Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-12-29
Proceedings in Congress.

In the Senate, on the 14th, Mr.. Anthony's
resolution to create Committee on Retrenchment
was adopted.....An amendment by Mr.. Trumbull, au-
thorizng the committee to sit during the recess and
to send for persons and papers was voted down. In
sSTWher e in the world civil Service than
that of the United States pray God to deliver that
s@s Of Oregon to be- Attorney General Of the United
States vice Akerma1 resgned was una con-
In the House, same day, Mr. Burchard offered a
resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for
total paid in the
lection of customs for the fiscal ending June 3d.
1871 in the United States Adopted: Various pro
ing on the number of Representatives. of which the
should BE Of Mr. Gape
The greater portion of the time of the
House, the 18TH taken UP with discussion on
the appropriation for the government buildings at
Chicago. An amendment was offered cutting down
the amount to s. and another to So 000 but
both were voted down, and the bill passed az it came
from the Committee on Appropriations viz: "a 1000 600
for purchase of land and buildings House then
went into Committee Of the Whole. Mr. Wheeler S in
mittee on Foreign affairs making appropriations to
pay the expenses of carrying out the treaty OF
ee0ey BY the U detaIcatons Of F. A. Mccartney late
discussing clerk of the Post Office Department, was
also Observation-Disclosures until Monday, the lStn
The Senate on Monday, the 18th, passed
the House bill in relation to steam boilers used on
the Mississippi remainder of the session
was taken up by discussion on the appointment of a
Committee ON Investigation and Retrenchment.
ton sympathzing with all efforts to establish self
families and friends of all persons who have lost their
lives either in tha field the scaffod. elsewhere
MFR. Butler. of Massachusetts, introduced bill
declaring women entitled to the suffrage under the
Fourteenth constitutional amendment, but the House
adjourned without action upon it. -., .--...
The Senate, on Tuesday, passed the House
bill appropriating $4,000 for public buildings in
Chicago.....Mr. Sumner gave notice that he would
propose an amendment to the Constitution. providing
ION motion of Mr.. Schurz, the President was re.
quested to give nformat to the relations OF the
United States with SPAIN concerning her treatment Of
Americans in Cuba Also the instructions to our ma
val commanders ia Cuban waters Tor the purposes
stated in the Presidents message...Mr. Conklng's
to inquire into the charges in reference to the gene
ral-order business in the New York Custom House.
was adopte d...Mr. Pool, at his own request was ex
cused from serving the COMMITTEES of Investigation
and Retrenchment....A resolution from the Commit
wood of Georgia, entitled to seat in the Senate was
agreed to, and he was sworn in.
yestgation by the Banking Committee of the recent
failure of National Banks, was adopted.A resolu-
ton adopted calling on the OF State f6I
of the United States before the Geneva arDIra,
The Secretary of the Treasury was requested
to give information as the amount OF $40 bonds re-
deemed...A message from the President relative to
civil service reform, read and referred....I ne
Senate amendments to the bill for the .nfcago Sus,
the Committee on Appropriations reported the plil
expenses of the Ku-Klux COMMITTEES. In reply to
Mr. Eldridge he stated the total cost Of the
seven S volumes O making about 5000 pages An
amendment was adopted that an itemized account Of
the commttees expenses be printed in the Globe The
bill then pasSed. and the House adjourned.