Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-02-24
Congressional Summary.

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military reservations was concurred IN;
| The bill to enable honorably discharged sol :
| diers and sailors,- and their widows and
| orphans. to acquire homesteads on the pubic
| lands of the United States, with amendments
| strik ng out the provisions allowing Inc as
-signlnent of homestead certificates, and by
emitting the section allowing the entry Oh
!. the land BY an agent or attorney, was re-
ported.-The Senate, according to pre-
! 1yious order, took up the joint resolution
prescribing the form of oath to be taken by
| Mr.. Miller, claiming seat as Senator from
Georgia. After long and tedious discus
sion, a vote was taken upon the pending
| question, which was upon ordering the bill
to a third reading, which resulted-yeas, % ;
nays, 20. The bill was accordingly read
| third time and passed
| HoUsE-A bill was introduced to protect
| loyal and peaceable citizens of the South.
| The reading of the bill and the voting occu-
| pied all that was left of the morning hour,
| the object being to prevent the Air Line
Railroad bill from coming before the House.
| After numerous unimportant resolutions had
been disposed of, Ingersoll moved to suspend
the rules so as to take up the bill for con-
| sideraton, but the motion was rejected
| yeas, III; nays, 74.-Dyer moved to sus-
pend the rules and pass the bill to authorize
the construction of bridge over the Missis-
| sippi river at Louisiana, Mo-, and over the
Missouri river at Glasgow, Mo. Agreed to.
The Senate bill authorizing water gauges
| to be established and observations made on
the Mississippi river, in relation to levees,
was taken from the Speakers table and
passed. Beaman moved to suspend the
rules and pass the bill to enable the jackson,
Lansing and Saginaw Railroad Company to
change the northern terminus of the road
from Traverse Bay to the Straits of Macki-
nav, Agreed to-After discussing the
subject of military aid at length, the House
adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the House
joint resolution appropriating $4,000 to Geo
! +. Robinson, for his services in saving the
life of Secretary Seward, was adopted
| Sumner, from the Committee on Foreign Re
lations, reported adversely the House bill
directing the Secretary of State to cause to
be brought home and inferred the remains oil
Generals Ashman and Steadman, and Elisha
N. Saulnier, the late United States Consul al
Vera Cruz. The bill was indefinitely post
poned.-The bill authorizing the Postmas-
ter General to contract for the carrying OF
mails was passed.-The bill making an ap-
preparation of 81 900 for the compensation OF
Nicholas P. Trist, as negotator of a treaty
was passed. called up the House
bill regulating Geographic communication
between the United States ana foreign coun-
| GIlcS. AlUCI uCDdGcJ GIlG OC1ldCCJ WlUAOUG dC-
ton, ad journcd.
In the House, on the 18th, Beck, from the
Conference Committee on the West Point
| Military Academy Appropriation bill, made
q report, which was agreed to.-Brooks, Of
Massachusetts, called up the contested cleo
ton case of Shofe against Tillman, in the
Fourth District Of Tennessee-A resolu-
ton declaring Tillman, the sitting member,
entitled to theseat, and allowing Shofe $4 500
Of thkaIIt
debate.--Usher moved to proceed with the
consideration of the report of the Committee
on Military Affairs on the West Point Acade-
my difficulties. Agreed to.-The evening
session was entirely devoid of interest. Sew
eral speeches were made, when a motion to
adjourn was adopted. s
| In the Senate, on the 18th, Sumner
introduced the following resolution: Re
SolUed, That the Secretary of the Navy be
directed to communicate to the Senate q
copy of the instructions to the commander
of the ship Tennessee on her present cruise
"A long argument on the Fifteenth
Amendment was had between Morton and
| Blair The Presidents message, returning
the test-oath bill without his signature, was
read He takes ground in favor of the full
repeal of that obligation, on the ground OF
| the obvious unfairness of asking those for
whom the oath was not made to take it,
| while it relieves those against whom it was
J intended IA few unimportant resolutions
were offered and properly referred, after
| which the Senate took a recess until even
| ing, but at the evening session there was no
quorum.
In the House, on the 18th, the considera-
ton of the bill reported by the Judiciary
| Committee to enforce the right of citizens OF
the United States, under the Fifteenth
amendment, to vote in the several States OF
the Union, was taken up. The debate was
| long and warm, and brought out all the fine
language and beautiful expressions of the
House, the choicest Of the latter being that
of Voorhees,, that "the bill provides for an
army Of officials all over the land as thick as
| locusts and as mean. as the lice of Egypt, to
arrest, without warrant, free-born citizens"
Finally vote was reached, and the bill
passed-yeas, IA; nays, "a. 1t contains
nineteen sections, covering twentyfour
pages.-The House met in the evening at
| 1880. Numerous reports were made, but no
business of Importance was accomplished,
and at 9:20 a motion to adjourn was adopted.
In the Senate, on the 10th, a motion
to consider the bill preventing cruelty to ami
mails was objected to--Cragin reported,
without amendment, the House bill provid-
ing for the recovery of damages for the loss
of the sloop-of-war Oneida.-Nye, from the
| Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the bill
| for the relief of contractors for the construc-
| ton of vessels of war and steam machinery,
| with the veto message of the President re-
turning the bill with his objections. The
| question being, Shall the bill pass, notwith-
standing the objections of the President? the
yeas and nays were called, and resulted
| yeas, 2 ROSS and Salisbury nays, ST.
The Legislative Appropriation bill came up
as the regular order of business, after the ex-
piration Of the morning hour. The question
| being upon the amendment to increase the
salaries of United States District Judges, the
proposed increase was retained in the bill
yeas, 80; nays, %. The following is the
scale: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
$500; Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court, $S,0OO United States Circuit Judges,
! $4,000; Chief Justice of the Court of Claims
and Superior Court of the District of Column
bia, $4,000; Associate Justices of the same
Courts, 5000; United States District Judges,
$4,000.
In the House, on the 10th, it was ordered
that, on and after Saturday, the 18th, the
| House meet at IL o'clock a. m.-The reso-
luton directing the dismissal of the leaders
and instgators in the first class at West
Point, and the court-martialing of the others,
was agreed to by 113 to 109.-The House
then, at $50, proceeded to the consideration
of the bill reported by Conger, to provide for
better security on board vessels propelled
in whole or in part by steam. The bill es-
tablishes regulations to be observed by
from fire, leaking, explosion, or other acct
dents. 1t was passed as substitute for the
Senate bill.-Adjourned.
A FRIGHGFUL PICTURE.-One of the
best informed of all the German cores
pondents writes in letter from Yer
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