The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-04-11
VOL. |.
THE NEWS.
.YLVth CONGRESS-,

TLVth CONGRESS-.
In the Senate on the 1st inst, Mr..
Ingalls, introduced bill to establish the
Moiret bell punch In the District OF Colum-
bia. Mr.. Edmunds introduced II bill pro-
viding for the appointment of consulting
naturalist. to be attached to the department
Of agriculture, to investigate the following
subjects: The better preservation OF army
and navy stores; the cause. prevention
and removal of infections and parasitic
diseases of men and animals, such as
diphtheria in Texas cattle and hog cholera,
and to conduct such other Investigations
as may lead to the destruction of the cot
ton worm. the weevil, the Colorado beetle,
the grasshopper and tho curculio. He
Is also to set on foot the investigation of
butter, cheese. eggs and fruit. This new
office is to be appointed by the President
subject 10 confirmation by the Senate. Sem
ator Mcmillan introduced bill providing
that 1t shall be lawful for homestead set
tiers, whose crops were destroyed or So
riously injured by the grasshoppcrs In the
year 1876, and who left their land In said
year to return there to their wishes three
months from enactment Of this bill and
perfect their settlement provided no other
settlement shall have been made thereon,
and no right or interest required thereon
since the date OF abandonment.
The House had lengthy but uninterest-
Ing session. Bills were introduced: By Mr..
Stephens: For the financial relief of the
country. and to facilitate the return of spe-
Gle payments without injuriously affecting
the commercial business Of the people. 1t
directs the secretary Of the treasury, when
the amount of coin and bullion in treasury
shall exceed S100,0 100000 to redeem the
present outstanding United States legal
tender notes. when presented In sums OF
81 600 and upward, with coin Of full stand
ard value. By Mr.. Money: To regulate
contracts for carrying mails. 1t provides
that when any contractor shall sub-let his
contract, the postmaster-g general Shall can
eel such contract and make new contract
at rates not to exceed the old one, and do
fines b-letting as the employment. by any
contractor Of any person TO perform serv-
leo at his own expense 9nd care. no part OF
the service being borne by such contract
or. Mr.. Hartzel introduced u joint resolu-
ton proposing an amendment to the con-
stitution, forbidding the assumption orply-
ment OF claims for losses growing out OF
the destruction of property within the Inn
its OF the States engaged in rebellion.
Mr.. Blaine in speaking the Pacific
railroad funding bill on the 81, said for If
teen years he had been In congress, and the
Pacific roads had been before congress In
some form or other. He had ambition to
survive this Legislation, but under the pro-
posed bill there was no penalty OF sette-
ment. Would 1t not be better to say exact
ly what was required Of the roads and then
| let them rest? So long as these subjects
could be brought before congress, congress
would be made the tail to the kite OF Wall
street. Legislation was constantly pro-
posed in order to affect the stock market OF
| New York. Ho did not think it contrary to
the spirit of the bill to add Il provision that
so long as the road comply with the provis-
ions OF the acts of 1862 and 1864 and OF this
act II shall be taken as full performance
Of It's obligations. As to the sinking fund
lot something be done to keep this from
being running sore for the next fifteen or
twenty years. Mr.. Thurman said expert
ence was the answer to the Senator from
Maine. During tho two years this subject
had been before the Senate, he had never
seen lobbyist hostile to the roads. He
had seen the lobbyists of tho road in the
committee rooms, In corridors. int he gal
leries and on the floor and at the houses OF
the Senators. If they were to be tied up
for the next twenty years, he wanted a
quite different bill from this
The sessionof the House was void OF in
terest.
The Senate on the Sd reported the
river and harbor appropriation bill, among
the items In which are the following: For
the survey of the Missouri river froG its
mouth to Sioux City and estimates for i'm
provements and maintenance for its navi-
cation, $50, ,000; for the Improvement OF the
Missouri river, removal of snags, wrecks,
ETC., $4,000; for improving the Missouri
opposite or near St. Joseph, Mo-. $50, COZ.
For the improvement of the Mississippi
river: Removal of snags and distractions
between the mouths of the Ohio and ILL
nois rivers 100000, OF which sum S2OOOC
shall be expended between the mouths ol
the Illinois and Missouri rivers and $iOOJt
in the Improvement OF Cahokia Chute, op-
posita st. Louis. For the Improvement ol
the Missouri river above the Yellowstone
$4,000. Mississippi river: Widening and
deepening the channel from st. Louis tc
Des Moines rapids, S250,0OO; widening and
deepening of the channel of the Mississippi
river from Des Moines rapids to the mouth
of the Ohio, Sl00,0O0
The House bill to amend the revised
statutes in relation to the judicial districts
In Missouri was passed. The session O
the House was devoted to the consideration
OF doorkeeper Polk. Messrs. Cravens ant
resolution, and In favor Of retaining door
keeper Polk. Mr.. Reagan from committee
on appropriations reported the river an(
, harbor appropriation bill.
On the 4th inst, after long debat,
! on the Pacific railroad funding bill. Mr.
Morrill, offered resolution providing 10
/ the selection of commtte Of seven to con
slider the propriety of taking tenth cen
sus. He said an arrangement had to b'
made during the present Congress for taking
I a tenth census, and as the next session wa
n a short one, preliminary steps should nov
be taken.
Q In the House, Mr.. Butler introduced bill
I to supply convenient currency, with whicl
i the minor business transactions OF the peo
. ple may be done. Referred. 1t provide
for the issuing Of twenty-five and fifty
of fractional currency aud that any per
sons paying into the treasury legal-tende
: notes or coin shoul! receive such al
I amount of fractional Gu. rency as he ma
= desire. and directs-athe Secretary OF tn
+ Treasury to pay out one-siXth OF all pay
= ments made from the treasury In the re
demptlon OF national banks In United State
legal-tender notes of the denominations o
81, 50, So and SIS. Tho question OF the dis
: missal Of Doorkeeper Polk came up, an
Mr.. Hale said the case OF the doorkeepe
u sank into insignihcance compared with tn
, radical incompetoncy OF the Democrat
- party to administer any branch Of govern
b menf. Falstaff as a soldier, Bolton as
lover, Dundreary as n philosopher, Mul
berry Sellers as capitalist. cut no sue
figure as the Democratic party cut mas
II auerading before the country as civil ser
q Vice reformers, and as being capable Q
administering any branch of the govern
t ment, NO matter how small. A vote wa
Il taken and the office declared vacant.
The principal interest in the proceed
ings Of Congress on the 9th centered in tn
election OF doorkeeper Of the House. Ger
70 Butler nominated Gen. James Shields, {
IS Kansas City, and long and exciting de
bato ensued, principally between Messr'
D. Butler and Cox. In the course of his re
marks Mr.. Butler said: 1t is said by tn
gentleman from New York that we did nc
=. take care OF Gen. Shields before. To this
+ Ianswer that the Democrats have had tw
O Congresses. this one and another one; the
:, have had caucuses where we did not intel
"a fere with them, and why did 1t not occur
them to take that soldier for doorkeept
instead OF the gentleman whom they deser
:, ed Yesterday Again, why need any cal
" cuses on this question: Why say we wi