The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-01-23
DoINGS IN CONGRESS.

communication was laid before the Senate
from the Postmaster General. Jan. 13, asking de-
fcency appropriation of S1O1 goo, and number
of petitions on various SUBJECTS were presented.
Mr. Morrill, offered the following resolution. which
was laid on the table. and he announced his in
tention to speak upon it on Thursday: THAT the
Committee Finance be instructed to inquire
to the practcability of refunding the
national debt at less rate than per
cent. interest, and also as to whether or not
some effective provision can be made whereby
bona fde subscriptions for sums in moderate
amounts may be available, AMI report by bill or
otherwise" The bill in regard to certain Ohio
courts passed. recommendation from the
Secretary of War for increased appropriation
for copying the Confederate records referred.
Bills introduced: BY Mr. Morrill,, regulating the
authorization and use of proxies in meetings by
National Bank Associations: by Mr.. Sails
bury. to preserve the secrecy of kilograms;
by Mr.. Plumb, to establish additional land dis
trict in Kansas; by Mr.. Vest to prohibit Clerks of
Federal courts from taking fees for copying
ords in common-law actions in the book called the
"Fiual Record" Mr.. Bayard, from the Committee
Finance reported favorably the bill to admit ee
of duty articles intended for the Miers' Interna-
tional Exhibition in June. Passed. Official nom
inations Land officers, William b. Lambert. Re
ceiver of Public Moneys at Norfolk, Neb.; Edward
S.fButler, Register of the Land Office at Norfolk,
Neb.; Thomas NJ. Gibson. Register of the Land o.
fee at Dardanelle, Ark. :. In the House bill was
reported to regulate the manner of counting Pres
idential votes, and il was made the special order
for Jan. 81 The Hot springs Reservation bill
was passed, az was an appropriation for furniture
for the House, and for the purchase
of works for the library. number of executive
communications were laid before the House and
referred, among them one from the Postmaster
General TO the of the mails for lottery
purposes. The House then went into
committee of the whole on the
rules, aud a long debate INDUCED in
Afterward the following bills We're introduced: BY
Mr.. Shallenberger authorizing the refunding of the
national debt reducing the annual interest thereon
and improving the public credit; by Mr. Willis
(Ky for the relief of depositors in the Freedmens
Bank:
A large number Of petitions for o constitu-
tional amendment giving the suffrage to women
presented in the Senate on the 14th inst, by
Messrs. Davis Qll), the Vice President, Williams,
Allison, Kirkwood, Baldwin. Ferry. Davis and
Pendleton. Petitions in favor OF the Bayard reso-
lutions on the currency, and for a temperance
commission were also presented. A bill TO re-
lieve the United States Treasurer from
the amount now charged 10 him and de-
posted with the several States was reported;
and the bill TO increase the pensions of totalyis-
abled soldiers and sailors from $50 to S12 per
month was passed. A bill was introduced by MIR.
Hoar. providing that the Stat which have claims
against the United States shall present them be-
fore the Court Of Claims by the LIST of March, 1881
or be forever barred. Mr.. Voorhees, presented
bill to carry into effect the treaty with the Usage
Indians. The following nominations were sent in:
b. Pomeroy, Uni ed States Attorney for the Terri.
tory of Arizona Elihu A. White, Collector of In
ternal Revenue for the Second district Of North
Carolina; Henry NJ. Atkinson. United States
Surveyor General for New Mexico. Registers
of Land oflices-Isaac ii. Wing, Bayfield,, Wis;
stephen II. Alban, wausau, Wis.,; II. W.
Parker, Beatrice. Neb.: Joseph b. Bloss.
Detroit Mich; Samuel W. Malloy, Camden, Ark.
Felix q. Clarke, Des Moines, Ia. In the House,
the bril- for the free importation of classical an
uquities passed. Mr.. Buckner. Chairman of
the Banking and Currency Committee, reported a
Dill that the National Bank act be so amended
as 10 require every banking association
20 Keep In gold or silver coins one-half of
the reserve fund now required by law. The bill
RENTING the duty on altar from Rome for In
danapohs was passed, as was n bill allowing free