Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-02-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
CONGRESSIONAL.

Select Committee was referred. The House
bill, with amendments, for the payment to
officers and soldiers of the Mexican war of the
three months extra pay provided for by the
act of July 49, 1S4S, was placed on the calen-
dar. The papers relating to the case of Maj.
Runkle were referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee. A statue OF William King, contrib
uted by Maine to the national statuary, was
presented and Hamlin and Blaine made ad-
dresses. The latter in the course of his speech
spoke of the hostility of Massachusetts, to the
war Of 1872 and her unpatriotic course, which
led to lively debate with Dawes and Hoar, of
that State. The resolution accepting the
statue was adopted and the Senate adjourned.
HouSe.-A resolution was adopted, instruct
ing the Committee on Banking and Currency
to ascertain the amount of gold and silver
coin and bullion owned by the United States;
the amount Of bonds which have been sold by
the Secretary of the Treasury for coin; the
amount of gold and silver coin, bank notes,
and legal tenders held by banking institutions,
and such other facts as will tend TO inform the
House when and by what method. it will be
practicable and consistent with the public well
fare to resume specie payments. bill to
equip an expedition TO the Arctic Seas was re-
ferred. The joint resolution accepting a
statue of William King from the State OF
Maine was passed and the House adjourned.
Senate, Jan. 23.-The Naval Committee was
discharged from further consideration Of the
reinstatement of Surgeon Draper in the navy
and the Judiciary Committee was directed TO
make the inquiry in the Runkle case. A bill
to regulate the compensation Of Postmasters
providing that the compensation of fourth
class Postmasters shall be based upon the
stamps cancelled instead Of stamps sold, as
now-was referred. A bill to coin a silver
dollar of SO many grains as the Director of the
Mint shall from time to time prescribe, to be
legal tender in sums of five dollars, was or
dered printed. Consideration OF the Mat
thews resolution was resumed and Cockrell
(Mo) and Randolph IN. J.) spoke, the
former in favor of the resolution and the lat
er in opposition. An executive session was
held and the Senate adjourned.
HOuse-A resolution from Kansas City in
favor of remonetizng silver and bill reliev-
ing bank deposits from internal tax were re-
ferred. The Steamboat bill was considered
and number of amendments adopted. The
Senate resolutions in honor of the late Senator
Bogy were presented and, after eulogies by a
number Of members, adopted, and the House
adjourned.
Senate, Jan. A.-The debate on the Mat
thews resolution TO pay the interest and prin-
cipal Of bonds in silver was concluded, Lamar
(Miss.) making lengthy speech in opposition
thereto. The question then being on the
amendment to make the resolution a Joint
instead Of a concurrent one, Conkling IN. "
spoke in favor and Thurman (Ohio) in opposi-
tion. The debate was also participated In by
Edmunds (Vt) and Herman (N. W. Without
reaching vote the Senate adjourned.
Ho,ee.-The entire session was occupied in
consideration of the Steamboat bill A vote
was not reached.
Senate, Jan. 25.-The amendment to Mat
thews' resolution to make it joint instead of
a concurrent resolution was defeated-23 to
80. Edmunds (Vt) advocated his amendment
to provide for the payment OF bonds in gold
coin or its equivalent. This amendment was
defeated-lS to A. An amendment to the eff
feet that it would be detrimental TO the eco
nomical interests of the Government and peo-
pie to pay the bonds in silver was rejected
II TO A. The resolution Of Mr.. Matthews was
then agreed to-43 to y. The vote was as fol-
lows:
Keds-Allison, Armstrong, Bailey, Beck,
Booth, Bruce Cameron Pa; }, Cameron (Wis.l,
ChafIee, Coke, Conoyer, Davis (Ill), Davis
(W. Va.), Dennis, Dorsey, Eustis, Ferry, Cor
don, Grover, Hereford Howe, Johnston, Jones
(Fla), Jones (Ney), Kirkwood, McCreery,
Mcdonald, Mcmillan, Matthews, Maxey, Mer-
rimon, Morgan, Oglesby, Plumb, Ransom
salisbury, Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Thur
man, Voorhees,, Wallace, Withers.
Ndys--Anthony, Barnum, Bayard, Blaine,
Burnside, Christiancy, Conkling, Dawes
Eaton, Edmunds Hamlin, Herman, Lamar,
Mcpherson, Mitchell, Morrill,, Paddock, Ran
dolph, Rollins, Sargent, Wadleigh Window.
Hoar, Butler, Hill and Whyte, who would
have voted in the affirmative, were paired with
rfE DuNN
would have voted in the negative.
An executive session was held and the Sen
ate adjourned to the 18th.
House.-The Steamboat bill was passed-1T9
to 20. The bill extending the time for the
withdrawal of distilled spirits now in bond
until July next was considered in Committee
of the Whole, but vote was not reached. The
Judiciary Committee reported on the subject
of the arrest and imprisonment of Congress-
man Smalls, of South Carolina, to the effect
that there was no breach OF the privileges Of
the House. Ordered printed. Adjourned.
House, Jan 26.-The session was for debate
Snly. Durham favored the remonetiEation of
silver and the repeal of the Resumption act;
Bright advocated remonetizing silver; Deer
ing favored a return to double standard of
value; Humphrey spoke to the same effect;
Aiptou eaiu buO pCoplC itililcuidtc
action on the Reconciliation and Repeal bills,
and II that were not done the West would send
to the next Congress men who would not be
satisfied with the passage OF those bills, but
who would also repeal the National Banking
law. Adj ourned
Senate, Jan. 2S.--Petitions against the res
toration Of the tax on tea and coffee in favor
of the reconciliation of silver; in favor Of the
a. -. Al.
peal Of the Resumption act, and opposing fur
ther legislation to aid the Southern Pacific
Road, were presented and referred. The
House bill to remove distinctions in the Mis-
sissippl, Missouri, Arkansas and Red Rivers
was passed. The House bill to authorize free
coinage of the standard silver dollar and to
restore its legal-tender character was taken
up, and Morrill, (Yt,) made long speech in
opposition thereto. Adjourned.
honse-A great number OF bills we're pre-
sented and referred, among them the follow
ing; To, retire the circulation of National
Banks and substitute therefor Treasury notes,
receivable for all dues to the Government; to
secure the pay and wages due employees Of
railroads engaged in the interests of com.
merce; fixing the number of Representatives
in Congress at 150; to equalize the bounties
of soldiers to reorganize the army and regu-
late its pay, The following anti-s ubsidy reso-
luton was adopted--174 to S5:
That in the Judgment of the House no subsi-
dies in money, bonds, public land Endorsements,
OF pledge of the public credit should be granted
or renewed by Congress TO associations cor
poratiOns engaged in or proposing 10 engage in
public or private enterprises, but that all appro-
pratiOns ought to be limited to such amount
and purposes only as shall be imperatively de
manded by the public service.
The following is the vote in detail:
Yeds-Aldrioh, Bacon, Bagley, Baker Hnd.),
Baker IN. Y;( Ballou, Banning, Bayne, Beebe,
Bell, Benedict, Bicknell, Blackburn, BlOunt,
Briggs Bright, Browne, Buekner, Burchard,
oabel, Caldwell 1Ky), Caldwell Tenn, Calkins.
den, Clarke (Kyl, Clark MOI, Clarke dowa),
Qlymer. Cobb, Collins, Conger Covert, Cox,
Ohio, Cox IN, W, Grape, Qrittenden, Gum
Durham Dwight, Eames, Eickhoh, Ewing, Eel