Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-02-16
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY,

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twenty and sixty years at per cent; also to prt
vide for setting aside of 80 600 OO0 of custom r
celpts to pay interest on public debt and for sinl
ing fund.-Abbott offered a resolution settin
forth the lawlessness existing in some of the soul
ern states and inquiring into the expcdancy of es
tablishing a National Police force.-Ihe bill fC
transferring certain funds to the Bureau of Cor
structlon was taken up and ssed.-Morrin
amendment to the Naval transfer bill making d
rect appropriations to the Bureaus of Const uctio
and Repairs, was adopted by vote of 29 to % =
Carpenter addressed the Senate on the bill relativ
to the neutrality of the United States in which h
controyerted summers arguments on the Cuba
gunboats which led to some discussion betwee
Messrs Carpenter, Sumner and Howard.-A com
munication from the President relative to Red Riv
er troubles was received and referred.
HOUSE -Cullom introduced a bill to ai,
the execution of the laws in Utah. It makes DC
lygamy crime panishab BILE by fine and imprison
nent, and making all believers in polygamy in
competent as jurors. Reeves introduced bill 70
a national dog tax of 81, so. Cobb reported bill
to amend law relating to additional bounties to tn
widows and children of soldiers who had enlisted
for less period than one year and been killed O
/ died in the service. Passed. resolution wal
offered and adopted instructing banking and com
merce to enquire into the expediency of makins
banking with U. s. bonds free to all citizens.-But
Ter reported bill for the admission of Mississippi
10 representation in Congress on the same terms AZ
| Virginia, which passed.-Dawes reported a
Navy deficiency bill appropriating S3,000 900 which
| was reduced to 81 500, COO and so passed, after
| quite lengthy and spirited discussion on matters
related to the subject Of the bil-Bils were intro
| duceu, to amend the homestead acts, to bring the
| weights and measures of the meter system into
| SENATE Feb. 4-The bill for the aboli-
ton OF the tracking privilege was taken up-Sher-
man moved amend by allowing free transni ssiol,
! OF newspapers within twenty miles of the place OF
publication. Drake favored amendment contin-
u1ng the present provisions of the law IA favor of
newspapers and publishers; and Wiley, to allow
! 1ree transmission OF newspapers and periodicals
whose circulation is less than 1900 The bill for
| the disposal If lands within Fort Ridgiey Reser-
Vauon In Minnesota, reported with gepd-
menta; also, without amendments, the bill granting
lands to Kansas for railroad purposes; also the bl
relating to the Sioux Reservation in Minnesota
Wilson reported joint resolution authorizing me-
neurological observations and establishing of storm
signals-The remainder of the session was taken
up In discussing bills of private character-ad-
journed till Monday.
HoUsE.-Slocum called the attention of
| the House to an advertisement in the New York
Times to fill vacant cadetskips at Naval Acadeynv
and West Point, and offered resolution autboriZ-
ing the Committee Military Affairs to INQUIRE as
| TO 9heher any member of the House had 81 III his
| influence in securing appointment to Military or
| Naval Academy. Resolution ted.-Bingham
from Judiciary, reported bill to permit Francis
| Il ohober, member elect from n c., to take the
oath prescribed for persons relieved from disabi-
ties instead of the test oath. Paine opposed the
bill, which was tabled, SOTO 78-A bill was intro
duced to provide mode of paying pensions pro
viding that the President shall select person in
every county IN the U. to prepare all pension pa
pers; appropriatipg 100000 to paw such Cficers
and to pay pensions quarterly.-Logan's amend
ment to issue army ions to the poor of The Dis
trict OF Columbia was adopted, and the bill passed
"A bill was introduced to preven7 the sale OF coal
oil, or other oil for illuminating purposes that will
Ignite at a lower temperture than ITO Adjourned
to Saturday for general debate.
SENATE Feb. 7-Resoiutions of Georgia
Legislature accepting conditions imposed by Con.
gress and ratifying l4th and 18Th amendments were
Observation-Disclosures from Committee on Pensions
reported adversely to granting pensions soldiers
nf OJtynn -opc not 1iCahF Cd Ile
duced ana reported a follows: granting lands for
railroads from Kansas and Missouri to Pacific coast
to establish line of American mail steamers and
reducing rates o. posage granting lands for rail-
roads in Florida; for the establishment of steam
ship mail service with Sandwich Islands and Aus
traia; extenGiRg the privileges OF the Civil Rights
act; to encourage telegraph communication between
Eastern and Western continents for relief of the
Inhabitants of Utah---Ths hill to relieve from u-
portunity and to preserve the independent # he
several departments of the governme5t lis
cussed at some length, and The CElfU5 L taken
up. The death of Representative dlag f Ohio,
was announced.
HoUSE.-The resoluti u heretofore in .
trodaced declaring that the government possesses
no power to levy tariff except for revenue pur-
poses, called up and tabled by vote of SO to
IT, ills were introduced to allow newspapers
sent to actual subscribers to go free through the
mails; to discontinue Freedmen's Bureau; to give
female employees of government the salaries
as males in like Positions to reduce the rates of
postage--Sargent, from committee on appropria-
tons reported the Indian appropriation bill It
appropriates $308S $50 against Sc 227 7S1 last year
"A resolution was offered against the farther pub
lication of the G1obe.-A bill allowing certain draw
backs on materials for ships was presened.-1he
death of Hoag, from Ohio, announced and the
remainder of the session was occupied in remarks
in his honor
SENATE, Feb SHERMAN reported a
resolution requesting the President to open cor
respondence with Great Britain and other foreign
powers with the view to the adoption of a common
standard oi coinage; adopted.-rhe West Point ap-
preparation bill, and the bill settig apart portion
of the Fort Smelling Reservation for military
post were passed.Tbe bill to relieve certain per-
sens named of political disabilities passed.. 1t
contains large number OF names of persons in the
lately rebellious states-The House bill appropri-
ating for Naval deficiencies Wa reported with
amendments The amendments double the appro-
priatens for steam engineering and for Bureau OF
Construction and Repairs. The Census bin was
taken up and Sumner spoke in favor of the House
bill.
HOUSE. .-Laflins resolution declaring the
publication, in the Globe of petitions against the
iran king privilege wasteful expenditure of money
and ought to be discontinued was taken up Latin
supported and Logan and Allison opp0sed. During
the discussion 1t came out that the cost of publish
ing the Globe was from 81 200 to 1870 per day.
Garfield desired to offer an amendmsRt discontinu-
ing the Globe entirely. He thoughtSuch move
would promote genuine economy, and would make
the sessions of Congress more business like. Laf-
Inns res oution finally laid the table, 70 to
53.-Ingersol desired to offer to the Judiciary
Committee proposed amendment to the Gonstita
ton giving Congress the power to issue notes ana
make them legal tender in The pay ment OF debts
The contested the 21at Pa. district call
ed up, and Churchill spoke in favor of Henry D.
Foster and against John Covoda.-Logan introduc
ed resolution to pay the widow of the late Sec'y
Rawlins, years salary, less the amount paid
him before his death-passed.-Paine asked to be
excused from further service on the Committee of
Elections. ...-
SENATE Feb. 9-The funding bill was
made the special order for Tuesday ext-Carpen-
fer frOm q ted
with amendments, the bill for Withholding moneys
from Indian tribes holding Americas capjives.-
Wilson introduced bill TO increase the number OF
Supreme and Circuit Judges OF the United States.
1t provides for eleven Circuit Judges.-AIorton
spoke at length upon the neutral relations OF the
United States. He said the subs tantial aid given
by government to Spain was neither reasonab e
just, and if legal the laws oughtto be changed
The Census bill was taken up, when, on motion
of Conkling, the House bill was laid ON the table,
40 to 8. -Trumbul1 reported substitute for his
Mississippi bill removing all conditions and sim
ply dearlng that state entitled to representation in
Congress; also the ril to change the judicial dis
tricts-Chandler introduced bill of last session,
TO promote commerce amoHg the states and cheap
en- the transportation OF the mails and military and
naval stores.
HOUSE Three hours were occupied in
| discussing the Foster-Covode contested election
case from Pa when a vote was taken and COvode
declared entitled 10 the seat by strict party VOTE
123 so. Coyode sworn IL, "A bill to enlofce
amendments tothe constitution was passeds-Jul-
reported bill for she rcil' III Us Oh Ger
tain lands in Iowa.-7he l. islal>c Il proprjalon
bill was taken up. Dawes nloved to -ke out The
item for a reporter of Congressio lal Globe or ie
ground that its publication is TO be abolished after
| this session. The motion was not sustained
Brooks offered resolution calling on the President
for information concerning recent outrages on
Americans in Cuba.-A motion to adjourn till Sat
| urday was voted down.
SENATE-Feb. 10 Schurz introduced a
Joint resolution in relation to granting lands TO
states to promote agricultural and mechanical art
providing no state should be allowed such lands
unless they would provide instruction Tor ali with
out regard to race color; referred.-Ihe bll to
promote commerce among the states Was faVorably
| reported on.-Scott of Fennsy lYania, spoke st
| length in refutaton OF Gomni- sioner Wells aTgu-
ments-The bill supplying pava deficiencies was
passed.-The Mississippi bill was taEen up and
give rise to lengthy discussion on the motion to
| strike out all conditions. Trumbuu Morton and
| Stewart favored, and Pomeroy, Edmund and Wilson
| opposed Some personal ties of not the most
pleasant character marked the debate, st the close
! of which he Senate adjourned Wi hout a vote.
! HoUsE-A bill was introduced to estab-
lsh mail steamship line to India and China, and
to promote foreign emigration to the SOUTH refer