Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-02-21
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In the Senate, on the 18TH. the (bIll to
authorize the SouthernbIinnesotr railroad Ntocpa-
| struct bridge across the Mississippi at La
Crosse. ANis., reported favoIably. ..Aa bill
was nttoduced for the Improvement of theharbor
| at the mouth of Fox river Referred Also a bill
| to grant lands in aid Of the Wisconsin and Lake
1Snperiorfailroad. REFERRED. Mr. Chandler gavs
orepeal existing and all other tariff laws, and i'm
pose uniform duty Of 50per cent. al 0aI0ren2, on
aI Imported goods. "a resolution, was ofired
| ilistrncing the Judiciary Committee to inquire
into the propriety Of amending the Constitution
limit tenure of service President to one term
to extend lts duration to six years. abolish the
| Nice-Presidency, and provide for the election of
| President by the popular vote. Laid over until to-
day q. The Bankrupt bill was taken up, the vote
| Rejecting it having been reconsdered. The bfi
passed, % to 20 and goes to the House for concur
| renee int the amendments. Mr.. Wilson reported
rom the Military Committee, in q new draft, tile
bin for atemporary increase of pay TO army officers
| and other purposes.
In the House, pm the 18th, the Secretary
of the Treasury was requested to communicate the
| cost, under the laws, of the, Central and Union
Pacific railroads. MIR. EAiotiatroduceda bill rel
atve to the mercantile marine of the Uniteo States
States. Referred. ~. The Committee on Ways and
Means were instructed toinquire into theproprety
| OF allowing rebate OF ten per cent of duties on
| all goods imported in American bottoms The
House resumed the consideration Of the hillreport
| ed on Monday from the Select Committee on the
| New Orleans riot After spirited debate the bill
passed lib to 4S. :. The Committee on Banking
was instructed TO inquire as to the expediency Of
preventing by lazy the sale of gold by the Treasury
| md by national hanks and of eXempting from,
State or local taxation that portion of the capital
of national banks invested in the United States
| loans The Committee on Territories was in.
structed as to the prOpriety of changing the name
| of New Mexico to Lincoln. ). The House consid9
cred Mr., Stevens Reconstruction BILL pending the
discussion of which the. House Adjourned. 0i
In the Senate, on, the 18th, a remon-
STRANGE was presented from the French Canadians
residing in the United States, against the annexa-
ton of the Confederation Of the British Provinces.
Referred. "A resolution to print 5000 copies of
the report of General Warren of the survey of the
Upper Mississippi was passed. "A bill to amend
the act TO prevent smuggling was passed Mr..
Davis asked leave to offer an amendment to MIR.
Wade's proposed one term constitutional amend
ment for the pprpose of having itprinted IL pro-
yides that each State SHALL on the first Monday in
January preceding the expirati II of the present
term, nominate to Congress one of its citizens for
the office of President. The two Houses shall
meet in November, and proceed to elect from those
candidates, dropping the lowest on each ballot,
and the person elected shall not be eligible for re-
election. Ordered printed. The Niagara Ship
Canal bill was ordered printed The Reconstrrc-
ton bill was taken up and read, and debate .oc-
cnrred, which lasted till halfpast one o'clock
In the House, on the 18th, several private
bills passed. The House bill constituting and
giving effect to resolution Of July LIST, 1864 for the
relief of States considered and referred to the
| Committee of the Whole. The Bounty bill was
considered and debated at length The House sec
onded the previous question on the bill, hut re-
jected the call for the main queston-thus leaving
the. bill open for amendments Mr.. bingham
moved aIamendmenttei include some of the Mis-
souri, and Maryland volunteers and slaves. Mr..
Rollins moved to amend by striking out the
clause making deductions for local bonn.
eS ShsF The debate
closed and the House proceeded to vote on the
amendments Mr. Binghanis was adopted With
out a division. Mr. Rollins was rejected-74
AGAINST S5--tho Western members voting SOlidlV
against and the Eastern members generally for it.
MIR. Shellabarger moved an amendment, adding
clause to the last section relative to applications
for bounty. Adopted Bill passed-95 against IS
II wsTs sssisH9Ss s MfSHal
and in referenee to thesgrant Of land for the con
struction of the Green Bay and Lake Pepn railway
The Speaker presented communication from
the Secretary of the Interior with the preliminary
the collection of statistics the gold and silver
mines and mining east Of the Rocky Mountains.
% for th fHb5eo a. NE M
rotite 4. The House bl WIS reported to authorize
the establishment of the mail steamship SER
vice hetweene the ,7uniteds States and Sandwich.
Islands. Ordered printed and reeomlnited The.
Senate amendments to the BANKRUPT bill were nom
concurred in. The Senate amendments to several
unmportant House bills were conquered in ~. The
| House went into Committee of the Whole on the
Internal Revenue BILL but no quorum being pre-
sent adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 10Th, Mr. Morrill,,
f ON the Committee on the District of Colun bia,
reported adversely on the petition for the enfran-
| chisement of unnaturalized citizens of the Dis
trict. Mr.. Lane presented the credentials of Sen
ator Morton of Indiana, for six years from the 18th
of March. Filed -. The Military Reconstruction
| bill was taken up Nh. Doolitfle made a speech in
opposition to the bill, and indicating his course,
inreply 70 the request of the Wisconsin Legisla-
ture that he resign. -, - a. s--
In the House, on the 18th, Mr.. Went
worth occupied some time on a, question of priv
iege relating TO certain newspaper charges. The
! bill to amend the act declaring the officer who
shall act as President of the United Ststes in case
| of vacancies in the Office both of President and
| Vice President was passed without discussion
| The Senate bill to,further prevent smuggling was
| passed. also the House bill granting the right of
| way the military reservation at Fort Gratiot,
michigan !. The Committee on Commerce report
l5eda large number of blu which were Aacted on :
also the River and Harbor pill, appropriating over
| S4,S00,000, which was passed.