lengthy debate occurred in the House
on tn, bill to reimburse the College of William |
Mare in rtr,to ff.r
during the war. bill, reported from the Mill |
tary Committee, restoring Geo. A. Armes to his |
rank n the army was passed, as WAS also a bill |
the Secretary Of War to relinquish |
lion in Nebrask ka to homestead and presumption |
,ettleR The Senate amendments to the Gen. |
.ml Deficiency and to the Diplomatic Appropri- |
lson bills were non-concurred In.
SENATE not in session on the 18th,
IA bill was passed in the House appropriatina |
5000 for the erection of monument over the |
rave of Thomas Jefferson. The Postoffice Ap-
'opriation bill 1888, 1870 1881, no less than
at year. was considered in Committee of the |
BILLS were passed, in the Senate, on
be authorizing the issue of passports free
0 coored citizens going to Brazil; authorizing
he construction of narrow-gauge railroad from
bismarck to the Black Hills; repeating the
bankrupt law-37 to 6. Bills were introduced
repeal that palt of the Specie Resumption act |
h,ch authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury |
dispose OF United States bonds and redeem
nd cancel currency: to repeal the several sec
ons of the Revised Statutes relating to the ten
re Of civil officers. Bills were introduced in
le ,Hnu'e directing the President to make
nhlic proeamation that it is the. firm determi-
ltion of Congress to enact no further
ws affecting the currency or finance
ltil :, specie payments shall have been
tualy resumed, and authorizing the
,cretary of the Treasury to prepare 4-per-cent.
,nds OF the denominations of twenty, fifty and
10, payable in forty years. to be exchangeable
no less than their face value for legal-tender
ming, by the Supreme Court of the United
ates, disputed Presidential elections. The res
utlon Of the MARYLAND Legislature reopening
arheld objected to its reception at this time,
zen a lengthy debate ensued, the question not
ing finally determined before the close of the