Litchfield enquirer., 1878-01-24
CONGRESSIONAL.

The president is inclined to urge that cabinet ministers be allowed seats on the floor of the House, and the proposition is favorably enter tained in that body.
 The Secretary of Treasury has terminated his dealings with the syndicate, and offers the four per cent. loan to popular subscription.
 Ex-Sec. Cox. of Ohio, has been transferred to the House committee on Civil Service Re form, with the understanding that something effective shall be attempted.
 Mr. John Q. Smith, late commissioner. will claim q public investigation into Indian affairs.
 The Senate committee On pensions will prob ably report in favor of abolishing pension agencies and having the payments made direct from Washington.
 Senate Tuesday of last week MT. Voor- hies made a rousing speech in favor of all sorts D of ipfati"r "'h -,r-";--- '-' l. -' s4 IT
 On Wednesday motion to refer the Mat thews silver resolution to the judiciary com mittee wasrejected, 19 to 31.-Eulogies of the late Senator Bogey, of Mo-, were pronounced by various Senators.
 On Thursday joint resolution passed ap- pointing Pres. Porter of Yale a Smithsonian regent.-Eulogies of the late Senator Morton were pronounced
 On Friday Mir. Maxey of Texas, spoke in favor of the Silver resolution Attorney General replied to aninquiry of the Senate that the president has no power to compel the Un- ion Pacific to pro rate with branch roads. He said the question would soon be decided in the federal courts. journed till Monday.
 On Monday the case of Major Runkle was referred to the Judiciary Committee-A great many petitions were received in regard to re- monetiZatiOn, pro and con.-Mr. Jones and Mir. Cockerell spoke on silver.-Itis not expect ed that vote will be reached on the silver res NInfInE hofOpo tnHn
 House.-On Tuesday of last week various bills &c., were referred to committees, and Mir. Price advocated the remonetization of the silver dollar.
 On Wednesday resolution passed accepting a gift to the nation from Mrs. Thompson, of New York, of Carpenters picture of the sign ing of the Emancipation proclamation, and ar ranging for formal reception on Feb. 12th.-- The House, then passed bills appropriating $5, 900 for law libraries in Dakota and Wyoming Territories $40,000, to remove snags from the Mississippi, Missouri and Arkansas rivers and $6O, 900 to open the navigation of the Red River above Shreveport.
 On Thursday a bill passed allowing persons accused of crime to testify on trial of their own cases in the federal courts-The Secretary of the Treasury was asked to report to the House the amount paid banks as interest on the bonds held to secure their currency.-A resolution passed thanking the explorer Stanley.-Mr. Blair spoke against silver remonetization.
 On Friday the West Point bill was reported, appropriating $272, 155.-The California elec- tion case was recommitted.-In the course of the discussion of bill forrecompensing W. H. Newman for property destroyed in the war, Mir. Jones, of Ohio, read letter of MT. Til den, declaring that if elected president he would veto all such claims. Mills, of Texas, remarked that Mir. Tilden would never be a candidate for that office again. Adjourned till Monday.
 On Monday petitions in regard to navigation railroads, &c, were very numerous Southard's motion to suspend the rules and pass bill to pay duties in green backs was de- feated by the lack of a two-thirds vote, 154 to 96.