Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-02-04
Weekly News Summary,
CONGRESSIONAL.

w eokly NEWS summary.
CONGRESSIONAL.
In the Senate, on the 21st, memorials
and petitions were received and referred-fron
army officers for an increase of pay; for Six
teenth Amendment, giving suffrage to women; tt
abolish the franking privilege. Bills were intro
| duced and referred-to abolish the Freedmen's
Bureau, and to provide for Bureau of Education
to prohibit the sale of public lands in Kansas, ex-
| cept for actual settlement proposing an amend
me1t to the Constitution of the United States, to
| be known as the Sixteenth Amendment, declaring
that the basis of suffrage in the United States shall
be that OF citizenship, and all native and natural
zed cltlzens shall! enjoy the same rights and priv
eges OF the elective franchise. The Virginia bill
| was taken up and amended SO as to provide
| for the admission of the State upon GER
! tain conditions, by prohibiting any change OF
amendment OF the state Constitution to deprive
| citizens of the right to vote under the same who
are now entitled to vote and By providing that &c
shall never be lawful for said State to deprive any
citizen iof the United States on account OF race,
color, previous conditions of servitude, of the
right to hold office under the constitution and laws
OF Said State, 0rupon any such ground to require o.
him any other qualification for office than such as
are required of all other citizens, and also prOv1d
ing further that the Constitution shall never be sc
| amended or changed as to deprive any citizen ol
the United States of the school rights and privl
leges secured by the Constitution of said State;
substitute for the House preamble was also agreed
to- and and the bill as amended was passed14 to Il
....Ine currency Dill was taKen up ana lalQ over
| and the Senate adjourned to the Ath.
In the House, on the 21st, several pri
vate bills were disposed Of In Committee of the
Whole, speeches were made on various subjects
when the Committee rose and the House adjourned
with the understanding that the session on the 22d
was to be for debate only.
In the Senate, on the Gath, the creden-
tials of Hon. L. M. Morrill,, of Maine, were pre-.
sented, and the oath of Office administered. Pc
titions and memorials were presentation the
removal of duty on Canadian timber; for the aboli
tion of the franking privilege; against the con.
tinuance of the income tax "A joint resolution
granting pension to Mrs. Lincoln was offered and
referred "A bill was introduced and referred for
the relief of the District of Columbia. The bill
and to equaize the distribution and circulation OF
notes, was taken up and discussed. -. Executive
session and adjournment.
In the House, on the Oath, large num-
Der of bills were introduced, among which were
fixing the compensation of carriers at 81 200;
to increase the number of Judges of the Supreme
Court of the United States; to regulate the mode
of determining the ratification of Constitutional
Amendments granting 160 acres of land to sol
diers who served in the late war; to adjust the
payment of pensions on a gold basis; providing
coal mines for a survey Of Fort Gratiot Military
Reservation in Michigan; to authorize the people
of New Mexico to form a constitution and State
State; granting agricultural school lands
to several Territories to establish a postal
telegraph line; making appropriations for harbors
in Michigan; to provide for consolidation OF the
Indian tribes. The reply of the General of the
Army to the call for information to authority for
certain military ofacers acting as Committee on
Elections in the Georgia Legislature, stating that
they Were not acting as such committee, but as a
board outside the Legislature to assist General Ter
ry in the execution of his office and duties imposed
on him by act of Congress- was referred to the Com
mittee on Reconstruction The Virginia BILL as
amended by the Senate, was then taken up and, af-
ter considerable discussion, was adOpted136 to 81
....Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 25th, the proceed
ings of public meeting of Cleveland merchants
against the continuance of the income tax, were
presented and referred A substitute for the
Olutions regarding the income tax was reported
from the Finance Committee, providing that the
several duties on incomes, dividends, and salaries
imposed by said section shall continue for and
during the year 1870, and no longer; and so much
of said taxes as are not paid or payable during said
year, shall be collected and paid in the year 1871
1.-THE Currency bill was taken'up and discussed
....AdjOurned
In the House, on the 25th, petition
was presented against allowing American register
to foreign built ships, and for reduction of the
tax on shipbuding and commerce. ga bill was
passed. providing that title shall be acquired
perfected to any agricultural public lands in the
State of California not heretofore disposed Of ex.
cept by settlement under the homestead or pre-.
emptiOn laws. Bills were introduced and referred
authorizing the Northern Pacific Railroad Com.
pany to issue its bonds for the construction OF its
road and to secure the same by mortgage; grant
ing lands to Arkansas and Missouri Tor railroad
from the Mississippi to the Arkansas. The
League Island Navy bill was further considered
In the Senate, on the 26th, Mr.. Howell,
of Iowa, took the oath as successor to Mr.. Grimes
THE joint resolution of the Legislature of
Kansas, asking for the removal of the Capital to
the Fort Leayenworth Military Reservation, was
submitted. Petitions were presented-fOr an
amendment to the Constitution extending suffrage
to females; asking for an increase of salaries of
Judges of the United States Supreme and Circuit
Courts. "A bill was introduced, supplementary to
the Currency act of June 3, 1854 authorizing free
banking under that act. The bill for the disposal
of public lands in the Fort Ridgely reservation was
taken up and discussed during the morning hour,
when twas recommitted to the Committee on
Public Lands, and the Currency bill taken up and
discussed until adjournment.
In the House, on the 26th, resolutions
were adopted-calling upon the Secretary of the
Treasury for information regarding the Govern
ment and the Union and Central Pacific Railroad
Companies; directing the Committee on Mines
and Mining to inquire into the cause of the Avon
m esase mas
Yard bill was taken up and discussed, and was
finally tabled by vote of "a to g.. Resolutions
OF inquiry @ ala 10 ane en-
South to procure homesteads; as to the extent and
value of imports which could be produced in the
United States. :. The Legislative, Executive and
Judicial Appropriation bill was debated in Com
mittee of the Whole, after which the House ad-
journed.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the House
joint resolution prohibiting assessments upon, or
collections from, subordinate officials to make
presents to their superior officers, was passed
The bill to establish port of delivery at Omaha,
Neb., was discussed, and passed he credentials
of John b. Lewis and John W. johnson, Senators
elect from Virginia, were read, and Mr.. Lewis ap-
peared and the usual oath of office was administer
ed by the Chair The Currency bill was taken up
and discussed until adjournment.
In the House, on the 27th, bills were in
troduced and referred-to pay the China and Japan
indemnity fund into the Treasury; to establish
steamship lines; requiring National banks S, going
into liquidation, to deposit lawful money in place
of their circulating notes; to amend the law con-
stituting eight hours days work for government
mechanics, &c; to abolish mileage The bill to
prevent the further sale of public lands except un-
der the pre-emption and homestead laws was re-
ported from the Committee on Public Lands and
recommitted A resolution of inquiry was passed
relative to the Improvement OF navigation in the
Mississippi river at est or near ea;1ts the Falls OF
Postal Telegraph bill, consisting of Messrs.
Washburn, wis, Lawrence, Dawes, Davis, Palmer
Woodward, and Beck, was announced. Messrs.
Platt Ridgeway and Mines. Members from Vir-
rinia, were sworn in; objection was made to Mr..
oyerruled and he was sworn in. Bills were pass
ed-to amend the Virginia bill by constituting the
word 'oath'' to include affirmation; to abolish the
franking privilege, and to so into effect July liza
to IA "A resolution was reported from the Com
mittee on Elections declaring that II. d. Foster
was not entitled to the seat from the Twenty first