Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-03-11
Weekly News Summary.
CONGRESSIONAL.

Union and Central Pacific Railroads; to divide the
State of Texas, and establish the Territories OF
Jefferson and Matagorda; legalizing certain loca-
tions of Agricultural College lands in Wisconsin !;
to prevent priZe-fghting 10 provide Territorial
Government for the District OF Columbia; for the
removal of political disabilities of various persons
.... The bill for the sale of the Great and Little
Usage Indian Reservations in Arkansas, and for the
settlement of said Indians in the Indian Territory,
was called up and debated The credentials OF
General Aines as Senator Elect from Mis-
question of the admission of Mr. Revels, of Mis-
slssippi was taken up and debated, and the motion
to refer the credentials was defeated 8 to 4S-and
the Senate-48 to 8-ordered the oath to he admin
istered Mr.. Revels then sworn into Office and
took the seat assigned him on the Republican side
Adjourned to the 25th. c,s
In the House, on the 25th, bills were in
troduced-to encourage the building of irstclass
iron steamships to aid in restoring commerce, and
for carrying the United States mails; to establish
a system of national education; to establish de-
partment of Justice Several private bills were
disposed of The Committee on Elections were
discharged from the further consideration OF charges
against the loyalty of Representative Hamill, Of
Maryland A memorial was presented for an ap-
propriate cee ebraton of the centennial anniversary
of American Independence. IA bill to admit
Georgia to representation in Congress was present
ed from the Reconstruction Committee, ordered
printed and recommitted; substitute was offered
and ordered printed IA resolution was adopted
instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to
ascertain whether any officer of the army or navy
has been engaged in the purchase or sale of cadet
ships The Indian Appropriation BILL appropriat"
ing s., 1888, ,935 was considered in Committee OF the
Whole, after which the House adjourned to the
29th
In the Senate, on the 2Sth ult., resolu-
tions of the Rhode Island and Virginia Legisla-
tures the former ratifying 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
u 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,
color, previous condition of seryitude, by pro-
vlding that any person hindering citizen OF the
United States, on any of these grounds from being
registered from voting, being voted for or holding
office shall be punished by fine of not less than
800 nor more than $500, and by imprisonment OF
not less than thirty days nor more than one year,
and a refusal to register the name or to receive,
count, give proper legal effect to the vote OF any
citizen under any PredfenfSe S OF en race coior
less than $500 nor more than $1,000,
and by imprisonment not less than one calendar
month nor more than two years-the United States
District Courts being given jurisdiction in such
cases, and required to enforce the law. >. The
Chair announced the appointment of Mr.. Revels
upon the Committee on Education and Labor.
Messrs. Hamin and Anthony were excused from
service on the Committees on Disabilities and
Mines, respectively. A resolution was adopted for
information as to what legislation is necessary to
American interests in China and Japan. The
joint resolution authorizing the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company to issue Its bonds FOR Tor the con-
struction of its road, and to secure the same by
mortgage was taken up and 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 so as to relieve the people of the late
insurrectionary States; relative to swamp lands in
Missouri; granting lands in aid OF the Laclede d
Fort Scott Railroad; to allow School Trustees to
enter lands for school purposes under the Home
stead law; for the survey OF the mouth OF the
Chippewa River, Wisconsin; to incorporate the
Indian Territory q Gulf Rairoad; to az ald the
Railroad, Nebraska ...... A resolution was
offered and adopted-107 to 48-in favor of such
tariff for revenue on foreign imports as will Incl
dentaly protect domestic manufactures and With
out imparing the revenue. impose the least bur
dens upon and best promote and encourage the
great industrial interests OF the country. The
Speazerpresented the designations OF Messrs Cola
day, of Kentucky, and Deweese of North Caro-
lima. :. The Polygamy bill was made the special
order for the 22d of March. The Indian Appro-
priation bill was further considered in Committee
of the Whole. Adjourned
In the Senate, on the 1st, a joint resolu-
ton was introduced and referred for the better
observance of Sunday in military and naval acade-
mics. A petition was presented and referred
from the colored men of Philadelphia for the pas
sage OF bill to secure to all persons equal protec
tion of the laws "A substitute for the joint reso
lutions concerning colleges for the benefit of
agriculture and mechanic arss, providing that dis
tinction on account of race, color or previous
condition of servitude, in any such Institutions or
by any State shall occasion the forfeiture OF lands
and scrip, was reported from the Committee
Education. The bill extending until December
|, 1870, the time for presenting claims for addi-
tonal bounties, reported, without amendment,
from the Military Committee -. A resolution was
adopted, that in every grant of land to railroads
proviso shall be incorporated securing the rights of
settlers o homesteads grants, and requiring the
land to be put in the market at an early day at a
price not exceeding So 30 per acre. The Funding
bill was further considered. Executive session
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, Choctaws, or other Indian
tribes are citizens under the Fourteenth Amend
ment.. "A joint resolution was passed. extending
to three years the time for keeping distilled spirits
in bond, and requiring the payment of one cent
resolution censuring John T. Deweese, of North
Carolina (resigned), for receiving pecuniary con-
sideration for cadetshiip appointment, was
man of the Committee on Bank
ing, presented the testimony taken in the gold in
vestigation, and the report agreed to by the COM
of himself and Mr.. Jones, of Kentucky, which re.
ports were laid ON the table, ordered printed and
reCommitted. "A resolution was adopted that the
Committee on Military fairs continue its investi-
cation of all purchases sales of cadetships by
any person who has been elected member or
delegate of the House of Representatives in the
Forty-First Congress, or by any person who holds
any executive or judicial office. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the Cd, the bill relative
to taking the census was reported back from the
Tn cia nd tn tha
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
Lands, granting lands to the State ofMinnesota 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, recng the facts In the
case and concluding that in the following respects
the organization of said Legislature has not been
warranted by law: first, in the control and dtrec
tion of its proceedings by Harris; second, in the
exclusion from taking the oaths and from seats OF
three members elected, who offered to swear;
third, in the seating of persons not having ma
jorty ofvotes at the election 1.-The report concludes
by stating that inasruch as the errors OF the en-
eral in command of the State do not appear to have
worked any serious injustice in point of fact, and
as the error in seating minority candidates was
committed by the House of Representatives, In
the exercise of right ordinarily belonging TO 1t
in the first instance, and as il appears that the
terms of office of members of the Georgia Legis-
lature and of the State Government viii expire at
the same time that they would have done had the
state been fully restored to its place in the Union
in july 1868, the committee feel justified in omit
ting TO recommend any further legislation on the
subject of organizing the Legislature. After
further consideration of the Funding bill, the
Senate went into executive session. and soon after
adjourned
In the House on the I'd, bills were
passed relieving from payment of fees, under the