Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, March 9.

CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, March 9.
HOUSE.
Blackburn presided in the absence
of Speaker Randall. Foster from
committee on appropriations reported
q bill providing for an appropriation
of 81 ,534, 445 deficiencies for service of
Government for fiscal year ending
June 30, 1878. Referred to Commit
tee of the Whole.
Kelly then replied to Garfield's
speech of q few days ago. He ex-
planned the causes which prevented
his replying to Garfield's first speech
for over one hundred days, his own
serious illness and the attempted as
sassination of his son, and he thought
1t was hardly just in the gentleman to
send to the country the idea that he,
Kelley, had been lO9 days preparing
q reply to his speech.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, March IL.
Bills were introduced and referred :
By Bayne,to punish crimes relating
to coin of the United States.
BY Ewing, joint resolution pro.
posing an amendment to the consti-
tuition providing thai in order that
the people of the United States may
be furnished with . permanent, stable,
currency, Congress shall provide for
| the issueing of - millions of dol.
lars U. s. notes, not bearing inter.
est, which shall be legal-tender for
all debts, public and private, except
for such existing debts as are by con-
tract payable only in coin and that
the number of such notes shall be in
creased each year at the rate equal to
the average increase of population
and that the first issue Of said notes
shall be used as far as necessary in
redeeming United States notes not
bearing interest, now outstanding and
the remainder in reducing the inter.
est bearing debt. 1t further provides
that no law of the United States or
Of any state shall authorize the issue
of notes payable on demand, for the
benefit Of any person or corporation,
and Congress shall provide for with
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notes now outstanding.
After the morning hour the House
went into committee Of the whole on
the diplomatic appropriation bill.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March IL.
Thurman from the Judiciary com.
mittee reported with amendments,
Senate bill prohibiting Congressman
becoming sureties ON certain bonds
Calendared.
The resolution instructing the Ju.
dietary committee to inquire into til,
expediency Of providing that al
claims against the United States, ex
ceeding 81 900 in amount, be present
ed to the Circuit Court for the dis
tricts in which the claims originated
was agreed to.
| The bill in aid Of the Polar expe
dition designed by james Gordo,
Bennett, passed unanimc nsly withou
debate.
i The Vice. President submitted
Communication from the Secretary O
the Interior in relation to timbe
troubles in Montana.
i Matthews moved that the com mu
nication be referred to the committe
on public lands without being rea,
and be printed in the Record.
\. Sargent objected to its being print
: ed in tie Record, but had NO obiee
ton to printing in usual documen
!, form. He referred 10 the course O
the Secretary Of the Interior in regar
to timber matters and said it woul
. stop all industries in many wester
states and territories He had no oh
lection to giving to the public in tn
usual documentary form nything tn
Secretary might desire TO say in dc
Tense Of his course, but he did nc
Recognize the right of cabinet Mir
lister to come upon the floor Of tn
Senate and make speech or hsv
Eprinted in the Record q defence Of hi
, course.
Matthews said that he desired t
reply to Sargent and called for tn
reading Of the communication as
part of Mis- speech that it might ap
pear in the Record.
After debate upon points Of orde
Sargent objected to the present con
sideration OF the motion to defer tn
, document and it was laid over unit
, tomorrow.
House bill for relief of VIM. A
Hammond, late Surgeon Genera
was taken up and Plumb spoke il
opposition. The bill then passe,
without amendment, yeas So, nays
>Plumb.)
On motion Of Thurman the bill re
ported by the committee on Judicia
ry regarding the Pacific railroa,
sinking fund was taken up and h
spoke at length in favor thereof.
i HOUSE.
i After an explanation by Southar,
disclaiming the authorship of join
resolution in regard to a plural ex
} lecutive head, tho House went int,
committee of the whole on the diplo
matte and consular appropriation
bill.
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