Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-02-11
Weekly News Summary.
CONGRESSIONAL.


THE amendment to the Virginia bill, allowing
an affirmation to be made by those conscientiously
scrupulous against taking the oath, was passed
Resolutions were agreed to-instructing the Com
mittee judiciary to report whether further egls
lation is necessary on the subject of the organza-
tion of Provisional Legislature in Georgia.; re-
uuesting The Secretary of War to communicate the
result of the survey of the harbor OF Duluth,
its improvement. Bills and joint resolu-
tions were introduced-to authorize the
Kansas Pacific Railroad to extend and construct a
railroad and telegraph to FL Paso, Mexico; direct
ing the payment of bounties to colored soldiers
and seamen, regardless of their former condition
of servitude; allowing settlers on the late Sioux
Reservation. in Minnesota, to make proof and pay
ment of their claims up to the 1st of next March
=. The Presidents veto of the bill extending
Rollin Whites patent was considered .The. Dill
appropriating $50 GOO for the relief Of the poor ana
destitute in the District of Columbia was passed
....Adj djourned to the 31st
In the House, on the 2Sth, J. A. Gibson,
member-elect from Virginia, was sworn in. Bills
were introduced and referred-to preserve the
navigation of the Mississippi at near the Falls of
St. Anthony; granting lands to the Deer Creek s.
Marble Quarry Railroad Company OF Michigan,
for the collection of debts due from Southern rail-
road corporations; to organize the Terrltory OF
Lincoln, and consolidate the Indian tribes into a
Territorial Government for the District OF Coum-
bia; to regulate commerce between the States IN
regard TO commercial paper to abolish Inc ine
market gardeners -. A bill was passed. abolishlng
the office of Congressional Printer, and creating
81 TOO year. :. A report was made by The Com
mittee on Elections in the case OF claimants 1or
seats from the State of Georgia. under the election
Of April 20 1868 declaring them not entitled to to
adopted. A post-r0ute bill was reported and
passed . The Appropriation bill was discussed in
Committee of the Whole. =. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 31st ult., bills were
introduced-to abolish the office of Surveyor of
Customs relating to the Central Branch OF the
Union Pacific Railroad Company; to provide for
the admission of Mississippi :. The House bill to
abolish the frankng privilege reported favoraby
80 "A petition was presented from citizens OF Kan
sas for the selection of commission to distribute
eligible lands for homesteads for freedmen The
resolutions of the Ohio Legislature, ratifying the
Fifteenth Amendment, were presented 80. .Resolu-
tions of inquiry were offered and adopted The
Currency bill was taken up and an amendment
adopted-4S to 12-that banking capital may be
transferred from State having more than Its pro-
portion to State having less. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 31st, Richard S.
Aver and Lewis Mckenzie were admitted as Rep
resentatives from Virginia. "A large number OF
bills were introduced and referred, including the
following to admit Mississippi to representation
in Congress; to remove all political disabilities; TO
divide Ohio into three judicial districts to author
ize and aid the Kansas Pacific Railroad Company to
extend the road to Ell PasO to repeal the act OF
the Sd Of March, 1863 relative to haoeas cofas 10
abolish the Department of Agriculture; to declare
Grand River in Missouri, not navigable; to provlde
for the redemption of not exceeding $100,00O,O0O
in United States bonds, and issuing therefor an
equivalent amount of notes not bearing interests
fixing the pay of Senators and Representatives
at $1,000 per year, and reducing mileage to
10 cents per mile from the 4h OF MarGs is7s l9 Ky
time for filing claims for additional bounties; for
the extension of the Portage Lake Canal to Re
weenaw Bay, Mich. "A resolution to grant bellig,
obi tO RenUhljc
and referred. "A resolution declaring that the ma
tonal debt should be paid in strict compliance with
the contract and that 5-20s are payable in green
backs, and condemning the policy of the admins.
tration in redeemng such bonds at high rate OF
premium, while 1t has the clear right to redeem
them at par was offered and laid on the table-122
to Al Several resolutions of inquiry were
adopted. =. The Senate amendments t. the House
bl to establish land district in wyoming Terri
re Olution. accepting the statue of General Green,
wa s agreed to; and the Senate bill to make Omaha
aport of delivery was referred. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 1st, memorial
was presented and referred praying for such egis-
lation as will secure the Government OF the United
States to the white race. "A joint resolution re-
storing Mississippi to representation in Congress
was introduced and referred. "A resolution was
adopted, instructing the Committee on Foreign
Relations to consider the expediency OF recon-
mending to the President that this government
shall tender mediation between the Dominion OF
Canada and the people of the Red River settle
ments with a view to the adjustment of pending
difficulties ;. The Chair designated the new Sen
ators from Iowa and Virginia, Howell, Lewis, and
Johnston, to fill vacancies upon the Committee on
Political Disabilities, Pensions, and District of Co.
lumbia. The Currency bill was taken up and an
amendment adopted-39 to 4-that the amount OF
additional circulation shall be GOO 000 several
other amendments were disposed OF, when the
Senate adjourned.
In the House, on the LIST, Geo. W.
Booker, member elect from the Fourth Congress
sional District of Virginia, sworn in. The
bill to amend the Tariff law was reported from the
Committee of Ways and Means, and made the
special order for the 18th After further consider
ing the Legislative Appropriation bill In Commit
tee of the Whole, the House adjourned
In the Senate, on the Cd, the Currency
bill was taken up and passed39 to %; it increases
the volume of banking currency by forty-fve mil
lions aud after the distribution of this amount to
those States now having less than their share,
there shall be equalization of banking capital
by the withdrawal and transfer OF twenty millions
from States now in excess Bills were introduced
granting land to aid in the construction OF rail-
road and telegraph line from the Mississippi to the
Arkansas river, near the thirty sixth parallel; to
provide for the location of Agricultural College
Scrip by actual settlers. Adjourned.
In the House, on the I'd, the Speaker
announced the appointment of Messrs. Luke P.
Poland James A. Garfield and Samuel S. Cox as
Re gents of the Smithsonian Institute. -. resolu-
tion was adopted declaring that the people of Cuba
have for more than fifteen months carried on active
hostilities against Spain for independence; that
they have established and still maintain de fdct0
government, and now occupy with their armies and
control large portion of the island, and instruct
ing the Committee On Foreign Affairs to inquire
what reasons, if any, exist why the Republic OF
Cuba should not be recognized by the United tates
Government as belligerent. "A joint resolution
was passed authorizing the Secretary of War to
provide for taking meteorological observations at
military and other points in the interior OF the con-
Qnd fOrO Or vi Nnrth ol-ac
| and seaboard of the approach of storms Bills
were introduced and referred-to amend the act OF
April 10, 1869, extending the time flor the compile
tion of the first section of the Little Rock 81 Fort
Smith Railroad; to dispose of the Cherokee neu-
rallands in Kansas to settlers only; to amend the
act granting lands to Kansas for railroad purposes
| for the survey and sale of unsold public land in
| Porter and Lake counties, Indiana; to amend the
act gulating trade and intercourse with Indian
tribes The Senate bill for the relief of the poor
in the District of Columbia by an appropriation OF
money, army clothing and ratfons. was Considered
| in Committee of the Whole, and amendment
adopted, after which the House adjourned
In the Senate, on the Sd, bill was re.
ported from the Finance Committee to authorize
the funding and consolidation of the national debt
| to extend banking facilities and establish specie
| payments. "A bill was introduced and referred
to reorganize the marine hospital service and pro
vide for sick and disabled seamen "A resolution
| was adopted instructing the Committee on the
Judiciary to inquire into the power of the Govern
ment, to give. protection to its citizens within
| the limits of certain Southern States, ant
| to report what legislation is required ant
especially to inquire into the constitution
Atty and and eSxpediency Sp OF establishing a ma
law. ii. The joint resolution authorizing the Secre
tary of the Navy to transfer to the use of the Blu
reau of Construction and Repairs and of Steam En-
gineering, such appropriations to the credit of othe
| bureaus in that department as may be required
| was taken up, debated, and amended so to pro
vide that the wages of workmen employed in tn
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