The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-02-05
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE. s
The Senate having set apart day to be de-
voted to the delivery of commentaries upon
the life and character of the late Sanator Chan
dler, the following resolutions were submitted
" Mr.. Ferry: Resolped, That the Senate
has received with profound sorrow the an
nouncement of the death of Zachariah Chan
dlsr, hate Senator of the United States, from
the State of Michigan, and for nearly nineteen
years a member of this body. Resolred,
That to express some estimate OF his
many services in his long public career, rem
dered conspicuous by fearless patriotic devotion,
the business of the Senate be, now suspended
that the associates of the departed Senator
may pay fitting tribute to his pu5lic and
and private virtues. These resolutions were
unanimously adopted. They were followed by
eulogies upon the life and public services of
Mr.. Chandler, by Messrs. Ferry, Bayard,
Hanhn, Blaine, Logan, Morrill, and others,
after which the Senate adjourned.
The joint resolution introduced by Mr..
BsyArd, TO Withdraw the legal tender powoF-ofa
United States notes was brought up. Mr..
Bayard spoke in favor of the resolution.
Messrs. Pendleton, ingalls, and Cameron, (of
Pennsylvania) presented petitions of ex7sol-
diers and sailors for the passage of the Weaver
value between greenbacks and gold. Mr..
Cameron desired to say, on presenting his Pc
tition, he believed every one of the signatures
was aJforgery. Mr.. Randolph, from the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, reported the bill
already published for the relief of Fitz John
Porter.
resolution was adopted requesting the Presi-
dent to inform the Senate whether money, and how
much, had been paid by the Governor Of VeA ezuela
on awards of the United Commission organized un-
der he Treaty of 1856. Mr.; Bailey, from the Com
mittee ON Postofices and Post roads, reported,
with amendments, the Senate joint res luton to
apply the amount appropriated by act of March 2,
the calendar. It authorizes the Secretary of the
Treasury to pay Southern mail contractors for
carrying the mails prior to May 3D. 1861 upon their
ceived no pay for such services from either the Con-
federate or the United States Government The
bill to exempt postal employees from services on
jurles was reported adversely upon by the Commit
toe on judiciary. -
bill from Ar. Thurman. from the Committee
on Judiciary, for reviving and continuing the
the distribution of unappropriated money of the
Geneva award was placed on the calendar. SO also
IVES bill from Mr.. Pendle,on, from the Commit
tee on Indlsn Affairs to author the Secretary Of
the Interior to deposit certain funds in the United
States Treasury in lieu of investment bill was
passed providing that writ of error from the Su-
Court Of any Territory shall be In criminal cases
where the accused shall have been sentenced to
such writ shall operate a supersedeas; and all
cases removed from. the Supreme Court of any Ter
riiory 70 the Supreme Court Of the United States,
hearing in said court. The act applies to all cases
heretofore tried and determined in which judg-
m mt has not been executed. In such cases de-
fendant shall have six months from the passage Of
this act in which to obtain and psfect such writ OF
error. Mr.. Pendleton. from the Commit tee on Cen
sus reporied bill to amend the act to provide for
taking the tenth and subsequent censuses. reso-
luton was adopted for the employ ment OF steno-
Rrspher by the Committee on Exodus to take com
plete report of testimony for the purpose of publ
cation.
{z> HOUSE,.
The House passed the following bills: Gran
ing o pension to the widow of Lieutenant
Hiram H. Benrer, and appropriating "a, 100
| for the erection of a monument to General Her.
kimer; Senate bill appropriating $4,000 fer
the purchase of new site for the United
States Observatory was taken from the
Speakers table and passed, with an amend
ment providing that if practicable, the site
shall 6e of even degree of longitude west of
Greenwich. A bill imposing tax on smoking
opium was referred. A message was received
| from the Senate transmitting the resolutions
| adopted by that body relative to the death of
Senator Chandler. Speeches were made in
| eulogy of the Senator, and the House adjourned
Mr.. Goode, Chairman of the Committee on
Yorktown Celebration, reported bill appro-
| priating $100, 900 for q monument at Yorktown,
and appropriating $40, 900 to enable the Com
mittee on Yorktown Celebration to make all
necessary arrangements for such celebration Of
| the centennial anniversary of the battle of
Yorktown as shall be fit historical significance
| of the occasion. Passed. A bill was passed
| for the relief of certain actual settlers On
! Kansas trust and diminished reserved lands in
Kansas.
Mr.. Warner from the Committee on Coinage,
| Weights and Measures, reported back with amend
ments the biz to stop paper inaation and p,ovidisg
the free coinage of gold and silver and the issue Of
| gold and silver certificates. Ordered printed and
mttee on Judiciary, reported back the bill for the
| relief of owners and purchasers Of lands sold for
direct taxes in the insurrecionary States Referred
to Committee of the Whole. Consideration v as re-
sumed Of the bill declaring all public roads and
| highways post-routes. The previous question was
seconded, and the bill passed. Yeas 134 nays, 81.
A resolution wa: introduced by Mr.. orth !Rep.
Of Ind) inquiring into the expediency Of opening
ship canal from Toledo, Ohio, to the Wabash River
| at or near Lafay ette, Ind. Referred. The House
the bill providing for Circuit and District Courts
report % W.s asreed ED to. The bin Of Mr.. Knott Dem
abilities Of william B. Taliaferro Of Virginia, BY
vote Of 172 yeas to bs nays. Mr. Harris, from the
yfdina psr%anent Construction fpnd for the naVy
which was referred to the Committee of the Whole.
Among the bills introduced and referred were
the following: Appropriating $780, 900 for the rsei
of sufferers In Ireland; for the appointment of q
Commission of Military, Naval aud Civil Engineers
/ to examine and report upon the routes of inter-
oceanic Communication; slso requesting the Presi-
dent to tender to Peru Bolivia and Chill the good
Offices OF this Government for the restoration oI
pesce for tho free coinage Of the silver dollar bills
to facilitate transportation between Lake Erie and
4 the nsyigable waters of the Wabash; proposing q
Constitutional amendment, providing that the
House of Representative shall be composed of three
| hundred members, to be apportioned among the
several States provided in Section of Article II
| of Amendments to the Constitution; repealins
clause % Of the Texas Pacific Bill, which grant,
land to the New Orleans and Baton Rouge Railroad
| Company, and re-enacting it in favor of the New
Orleans Pacific Railroad Company. The House
considered a bill reported from the Committee OF
Commerce making the following appropriations
For continuing work on Muscle Shoats tennessee
River, 10000; Improvement Of Davis Island Dam
on the Ohio River, $500. The bill making appro
priafions for the improvement of the Susquehanna
OHIO xnd Tennessee rivers passed, as was alst
bill authorizing the Secretary Of the interior and
of War to employ additional clerks for the re
mainder Of the fiscal year to expedite the settlement
| Of pension applications.