Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-19
General News Summary
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and Select Committees were elected MIR. Wilson,
Of Massachusetts,, at his own request, was excused
from further service on the Committee on Mill
fary Affairs A joint resolution of the Indiana
Legislature was presented and referred, instruct
ing the Senators and Representatives from that
State To vote aeatst- ANY ItieAstlEe dljdifiE the
State into two Or more judicial districts. Bib
were Misunderstanding Commission to adjust
the claims under the Geneva award; 10 re-
fund to the States the interest on the money bor-
rowed to equip, pay, supply and transfer troops
war; to repeal the act of 1862, prescribing an
'iiron.clad oaih;" to-replace Satipnal Bank rotes
with United States otca; 70 ProTide for the cteo
ton of public buildings at Covington. A resolu
ton was agreed to instructIng the Committee on
Finance to inquire what legislation is necessary
to relieve the present stringency in the
for. an. additional Issue of legal-tendsr notes.
anu ali matters connected herewith, ana
~ bill or e at as 6n &
President for information in regard to the applica
ton for sending United States troops to Arkansas
and the action taken thereon, was debated and re-
ferred to the Committee on Military Affairs-23 to
i5. .Ths rapor, of the So:imitte5 OF Conferences
on the bill regulating the construction of bridges
across the Ohio, was presented and laid over.
TO the 9th.
In the House, ON the 9th, bill was in
troduced for the payment for property destroyed
during the rebellion by authority of the Govern
ment. =. Resolutions were adopted-calling on the
Secretary of War for information as to the proba-
BILE cost of ship canal from the Mississippi near
its mouth, to the deep waters of the Gulf of Mex
leo; reciting the telegraphic account of the acc-
dent on the Pennsylvania Railroad, by which NJ
W Dantz, an employe of the House, his wife and
child, were killed, and directing that
rangements be made to transfer their. bodies
back 10 their late hrne, Princeton,
Wisconsin, and have them inferred at the expense
of the House. IA bill reported from the Com
mittee of Ways and Means abolishing the offices
Of Assessor and Assistant Assessor of Internal
Revenue and transferring their duties to the Col
leCtOr DpDutV COllPctOrs Amendments
offered and agreed to, after debate, fixing July 1,
1873, as the time for the bill to go into operation,
for their new duties, anu the bill passed. I'D
journed to the 9th.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the creden-
tials of Senator Morton (reelected) were present
ed =. Petitions were presented for a prohibtory
liquor law; on the French spoilation claims, and
Military Committee refunding the States interest
on moneys borrowed to equip, pay, supply and
transport troops for the United States in time of
war. :. Bills were introduced and referred-for
the relief of settlers the Cherokee lands in Kan
sas; for a military road in New Mexico; providing
that in case any person entitled to pension for
services in the war of 1912 dies during the penden
cy of his application, the accrued pension to
which he would have been entitled shall be paid
to his widow or legal representatives: relating to
the payment of duties, which provides that after
June go tsT3 it shall be lawful to receive so per
cent of the amount of customs duties in United
States notes, and 20 per cent; additional proper
ties may be paid either in gold or United States
notes The report of the Committee of Confer
bridges across the Ohio River was agreed to- and,
the House having agreed to it at the last session,
the bill is now passed. The bill to define the
rights of miners, and to encourage the develop
ment of mines, was indefinitely postponed Mr..
Summers joint resolution proposing an amend
ment to the Constitution confining the President
to one term was referred to the Judiciary Comit-
tee A bill was passed for the relief Of Lizzie
Gilmer postmistress at Pittsfeld, Ill. "A motion
was made to postpone indefinitely the bill to ex-
tend the time for the construction of the Kansas,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. -. Executive session
and adjournment.
In the House, on the 9th, among the
bills introduced were-for amendment to the
authorizing Congress to fix a uni
form time for State elections; TO repeal the tax on
spirits from fruit: providing for the safety of
bonds; to reduce taxes; repeating the usury sec,
ton of the Currency act; amending the Postal
acts and providing for the collection of statistics
Of the inland and coastwise trade between States;
repeating the iron-clad oath; remtting the duties
on certain goods destroyed in the Boston fire; to
complete the James River Kanawha Canal; to
amend the act to facilitate postal and
telegraphic communication; to secure justice
to wool growers in the United States; to
promote education in the Territories; to secure
more efficient and honest administration of Indian
affairs; for the removal of distractions to Daviga
ton in the Upper Missouri River; extending for
four years the Southern Claims Commission; to
repeal the act of June 4, 1872, regulating the con-
strucrlOn OF bridges across the AllsSleSppl
to authorize the Milwaukee & st. Paul Railroad
Company 10 build bridge across the Mississippi
at North Lacrosse, Wis.,: appropriating $4,000 to
the Firemen's Fund, established by the fremen of
Boston to aid the families of iremen who lost
their lives in the recent coniagration; for
for the construction of a military road In New
Mexico The Supplemental Civil Rights bill, in
troduced at the last session, discussed and re-
ferred e. Resolutions of the Vermont Legislature
were presented, favoring the Civil Service Reform
and the abolition of the franking privilege =. "A
resolution wss offered fixing the salary of the
President at $4,000 per annum commencing in
March, 1873, and that the term of office of the
President and Vice President be six years, the
President to be ineligible for reelection; and that
President and Vice President be elected by the
people at the same time the Congressman are
elected, the portion of the resolution as to the
term of the Presidency being in the form of an
the Constitution. "A resolution was
passed for recess from December 20 to January
6. Bills were passed-admtting free of duty the
Sailors Monument, now being executed at Rome,
which is to be placed in the grounds of the Naval
the removal of a sunken wreck, which is now an
obstruction to navigation in the channel way of
Sandy Hook the owners, charterers, or insurers
of such vessel to be held responsible for the cost
of removal: Senate bill authorizing the Mobile d
Montgomery Railroad Company to construct and
operate bridges across the Mobile River and other
navlgaole streams tributary to Mobile Bay The
Speaker announced the appointment of the Select
Committee on the Centennial Celebration fol-
follows: Messrs. Kelley -Pennsylvania), Dawes
CMassachusetts), Maynard (Tennessee), Sargent
California;, Hawley (ConnecticuD, Havens CMis-
sourD, Cox New York;, Marshall Qlinois) and
Hancock Texas).
In the Senate, on the 10th, memorials
were preseHted-of citizens of Minnesota, against
the passage of bill to perfect the navigation of
the Mississippi; of the Southern Methodist Asss-
ciat1on of Tennessee, asking payment for the de-
struction of their property during the wal. >. A
bill was reported from the Finance Committee,
prohibiting the sale of liquors in the District of
Columbia, and a motion was made to refer it to
the Senate refused to discharge the Finance Com
mittee from consideration of the subject Bills
were reported-to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to issue coupon bonds and exchange reg
istered bonds; TO authorize the President
to release the Empire of Japan from the payment
of the indemnity due to the United States under
the Convention Of 1864; from the Committee on
Finance House bill for the relief of the sufferers
by the Boston fire, the committee being equally
divided on the subject. "A bill was introduced
and referred, transferring to the Exora, Denison
& Sioux City Railroad Company, of Iowa, all the
rights or interests heretofore vested in the Cedar
Rapids & Missouri River Railroad Company, by
the acts of May 15 1856. and June 2, 1864, to any
public lands lying within twenty miles OF the
line between Denison and Onawa City, Iowa
IA resolution adopted directing the
judiciary Committee to inquire into the expedi
ency of SO amending the Constitution as to pro-
vide for the election of President and Vice
President and United States Senators by the di
rect vote of the people. Bills were passed-tc
authorize the construction of bridge across the
Ouachita River. at or near Arkadelphia, Kansas
to provide for the removal of the sunken week
obstructing the channel off Sandy Hook Mr.
Stevenson, of Kentucky, was announced as
member of the Board of Regents of the Smith
sonian Institute in place of Garrett Davis deceas
ed. Executive session and adjournment
In the House, on the 10th, bills were
introduced and dreferred-authorizing Collectors tC
grant special orders for unloading steamships a
night establishing a new scale of fees and sala
ries of custom officers: repeating the Bankruptc.
act; TO repeal the special tax on retailers of lea
tobacco; to repeal the Enforcement act; abolish
ing the stamp duty on bank checks, and abolish
ing the special tax on leaf tobacco; to amend tn,
act of May %. 1872, for holding United State
Courts in Toledo; for railrpad bridge across tn,
Ohio River at Owensburg. KY. The bill reported
al the last session, to enable honorably discharged
soldiers and sailors, their widows and orphan chi
dren, to acquire homesteads on public lands. witt
authority to assign their certificates and to loca
by attorney, was debated. :. The Indian Appro
priatiou bill, appropriating $3.50 .365, was con
sidered In Committee of the Whole, and severa
paragraphs were disposed of. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 11th, bills wer
passed-to admit free of duty the statue to com
memorate the sailors who fell in the late war
placing colored persons who enlisted in the arm
on the same footing as other soldiers as to bount
lands; authorizing the settlement OF the claim @
the estate of the late Admiral Dahlgren establish
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