The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-05-23
General News Summary.


I,r the Senate. on the l4th. the House
amendments TO tine Dill sesno.Hne 0uzsns Q.
Color.do Nevada and the Territories to TELL and
ssnnvs t;mber ON the public dounAin IN mining
anu t:u !y 80 nsssed. Several hiils Were reroFtod
@ tne ~ I'm m;ttses and placed a TIE calendar.
~ MC.ip CI.pSStofice Appropriafion bill M further
amended 1or s01 pfS 81 ~ bill "a renesi 5e Specc.
YosU Y.u,rtor act !. The deadlock Continued IN
M Ho,ss an the inyestirsfion resoIution Of Nj.
~ prster the Speaker announcing the regular or
der to be on secoraaing s9e Gemsna a. ioi sns
R.,m voting. thus leaving the House without .
: quorum, as there wcrebut llS pemocrats pres
ent. l46 being ., n,ise .ss = quf ~ a..
AItslh AIthI;nsns iIr motion 10 sdiourn was carried
iSi TO IO4. tse y ~ "A fxFs
1rA, go.
In the Senate, on the l0th, the petl-
A., If Robt. q. Inpersoll and others. fayorinr
~" Nv .,,ssI If tbc law prohibiting the transportar
the repeal oi so 80" - -
tion of obscene htcraturc tnrougn me mais'
was reported from the Committee on the Revie-
;cn az the Laws and referred to the Judiciary
Tommittee. The bill authorizing the publica-
s;n for sae of an edition Of the narrative Of tie
poiar;s Expedition was passed Bills were irt-
trodnced and referred--to authorize the POST
master. General to place mailacrvice on any pub
IL b;chway. river or railr0ed wherever public
seryice requires IL; increasing TO seyenty-two
SnIlsrs a month the pension Of certain pen-
s;oned soldiers and sailors who have
Lot t08
sight of both eyes in the service Of the country,
In the House. the Senate resolution for the
6nal adiournment Of Congress on the 10Th of
June d ea4e ~ Mot;on sS was ssreed toIisto i6to
sstnone its fnrther cOnsideration until the 18th
- Nav The deadlock on the Potter rcsolution
S nmocrats on tbe question to second the nre
;"ns anestion being IN the Republicans stii re.
fwne to vote. A call showed 26S members pres
snt but efforts te gets quorum e vote were inef
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a CoNCuhhENi iesoiu.ion was suo-
mitted by MIR. Butler. OF South Carolina. and re-
ferred, In the Senate, on the 10th, provihng Tor
aCommission, to consist OF two Senators, three
members of the House and three officers of the
vesqs to whom shall be referred the whole sub
}ectof the reform and REORGANIZATION Of the
Army. the Commission to assemble as soon as
nracticable. and to report to the next session Of
toneress through the President of the United
States The House Joint resolution to print 500
M comics of the report of the CommissiOner Of
Agriculture for 1877 and 5000 copies Of the
Colonial Charters and Constitutions was passed.
fnrther ,s @ considered ana M. Matthews submitted
an amendment, in the nature Of a sub
notes notes. when redeemed, the amount of lecal-tender
notes outstanding AT any time not to exceed
ssSS. 200 OOO. and further providing for coin-re-
serve fnnd Of SIOO 600 600 and that bonds of the
tinted % states shall he sold for leoa-tenaer notes
snd tbas IeSa.tender notes shall he reeeyabIe for
ali debts nnbl;c and private. except principal
and interest On the public debit, The deadlock
had without indicating n nuorum. One call
showed SS members present, but the Republi-
cans stilI refrained from voting On the motion to
resolution. The last vote showed 142 Democrats
present. or within five of a Quorum. A motion
10 adjourn was agreed to by a vote of al to ll6,
SEVERAL Pension bills were passed
in the Senate. on the 18th. A number of bills
we're reported from committees and placed on
the calendar. resolution was adopted, in
structine the Committee on Rules to consider
the proprietv of admitting the heads of bureaus
Of Executive Departments Of the Government to
the floor of the Senate during the sessions
thereof. Adjourned to the 10Th . The Senate
amendments to the Indian Appropriation bill
were non-concurred in by the House. After a
10 the Sergeant -at-Arms to arrest and bring in
such members as were absent without leave the
Democrats succeeded in securing a quorum of
the Potter RESOLUTION was ordered-I48 to
i. motion h Law the revolution on
the table was then defeated = II5 to l45
sIav the md
ing to vote, Messrs Mills and Moore (Dem.)
voted in the negative. During the contest on the
previous-ouestion motion, Mr.. Goode explained
ina and u Mr Cancer made the remark that It was
simply question OF honor whether ne tdoode)
d moI, . pIesh ms t'i u. @ @ unr ,na e NJ Tnn'
ger assaiied Il he shonld he held personally
responsible. Demands being made that the re-
marks OF the gentlemen be taken down, the
speaker oeclded tnat tine worus OF Mr. longer
were not parliamentary II tney were useu IN ~
offensive sense; and that man honor couio
not be called question witnOub allowing MIN 70
defend it.
crx.rz rot ~ sose;or ~, tho 18th
oENATE not IN session oh ING ioeh'
In the House. Mr.. Stephens asked to be put
on record, stating that had he been present when
the vote was taken on what is known as the Pot
ter resolution, on tine f1tn' ana had ne not Deen
paired with MIR Harris. he would have voted
hs as Gad
declaring that there had been no fair, free and
peaceable election in the First Congressional
District of South Carolina, and that neither
Rainey (the sitting member) nor Richardson
(contestant) was entitled to the seat Conference
Committees were appointed on the Indian and
Pension Appropriation bills, and new commit
tee was also ordered and named on the Military
Academy bill. The Army Appropriation bill
was considered in Committee Of the Whole. The
Speaker stated that he would be absent during
the early part of the en1iine week, and q resolu'
pro tsm. 1t was arranged that there should pe
all of the following week.
Bills were intro duced in the Senate
ON the aDth n reoroan;ue the Conrt Of Cla;ms
and to extend lis inrisd;ction to take all claim,
from before Congress and the Departments fol
ad'udlcatlon; to regulate Immigration. ~, a OIL
was passed. 70 amend sne iod hTcie M 81
ished by court-martial for any offense commit
ted more than two years, or in case Of desertior
son % foy such such % offense. I Nj. Merriii. Chairman q
the Finance Committee, spoke in opposition 7.
Hi ~ nIo u repeai & ane ~ n shcs nn he r
tired list Of the army, with the rank Of Briea
dier.Gene5al, was taken up and an amendmsn en e
to paee tbe % name ef the rerc(
list, with full rank and pay. Conference, Com
s;an were apponhiea h on saH ina,sl anu
in in the House regealing the law imposing ta'
tionai and domestic i,'e commerce: for taking t6s
Tenth and subsequent censuses; recurring Al ap
eSualv amono M 'S the roneyess;ousi Dstr;ct TS,
Speaker pro tenn. ANNOUNCED the appointment oi
one committee pnder the Potter resolution p g m
Dental election as Follow Potter. Morrison, Hun
Cox eobe Bmtisp ResS S6He me and H;soocS
DOMESTIC.
A FEW mornings 400. Annie Farrell
a servant o,rI ~ rbica q. was burned 70 deotl
bv the erniosion of = ouant,tv ~ kerosene
which She was using TO kindle the kitchen fire
r~,r .r,,,.~ss,.v =, ,oo+,rr ~ 4ha No.
.,onal Temperance Society opened in Chicag,
on the 18th. vice-President E. g. Wells pre-
sided. The address Of welcome was deliveret
by Rev. Dr.. W. w. Everts, of Chicago. Il
MIA addresa the Corresnonding Secretary state,
that the liquor problem was becoming NOR
and more recognized paramount question Q
practical politics. The Treasurer's repor
shows receipts for the year from publications
$46,S9S.62; donations, $7,lS2.l5, making
total Of s54,oso.75 Expenses Tor the sam
penod' so4'U'o.~.