The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-03-28
General News Summary


CON0BB80s
Tn the Senate, ON the 10Th, the House
I'm to authorize the granting of an American
rc.;ster to : foreign-built ship fof tho purpose
.f the Woodruff Scientific Expedition Around
the World was parsed without amendment. A
beated debate occurred on the question of appro-
priating money to enable the becesaxy ct the In
thieves. A Conference Committee was ordered
an tie Senate amendments to the Military Acad-
smy Appropriation bill. In the House, major
~ of fhe charges acainst DoOrkeeper Polk The
farmer declaring Mr.. Polk to be unfit for the DO
stion. and recommending a resolution declarina
the office vacant, amd bax;n. snG ssr @ dsc..
~ s1s even cha, ged. against Mr.. Polk, z
would be grieyous wrong to adopt the majority
resolution. Bills were passed0hxing the COM
ducing it from three to two dollar; fixing tho
fees Of Clerks Of said courts; fixing the compen-
sstou Of United States MarshAls and Deputies,
ties to $260, ana other Deputies 1--WE dollars per
day: Senate bill appointing Gen. Sherman Re
rent Of the Smithsonian Institution, in place of
deo. Bancroft resigned: .l 6ili We wa. introducsd
%me . Het terms. The General Deficiency bin Isi..
E6 1867 was considered in Committee of the
Whole.
BILLS were introduced in the Senate,
on the 2Oth-for the protection of homestead set
tles On public lands; to repeal the Presumption
laws and provide for the sale of timber on the
public lands. The bill making appropriations
for detecting trespasses on public lands in Ger.
tain States. and for other purposes. was further
amendment BY Mr. Beck forbidding any charge
for wood or timber cut on public lands In the
Territories for the use Of actual settlers and not
timber being exported from the Territory where
Il grew it should be liable to seizure by United
States authorities wherever found. -. In the
Committee regarding the advertising Of mail
lettings, providing that notices shall be published
in one or more papers in each State interested
that the proposals for mail lettings will be 70
ocived at certain date. and that all information
pertaining thereto can be obtained on application
to the Second Assistant Postmaster-GenerA An
amendment was offered and adopted providing
mitted. and whenever such sub-letting did occur
the contract should be considered as terminated.
and the bill as amended was passed. The De-
fciency Appropriation bill was considered and
amended in Committee of the Whole, reported to
the House and passed.
In the Senate, on the 21st, the Presi-
dents answer to resolution If Mr.. Blaine,
adopted on the 1fth regarding the Fishery Com
mission and award, was received. containing the
correspondence with Great Britain relative to
the selection of Delfosse, Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiaiy from Belgium, as
third Commi :sioner under the twenty-third arti-
Gle of the Treaty Of Washington on the question
Treasury clerks and to bring into mar let public
lands. etc. was further debated. In the House,
bill was reported, ordered printed and re-
committed. to establish Postal savings De
Department. and to aid in refunding the inter-
est ,earing Indebtedness of the United States.
A Con- erenee Committee Was appointed on the
ton bills sl4.Uis ,6S4-S 10000 less than last
year (inclutiing defcienciesJ and % GOO 100 leas
than the estimates for the next fiscal year-was
re.,orted as unanimously agreed 70 by the Com
mit.ee on ApprOpr at ons. and, after being con-
sidered in Committee of tho Whole, was passed
without amendment
AFTER the transaction of some other
business in the Senate, on the I'D the House bill
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to en-
ploy temporary clerks, and making appropria-
tions for the same and for detecting tfespasses
on the public lands, and for bringing into
market the public lands in certain States, and
o the
ch rge for wood and timber cut on unsurveyed
public lands in the Territories for the use of
actual settlers apd not for export, and providing
Ihee Territory where it grew. it, should be
liable to seizure by, the, United States au-
horities wherever found. Adjourned to
on % Gonsss in leRSsea sSs House,
lmend the laws the subject of coinage, to
perfect double metallic standard, to provide
Tor issuing gold and silver bullion certificates,
md to retire certain s lver coin now in use.
Bills we're introduced and referred-providing
hat persons intending, in god faith. to make
lctual entry and settlement under Homestead
lcts, shall receive, through the Secretary of the
interior. free transportation for themselves, fam
lies, farming utensils and personal effects to
heir new homes, and also seeds for two years
ultivation; to provide for more economical
pf rrx$
nperinteudence of railways. large number
# private bills principally pension) were passed,
adjourned to the 18th.
AN amendment was submitted in the
'enate, on the 25th, to the House bill to repeal
he Specie-Resumption act, providing that on
nd after July l, 1873 United States legal-tender
totes shall be receivable for all debts and dues,
10Th public and private, etc. bill was intro
uced and referred to protect the waters of all
axes, rivers and streams upon public lands from
ale, and to dedicate the same the common use
# the inhabtt Mr. Howe called up his reso.
ution asking the President for information in
ogard to the alleged defalcation of Judge Whit
n which he denounced the course IF tue Ad-
in it, dealings with the South,
nd the Civil Service policy as carried
nt under Secy echurz. "A number OF
mong them-to reorganize the army; to aid the
ducaton and advanr rement of the colored peo-
lies; to regulate the value of subsidiary silver
oins; for branch mint at Council Bluffs: joint
ESQ ution declaring it inexpedient at this time
0 change or moiiIy the tariff. A motion to sus-
END the rules and pass the bill to authorize the
oinage of gold and silver on the same terms,
nd to permit the deposit thereof for the same
arposcs, was rejected-l40 to 102-nnt two
birds IN the affirmative. A motion to suspend
he rules and pass the bill to suspend the opera
ion of the SINKING Fond act for five years was
iso reiec ed-lz2 to ll2-not two-tlirds in the
iirmalive.