Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-12-28
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS-.

MONDAY, December 1S.-SENATR-
Mr.. Corbett introduced measure to cause
national banks to hereafter keep reserve in
| gold instead Of legal tenders. Mr.. Conklng
offered 8 resolution instructing the &c mmittee
on Investigation and Retrenchment tc inquire
/ into the reported abuses in the New York
| - General Order Business" Mr.. Anthony Of
| fered resolution for the appointment Of the
! following Committee on Investigation and Re-
| trenchment Messrs. Bucklngha Pratt,
| Howe. Harlan Stewart Pool and Bayard. The
| formation Of this committee provoked lengthy
debate, in the course of which motion was
made and carried to add Mr.. Casserly. Demo
crat to the committee. The resolution was
finally adopted by = vote of AZ yeas and nay
Here the House bill in relation TO boilers
used on the Mississippi river was taken up and
passed..
MONDAY. December 1S.-HoUsR--
A number of bills were introduced, including
the following To legali2e the polygamist
marriages, and to dismiss all criminal pro-
ceedings in Utah against polygamists to au-
thorize tho Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way to change the direction of their road in
Michigan; also for change in tho direction of
the Ontonagon and Lake Superior Railroad !;
for the improvement Of the navigation Of the
Des Moines Rapids for public buildings in
Oshkosh, Wis. for the admission OF Utah, as a
state for preliminary survey for ship ca
nal from the southern point OF Lake Michigan
to the Mississippi river near the mouth of the
Ohio. Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, intro
duced bill declaratory Of the rights of suf-
frage, and declaring women entitled to suf-
frage under the Fourteenth Constitutional
Amendment Thursday next was assigned to
general debate.
TUESDAY, December 19.-SESATE. 49,
The House bill appropratng $i000,000 for
public buildings in Chicago was passed. Mr.
Stewart introduced q resolution providing a
sixteenth amendment TO the constitution pro-
hibiting giving aid to sectarian schools. Mr.
Sumner gave notice that he would propose an
amendment to the constitution providing that
the President shall be Ineligible for reelection.
Mr.. Edmunds introduced a bill to punish
stock gambling BY public officers, and for other
purposes. 1t prohibits all persons employed
in the Treasury department or in the collection
or disbursement Of the revenue from being
engaged or concerned in buying or selling coin,
government securities or stock of any de-
scriphon, under the penalty OF fine not ex
ceeding 1000, or imprisonment not exceed
ing ten years, or both at the discretion Of the
court. The resolution directing the Committee
on Retrenchment to inquire into tho charges
made by Mr.. Schurtz in reference to the Gen
eral Order Business IN tho New York custom
house was adopted with amendments. a reso-
luton directing the Sergoant-at-Arms to arrest
Saunders, the refractory witness in North
Carolina, was passed. The Senate then went
into executive session.
TUESDAY, December 19-HoUsE
A number of bills were introduced and re-
fowod. A debate took place on Mr.. Harris
labor bill, after which bill appropriating
& n, $40 10 supply the deficiency in the expen-
SOS of the Ku-klux Committee was pas sed, and
the House nd Ourned