The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-12-25
THE NEWS.
CONGRESSIONAL.

SENArE-On the 9th the bills for the
Interchange of subsidiary silver coins and to
authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to is
sue $lO,OO00O0 of fourperccnt. bonds for the
payment of arrears of pensions were report
cd from the Committee on Finance and indcf-
nitely postponed. A petition was presented
the Presbyterian Church of the United States,
representing 5000 churches and over 100000
COMMITMENTS, asking for commission Of
inquiry concerning the alcohol LIQUOR traffic
....A memorial was presented and referred
from certain ex-sOldiers, representing that
they were paid in a deprecated currency, and
The nomination Of Secretary McCrary to be
United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth
Judicial Circuit was confirmed without debate
or division.
House. A joint resolution was in
PRODUCED and referred proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution providing that, after
the 4th of March, 1856, the President and Vice
President shall hold their Offices for six years,
and shall be Ineligible for more than one term
consecutively, and that members of Congress
shall be elected for three years. Bills were
ternal revenue: to retire National Bank circu-
lation and substitute United States Treasury
notes therefor; to repeal the Resumption act;
ing but gold and silver coin shall be
legal tender for debts thereafter con-
tracted. unless otherwise expressly stipu-
prohibit the further removal of Indians to the
indian Territory; to authorize the purchase
of foreign-huilt ships by United States citi-
tions werc introduced and referred express
ing sympathy for the efforts now being made
by patriotic Irishmen to amelioratc the condi-
ing the President to communicate to her
Majesty's Government our hope that some
just arrangement may be early made by which
the Irish peasants may become the owners Of
the soil they cultivate. "A concurrent reso.
luton for adjournment from the 18th Of De.
ccmber to the 9Th Of January was agreed to.
SENATE.-Consideration was resumed
on the 10th of Mr.. Davis Nv. va.) resolution
calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for Q
statement Of the amount paid out of the
Treasury since 1894 on private claims growing
out of the late war, and an amendment was
accepted extending the time back to March l.
1861. Mr.. Morrill, moved to further amend by
calling for like statement of all such claims
or may be now pending in, the Treasury De-
partment, which amendment was rejected
and the resolution was then adopted by party
resoton 70 adiom from nace.
Der " to January was adOpted-36 to e..
Mr.: Morrill, offered a resolution, which was
jected amendment which he had moved to
add to Mr.. Davis resolution of inquiry as to
war claims paid by the Treasury Department.
HoUsE.-A joint resolution was in
troduced and referred proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution declaring that polyga-
my shall not exist in the United States, or in
any place subject to their jurisdiction. "A
Vas
Whole. reported to the House and passed. :.
A bill was introduced and referred establish
ing government for the District of Columbia.
SENATE.-A joint resolution was
adopted on the 18th authorizing the Secretary
of the Interior through Il commission of five
persons to be appointed by the President, to
negotiate with the Indians for their remova
the Indians shall not be settled in the Indian
Territory. "A bill was passed appropriating
100000 for the erection of such military posts
deemed necessary by the Secretary of War for
the adequate protection thereof.
HoCsE,-Bills were passed-author-
izfng allowances for loss, by leakage or casual
ty, OF spirits withdrawn from distillery ware
houses for expectation; providing that regis
try fees shall be paid by homesteaders already
occupying eighty acres of public land when
they select the additional eighty acres to which
they are entitled by law. :. Resolutions were
offered and rcferrcd-caliing on the Secretary
OF the Treasury to report what fraudulent
claims have been paid out of appropriations
ing for the appointment of a select committee
OF five to investigate the cause of the negro
exodus. The Fortiiicaton Appropriation
t$".5NO, and the Invalid Pension ApproprIa.
ti"n tS5a,400,0OO, bills were reported, ordered
printed and recommittcd.
SENATE.-Not in session on the
18th, having adjourned the day before to the
18th.
House. Bills were introduced-by
MIR. Gibson, for the appointment of an Inter-
Oceanic Commission to determine the best
plan and route for the establishment of
communication for trade and commerce be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
across the Isthmus of Darien; by Mr..
Gillette, in opposition to the retire
ment of greenbacks and in favor of
substituting them for National Bank notes. and
for the free coinage of silver. :. The PEN
sion and Fertilization Appropriation bills were
passed. as was also-l2I to ia bill appropri-
ating $4,000 as indemnity and compensation
to the widow and heirs of Henry Leef, in con-
sequence of the illegal seizure of the bark
Mary Theresa by the United States Consul at
Brazil Adjourned to the 18th.