Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-12-21
General News Summary.
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate, on the nth, Mr. Sumner,
at his own request, was relieved from the Chair
manship of the Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions Petitions were presented and referred
asking for repeal of the duty on salt Bills and
resolutions were introduced-For deepening the st.
Clair Flats Canal to sixteen feet referred for the
sale of the Kansas Indian lands, etc.-referred
providing for the ADJOURNMENT of Congress on the
third Monday in May, 1Ss2-laid over to restore the
records Of the United States Courts in the Northern
| District of Illinois and also for the relief of the
| United States Marshal of that dstrct-referred
legalizng the issue of goods, BLANKETS, etc, by the
Secretary of War to the Chicago sufferers A de-
bate was had OH a motion for the consideration of
a resolution directing the Military Committee to in
qure into the defalcation of Paymaster Hodge,
\ pending which the Senate adjourned.
In the House, on the nth, bills and
joint resolutions intEodtced-to carry out the
| Treaty CT Washington for a general amnesty.
without exception; proposing an amendment to the
Constitution to make naturalzed citizens eli
gible for the office of President Vice President:
appropriating 100000 for United States buildings
United States Court in Chicago: to divide Illinois
into three Judicial Districts; to relieve sufferers by
the a Sy am shonS
no power to raise taxes by imports or excise, but
only by direct tax oh PROPERTY. to be assumed.
collected and paid by States at their option; for
ship canal between the Mississippi River and Lake
Michigan: for suspension of duties on merchan-
disc entered at Chicago; for United States public
buildings at KANSAS City: proposing an amendment
to the Constitution prohibiting the intermarriage of
white and colored persons and authorizing States
to provide for the education Of white and cQlpred
children in separate schools to equalize bonnties
to soldiers and sailors in the late war; to extend
the time for completing the Military Road in Mich
igan: for United States public buildings in Denver
City; to facilitate INSTRUMENTATION and promote
cheap and uniform system of railroad transporta-
ton In all parts of the United States and Terri
tories The concurrent resolution for adjourn
ment from December 81 to January 8 was adopted
"A bill was reported and passed, appropriating
$4s0OOO to supply deficiencies in taking the ninth
census. The ApportiOnment bill was considered
in Committee of the Whole. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the House
resolution to adjourn over from December 21 to
January s. was concurred in. At his own request
Senator Morton was relieved from his position on
the Committee of Agriculture. A bill was intro
duced appropriating 81 900 600 for the purpose of
paying balances that may be found due under the
act to indemnify States for war expenditures =.
The resolution for final adjournment on the third
Monday in May was called up, and motion was
made that there be adjournment until after the
passage of bill securing equal rights, without
distinction of race Or color. Executive session
and adjournment.
In the House, on the 18th, various bills
were introduced and referred, among them one for
holding United States District Court at Toledo,
o. granting 5O0,0Oe acres Of public land for levee
ing the Mississippi River in Kentucky and Tennes
see; for United States public building at Mem
phis, Tenn; for the better detection and preven-
ton of fraud in the naval service Resolutions OF
the Tenqessee Legislature for systematic plan OF
meteorological observations and crop reports were
presented and referred. Resolutions were adopt
ed-directing an investigation into the manage
ment OF various I Executive Departments; IN
to ascertain and report whether any of the National
Banks in New York were interested or concerned
in promoting artificial scarcity of money. Bills
were passed-consod dating the Postal 1Gws for re-
lief Of purchasers of land sold for taxes in insur
rectionary States "A bill was reported from the
lo,o TO
Wednesday of January, fixing the first Monday of
November, 1872, as the time for the Presidential
election; The Apportionment bill was further
journed
In the Senate, on the 18th, a bill was in
troduced providing for the condemnation or pur-
chase, under the statute OF Illinois, of the remain
der of the Custom House Block in Chicago,
block within two squares thereof on which to erect
new government building, at total cost of S5,-
propriate Immediately. =. The House bill appro-
priating moneys for taking the last census was
passed. "A resolution was offered, providing for
a standing Committee of Investigation and Re-
tfenchtneht, to consist of seven members, to be
elected by the Senate and to have power to invesi
gate and report upon such subjects may be COM
mtted to it by the Senate; and an amendment was
proposed to the resolution directing the committee
to inquire into the expenditures in all branches of
what offices ought to be abolished, and what sala
ries or allowances ought to be reduced, ETC.; also
gvngft power to sit during the recess of Congress-
| Considerable debate ensued, but Il vote was not
| reached. Adjourned.
| In the House, on the 18th, bills were
introduced granting various land privileges to
Utah. Bills were reported and referred-appro-
priang s. 100000 for the erection of public build
ings in Chicago; appropriating $2500O0 for like
purposes in st. Louis According to new rule
Mr.. Chaffee, of Colorado, as a member of the Com
mttee Territories, and Mr.. Chapman as menl-
Der of the Committee for the District of Columbia,
such Delegates not to have the right of voting in
| the committees. The AppOrtionment bill was
| further discussed in Committee of the Whole A
| bill was reported from the Committee on Educa-
ton and Labor, for the appointment by the Presi-
dent with the advice and consent of the Senate of
acommission OF three persons, to hold office for
| two years, unless their duties shall have been
sooner accomplished, who are to investigate the
subject of wages and hours of labor and the dvis-
ion of the joint profits of labor and capital between
the laborer and capitalist, and the social. educa-
tiona and sanitary condition of the laborng classes
of the United States, and show how the same are
affected by the existing laws regulating commerce,
finance and the currency; such Commissioners to
receive salary of 900 each and may employ a
clerk and shall report the result of their investi-
cations to the President to be by him transmitted
baed at length, when, the morning hour having ex-
pired, the bill went over. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 14th, petitions
were prcsented-of the Venezuelan Steamship
| Company, asking redress for the seizure of their
steamers by Venezuela; of New York soldiers in
the late war, reeounting the services of women in
| the war, and asking Congress to make some pro-
vision for acknowledgment of their heroic and
charitable work. "A memorial against woman
suffrage was presented. Bills were introduced
| and refefred-to promote the securing of eff
cient seamen for the navy: for the relief of
certain settlers on the public lands in Iowa
-. The House bill TO equalize the pay for
/ taken up and re ,rred, with an amendment to re-
| peal the law to the Committee on Finance The
was taken up, and the amendment authorizing it to
| sit during the recess and send for persons and
| papers was debated at considerable length, and re-
| jccted-yeas a. nays 35-and the original motion
| was adopted. A motion then made to instruct
the committee provided for in the resolution adopt
ed, to inquire into all subjects enumerated in the
| rejected amendment but after further debate
without reaching vote on the motion, the Senate
/ went into executive session, and soon after ad
| journed to the 18th.
! In the House, on the 14th, resolution
was adopted calling the Secretary of the Treas
ury for information as to the number OF persons
employed, and the total compensation paid there
for in the collection of Customs for the fiscal yea
ending June So 1871 in the United States -. TIL,
| Apportonment bill was further considered in Com
mittee of the Whole, and the number of Represent
atives of which the House should be composed wa
fixed at 2S3, and an amendment was adopted provld
ing that no new State shall be admitted having les
population than the number fixed as a ratio o
| representation. and the bill, as amended was re
ported to the House and passed, without division
| The bill distributes the membership as follows
| Maine ................ 5IIllinois ..-.-.-..-. 1
New Hampshire. Arkansas
Vermont. ............. 2 Florida. ...............
| Massachusetts,. II Iowa. wa...........-.-....
| Rhode Island. ......... California.
| Connecticut -. ...... 4Oregon. .--...-.---..--
New York ........-.. 80 West Virginia.
New Jersey ...-..... 7lNebraska.
| Pennsylvania. 26 Kentucky. ----.-----. /
Delaware ............. Indiana. .----.--.--..-- /
| Maryland. ...... Missouri. ...-.-.----.. i
Virginia ............ 9 Michigan.
North Carolina ...... Texas ...--.-.-.-.----
South Carolina. ....... Wisconsin. ..--...-...
Georgia. .............. Minnesota. .--.--.-.-.
Alabama. ....... 80. Kansas. ...-..-...---...
Mississippi ..........- Nevada. .......-.-..
Louisiana. ......... 5
Ohio. hio............... 90 Total ...............2s .2s
Tennessee. ........ 9
In the House, on the 18th, bi
was reported from the Committee on Appropd ltion
debated at length and nassed authorizing the Sc,