Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-05-04
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On the 10Th the Speaker of the United
States House of Representatives announc-
Cd the appointment Of the following com.
mittee: On Joint Select Committee on
Outrages in the Southern 6tates-Messrs
Poland, Maynard, Sco6eld, Cook, Coburn,
Stevenson, Buckley, Lansing, Cox, Beck,
VOORHEES,, Van Trump, Waddell and Rob
inson- On Select Committee on Missis-
sipr Levees-Messn. Morey, Ke.chum,
Mckee, Getz and Duke.
The President, on the Goth, issued a
proclamation declaring that an extraor.
binary occasion requires the Senate of the
United States TO convene for the transac-
ton of business at the Capitol in the city
q Washington, on Wednesday, the 10th
day Of May next, at 12 o'clock, NJ, of
which all who shall at that time be en-
titled TO act as members OF that body are
hereby required to take notice"
Col N. B. Chapman, Republican, was,
on the 10th, elected Delegate TO Congress
from the District Of Columbia.
The President, accompanied by Senator
Morton and General Porter, left Wash
ington on the both for the West
A Washington dispatch Of the 21st says
that the Secretary of the Treasury had
authorized the different United States As
sistant Treasurers and Depositaries to
commence the payment of the interest due
May /, on Monday, April "a, without
rebate.
At the recent election in the District Of
Columbia in several Of the voting pre-.
cincts 9 number Of women approached
the polls, with tickets In their hands,
claiming the right TO vote. They were
treated courteously by the Commissioners,
but were informed that their names were
not on the registry list. They thereupon
presented afiidayits that they are legally
qualified voters, and that they had pre-
scented Themselves for registration and
been refused These affldavits were pre-
sented as preliminary to legal proceedings.
In some cases the woman were accom-
panied by lawyers. OF the % members Of
the House Of Delegates, the Republicans
elected Is and the Democrats T. General
Chipman's majority for Delegate to Con-
gress is 4,087.
The United States Supreme Court at
Washington has finally. by vote of five
to four, sustained the constitutionality of
the legal tender act. Those voting in the
affirmative were Messrs. Miller, Davis
Strong, Swayne and Bradley; in the mega
tive, Messrs. Chase, Nelson, Clifford and
Field.
Several Of the women in Washington
who offered to vote, but whose ballots
were rejected, at the recent District of Co.
lumbia election, have employed counsel,
with the determination to try the question
Of their constitutional right to vote.
The Board of Aldornnan Of Washington
City have passed q joint resolution-11 to
4-prohibiting corporal punishment in the
public schools Of that city.
A crazy man named Patrick McGinness,
hailing from Pawtucket, II. l., was in
Washington few days ago, and claimed
that he was the President of the United
States and rightfully entitled to the Presi-
dental chair. He made two violent at.
tempts To enter the White House. He was
finally taken into custody and sent to an
insane asylum.
A Washington special TO the New York
Tribune Of the Goth says: at is positively
asserted that the treaty of the Joint High
Commission will contain no provision OF
any kind for reciprocity with Canada
That proposition to balance free fisheries
with free transportation for lumber, coal,
etc., was made in the commission is not
doubted, but, as the American Commits
sioners were assured that no treaty which
contained such provision would be rati-
fed, 1t is said that all reciprocity was omit
ted"