The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-06-05
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.-On the 2Olh, Mr.. McD Donald
asked leave to introduce bill authorizing the
President of the United States to employ the
militia and land and naval forces of the United
ton is obstructed by combinations too powerful
to be suppressed by the judicial authorities, etc.
and preventing the military from being used as
the sna lawns :fSas N Ed%nnds
objected to the introduction of the bill on the
ground that previous notice had not been given,
sa 1sp leave &c fs
Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill, after
out the political clauses of the bill were defeat
ed, and the bill AZ amended was then passed. 81
to q. The Contagious Diseases bill was taken
S% T II t say action thereon the
HOUsE.-The Warner Silver bill
was taken up. and the third section, allowing a
deposit of bullion in any mint and its being
coined for the benefit of the owner. was finally
agreed tolls to1l0-after which the fourth Sec
ton, providing that charges for melting and re-
timing should Be fixed by the Director Of the Mint,
was amended-117 to 1850 as to provide that
such charges shall be the difference between the
Tie en- .na Or who
voted for this amendment were: Beltzhoover,
R Bills: Covert De LsMatyr; DensteT' S'1Ms1 non.
rison, Morse. O'Reilly. Poehler. Ross, Russell
N. c; }; Springer. Talbot and F. Wood; and the
Republicans and Greenbackers who voted
Ladd. Lowe, Murch. Stevenson. Weaver and
Yokum. A motion to reconsider and to lay
such motion on the table thus making the vote
l6-which result was greeted with applause on
the Republican side.
SENATE.-Not in session, on tie 21st.
HoUsE.-The Legislative Appropria-
ton bill was received from the Senate and re-
fe-red to the Committee on Appropriations. "A
bill was introduced and referred-for an Inter-
national Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures and
Products in New York City. The Silver bill
ed was agreed tolls to iOs-the Republicans
Democrats and one GreenbacEer voted in
s ~ss Them sssiedlle to los Ts senf fts
silver coins to the extent that they may be re;
silver dollars or for United States notes at par
in sums Of not less than fifty dollars, was
agreed to. The sixth section, making gold coins
payments. was amended-142 to IS by the addi-
ton of a clause directing the Secretary of the
Treasury to cause to be paid out without dis
u
the Government that may be in the Treasury,
the same as gold coin, in liquidation of sll
kinds of coin obligations against the
then agreed to. The seventh section. providing
that silver coins of smaller denominations than
one dollar shall be legal tender for any amount
ment, was also agreed to. The eighth o section.
authorizing the issue of certificates for gold and
silver coins and bullion deposited, was then read
and Mr.. Warner moved the previous. question,
tn Tn n rNf M nor
field that debate should be permitted, and the
Republicans thereupon declined to vote. thus
ing .s aa to Jay tue
to l02-and motion to adjourn was then agreed
SENATE.-Several bills were reported
from committees. on the I'D. "A bill was intro
duced to regulate intercourse with citizens of the
Chinese Empire visiting or residing in the United
States, and for other purposes. MIR. Mcdonald
asked and obtained leave to introduce the bill,
of which he gave notice on the 10th. regulating
introduction and spread of contagious and infec-
tious diseases was taken mp. and Mr.. Harris
stated that the appropriation asked for had been
reduced from s659;9o0 to s5oo,gOo on account Of
board to investigate the diseases of cattle. Sew
eral amendments were offered and rejected.
HoUsE.-The bill to repeal and
umcuu tuc laws IclttluS W tllc LkdublcI VI CtScS
from State to Federal Courts came up as the
business of the morning hour, but the Republi-
cans refused to vote on the demand for the
previous question, and a call of the House con-
sumed the time and the bill went over until the
oath. Consideration of the Warner Silver bill
was resumed, and the committee amendment
was agreed to, providing that certificates of de-
pOslt shall be in denominations of not less than
i've dollars, instead of ten dollars. 1t was de-
cided that debates should be allowed on the
eighth section. and, after debate, the previous
question was seconded on the section and the
pending amendment thereto. An amendment
nomination of certificates twenty dollars. and
providing that certificates of deposit shall be
issued at the average market value of bullion
in standard silver dollars in New York and San
Francisco, for a week preceding such deposit.
SENATE.-On the 23d, the Conta-
gious and Infectious Diseases bill was taken up,
and several amendments were agreed tO-one of
which provides that the bill shall not remain in
force for more than four years after its passage
81 to IL ''''''
HOUsE.-The Warner Silver bill was
taken up. and the eighth section was adopted as
amended. The remaining sections of the bill
we're, after considerable debate. agreed to. and
MIR. Warner moved the previous question on the
engrossment and third reading of the bill, on
which there were eighty-six yeas and no nays,
the Republicans refusing to vote, as they de-
sired an opportunity to offer amendments to the
bill. rol! call showed $50 members
present. and the Sergeant-at-Arms was directed
70 take into custody and bring to the bar of the
House such members "a were absent without
sufficient excuse. Several members were thus
scenes took place when the delinquents were
called upon to offer excuses for their absence,
the favcrite excuse seeming to be the pangs of
hunger" Motions to adjourn were voted down.
and the HOu0n still Qf three n click
on the morning of the Mth, the Sergeant alarms
being still searching for absentees, many of the
members being asleep upon lounges at the rear
SENATE.-Not in session on the oath.
HoUsE.-The all-night session con-
tinued until nine o clock in the morning, amid
much fibustering and confusion, when a mo-
ton to adjourn finally prevailed-89 to 70. =.
The regular session began at noon. "A Consti-
tutiOnal amendment was introduced and re-
ferred relative to the election of President and
Vice-President. The POst-ROute bill was then
passed, and the Silver bill was taken up, and
Mr.. Warner withdrew his demand for the previ-
GUS question. A substitute offered by Mr.: Ryan
passed--ll4 to 81 which result was greeted with
hand clapping on the Democratic side. The
Republicans and Greenbackers who voted aye
LaMatyr. Ford. Fort, Gillette, Ladd. Marsh,
Martin IN. c., Murcb, Russell IN. CO.. Steven
son, Weaver and Yokum. The Democrats and
Greenbackers voting no were: Messrs. Bliss. Co
vert. Deuster. Hurd, Jones, Morrison, Muller
Poehler and F. Wood. Adjourned to the 9th.
SENATE.-The bill to provide for an
exchange of subsidiary coins for lawful money,
and making such coins legal tender in sums not
exceeding twenty dollars, was debated, en- the
18th, were also the bills relative to the trans
portatiOn of animals, and authorizing the en-
plOyment of the militia and land and naval
forces in certain cases, and to repeal the Election
laws. The President pro tenn. announced his
signature to the Legislative Appropriation bill,
the House having agreed to the Senate amend
ments thereto, and the Speaker having signed
the same.
HOUSE.-NOt in session.
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