Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-03-04
Weekly News Summary.
CONGRESSIONAL.

Cuban independence. I. Bills were introduced-to
make the Importation of immigrants under labor
contracts unlawful; granting lands in aid OF the
construction of the Dakota q Western Railroad !;
also, to aid the construction of railroad from the
Western boundary OF Minnesota to Winnipeg Ter
| ritory; authorizing the location of agricultural
scrip by actual settlers -. A joint resolution
reported, authorizing the Northern Pacific Railroad
to issue construction bonds, and to reach its west
ern terminus 0ia the valley of the Columbia river
-. The Funding bill was made the special order
for the 23d bill to provide for an examiner of
| claims in the State Department was passed The
| bill to encourage and promote the International
Exhibition in Washington City, in 1871, was taken
up and debated Executive session and adjourn
+! ment.
/ In the House, on the. 18th, bill was in
troduced andreferred to regulate ocean telegraph
communication between the United States and for
eign countries "A bill appropriatIng $4,000 for
the investigation into the alleged sale OF cadetshps
| was re ported from the Committee on Military AT
fairs and passed The Legislative Appropriation
| bill was further considered in Committee OF the
| Whole ~ s-sEtfsr. +
In the Senate, on the 10Th, resolutions
of the Virginia Legislature for the removal of the
political disabilities incurred by the people of Vir-
gina by reason of the late war, submitted and
tabled The House bill to defray the expenses of
witnesses in the investigation of the sale of cadet
ships passed The annual Post Route bill was
| amended and passed. ;. The bill granting lands to
aid the construction of railroad and telegraph lines
| from Portland to Astoria and McMinnvile. in the
State of Oregon, called up, amended and passed
| IA resolution was adopted calling upon the
President for information whether any officer, con-
trary to the treaty with the Cherokee nation, has
enforced taxes upon the products manuacturea
| message was received from the President relative
| to the recent conflict between Colonel Baker and
| the Indians. Adjourned. -
In the House, on the 10th, bill was
passed, declaring the lands constituting the Fort
| Collins Military Reservation, in Colorado, subject
| to pre-emption and homestead entry "A bill was
| introduced and referred to provide for stay of
execution, in certain cases, and intended to afford
/ some relief against the operations OF the recent
| legal-tender decision "A new rule was adopted
that the Committee on Elections shall consist of
| fifteen members, to be divided by its Chairman
into subcommittee of three on each case OF con-
tested election A petition was presented from
citizens of Cincinnati. for repea! of the tax on
sales ;. The Legislative Appropriation bill was
| considered in Committee of the Whole ...Ad-
| journed.
| In the Senate, on the 21st, a joint reso-
luton was introduced and referred, declaring the
ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment by the
requisite number Of States ..Aibll to abolish the
Freedmen's Bureau, and provide for Bureau OF
| Education, was reported, with amendments from
| the Committee on Retrenchment. Bills were IN
| Notwithstanding the time for the completion
of the Flint s. Pere Marquette Railroad, in Michi-
gam to establish a Territorial Government for
Alaska. Bills and joint resolutions were passed
to sell or exchange the Custom House in Nash
vile, and obtain more suitable location; giving
consent to the erection of bridge across the
Delaware river at Philadelphia; to provide for the
| better security OF lives OF passengers on
board vessels propelled by steam; amenda-
tionns for preventing collisions on the water, ap
proved April 29th, 1854 to reorganize the Marine
| Hospital service, and provide for the relief OF
sick and disabled seanen; directing that no speech
not actually delivered in Congress be printed in The
| Globe Announcement was made of the presenta-
tion to the Senate of a beautiful volume containing
| the Tord d,s in hundred different lam
guages, and motion was adopted that 1t be re-
ceved and placed in the Cong ressiona Library:
| Pending the consideration of the New York and
| Washington Airline Railroad bill, the Senate
went into executive session and soon after ad-
journed
In the House, on the 21st, large num-
ber of bills were introduced and REFERRED incud-
ing the following: To pay loyal citizens of Tennes
see for property taken for use by the Military De-
partment: for the settlement of expenses of Non.
tana for troops in 1897 creating the once &c OF Gov
Dor at Port Washington, Wis. granting aid for
the construction of railroad from Vallejo to Hum
boldt Bay; to legalize proceedings in State
Courts; abolishing the Bureaus of Education and
Freedmens Affairs; to remove political disabil
tiles in States ratifying the Fifteenth Amendments
granting unsold lands in Missouri the list OF
January next to that State for educational pur-
poses; incorporating the Mississippi Valley Land
nd 6 s RyT Of Of Fopt
ervation to the Kansas Agricultural and Me-
chanical Association for fair ground
to abolish the office of Pension Agent, and provide
for the payment of pensions through Pos masters;
| to provide means of reviewing the judgments of
United States Circuit and District Courts in srim-
nal cases; reducing the income tax to per cent,
and exempting $4,000 therefrom; increasing the
tax distilled spirits to 81 per gallon; to equal
ize the distribution OF NATIONAL @ Bank Bank currency;
Shreveport, Louisiana, and Jefferson. Texas;
granting aid to Oregon for the construc-
Falls S Of # willimette The res resolution instruct
ing the Committee on Banking and Currency TO
report to the House at as early day as practicable
least $5OOOOO0O was adopted-110 to 73 The
House bill removing political disabilities from
| about 200 persons was passed. The Committee
Military Affairs made report on the subject Of
the sale of cadetships, in the case of B. F. White
more, of South Carolina, finding him guilty of i'm
proper conduct in his connection with such appoint
ment, and offering resolution that he be expelled
from his seat in the House the hearing of the case
was set for the 2Sd.. Adjourned
In the Senate, on the 22d, the creden-
tias of Richard H. Whitley and Henry P. Farrow,
Senators elect of Georgia, were presented and
Withdrawn, it appearing that they were irregular
in form IA joint resolution was reported from the
Committee on Pacific Railroads, authorizing the
Northern Pacific Railroad to issue mortgage bonds,
with an amendment providing that the company may
make good the deficiencies in its land grants ars-
ing from previous disposition of lands along its
line, by taking equal quantity with an addition
a limit OF ten miles, "A bill was reported from
fthe Committee on Retrenchment, providing
or the appointment by the President of Boaro of
Commissioners for the examination of all persons
now or hereafter to be employed in the civil ser
vice, except Judges and Clerks of Courts, members
of the Cabinet, Ministers to foreign Governments,
and officers Of the Senate and House of Represent
atitives. "A report was made from the Committee
on Revision of the Laws, recommending the lndeh-
mite pnstponement of the consideration of the reso
lutions of the New York Legislature resembling its
ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment .Ad-
Journed at two O'Clock, in honor OF the day.
In the House, on the 22d, the Speaker
appointed Messrs Beaman, Kerr, McCrary and
Porter on the Committee on Elections (now en-
larged to fifteen members), and subsequently
named Mr. Hale, of Maine, in place of Beaman, ex-
cused. A majority report was made from the
| Committee on the Judiciary, that there was not
| sufficient evidence in support of the charge
against Judge Busteed on which to lmpeach him,
and the matter was ordered laid on the table. "A
/ bill was passed. extending the benefits OF the
| Home stead law to children of deceased soldiers
that the Committee on Rules be instructed
| to inquire into and report upon speech OF
Mr.. Mungen, published in the C0ngressionGt
/ Globe of the 20th, as to whether MIR. Mungen has
/ to print his undelivered speech, and violated the
rules of the House. and that meantime, said speech
be excluded from the Globe. "A report from the
| Conference Committee on the special Naval Appro
priaton bill, fixing the appropriation at S2OO0OO0
/ was adopted. "A motion to adjourn, In honor OF
Washingtons birthday, was rejeced-70 to 1o3...;
The Legislative Appropriation bill was considered
| in Committee of the Whole. Adjourned.
| In the Senate, on the 23d, the bill for
| territorial government for Alaska was reported,
| with amendments, from the Committe on Terri
tories. A resolution was adopted instructng the
| Naval and Military Committees to report upon the
| expediency of aboishing the Naval Academy at