Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-01-25

resolution was adopted for the ap
pointnenf OF select committee OF nve
To inquire into the origin and character OF the
difficulties between the government and officials
Of Louisiana and the United States officials IN tna'
state and report. with Recommendations The
Amnesty bin pending in the Senate was introduced
and pss-ed-f10 10 81 il Is the same a. was passed
by the House al the last session. and excerpts mem
bcrs Of Congress ard officers OF the army and
navy who Joined the rebellion. A resolution was
adopted, calling for the unpublished s1rr CORES
deree relating 20 the release OF W. g. Haplne.
Fenlan prisoner A resolution was offered and
referred for a select committee in regard 10 station
ing United States troops In the Cherokee country,
Kansas Adjourned
In the Senate, on the 18th, several petit
tons were presented, among them the following
For a national Prohibitory law: against the Gov
eminent manufacture Of envelopes for national
schools against employing Government officers
who drink intoxicating liquors a bill was re-
ported from the Finance Committee and recon-
mitied repeating the duties on salt and iron
bin was introduced and referred directing that
terms OF United States Courts be held at Leaven-
worth A resolution adopted asking the
President TO give the Senate any information IN
his possession in relation TO the seizure by the
Revolutionary Government OF venezuela OF
steamer of the Venezuela Steam Transportation
Company. an American corporation. and the virtual
Imprisonment Of certain American citizens. The
bills to provide for the relief of Chicago sufferers
and amendatory of the act TO reduce internal taxes
and for other purposes, passed. july lSio, were
called up and debated -. Executive session and
adjournment,
In the House, on the 10Th, Messrs.
Scofeld, McCreary Smith Of New York, Voor-
hees, and Marshal were appointed Committee
on the Louisiana ifnbrogo. Bills were passed
for the relief OF the sufferers by the Chicago fire;
fixing the salary Of United States Consul at Tsin
Tsin, China, at $500; appropriating 100000 for
marking the boundary between the United States
and the possessions of Great Britain, from the
a. st.a Ia IN tha nnal~t Nntr ny OF nG
Considerable discussion had on the tariff ques-
ton as related to the shpbuding interest, and on
the amount Of compensation to American Consuls.
Adjourned
In the Senate, on the 18th, several
petitions were presented. Bills were introduced
to admit tea and coffee Free for the relief Of the
East Tennessee University; to indemnify Ken
lucky and other States for expenses incurred in
defence Of the United States; providing that the
State Of Kentucky shall be refunded the expenses
incurred for all troops thereof that acted in concert
with and in aid Of the troops Of the United States
and were made subject to the orders Of United
States officers commanding therein, whether they
were were not mustered into the service The
bill to provide for the appointment OF Labor
Commission was reported from the Committee on
Education and Labor, with amendments. The
Amnesty bill was further discussed by Messrs,
Sumner and Frelinghuysen Adjourned.
In the House, on the 18th, number of
petitions were referred, and numerous pension bills
were passed, among them one establishing the
principle Of granting a pension to the widow OF q
soldier after she had contracted second marriage,
and entered a second wdowhood. Bills were
passed-fxlng the date OF pensions at the time OF
the discharge or death Of the soldier, and extend
ing the time for application to July /, 1874 per-
hitting the Calcasien Sulphur and Mining Compa-
ny Of New Orleans to import, free OF duty, GER
tain machinery and accompanying implements, TO
be used only in the making series OF experiments
in mining for sulphur in the parish OF Calcasien,
the value OF the importation not to exceed $4,000;
and also permitting like importation Of machinery
by any persons employed in the manufacture OF
plate glass in the United States. The Civil Ser
vice Reform question was debated in Committee OF
the Whole Adjourned