Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-02-23
In the Senate on the 9th Mr.. Summers


amendment to the Amnesty bill sxas- passedby vote
of % to g. the Vice President casting the deciding
vote In the Affirmative The bin rs ended was then
voted uron and defeated-33 to Pit requiring Two
aiority A. Mr. Trg1m bull moved to take up
the last Amnesty bin passed by the House but before
reaching vote theSenate adjourned Suntli Monaay
Ii Tie House snthe eth the Secretary of the Treas
was apthorzed to apate the tax On y te
t9 q clio se & II agadss
wards wastlen taken up the unanimous report
committee being that Boles the Is d
sworn in.-aAdjouIned-A- - -@ ~s~ s~~sa-
In the Senate on the. 18th the Committee
on Library were insructedto report with reference
to The enactment Of Copyright law..The Commit
tee of WAYS and MeansIwas directed to inquire into
te S 81 feH f9s m u
ton of Mr. the COMMITTEES on Eorsig1f R ness
ing the joint resolution authorizing the President to
communicate to the Government OF Spain IN protest
cuba towsrd the ekinsse iaborsrs that island
1.-The motion to reconsider the vote by which the
Chicago Relief bill was passed was carFled-yea 70
In the House on the 18th a large number of bills
wbsb RsSa s apS e ten
rst-class iron steamships for postal naval and other
eHssoa FL IS psss
by the Government; to amend the National Banking
52g 81 81 MPga oP e 81 s
Cherokee lands of Kansas granting the right OF way
TO railroad companies y0 10
and corruption Of United States offcers-Mr Peters
introddcedsa bin allowing respondents IN criminal
casesinU lifted States Courts to testify In their own
Wood. from the Committee on Foreign Affairs. re.
ported bill relating to Observation-Disclosures
betweeQ the United States and foreign countries.
Reeunn1it =. Mr. Young offered al resoutienin-
suucing theJ judiciary Commit tee torepSrt bi feF
the removal of political disabilities from all who have
applied for such relief. ,Adopted..,.Mr Meyer moved
70 suspend the rules and adopt resolution Instruct
ing the Committee of Ways and Means to report a
bill repeating, all import duties tea and coffee
Adopted-yeas 140; nays 37.....Mr. Banks offered a
resolution instrucng the Pacific Railroad COMMITTEES
to investigate and report to the condition OF the
affairs of the NorthernS Pacific Railroad Company
with power to send forpersons and papersl Adopted
......Adj ourned. ~
In the Senate on the 18th the bill to reim-
bure soldiers for the loss of cothing in the Chicago
hfeswas passed. The bilkmodifyin 8 tfielawfso aste
prevent the removal Of Goods in bond from original
packages in of accident legal interference
was passed. The Postmaster General was directed
on the UnioIand central Pacific roads,and to Che
mail CONTRACTS of those roads ropfiatlon
bill was discussed, but no action journed
In the House on the 18th Mr.. Halsey from the Com
mittee on Public Buildings, reported bill appEo-
pratng $350a0o for public buildings at Albany, Ny
whicf met with considerable opposition, as opening
the way to endless expenditure in the direction
but finally passed The Housesthen went into
Committee of Whole and took Up the Naval APP
propratons bin which was Demonstrations action
until adjournment.