The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-05-03
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.
Gathered From all Quarters.
coNGREss-xLvnru SESSION.

SENATE, April es.-The political disabilities
bin was laid aside without action in the Senate
and the consideration OF the Chinese bill re
sumed and discussed until adjournment. -.
HoUsE.-Mr. CaIkins called up the con-
tested election case of Lynch vs.. Chaimers-
Mr.. Moore, OF Tennessee, in advocating the
shilly-shally, milk-sop policy of the mana
gers OF the Republican. party in the House, II
Gus. policy in regard to contested election
cases. warning his party friends thaf unless
publican contestants Who % had dali almost % literally @ %
fought their way to the doors of this House,
the Forty-eighth Congress would be in the
hands of round majority of Bourbon Demo
crats. The matter then went over till to-morS
row. Adjourned. r.
SENATE, April 27.-Mr. Sherman in
troduced bfI - regulate the coinage of the
standard silver dollar It repesls much of the
act of February 2S, 1873, authorizing the coin
age of the standard silver dollar. and restoring
ITS legal tender character, ana directs the puf~
o9 o, 1na i % pto s1andaM silver dollars
lion per month. The bill directs the purchase
OF bullion from time to time, and its coinage
only when in the opinion Of the Secretary OF
the Treasury further coinage of such dol
lars is demanded for public use and con-
ties bill gave rise to q political ais
sion. in which Mr.. Edinunds champion
the indiscriminate removal Of disabilities from
ex-confederates, and Messrs. Vest, Garland,
was taken and the Senate took UP the Chinese
bill. A long controversy took place between
Senators upon all the allegations that extrsore
dinary efforts were necessary to protect the
Chinese laborers employed in Massachusetts
to be upon concurringin the amendment made
in the Committee of the Whole striking out the
fifteenth section. which defined the words ssChi-
nese la6orers" TO mean both skilled and un--
skilled laborers. Without action the bill went
snnronristto Mi ,nes On .ne possomce
Adjourned. -
HoUsE.-Mr. Townsend, OF Ohio, submitted
the conference report on the bill to provide
to encourage the saving OF HE from ship
wreck. The conference report recommends
the pensioning feature to the bill; the bill was.
adopted. Mr.. Randall. OF Pennsylvania Of
which was s%opt 1%e WSeeesn ana the S5esoSs9n cssr9
of the Second National Bank of Cincinnati
win expire ON or about the s5th of May next;
gone into liquidation and has reorganized to
continue its existence as q corporation under
of Currency is hereby directed to communi-
cate TO the House any correspondence between
the said liquidation and reorganization, and
inform this House under what existing stat
utesl said reorganization was authorized, and
further to communicate the manner and form
prescribed Of such reorganization of National
banks The Speaker laid before the House a
message from the President respecting the
troubles in Arizona After brief speech by
Mr.. Springer, relative to the Importance OF
immediate action, the message was referred
to the Committee on Military Affairs with
leave to report any time. Adjourned.
SENATE, April, %. The House bill
fixing the time for holding the elections I'm
West Virginia passed. The Committee on Ju-
dietary agreed to report the House resolution
asking that the bill heretofore reported in
favor of seating Majors an additional Rep
resentative from Nebraska be committed
70 the committee, and the commit
tee authorized TO send for the persons
and papers in order 10 ascertain the
facts IN regard TO the certified copy of the CEN
sus report for the State of Nebraska, upon
which the committee decided TO seat Majors
1t appears that the committee wns Informed
that the copy referred TO as a basis for action
fact IL gave the census for 1874. The object
who is responsible for the misrepresentation.
Adjourned until the LIST.
-HoUsE.-A resolution was adopted recittur
the recent Apache outbreak in Arizona and
calling on the Secretary of War for informa-
ton as to the number OF United States soldiers
now In the territory and whether the military
force stationed there is sufficient to grant fun
protection to the people, and alse whether any
legislation Is necessary for prompt and efficient
security of the people against the destruction
OF life and property by hostile Indians The
Chalmers-Lynch case was then taken up and
discussed until the House adjourned.