Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-03-29
Congressional Doings.


tablish home for disabled soldiers was
passed, and will be sent to the President for
his signature. .....Mr. Fessenden stated that
the Committee of Fifteen had not finished
taking testimony in regard to the claimants
of seats in Congress from Southern States,
except in the case of Tennessee, and those
claimants were at liberty to introduce test1-
ony..... Mr.. Wilson introduced bill for
the equalization of bounties, providing
bounty of 1888 per month, for every month
Of service to soldiers honorably discharged
1.-THE bill providing for an annual in
spection of Indian affairs was passed.
In the House, On the 10Th, substitute for
the loan bill was introduce and referred...:..
A joint resolution to adjourn the present
session on the - Thursday in May, was
adopted. THE motion to reconsider the
vote by which the loan bill was defeated on
Friday prevailed by vote of 81 to 81, and
the bill was reoommitted without instruc
tions, to the Committee on Ways and Means.
1.-THE general appropriation bill was con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole, and re-
ported without amendments.
In the Senate, on the Goth, the Committee
on Finance reported the bill making appro-,
priations for the Military Academy at West
Point. .....A bill was also reported appro-
priating $25 600 for the relief of the desti-
tute freedmen and women of the District of
| Columbia. iiHoi ~
In the House, on the Goth, resolution of
thanks to2Gens. Gordon Granger and james
| A. Garfield, and the men under their COM
mand, was presented and referred. ......The
general appropriation bill was passed, after
| striking out the clause increasing the pay
| of the officers Of the mint at Philadelphia
500. The bill to amend the act of March 8,
| 1868, "relating to ha5eas corpus, and regu-
lating judicial proceedings in certain cases., ~
was passed. t,h-
| In the Senate, on the 21st, bill was in
troduced to aid in the construction of the
Kansas and Neosho Valley railroad, to con-
meet the Lakes with the Gulf of Mexico at
Galveston. Bills were passed to aid the
construction of the Northern Kansas rail
road; g to provide more effectually for the
punishment of certain crimes: :" authorizing
the establishment Of Geographic communi
| cation between the United States and the
West Indies.
In the House, on the Dist, bill was re-
ported, and recommitted, to secure the
| speedy construction of the Northern Pacific
-. ;Ixo.d "A lin nj 10 -oo,,ol
the bounties of soldiers and sailors, allow
ing So. 33 for each month of service. A bill
| was introduced to aid in constructing the
Iowa Central railroad. The diplomatic ap-
preparation bill was passed as was also the
bill to facilitate commercial, postal, and
| military communication among the severa
States, amended so as to prevent Immigrant
| railroads from receiving pay for Govern
ment transportation. Leave was asked, but
| refused, to present a resolution declaring
| Tennessee in condition to be represented,
anu relieving the Reconstruction Committee
| from further consideration OF her case. The
| bill to reimburse Pennsylvania for her war
expenditures was taken up, and a substitute
| offered to pay all the loyal States Is per
| cent. of their claims, or about $118,000, 900
Late accounts from Eastern and Northern
| Mississippi and Northern Alabama repre-
| sent the cotton prospect as more fattering
than was generally hoped. The negroes
are working well, and, as general thing,
fair crops are anticipated. ~
| In the Senate, on the 22d, the resolution
for printing the remaining portions of the
special report of the Internal Revenue
Commission passed. The bill consolidating
| the judicial districts Of Southern California
and Western louisiana also passed, as did
likewise the bill authorizing the construc-
ton of bridge over the Mississippi at St.
Louis.
In the House on the 22d, but little bust
| ness Of Importance was transacted. The
Agricultural College bill was taken up, and,
after lengthy discussion, recommitted to
| the Committee on Agriculture. ...A num-
| Der of Senate bills and joint resolutions
were taken up and referred. The Senate
bill authorizing telegraphic communication
was discussed, but no final action taken......
| There was no evening session.
In the Senate, on the 23d, bills were in
PRODUCED to aid in the construction of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, and to revive the
| act to grant land for the construction of the
| Cairo and Fulton Railroad......Th Senate
insisted upon its amendments to the civil
appropriation bill, and appointed Com
mittee of Conference. The report Of the
Secretary of War, transmitted the report Of
| Gen. Dyer, Chief Of Ordnance, upon the
occupancy of Rock Island by the Chicago
and Rock Island Railroad, was laid before
the Senate, and referred to the Committee
Military Affairs......In the case of Mr..
Stockton, the New Jersey Senator, the res
olution declaring him entitled to his seat
was adopted, yeas % nays 21,-Mr. Stock
ton himself voting in the affirmative, be-
cause as he alleged, Senator Morrill, voted
against the resolution, after having paired
off with Senator Wright.
The only business of Importance transact
| ed in the House, on the 23d, was the pas
sage of the loan bill, as amended by the
Committee on Ways and Means, full copy
Of which is printed elsewhere, and the pas
| sage of the Pennsylvania reimbursement
hill-the former by vote of SO to So, and
the latter by vote of SO to 3d.. The joint
resolution giving army officers full paw who