The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-12-19
DOINGS IN CONGRESS.

DOINGS IN CONGRESS-.
Mr.. Bayard, from the Senate Finance Com
mittee on the 9th inst recommended the indea
mite postponement of bills for the interchange of
subsidiary silver coin and for the issue of SO 0OO
600 4per cent. bonds TO pay arrears of pensions
So ordered. A communication from the Post
master General, asking for an additional appropri-
alton of S2.OOO,O00 for inland mail Transports
ton for the present year, was received. A
report from Gen. Sheridan was laiI
before tho Seuate in regard TO stations for troops
TO prevent Indian raids Mr.. Davis wv. Va reso
| luton calling for statement of payments since
| the war ON claims growing out OF the rebellion
was considered, but not decided. In executive
ssion Secretary McCrary was confirmed Uuited
| states Circuit Judge for the Eighth cir
cuit. Lucien B. Crooler and Alfred NJ. Jones were
| confirmed Collectors of Internal Revenue for the
| Second and Third districts of Illinois. In the
| House. constitutional amendment was offered by
Mr.. Pound OF Wisconsin, providing that after the
| 4th of March. 1885, the President and Vice Presi
dent shall hold their offices for six years and shall
| be ineligible for more than one term consecu
| lively, and that members of Congress shall
| be elected for three years. Bills were
introduced: BY Mr.. L. Wood 10y request TO amend
| the law relating to internal revenue, proposing
| drawback on all manufactured tobacco of the
taxes paid beyond the rate Of 10 cents per pound
prior TO the 1st Of May, 1879 ALSO exempting from
import duty classical. antiquities and encent
coins and medals also. relating to the treaty
making power, making the consent of the House
necessary TO confirm treaties that affect the revenue:
byMr. MYERS TO re ire the matte bank circulation:
by Mr. Newberry, to authorize the issue of $50
OOO,oO0 gold and silver certificates, and to provide
redemption fund therefor; 10y Mr.. Jones, Of texas.
to repeal the Resumption act; by Mr.. Price, of
Iowa, requiring natonal-bank reserves to be in
coin; by Mr.. Wells. to abolish reports
of Congressional debates. Two sets of reso-
lutions offered, by Messrs. Myers and
| Gillette, sympathzing with the suffering in Ire
land, and Joint resolution to adjourn from the
18th inst. to the 9th of January. Mr.. Warner Of
tered bill taxing legaltender notes. There were
26G bills introduced in the House that day.
Mr.. Davis resolution, calling for informa-
ton IN regard to war claims. was passed by the
Senate the 10th; Also the joint resolution for
recess from Dec. 10 to Jan. 8; also, a resolution
calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for infor-
nation in regard to the effect the of the
repeal of the duty on tea and coffee in 1872. In
executive session, the nomination of Alexander
Ramsey, of Minnesota, for Secretary of War, was
confirmed without reference. Bills intro
dueed: BY Mr. Davis, of Illinois, to
| ex-C Chief Justice Tom Marshall by Mr. Cock
rell making st. Louis Kansas CITY and ST. Joseph
ports OF entry. On motion OF Mr.. ingalls,, the bill
for the relief of the Central Branch of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company indefinitely post
poned. Mr.. Morrill, offered resolution calling
on the Secretary OF the Treasury for tabnlat
claims growing out of the late war pre-, ented TO
and rejected by the Treasury Department from
March T. 1861, TO March 4, 1919 and also of all like
claims now there pending. The nomination of
Charles Beardsley. OF Iowa, to be Fourth Auditor
OF Treasury, confirmed: also Horatio q. s ckel
Pension Agent Philadelphia; William II. Hays,
United States District Judge for Kentucky;
Charles p. James, Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia;
Albert Johnson, Surveyor neral for Colorado.
In the House, amendment to the constitution
was introduced declaring that polySamy shall not
exist in the United States Mr.. Jillette introduced
. bill establishing Government for the District
of Columbia. Mr.. Wait from the Committee on
Commerce, reported a bill amending the Revised
Statutes TO allow any vessel not of the United
States to unload at any port of delivery in Gus
toms collection district after due entry of said
vesse. md cargo at the port of entry in said dis
trict The House discussed the bill relative TO the
publication of Supreme Court reports, and, after
good deal of talk, it was passed.
Mr. Allison, from the Committee on Indian
Affair.", reported to the Senate, the 18th inst,
the resolution that the Secretary of the Interior be
authorized to negotiate, through a commission OF
five persons, with the Ute Indians for their removal
from Colorado. The resolution passed, with an
amendment by Mr.. Cockrell that the Indians shall
not be settled In tie Indian Territory. In execu-
tive session. John Bay, of Ohio, was confirmed as
Assistant Secretary OF State, and Henry Harmon
CT New Hampshire, as Deputy Second Aaditor OF the
Treasury. The President nominated ex-Represen-
tatve James b. Sener, of Virginia, TO be Chief Jus
tce Of wyoming Territory. A memorial was pre-
scented, from a Commodore of the navy,
proposing the establishment of confederacy of
all the Governments on this continent. The bill
appropriatipg 100000 for military posts on
the Rio Grande was passed. The Senate
adjourned at 2 O'Clock until Monday. 80.
In the House, the bill allowing for loss, by leakage
or casualty, of spirits withdrawn from distillery
warehouses for expectation passed. The In
valid Pension Appropriation bill was reported and
recommtted 1t calls for S52 600, or co
more than last year. Mr.. Townsend. of Illinois,
nff Hon lfnern tha No.
Treasury for intormato to the number of
licensed dealers in leaf-tobacco, and the amount
OF internal revenue collected from them during
the fiscal year ending June 20, 1879; and
Mr. Manning called for information in re
gard TO fraudulent claims paid by ths treas
ury, Mr.. Converse, from the Committee on Pub
lie Lands, repor ed a bill amendiug act to grant
a. dtional rights to homestead settlers public
lands within railroad limits. Under that act
Authorized 10 select eighty additional acres With
out payment of registry fees. The present
bill simply provides that the registry fees
should be paid for. The bill was passed.
Mr.. Shelley offered n preamble and resolution
reciting that large number of citizens of certain
States have been induced through false representa-
tons and Vaccinations to leave their homes for
the purpose of emigrating to other States, and
that they have failed for want OF funds to reach
their destination. and are without food or proper
clothing, and providing for the appointment OF q
select committee of five TO investigate the
of such emigration, 10 sit during the recess, and
report such measures as the exigency may require.
Bills were introduced in the House dhe SEN
ate not being in SESSION. the 18th inst; BY Mr..
Gibson for the appointment of an inter-oceanic
commission TO determine the best plan and route
tor the establishment of a communication for
trade and commerce between the Atlantic aud Pa
chc oceans the isthmus of Da-
rien; by Mr.. Gillette, in opposition to the
retirement of Rreenbacks anu in favor OF
substituting them for national-bank notes, and
for the free coinage of silver. Mr.. Morton pre-
sented memorial from sugar refners for the re
vision of the sugar tariff. Mr., Baker. from the
Committee on Appropriations, reported the Forti-
hcsuon and Pensions Appropriation bills. and
they were passed. The remainder of the session
was consumed upon private bills. Adjourned till
Monday.
The Senate reassembled after short recess
on Monday, Dec. IS, whom Mr.. Voorhees, pre-
scented petition of 1000 ex-soldiers and sailors,
praying to be paid the difference between the
value of greenbacks in which they we're paid for
services TO the Government and the value of gold
at the time of payment Mr.. Butler in