Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-14
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.


when the tax bill came up. after long debate
the Senate voted to strike ont the income tax-syos
&c. rays a. In the evening" session the vote was
recousidered, and an amendment adopted continu.
ing the income tax until the end % lSI2, at the rate
OF AZ per cent The vote then belng on striking
out the section as amended, the Stuaie refused TO
strike 1t ont by vote OF yeas % nays 20, TIL bill
was further discussed. wnen 1t was found tnat
quorum was not present ana the senate ad'
ourned.
House Several bills passed, among
which was the Senate bill to grant right OF way
to a railroad through public lands IN California
The funding btu was then taken up, and after
long debate the bill passed. 1889 10 Al and made o
substitute for the Senate bill. Adjourned
SENATE July 2.-Seyeral committee re-
ports were made ana disposed OF, when the Senate
took up the bll to amend the naturaiz ,tion laws,
aud after a along debate the Senate substitute for
the house bill was rejected and that bill amended
by adding the last two sections OF the Senate bill
The sections provide for the appointment OF two
Election Commissioners, one of each party, by the
United States Court in each election district OF cit
les of upwards OF 10000 inhabitants The conf
mssioAtts are to supervise the election and chanEy
any name to be proposed 20 be registered and and
vote offered Section IS authorizes the Utitcp
States Marshal in each district 10 appoint deputies
to preserve order at the polls The bill WAS futthtt
amended by clause striking out the word ''whiteu
out of all acts of Congress relative TO naturali2A
ton, so that there shall be no distinction on ac-
count OF race OF COlOr, lue NDlc hNOpu yeas -,
nays %. Pending the consideration of the bill the
Senate adjourned TO Monday.
House. Bills were passed TO forbid the
conveyance OF Indian reservations by treaty TO any
other grantee than the United States; authorizing
appca IS under the HON estcad act, when prevent.
ed 10y distance or good cause from personal attend
ance at the district land office, to make affidavit
and proof before the clerk OF the county court, and
transmit the same with fees, by mail, 10 the reg
lister and receiver Of the Land-ofice; providing
that when any person entitled 10 avail himself Of
/ the benefits OF the presumption or Homestead laws
has made bona hde settlements on lands subject
thereto, such settlements shall be deemed TO ere
ate contract between the government and the set.
! tier and his claim shall constitute vested right
| Of property; to prevent the further sale Of
pubic lands In Dakota, Nevada, Nebras
ka, California, Kansas, Utah, and Arkansas,
| except under the presumption aud homestead
laws declaring forfeited 10 the United States lands
granted to the state OF Louisiana in 1880, for the
| New Orleans, opelousas aud Great Western Rail-
road aud several other bills of minor importance.
| Adjourned to Tuesday
| SENATE, july 4th-The naturalization
bill was taken up, and after much discussion, the
| vote by which Sun 4sr's amendment, striking the
/ word "white' from the naturalization, was adopt
| ed, was reconsidered, and the amendment rejected
| Ia 70 30. An amendment was then adopted eI'
tending the naturalization law to persons of Am.
can descent, The bill was then reported to the
Senate and passed. Adjourned.
| SENATE, July 9th. A bill was passed
granting lands in the state Of Minnesota to aid the
! improvement OF the harbor OF Duluth. - The com
| sideratioD OF the tax bill was resumed; several
amendments were adopted, among viii was one
to provide for the transportation of goods In bond
from designa ed por,s of entry to interior custom
houses whore they are to he examined and the du'
| ty p8id,-The vote to continue the income tax was
| re-, onsidered, and motion TO strike out the tax
was lost by tie vote-26 TO 20. on motion OF
Conkling an amendment was adopted imposing u
tax of 40 per cent on telegraph Wire The bill then
passed by yeas IS, nays5. Adjourned.
HOUSE Washburne, OF Wisconsin, from
the select committee on postai telegraph, made a
report in favor OF the proposed Government sys
ten. lie made speech in advocacy of the bill,
ana moved that II be printed for consideration nt x
| December. So ordered The Kentucky contested
election case of Barnes against ADAMS was discus
sed for three hours, and the seat Sarded to Adams
the sitting member, without division. FIVE
thousand dollars were voted Tor the expenses OF tbs
Observation-Disclosures contested election case wa
discussed and tabled, Adjourned
SENATE July 6--The bill for the relief o
the United States and Brazil Steam Navigation Co
passed. The Vice President announced rs tn
conference committee on tie funding bill, Messrs
Sherman, Sumner and Davis, The House river
and harbor appropriation bill wns taken up and dis
cussed at length, aud Il number III appropriation
were agreed to. horril, Oh Maine, from the con
f2rence committee on the p1stotllce appropriation
OH, maze q rep III, NAltu was adopted. ne con
ieren committee on tho curl encY bill reported
bill tile same as that passed by the Senate excep
that the amount OF new currency Is fixed at hfty
four millions instead of iOrty.hve millions. Tn
postoflce committee bll for reuniing to Massa
chesetts interest due on advances TO the Units(
States during The war of 1872, passed.
HoUsE-In the House number of bills
of small moment wsre presented and disposed of
Mr.. Julian reported bill defining swamp Rnt
ovSrsowsd lands On motion Of Mr. Johnson, 4
was postponed till the third Wednesday in Decem
ber.-kr Smith, OF lows, reported a bl. TO vhcat,
the Fort Dakota Military Reservation IN Dakota
Passed,-Duluth was attached to he collection dis
trict OF Lake Superior instead of New Orleans.
The motion to reconsider the vote on Saturday II
the Louisiana contested election case was tabled
~ to 71-snd the oath OF ofScc administered to Mr.
d Trell.-Four thousand dollars voted Bailey
for his expenses well as twenty thousand e
Quicker, the contestant Of Booker's seat from Vir
giniA-Mr. Kelsey, from the conference commit
tee on the pension appropriation bill, made re-
port, which was agreed to.
SENATE, July 7-Severll House bills
were passed, including that requiring national
banks going into liquidation TO retire their crcslst
ing notes.A resolution was adopted requestiul
the President to inquire intothc commercial rela
lions Of This country h the spanish American
states on this continent, md report the result OF
| lis inquiry together vi such rec0mmeu lation,
as he may deem neccssa to promote the increase
OF our commerce with those siates.--The naval sp
preparation billws discussed amended and passed
rhe iortihcaton appropriation bill was also passed
! The congressional apporHonment bill was taken
| up and passed with an amendment requiring that
any state having 8 fraction exceeding one haif The
number required for representative shall be emit.
tied 10 an additional representative The blll now
| goes back to the House agsin.-The conference re-
! port on the army bill was tabled, IN the evening
session, and two anmportant bills passed Adj
| journed.
| HoUsE-The House insisted on the
merdments TO the funding bill, and agreed 10 a
| committee Of conference and the Senate amend
mentI to the tax bill we're referred to the Commit.
tee on Ways and Means.--The resolution to pay
cont ut ants for seats follows Henry Foster, 49,.
SO; ". simpson, 1880; Switzler, 5000 and
Charles Nhttlessy, 81, 900, was adopted The sol
ference committees report the currency bill
adopted -yeH 100, nays 70.--In the Missouri con
tested OF Swit2ier against Dyer, the House
gave the seat to Dyer the sitting member. Ad-
iournsd.
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