Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-12-16
CONGRESS.

In the Senate on tuesday DlllS were
introduced authorizing the local taxation
# legal tender Treasury notes; amend
ing the Ute agreement; providing for
the issuing of fractional currency.
The standing committees of the last
Senate were continued.
A number of select committees were
appointed by resolution.
In the House a resolution was adopt
ed inquiring into the Imprisonment of
sub-Chief johnson, of the Ute Indians.
The resolution relative to counting
the electoral vote was taken up, but
there was no action on the measure, the
time being taken up by debate and fill
clustering.
In the Senate on Wednesday resolu-
lutions were offered to amend the Con-
tors; providing for an appOrtionment
under the tenth census.
Bills were introduced: Transferring
claims to the Claims Court; limiting the
time for the prosecution of claims; for
the admission of Dakota; regulating the
manner of electing Congressman.
Bill passed: To sell Fort Larned mil
itary reservation.
In the House a bill was passed remOv-
ing the political disabilities of ]. N.
Herskill.
Resolution offered: To place General
Grant on the retired list of army officers.
The Electoral Count resolution was
discussed until the hour of adjournment.
On Thursday in the House the discus
sion giving Congress the control of the
Electoral count was continued. The
debate was marked by lively personal
passage between Conger of Michigan
and Fernando Wood
In the Senate nothing of Importance
was done The Presidents recommended
tion as to civil service reform was re-
ferred to a select committee. After an
until Monday.
The Senate was not in session on Fri
day, having adjourned from Thursday to
Monday.
In the House among the bills reported
were the Pension Appropriation bill and
that allowing United States marshals
and deputy marshals to take bonds in
certain cases. The first was reeommlt-
ted and the second was referred to the
calendar. The House referred to con-
slider the Senate concurrent resolution as
to counting the electoral votes. Among
the communications laid before the
Houfe by the Speaker was one from the
Smithsonian Institution for an appro-
priation of $4,000 for the new museum
building The House adjourned till
Monday.
In the Senate Monday the bill for the
restoration of FitZ John Porter to the
army was taken up by a strict party
vote, except Hoar, who voted aye. Sena-
tor Carpenter argued against the power
of Congress to revoke the sentence of
court martial, or reinstate in the army
persons who had been expelled. Nc
Donald and Hereford took the ground
that Congress had plenary power over
everything connected with the army.
In the House the principal episode
was the objection of Frank Hurd to the
admission of Judge E. B. Taylor to a
seat from Garfield's district on the
ground that the district in which Tay-
lor was elected-the new Nineteenth
was not the district in which Garfield
was elected-the old Nineteenth. Mr.
Hurd finally withdrew his objection and
Judge Taylor took his seat. Mr.. Cooper
of Massachusetts, introduced resolu-
ticn declaring the construction of an
inter-oceanic canal by foreign capital to
be in violation of the Monroe doctrine
and hostile to the established policy of
the United States, and that this govern
ment would assert add maintain its
rights. The resolution, by vote of "a
to 64, was referred to the Foreign AT
fairs Committee. A long list of bills
and resolutions was introduced under
the call of States, among them one ask
ing for information as to how much
money had been paid Gen. Grant for
services by the United States since his
to West Point; another to re-
duce letter postage to two cents; anoth-
er to repeal the tax on tobacco; another
sympathy to the suffering
Irish. Debate on the Electoral count
resolution was then taken up, and lasted
till adjournment.