Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-05-25
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

! SRNATE, May 13 The resolutions of the
Illinois Constitutional Convention for the removal
| of the national capital to the Mississippi Valley
were read and tabled.-Bills were introduced
granting land TO aid the construction of railroad
| from Chippewa River, Minn, to Dakota Territory,
supplementary to the civil rights act giving equal
rights TO all citizens on railroads, steamboats, and
public conveyances, in theatres, homes, public
schools, etc. and providing penalties for intrac-
ton. A bill passed appropriatng S225,0G0 for the
! construction of a breakwater at Lewis, Del,-The
Legislative appropriation bill was proceeded with,
much time spent in discussions, and amend
ments We're finally adopted, securing to naval off,
GERS and surveyors of ports the full compensation
received by them under the act of 1871, until re-
Gently fixing the salary of assistants in each
tive department of the Second Comptroller, Comp
troler of the Currency, Commissioner of Customs,
Solicitor, Register Auditors of the Treasury, Com
m1ssloners Of Pensions, Indian Affairs and Land
Office, at $4,000 each; continuing in Office the So
lcltor and Naval Judge Advocate by the usual ap-
propriaton of S3500. Adjourned TO Monday.
HoUsE--Several bills were passed among
which was one for the rel eff of widows and orphans
of the Oneida, allowing twelve months pay from
the date of the loss appropriatg 1925 900 in gold
coin, to be paid to the British government under
award of the commissioners to settle the claims of
the Hudson Bay and Puget Sound companies, the
award fixing the payment at $3.50 600 in annual
installments, the first of which takes place on the
10Th of September. The tariff bill taken up
in committee of the whole. The tax on flour or
| meal of oats, wheat. rye, corn buckwheat,
liked at one cent per pound; on middlings ship
of any kind ground mixed for feed
thirty per cent ad val rem ON wheat, thirty cts
rye, twenty barley, twenty-five; corn, fifteen;
oats, fifteen cents per bushel the tax on oranges
lemons &C., was increased from ten to fifteen per
cent ad valorem the tax potatoes was increas-
ed from fifteen to twenty five cents per bushel; the
duty on rice was fixed at two cents, and sheled at
three CENTS The committee rose and the House
adjourned to Monday.
SENATE, May 16-Bills were passed
gran ng public lands in Alabama to the Decatur &
Aberdeen railroad; granting lands to aid in the
construction of railroad from the western bound
ary of Minnesota at the junction of the Sioux Wood
River with the Red River of the North to the Win
npeg district of British America.-Ihe appropria-
ton bill and the bill abolishng the franking priy.
ege were laid aside, and the bill enforcing the fif
teenth amendment was taken up. 1t was discuss
ed until after five O'Clock, when the Senate went
into executive session, and soon after adjourned.
HOUSE "A large number of bills was in
troduced, among which these: By Mr.. vii
son. of Ohio-To prevent cruelty to animals while
in transport by railroads, etc. By Mr.. Lawrence
Relative to qualifications of assistant marshals to
take the census so as not to exclude women. By
Mr.. Roots-Granting lands for railroad from the
Mississippi River to the Arkansas River, along the
thirty-sixth parallel. By Mr.. Sawyer-To incor
porate the International Society of the United
States for the promotion of Protection to Imnli-
grants; granting right of way to the Green Bay
and Lake Pepin Railroad Company across the
Oneida reservation in Wisconsin. Mr.. Van Wyck
TO increase the pensions to invalid soldiers, wild
ows and minor children. BY Mr.. Randall-grant-
ing bounty to enlisted men in the ordnance corps
who served through the Iebellion. By Mr. Conner
To repeal the provisions of the act of April 18th,
1885, which authorizes the Secretary of the Trea-
sury to fund the public debit also for the appoint
ment of select committee to take action concern
ing the Indian outrageS on the western and south
western frontiers in violation of the Kansas trea
~ Of Of1S69.-Schenck, from the Committee on ways
and Means reported a bill for the reduction OF
taxation, by abohshing many of the special taxes.
The estimated amount OF reduction is S33 9e6, TIC.
The bill was ordered printed and recommitted
to the Ways and Means committee with instructions
to report it at any time.A resolution was adopted
that motions to close the debate all paragraphs
of the tariff bill embraced in general ssbject
shall be in orde IA motion to postpone all prior
orders until after the appropriation bills are dis
posed of was agreed to- yeas 80, mays 75-The rules
were suspended and a bill passed to enforce the
right of citizens of the United States to vote in the
several states of the Union, who have hitherto
been denied that right on account of race, color,
or previous condition of vitude. Adjourned.
SENATE, May II. Cameron, presented
several petitions praying for the abolition
of taxation on productions, and spoke in IA
vor of the substitution of external for internal
taxes and the abolition of the income tax How
ard from the Committee Pacific Railroads,
ported substitute for the Marshall and San Diego
Railroad bill. 1t grants twenty alternate sections
of land each side of the line in the territories,
and ten SECTIONS in any state through which the
road may pass.-The bill for the enforcement OF
the fifteenth amendment was taken up and discuss
ed until five O'Clock when the Senate went into ex-
ecutive session, and soon after adjourned.
HoUsE-W Wood and Washburn discussed
the bill to revive American commerce until the ex
pration of the morning hour, when the bill Went
over.-Petitions were presented praying for the
presentation of articles of impeachment against
Stephen A. Field, justice of the United States Su-
preme Court and Ogden Hoffman judge dc fdct0 OF
The United States district court of California
naval appropriation bill was taken up in committee
of the whole. Morgan, Stevens, Cox, Dawes and
Logan assailed the management of the Navy de-
partment as extravagant and inefficient. Dawes
charging that the Navy cost three four times as
much as the same force in the British navy After
q long discussion some amendments, it was
found that the House without quorum, and
the committee rose, and the House adjourned.
SENATE May 1S-Various petitions were
presented, among which was one in favor of the
ratification of the SANTANA Bay treaty.-SeVeral res
olutions were adopted, among which was one re-
quesling the President to communicate copies OF
any correspondence papers i'll the State Depart
ment relating to the passage of any English or
Canadian steamers through Sault Ste Marie canal
The remainder of the days session was consumed
in debating the bill to enforce the 18th amendm ent
The evening session was occupied by Cragin in a
speech in favor of the bill to execute the laws IN
Utah. Adjourned.
HoUsE-A bill was passed to allow hon.
orably discharged soldiers and sailors to enter un
der the homestead act quarter sections of land in
alternate reserved sections of public land along
! the lines of railroads and other puohc WORKS TO
which public lands have been granted.-The re-
mainder Of the morning hour was devoted to dis
cussion of the bill to revive the navigation and
commercial interests of the United States.-Tne
| House then went into Committee of the Whole on
/ the navy appropriation bill The following amend
1nent was agreed to in relation to the salaries of
naval officers: Admirals-$12, 600; Vice Admirals
at sea, 5000; shore duty 1900; waiting orders
| 5000; when relieved, -; Rear Ad1n1rals--a1
sea, 6, 90; on shore duty, 1850; waiting orders
$500; when retired, 2.4OO: Oommodores-5.0 600;
1000; 5000, and 2,250 Gaptains-420O 1850
$500, and 1000. Commanders-3,50O; $500; 2, lot
| and I,SOO. Lieutenant Commanders--31 1926; $500
1000; 700 Isfeatenants-2,5 800; 1000; 1,500; l.,
30O Masters-2, 900; 900; 200; 1000. Ensign
16OO 1880; $50; 500. Staff officers to receive pa!
according and relative to rank as specified in Gen
Order of the Navy Department of March 13, 1861
This amendment, it was stated. reduces the pa7 o
Admiral 81 ,335; of Vice Admirals at sea $685. ant
on shore So, ,133, etc. Some other amendment
were adopted, when the committee and re
ported the bill to the House, and it was passed
| Adjourned.