Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-10

for the District Of Columbia; for the
renewal Of the political disabilities Of various
penors The bill Tor the tale Of the Great and
Ibe the settlement OF raid Indiana In the Indian
Ieni DRY, was called mp and debated. :: The ere
aenials Of General Ames - Senator elect from
1sestion * the admission Of nr. Revels, Of Mis-
ikeejppi was taken MP and debated, and the motion
y refer the credentials was deieated-S to 4S-and
Ae tne 0a.n 70 q s ma
COX she seat assigned him on the Republican side
Adjourned 70 the 18th.
In the House, on the 25th, bills were in.
I,duced--to encourage the baiIding Of hrst-class
- stsanahips 10 aid IN restoring commerce, and
= eassyise IL United States mails TO estsbiish
! system q national education; 70 establish de-
paff0sut ofJM6ce. Several private hills were
dom he farmer consideratioa 81 charges
against the loyalty Of Representative. HamilI, Of
Maryland "A memorial was presented fer IN ap-
propriate celebration Of the centennial anniversay
Georgia represe nation in Congress was present
I'd from the Reconstruction Committee. ordered
printed and recommitted; q substitute was offered
inslsucting the Comnittee on Military Affairs to
secertsin whether any onicer Of the army or navy
has been engaged in the purchase or sale Of cadet
ipa Ss1ss. s1, was cor,sidered in Committee Of the
Whole, after which the House adjourned to the
18th.
In the Senate, on the 2Sth ult., resolu-
tons Of the Rhode Island and Virginia Legisla-
lures the former ratfying the Fourteenth, and the
latter the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments,
were presented and referred. Bills were intro
duced and referredto amend the act for taking the
census to incorporate the Kansas, Indian Territory
D Gulf Railroad; TO enforce the amendment TO the
Constitution declaring that the right to vote shall
not be denied or abridged on account Of race,
yiding that any person hinderinp citizen Of the
United States, on any OF these grounds, from being
rec is.ered from voting being voted for, or holding
once shall be puniseed by nne OF not less than =,
~ iess than thirty days nor more than one year,
sizsn, Under any pretence Of i"V race ace, coioi,
M s nor mole nsn s and By mp s ION.
more more than two years-the United States District
Courts being given jurisdiction In Auch cases.
and required to enforce the law The Chair
announced the appointment OF MI ,Revels
Messrs Hamlin and Anthony were excused from
service on the Committees on Disabilities and
Mines. respectively. "A resolution was adopted for
effect the administration OF justice and to protect
Anne rican interests in China and Japan. The
Joint resolution authorizing the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company to issue Its bonds for the con-
struction Of its road, and to secure the same by
mortgage, was taken mp aud debated. after which
the Funding bill was further considered. %. Execu-
tive session and adjournment.
In the House, on the 28th, various bills
were introduced and referred, including the fol-
lowing: To provide for the enforcement Of judg-
ments In lawful money Of the United States; to
regulate the civil service to amend the internal
revenue laws 20 a. to relieve the people Of the late
States relative to swamp lands IN
Missouri; granting lands In aid Of the Laclede ~
Fort Scott Railroad; TO allow School Trustees 70
enter lands for school purposes under the Home
Chippewa River, Wisconsin; to incorporate the
Indian Territory Il Gulf Railroad; to aid the
construction Of the Fremont Il Elkhorn Railroad:
Nebraska =. A resolution was offered and adopted
-107 to 48--in favor Of such tarf for revenue on
foreign imports will incidentally protect do
nestle manufactures and, without impariDg the
revenue, impose the least burdens upon and best
promote and encourage the great industrial In.
the designations Of Messrs. Goaday. Of Kentucky.
and Deweese OF North Carolina. :. The Polygamy
bill was made the special order for the 22d of March
.. The Indian Appropriation bill was further
considered in Committee Of the Whole. .Ad-
journed
In the Senate, on the list, q joint resolu-
ton was introduced and referred for the better OBJ
servance Of Sunday In military and naval acade-
nies....A petition was presented and referred
from the colored men OF Philadelphia for the pas
ID
ton Of the laws "A substitute for the joint reso
buttons concerning colleges for the benefit Of agr
culture and mechanic arts providing that distinc-
dition OF servituds. in any such institutions or BY
any State shall occasion the forfeiture of lands aud
scrip. was reported from the Committee on Bduca.
the time for presenting claims for additional boun
ties, was reported, without amendment, from
the Military Committee IA resolution was
adopted that in every grant OF land to railroads
hall hp tod urtu ri ~
settlers to homestesds on grsnts and requiring the
land 10 be put in the market at an early day at
price not exceeding 81 80 per acre. The Funding
and adjournment.
In the House, on the 1st, the Senate
amendments to the Post Route bill were concurred
in. Inquiry was ordered to be made as to
whether the Cherokees, Choctawe, or other Indian
tribes are citizens under the Fourteenth Amend
mont. "A joint resolution was passed, extending
to three years the time for keeping distilled spirits
per gallo gallon for each month sfier the first year.
resolution censuring John T Deweese, Of North
Carolina (resigned). for receiving pecuniary con.
S1
Of the COMMITTEES on Banking, presented the
testimony taken in the gold Investigation. and
Coz pssssnted i minority report Of himself and
Mr. Jones, OF Kentucky, which reports were laid
on the table. ordered printed and rocommitted.
n
Military Affairs continue It's investigation OF all
purchases or sales of cadetships by any person
who has been elected asa mel bcr or deies ate OF
Congress. or by any peron who holds any execu-
tive or Judicial once. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the I'd, the bill relative
to taking the census was reported back from the
Judiciary Committee and referred to the Commit
tee on Revision OF the Laws. The bill to regu-
late the salaries of United States Judges in Terri
tories was reported, without amendment, from the
Committee on Territories. "A bill was reported.
with amendments. from the Committee on Public
Landr granting lands to the State OF Minnesota to
aid in the construction Of the Lake Superior q
Vermillion Railroad. A report was made by the
Judiciary Committee relative to the organization
Of the Georgia Legislature, rectng the facts In the
case and concluding That in the following respects
the organization Of said Legislature has not been
warranted by law: Arst, in the control and direc
ton OF its proceedings by Harris; second, In the
exclusion from taking the osths and from seats Of
third, in the seating Of persons not having q ma.
by stating that inasmuch M the errors OF the Gcn
era In command OF the State do not appear to have
worked any serious injustice In point OF fact and
- the error In seating minority candidates was
committed by the House OF Representatives In the
exercise OF right ordinarily belonging to II In the
first instance, and as II appears that the terms Of
ONCE OF members OF the Georgia Legislature and
OF the State Government will expire at the same
time that they would have done had the state
been fully restored to its place In the Union In
July 1854, the committee feel justified in Omittng