Show CONGRESS by W to the SENATE v january etli 1879 A large number of petitions were presented many from women asking that effect be given to tho law of 1862 others pro testing against the so called patent law bill and against tha transfer of alie indian bureau to the war department part ment bills were introduced and referred by bogli for the interchange of subsidiary silver coin and U S notes by mcconald Mc lonald to authorize alie taxation of outstanding legal tenders FAl munds ft resolution declaring that in abo judgment of the alio irth and to alie of tho united states have been legally ratin cd and are as valid oilier of alie constitution and eliat it is the right and duty of congress to en force such amendments by appropriate legislation and alio duty of alie executive department of tho boveri ment faithfully and with diligence tc execute such laws that it is the duty of to appropriate to that end and instructing the judiciary committee tf report a bill for alie protection of the rights of citizen and for infract eions thereof laid on the table atthe request of to bo wiled up called up ins resolution instructing the judiciary committee to inquire into tho expediency of making the trade dollar a legal ten der and for its into the standard silver dollar he ad alie senate at length denouncing noun cing alic trade dollar as fraudulent money having failed in it mission abroad had returned leoine to cheat alie honest people of this country alio resolution was then loid over beck submitted the following re olred that the communication from the secretary of alie treasury in answer to alie resolution of december 1878 to coin received in payment of custom due for alic current year and the disposition made of it he referred to the committee on finance and tho committee certain whether the lawn relative to the of cus tome dates and payment of interest on alie public debt with coin received havo been and are being complied with and report by bill or otherwise laid over upon objection of edmunds consideration was resumed of the bill to revise consolidate and amend the patent laws from the committee reported adversely on the senate bill to authorize anth orize bondholders bond holders and other creditors of railroad corporations po rations to receiver in suits in guity pending in the courts of the united indefinitely pompon the vice president laid before the senate a memorial from the legislative assembly of alio state of oregon praying for a modification of the treaty between alio united states and the empire as to stop and pro hibit the importation or immigration of other asiatic laborer to alie pacific coast an amendment which davie submitted before tho holidays giving any circuit court power to recognize ft decision of another circuit court in cabo of infringement of patent andio grant to continue pending an appeal to the court of the united states was agreed to pending a discussion marrill introduced trod A bill appropriating OUO for the erection of a fire building for tho national museum adjoin tho smithsonian institute after executive session the oda burned HOUSE acklin called attention to the scandal in louisiana with which his name ie and presented a resolution authorizing an inquiry deceit edon the ground that the resolution did not embrace a question of logo on motion tho judiciary committee wa directed to inquire into the charges against judge of the western district of harrison to a question of high privilege and altered a resolution reciting eliat henry V blodgett united for the northern district of illnois Ill mois had been guilty of grob misconduct and corruption and providing for the eclea tion of a committee five member to examine euch charges and to inquire into judge blodgette Blod gotte guidal conduct and to report what action the house should take in the primi with power to send for a etc suggested that ilia reeola should be OTred to tho buclary Bu clarl to by o judiciary committee for special committee advocates advocat el by and wan by bially it aue to and ho resolution aimond dwa the house alien went into corn the whole on lie geneva ward bill after ft chort dis cution furt lier consideration of the bill went over until tomorrow to morrow cai lisle introduced a bill to include newspapers periodical and proof sheets in mail baltor of tho third aliw waddell chairman of the committee on reported a bill relating to the classification of mail matter and the amount of postage thereon ordered printed wilson W va submitted a resolution calling on the president for a copy of all papers on file in the state department touching the claim ofa C lambrau against the governor of peru adopted introduced a bill for the admission of dakota as assato ke berred the death of douglas of virginia and A S billiam Yi lliam of michigan were announced and the house in respect to their memory adjourned edmund from the judicial committee reported back a petition from the citizens of alaska asking that that territory be attached to alie state of oregon for judicial purposes ft recommendation the committee be discharged from further consideration of tho subject as they wore of alie opinion alit no legislation was expedient at this time the committee was dh charged from further consideration he also reported back from the same committee a bill supplemental to beveral acts relative to he union pacific and moved that alio bill bo referred to alio committee on railroad aa it involved no ques tion of law for the judiciary committee to consider ordered lie also reported from alio same committee favorably on alio senate bill authorizing alic proper accounting officers of alie treasury department to audit and pay to samuel mclin of florida who was appointed by tho an associate justice of alie territory of new mexico alie salary provided by law for said office for the period during which said mclin performed alie duties ofhie offic paced the calendar also from the committee adversely on the several bills to authorize tho stenographers in the united states circuit and district court and they were indefinitely postponed davis III from the committee on judiciary reported adversely on the senate bill to amend sec 85 of alie revised statutes so as to allow an appeal front the accounting officers of the treasury to tho attorney hen cral in cases of alie accounts of united marshals and district attorneys indefinitely postponed |