The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1878-01-24
General News Summary.


1 the Senate. ON the 18th, among them the follow
ing: To authorize the payment of fees Of counsel
for the defense of poor persons in the courts OF
the United States: to promote immigration TO the
United States; to extend, facilitate and cheapen
land and water transportation of freight and
passengers, and to promote industry and labor
without further approximation of public property
or increase of the PUBLIC debt. VI. MorIii5 sub
resolution, reciting at length the various acts OF
Congress pledging the faith of the Government,
etc. A resolution Of inquiry was adopted relative
to the amount of Government bonds sold since
March 4. 1861. Mr.. Voorhees, spoke upon the res
olution previously submitted by him, declaring
it Of the highest Importance, that the financial
credit of the Government be maintained. He
claimed that every Government bond which did
not expressly stipulate payment In coin was just
" payable in legal-tender notes, and that three,
fourths of the National debt was thus legally and
Justly payable in National currency; he favored
the repeal of the Resumption act: In the
House, bills were introduced and lreferred-for
ton of the currency. In Committee Of the
Whole, Mr.. Price spoke in favor of the remone-
tization of the silver dollar.
In she Senate, on the 10th, motion
to refer the Matthews resolution in regard to pay
ing bonds in silver TO the Judiciary Committee
was rejected-yeas, 10; nays, 3l--and after rome
discussion the further consideration of the reso-
luton was postponed until the, 18th. Senator
Cockrell formally announced the death Of the
late Senator Bogy. of Missouri, and eulogies
were pronounced by a number of Senators: In
the House, communication WIS presented from
q gift to the tovespmcnt Carpenters paint
ing of the frst reading of the Emancipa-
tion Proclamation by President Lincoln
adopted 3 accepting the I gift and designating Feb.
II as the day for its formal reception. Bills were
passed authorizing holders of unstamped docu-
ence of the Judge or Clerk Of the Court of Rec
ord, who shall make certificate to that effect;
appropriating $4,000 for the removal of snags
and other distractions from the Mississippi. Mis-
souri, and Arkansas Rivers, and sc, 600 to open the
navigation of Red River above Shreveport
A BILL was introduced and referred
in the Senate, on the 17th to punish the forci5le
obstruction of interstate commerce by railways.
Mr.. Mcdonald submitted resolutions of respect
to the memory of the late Senator Morton, and
made suitable remarks upon the life and cnarac-
ter of the deceased. Euolgies were then. pro-
Sy MssT
Wadleigh, Paddock and Voorhees,: Bills were
introduced in the House to restrict Chinese i'm
%gaon t. extend the o th
1872 Bills were passed-to make persons charged
with crimes and offenses competent witnesses, at
their own request but. moi otherwise, in United
States Courts, but their failure to make such
request shall not create any presumption against
them; directing the Secretary of War to pay to
the officers and soldiers engaged in the War with
vided for by act Of Congress.
A BILL was introduced and referred
in the Senate, on the 18th, reviying and continu-
ing the Court of Commissioners of the Alabama
Claims. and for the distribution Of the unapprO-
priated moneys of the Geneva award. Several
petitions were presented and referred. A mes
sage was presented from the President inclosing
a report from the Attorney General to the effect
that the President had no specific authority to
oblige the Union Pacific Railroad Company to
desist from an unlawful use of its road, II such
use exists, nor ls he empoweres to ascertain
tions are for ths courts to determine; until the
rights of the companies are judicially ascer.
tanned it is not advisable to have them defined
of July 20, IS7N The Matthews Silver resolution
was further debated, Messis. Merrimon and
Maxey speaking in its favor. Adjourned to the
referred, donating lands to the several States and
Territories which may provide colleges for the
education Of females The Military Academy
made the special order for the 22d. Majority and
minority reports were made in the contested
election case for the Fourth District Of Califor-
nia the former declaring that the Democratic
contestant Peter d. Wigginton), and the latter
that the Republican Pacheco), is entitled TO the
seat. Several private bills were referred TO Com
mittee of the Whole. The Senate resolutions re-
lating to the death of Senator Morton were
adopted and eulogies pronounced. Adjourned to
the 2lst.
BILLS were introduced and referred
in the Senate on the 2lst. to establish mint for
the coinage of gold and silver at Indianapolis,
Ind; authorizing the coinage of a standard silver
dollar and providing that gold and silver jointly,
and not otherwise shall be a legal tender; the
Matthews Silver resolution WIS taken up, and
Messrs. Jones and COclrell spoke in its favor.
Among Che bills introduced in the House Were
thu following: authorizing the coinage of the
", and not otherwise, to be full legal tender to
incorporate the National Railroad Company, foI
the purpose of constructing railway from the
Council Bluffs; To- prevent further I. reduction OF
retirement of United States Treasury notes,
and, to keep them, after resumption,
suspend for five years the operation of the law
requiring the purchase, annually, Of l per
cent. of the debt of the United States; for Con.
ieeal-tender notes, and regulating the amount
thereof; for the relief of actual settlers on the
Sac and Fox Indian ands for the relief of settlers
rle tie Of the as
Capital was reported back adversely and laid on
the table. A motion to suspend the. rules and
the bill the Sf sSstom
defeSted-yeas, 154; nays, 96-lese than two-thirds
in the affirmative.
DOMESTIC.
AN organization of 5000 colored
residents Of Florida having appointed Rev
Mr.. Sturks to inquire into the advantages of
Hayti and San Domingo as points for them to
emigrate to for the betterment Of their con-
dition, Mr.. 8. has obtained a great deal Of
information relative thereto, but. still being
undecided in the matter, he had
an interview a few days ago with
President Hayes, and laid the situation
hofora him Tho proctdopf hos raspouda1 In
letter, in which he says: ~ am not well in
formed as to the advantages offered by San
Domingo to immigrants, but my impression is
that your people should not be hasty in decid-
ing to leave the country. The mere difference
in climate is very serious objection to re-
moval. The first generation in all such re-
movals suffer greatly. is my opinion, also,
that the evils which now affect you are likely,
steadily and, hope, rapidly to diminish. My
advice is, therefore, against the proposed emf
gration.n
Ex-Gov. WAsHBURN has donated his
residence and sixty acres Of land {" Edge
vood''), near Madison, Wis, worth $10o, 200
to the State of Wisconsin, for the establish
ment Of Reformatory and Industrial School
for Girls.
Hartford (Conn.) dispatch of the
18th SAYS the number of killed in the railroad
disaster at Tariffville was fourteen; wounded,
forty-fye, some severely, but most of them
only slightly.
ACCORDING to the annual circular
Just issued by Dun, Barlow & Co., the num-
Der of commercial failures in 1877 were S,S7a-
226 less than in 1876. The total liabilities for
c>tn ccn t.,