Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-03-24
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


In the Senate, on the 10th, Howe
moved to proceed with the election of com
mittees, and the motion was agreed to. He
then submitted a resolution with list of the
standing committees determined upon by the
Republican caucus.-Sumner asked that
his name be stricken from the Committee on
Privileges and Elections. Agreed to.-The
resolution for the removal of Sumner from
the Foreign Committee and the appointment
of Cameron in his stead then came up.
Schurz denounced the resolution in the
terms, and asked why such q
change was demanded. Howe replied, in
brief, that the Senator from Massachusetts,
had refused TO hold personal intercourse with
the Secretary of State that it was deemed
best that the committee have q head who
would be on the best speaking terms with the
President and Secretary of State. Schurz
replied that he was very credibly informed,
and that from best authority, that the Sena-
tor from Massachusetts, (Sumner) had not re-
fused to enter into any official relations either
with the President or Secretary of State.
Howe asked that his friend would not change
the issue. He did not speak of their official
he spoke of ther personal relations.
Wilson followed, denouncing the resolution
in the bitterest terms. He stated that
this movement would wound or
OHenu nunQr6uS OF bnOusdnOb Oh bHo
best members of the party in the country,
and he believed those who persisted in car
rying it out were committing q fatal mis-
take.-Nye addressed the Senate in favor
of removal. He was followed by Logan,
Upton, Trumbull, and others, who de-
nounced the action as low-lived and unpre-
cedented, declaring that the movement was
an effort of the President to secure a majori-
ty in the Committee in favor of the annexa-
A. 4 n s.l.C .,
much opposed There was great excite
ment, and in the heat of the discussion tho
Executive was handled without Gloves
The motion to POSTPONE consideration until
to- morrow was finally lost, and q vote being
taken on the resolution, it was adopted
yeas, 80; nays, 9.-After short Execu-
tive session, the Senate then, at o'clock,
adjourned until Monday.
The session of the House on the 11th was
introduced de-
ficiency bill appropriating $141 ,555. Passed
lengthy discussion on the salt
and coal bills, and without coming to a def
mite conclusion, the House adjourned until
The Senate re-assembled on the 18th,
when a motion was made and carried to re-
fer all bills and petitions previously intro
duced to the new mmittees.--Several
new bills were introduced and appropriately
referred. The bill regulating the custom
service at the various ports of entry in the
United States was referred to the Committee
on Finance.-Sumner called up the bill for
the relief Of Nicholas P. Trist. Passed.
On motion of Thurman, the Senate took
mp the House resolution for final adjourn
ment on Wednesday, thereby making it the
first business in order to-morrow.--Aftera q
short Executive session the Senate then, at
s A5, adjourned.
In the House, a large number of bills were
introduced and referred, and will probably
lie over until the next session.--Dawes
offered the following resolution: ReS0LUed,
The Senate concurring, that the Speaker of
the House and the President of The Senate
adjourn their respective Houses for the first
session of the Forty-second Congress on
Wednesday, the 18th inst, at IL o'clock M,
without dav. Agreed to-yeas, 1875 nays,
37.--Hale offered the following: Resolved,
By the Senate and House of Representa-
tives, that from and after the passage Of this
act, salt shall be placed on the free list, and
no further import duty shall be collected on
the same The rules were suspended, and
the resolution adopted
moved a suspension of the rules in order to
pass Joint resolution now offered by him,
that from and after the passage of this joint
resolution no tax or duty shall be levied or
collected on foreign coal. Adopted-Yeas,
1872 nays, 55.--Randall moved TO suspend
the rules in order to pass bill that from
and after the passage of this act, tea and .
coffee be placed on the free list, and no fur
ther import duty shall be collected ou the
same. Passed.
In the Senate, on the l4th, the reso-
luton to adjourn sine die on the 18th was
tabled by a vote of 80 to 13.-Frelinghuy-
sen wanted to know how many States had
ratified the 18th amendment to the Constitu-
ton of the United States since the issue of
the proclamation of March 30 1S7O.-The
bill repeating the duty on coal was laid over.
The resolution in regard TO Ku-Klux
,utrages in the South was taken up, pending
which the Senate adjourned
In the House, after the disposition of a few
bills of minor Importance, Cox offered the
and demanded the previous ques-
ion:
ResoIved. That economy requires that the an
lual taxation should not exceed S25O,00O,0OO, in
.luding the S125,OOOOOO principal on the public
lebt.
ResoJped, That the tariff should be for revenue
,nly, and not for protection to certain class 0t
interests at the general expense. .
ResoLued, That in case this session ad iourn with
,ut the appointment Of n Committee Of Ways
md Means, special committee of seven be ap-
pointed to consider and report upon a reform in
,ur revenue. in such bill or bills embodying
evenue tariff on the foregoing principles as will
)est carry the same INTO practical effect: and IN
,ointed this session, that then said Committee
hall perform the duties required by this resolu-
ion: ..
,al disability bill was killed, after some dis
,ussion and considerable amending.-Ad-
ourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, Wilson
Introduced a bill to carry into effect the de-
,ision of the Supreme Court relating TO the
counties of soldiers enlisted between May 3
md July %, 1861. Passed. The bill gives
800 bounty TO honorably discharged soldiers
Enlisted between May and July %, 1861.
On motion of Trumbull, the House bills
epealing the duties on coal and salt were
cad second time,--A large number Of
ills were introduced and referred, when
he deficiency bill came up and was made
5he special order for to-morrow.--Ad-
ourned.
In the House, on the 18th, Ell ridge gave
iotice of his intention to introduce bill for
he suppression of the Ku-Klux in New
Dawes replied that New York,
s much as New Hampshire, was interested
n this bill being passed.-Several mo-
ions to adjourn were voted down.--Peters
fered the following resolution, which was
greed to:
ResoIved, That a select committee of thirteen
e appointed by the Speaker, whose duty IT shall
e to inquire into the condition Of the late insur-
dictionary States, so far as regards the execution
f the laws and the safety of the lives and pro-
erty of the citizens of the United States. and re-
ort the result of their Investigation to the
Iouse in December next with such recomnenda-
ion as they may deem expedient and that the
aid Committee be authorized to employ clerk
nd a stenographer to sit during the recess; seno
Or persons and papers. take testimony, ana WISH
I their discretion, through sub committee, any
nd that the exnense of said Committee be paid
rom the contingent fund of the, House.
Wheeler offered a resolution that, the
enate concurring, the President of the SEN
te and the Speaker of the House close the
resent session of Congress on the goth of
Iarch. at 12 o'clock noon. Agreed to
eas, III; nays, 76.-The Speaker then
committee under Peters ress.