Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-16
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS,

P.ssas,.nd p.ssed~ .Ad'ournsd unti'Tues-
CONGRESSIONAL PRooEED1Nds.
il'/"} : !. I sen3te. ~ / II ,
thursday, January BILLS were in.
troduced and referred: For the interchange
of subsidiary silver coin and United States
notes; to authorize the taxation of out
standing legal tenders.... .Edmunds intro.
duced q resolution declaring that in the
judgment of the senate the 18th, 18th and
10Th amendments to the constitution have
been legally ratified end are as valid as the
other parts of the constitution, and that 1t
is the right and duty Of congress to enforce
such amendments by appropriate legisla'
ton; that it is the duty of the executive
department to impartially execute such
laws; that it is the duty Of coDgress to ap.
.propriate money to that end, and instruct
billfor the punishmento OF infractiO ions thereof.
Laid on the table,. The vice president
laid before the senate The memorial of the
legislative assembly of the state of Oregon,
praying for the modification of the treaty
between the United States and the empire
of China, SO as to stop and prohibit the i'm.
portation or immigration of Chinese or
other Asiatic laborsrs 70. the Pacific coast.
Referred. ..... Voorhees, called up his Yssolu-
ton instructiug the judiciary committee to
inquire into the expediency Of making the
its recoinage into the standard silver dollar.
He addressed the senate vt length, de.
nouncing the trade dollar as fraudulent
money which, having failed in its mission
abroad had returned home to cheat the
honest people of this country. The resolu-
ton was then laid over.....After an execu-
tive session the senate adjourned.
WEDNESDAY,, January S.-Grover,
arising to personal explanation regarding
the recent publications that the state funds
of Oregon, amounting to about $97, 900,
had been expended and not accounted for
during his administration as governor, de.
MED the charges charges seriQti'n, and read
from the laws and records to show that all
moneys had been properly expended.
Consideration was resumed of the bill to
amend the patent laws, and Wadleigh took
the floor, but was interrupted by message
from the house announcing the death of
Representative Hartridge. Gordon, Booth
and Beck were appointed committee to
accompany the body to Georgia, and+he SEN
ate adjourned.
THURSDAY, January 9.-Alarge num-
Der of petitions were presented and many
bills granting arrears of pensions. Beck
called up his resolution of the 9TH referring
to the committee of finance the answer of
the secretary of the treasury to the resolu.
ton of December 8, relative to the amount
of silver coin received in payment of Gus.
tom dues and its disposition, and addressed
the senate thereon. The resolution refer
ring the answer to the finance committee
then passed, and the bill to amend the pat
ent laws was taken up......After IN execu.
three O'clock. Upon reassembling, the
senate, headed by Vice President Wheeler
and Secretary Gorham, proceeded TO the
house to attend the funeral of the late Rep.
resentative Hartridge, of Georgia. Upon
returnir g to the chamber, an adjournment
was effected.
FRIDAY, January 10.-Bills and
petitions introduced and referred: Petition
of wholesale grocers and dealers in sugar, OF
Chicago, demonstrating against the recon.
mendation of the secretary of the treasury
that high and low grades of sugar be adj
nitted at one rate of duty; bill to provide
for additional bounty to soldiers of the war
Of the rebellion; petition of DR.. Mary E.
Walker for pension. ..... The Indian appro-
PIldtAGu uu4 WAS tneu cOnsluereO. Inc
amendment reported by committee to strike
out of the house bill the clause directing
the president to prohibit the removal OF
Apaches and other Indians in Arizona and
New Mexico to the Indian Territory, was
non.concurred in. Amendments were
agreed to doubling the force of officers and
Indian police, and the appropriation for
their compensation. The bill having been
considered in committee of the whole, was
reported to the senate; the amendments
M de in committee we're concurred in and
the bill read o third time and passed The
senate went into executive session, and
when the doors reopened adjourned until
Monday. ..'....
TUESDAY, January 7-Harrison rose
to. a question of high privilege and offered
a resolution reciting that Henry w. Blod
gett, United States district Judge for the
Northern district OF. Illinois, had been
charged with gross misconduct and corrup:
ton and providing for select committee
of five members to examine such charges,
to inquire into Judge Blodgerts official
conduct, and. to report what action the
house should take in the premises, with
power to send for persons, papers, etc.
Adopted after being amended so as to refer
it to the judiciary committee instead of q
special committee. Bills introduced and
referred: To include newspapers, periodic.
ais and proof sheets in mail matter of the
third class: relating to the classification OF
mail matter and the amount, of postage
thereon; for the admission of Dakota as q
state; extending the time to pre- emptors OF
public lands who have suffered from prairie
ginia, and A.. s.. Williams, Of Michigan,
were then announced, and the house, in re-
spect to their memory, adjourned t"''
.... WEDNESDAY,, january s-OMcial no
tice Of the death Of Representative Hart
ridge was taken; and Cook, Frye, Cox,
Cabel]; Stone, Davidson and Hanna were
appointed committee to accompany the
remains to to Georgia ~. Adjourned: j :,
80 THURSDAY, January 9. e The desk of
the late Julian Hartridge was draped, and
upon il: was ahandson,e basket Of flowers. A
resolution was adopted that funeral services
be held in the hall at 8 o'clock, and inviting
the senators. A recess was then taken.
At 8 O'clock the senator's entered proceed.
ed by the vice. PRECEDENT and secretary of
the senate and took seats in the body of the
hall. The Supreme Court next entered,
the judges clad in their robes Of Office, and
took the seats provided for them in front of
the speakers desk, to the left. The presi,
dent and cabinet were next .ushered in,
taking seats to the right Of the speakers
desk. The body Of the late representative,
enclosed in q handsome cakket adorned
with wreaths and crossed, Of flowers, was
then borne to the catafalque in front Of the
speakers desk. After religious services,
the, remaina were borne, from the hall to the
depot: hnn "'at!';, j.
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