The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-12-11
HOUSE..


On the 1st, the roll-call in the House showed
| 232 members present and So absent. After ad-
ministering the oath to the newly elected mem
bers from California, Iowa and New York, the
! House took q short recess while its committee
waited upon the President. The House recon
vened at o'clock, and the Presidents mes
| sage was read. On motion of Mr.. F. Wood
| Dem. of N. Y, the message and the accom-
| panying documents were ordered printed. Ad-
| journed.
On the I'd Mr.. Ellis introduced resolution
similar to that introduced in the Senate upon
| the project of constructing the Inter-Oceanic
Canal via Nicaragua. Mr.. Price offered a
resolution referring to the success of Resump-
ton, in which he set forth that the country had
| so well prospered under the late financial pol
| icy that no further action for the present be
| taken in the matter. Referred. bill was
| introduced by Mr.. Ryan to authorize the Sec
retary of the Interior to certify school lands to
| Kansas. Referred. A resolution was offered
| for the appointment of a committee OF three
| Senators and five Representatives for the pur-
| pose of investigating the present system OF
paying fees of officers of the United States
| Circuit and District Court. A joint resolution
was introduced providing that general appro-
| priation bills contain nothing but ap-
| propriations, and granting the President
| power to disapprove of any separate item OF a
| bill without thereby defeating the entire bill.
| The following bills were introduced: 70
| equalize bounties of soldiers of the last war /;
to remove the Ute Indians from Colorado; to
| regulate commerce among the several states
relating to the crime of bigamy revising the
statutes SO as to provide that Deputy Marshals
| hall be selected from different politi lea
| parties prohibiting dress parades of the army
on Sabbath days; fer inquiry as to the advisa-
| bility of imposing tax ON the consumption
of whisky instead of its manufacture.
Upon tho reconvening of the House en- the
| Sd, the States were called, as the 1st, for
the introduction of bills By Mr.. F. Wood
T (Dem. of N. Y.)-" Be it enacted that SO much
| of authority conferred on the Secretary of the
| Treasury by acts of July IA, 1870, and Janu-
ary 20, 1871, to refund the public debt to the
extent of 81 500 900 as has not been exhausted
| and executed, be and the same is hereby
| modified so as to limit the rate of interest on
bonds yet to be issued, as authorized by these
acts, the rate of interest not to exceed 81 per
| cent. per annum;'' directing an investigation
| into the removal of the Ponca Indians to
relieve soldiers and sailors who served in the
late war, by restoring to them an. equal right
| with holders of Government bonds; for the
| transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War De-
partment; for the construction of narrow
gauge railway from the tide water to St. Louis
| to facilitate for refunding the national debt.
| Mr.. Good dem. of Va.) offered a resolution
with a view to erecting monument at York
| town, Va, and making the proper arrange
ments for the celebration of the centennial
anniversary of the surrender of CORVALLIS,
which occurs October II, 1881.
On the 4th inst, Mr.. Gillette (Gr. of Ia.) Of
fered resolution declaring that Congress is not
only opposed to any reduction in the volume OF
United States legal tender notes, but on the
contrary is in favor of substituting greenbacks
for national bank notes, and that it is in favor
of free and unrestricted coinage of the 412L2
| grains silver dollar. Mr.. Aikens dem. OF
S. C.) presented a petition from the National
Grange and Patrons of Husbandry asking for
the enactment of laws tending to relieve
the country of the exactions practiced by
transportation companies referred. The
following bills and resolutions were offered
and referred: To inquire into the expediency
of constitutional amendment limiting the time
for the presentation of claims against the
United States to six years from the time the
claim accrued inquiring into the reason why
the National Board of Health neglected to pur-
chase or construct refrigerating ship; bill
to return to the freedmen of the South, their
savings deposited in the Freedmen's Saving
Bank and Trust Company. The House went
into a Committee of the Whole for the purpose
of distributing the Presidents message, after
which it adjourned until the 8th inst.