The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-01-01
THE NEWS.
CONGRESSIONAL.

THE NEWS.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.-The House bill authorizing
allowance for loss, by leakage or casualty, of
spirits withdrawn from distillery warehouses
was passed on the 10th, as was also q bill to
allow applications and aflidavits required
for the obtainment of the patents for mineral
lands to DO made by agents Of nOn-residents...
Several bills aud resolutions were introduced.
HOUsE.-A resolution was adopted
for the appointment of Select Committee Of
eleven whose duty it shall be to examine into
the subject Of the selection of a suitable route
for an lnteroceanic Ship Canal, to which all
such canal shall be referred, and which shall
have authority to report ut any time, and the
bill in the hands of the Committee ON Com
the Select Committee. :. Several bills were re-
ported from committees and passed. Mr..
Morse presented petitions asking for tho pas
Committee providing for the abolition and re-
peal Of the legal-tender power now given
United States Treasury notes.
SENArE.--A bill was introduced on
the 18th to repeal certain permanent appro-
priations. Mr. Morgan introduced joint
resolution, which was referred, declaring that
all public lands which have been granted by
named railroad and telegraph lines. and which
have not been earned under said grants by the
construction of sections of railroad contfgu.
Gus and adjacent thereto, are hereby declared Jared
lege to so acquire title to the same Is hereby
revaked. and said lands are restored to the
public domain, and shall hereafter be dis.
posed of as other public lands Of the United
States. :. Mr.. Morgan also offered resolution.
and made speech in its support, declaring
that the continuance of the existing volume
Of United States Treasury notes, with their
legal-tender quality preserved, and the main
tenance of their equivalency in value with
coin are demanded by the present NECESSITIES
full restoration of silver coinage to an eQualf-
ty with gold Is necessary to secure to the peo-
pie Of the United States a sufficient and per
manent supply of money to maintain our Ma
tional prosperity "A hill was passed to author
ize the free entry Of competitive prizes won
by American citizens In foreign countries.
HousE.-Mr. Ballou introduced bill
providing for the repeal of the law
making United States notes legal tender
for the payment of debts, and enactinR that
gold and silver coin only shall be hereafter
resolution was reported from the Committee
on Manufactures, debated and referred to the
Judiciary Committee. proposing Constitu-
to grant. protect and regulate the exclusive
right to adopt and use trade marks. The
Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation bill
mis sHpo TSe %ssy caae%y
from serving on juries We're passed.
SENATE.-A resolution was adopted
on tho 18th commanding the Sergeant-at-Arms
to bring to the bar of the Senate, for contempt,
Smith and the other witnesses subp0enaed by
the subcommittee to investigate the charges
against Senator Ingalls,, and who had refused
s %as meao1 Of the
resolution offered by him on the 18th, for the
appointment Of a committee to investigate
the causes of the Of the blacks
was taken up and debated, and finally modi-
fed by Mr.. Voorhees, so as to provide for the
appointment of a committee OF hve, whose
which have led to the aforesaid emigration.
and to report the same to the Senate, and said
committee shall have the power to send for
then adopted-a7 to Il.
HoUsE.-Among the bills introduced
was one for the regulation of interstate
freight and passengers. and to relieve the
same from the restriction of local quarantine.
- Bills were reported-to encourage inter.
State immigration, authorizing the Commits
soner of Agriculture to collect and publish all
the facts which may be of value to immi.
grants; Senate bill authorizing the Secretary
OF the Interior to negotiate with the Ute
Indians tor the REIMBURSEMENT of their rcser.
walton in Colorado, and their removal and
settlement elsewhere, with amendments re.
quiring the consent of the Indians to the ccs-
sion OF any part of their reservation, and pro-
vlding that no agreement shall be valid. uls.
ess agreed to by three-Quarters of all the
adult male Indians who have not forfeited
their treaty rights and unless confirmed hy
Congress. A lengthy debate was had OH the
lattcr bill in Committee of the Whole.
SENATE-On the 10Th the Vice-Pres-
dent appointed Messrs. Voorhees,, Vance, PEN
dletOn, Window and Blair as the special COM
mittee to investigate the causes of the negro
emigration from Southern to Northern States,
aud then the Sonata adi"''-''"a 60 1--~~
HOUSE. Mr.. Blackburn. from the
Committee on Rules, submitted unanimous
report on the revision of the rules. -. The
Speaker appointed as the Interoceanic Canal
Committee Messrs. King chairman, Single
ton, WhitthOrne, Martin, o. Turner, Nichols
Hutcbings, Page, Conger, Frye and Haskell.
.Other committee appointments were made
as follows: Hutchings, Committees on Edu-
Treasury Department, in place of Morrison,
resigned; Berry. Committees on Public Lands
and Mines and Mining; Davis Cali, Commit
tees on Coinage and Expenditures in the Navy
department, IN place of Neal Ohio; Pacheco,
Committees on Private Land Claims and Pub
tees on Mines and Mining and Enrolled Bills;
Page. Committees on Education and Labor
and Expenditures in Department of Justice;
Dunn, Committee on Public Lands, in place of
Steele: Steele, Committee on Counting Elec-
tOral Vote, in place Of Dunn; BelfOrd, Com.
mittee on Mines and Mining. Adjourned to
January6.