Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-04-17
fKOCEEDINGS In CONGRESS.

PROCEEDINGS In CONGRESS-.
| TUESDAY, April 2.-SENATE.-Mr.
Robertson submitted letter from General Wade
halnPton' hershaw. and NJ. G. Butler, denying that
el'iiei ne of hershaW were connected with the K. f.
4. MI; Nye presented the constitution adopted by
the Otah tate Convention to accompany the appli-
catlon Tor admission as a state The Indian appro-
prIaHoh pl4 was taken up and discussed until 5 D.
M, when the Senate adjourned
TUESDAY, April 2.-HoUsE-Mr.
Hooper of Utah. presented the memorial of the Con-
situtional Convention of Utah for the admission of
that territory into the Union under the name of
Deseret. Referred. Brooks of New York, present.
ed a meme rial from the workingmen of New York,
ASKING charter for the Workingmen's Cooperative
COLONIZATION National Bank of America, capital ten
millions In one hundred dollar shares, payable in
five dollars monthly instalments The institution
Is TO aid the cooperative associations in farming,
iillnlfg, scturlng and other mechanical pur
suits, and IN colonlzing on farms and in villages
The funds of the banks to be United States stocks
The directors are to be bona fde workngmen A
Dill was passed making it unlawful for any register
or receiver or surveyor of public lands his wife or
CLERK to locate or purchase any tract of public land
or act as agent for the purchase of real estate or
for the location of lands for any person Mr.
Dawes reporteda resolution denying the right of
the Senateto originate tariff BILL which was
adopted. The House then considered the steamboat
WEDNESDAY,, April 3.-SENATE-
Dill Furnishing straw bidders for violating the mail
contracts Vas ordered printed The Commissioner
OF Agriculture was directed to communicate to the
Senate statement of the comparative importation
OF Woolens for each year of the last decade and all
facts II regard to the fluctuations in the production
OF sheep andthe price of wool. The House bill au-
thorlzlng the payment of bounty to accepted voun-
teers who enlisted under the proclamation of Nav
3d. 1861 prior to the 22d of July of the same year
was reported from the committee with amendments
NO 1urther business of Importance was transacted
"WEDNESDAY, April 3.-HoUsE. -Sev-
railway bills were acted on, when the steamboat bill
was taken up and discussed until adjournment
THURSDAY, April 4. 4.-SENATE. "A bill
was reported to promote shipbuilding and the COM
mercial interests of the United States Bills were
introduced directing the Postmaster-G General to
contract with the New York and Venezeula Steam.
ship Company to carry mails semi-monthlv at $4,000
per trip and to incorporate the Catholic Total Alb
stinence Union of America. The bill giving the
assent Of Congl to subscription of the District
OF Columbia to the stock of the Piedmont and Poto
mac Railroad Company was amended and passed.
The Senate then went into executive session, and
soon after adjourned.
THURSDAY, April 4. HOUSE. con-
current resolution eulogizing Prof. Morse was
adopted The steamboat bill passed with
amendments. Mr.. Dawes introduced bill to
amend the national currency act. The report de-
clanng Hadley, of Alabama, the sitting member,
entitled to his seat agreed to, and the contes-
tant voted his expenses, amounting to upwards of
$1,000 The bill from the Commit on Commerce
for the appointment of shipping Commissioners in
the interest of sailors of commerce. then taken
up and urged, but the house adjourned before it
could be brought to avote.
FRIDAY, April 5.-SENATE.-The
House bill for relief of settlers on public lands in
Iowa under the homestead act was passed. Several
railroad bills were introduced, the most important
of which was one by Senator Schurz in reference
to carrying freight and passengers by the Union
Pacific railway and It's branches. Adjourned to
Monday.
FRIDAY, April 5.-HoUsE.-A bill
was passed authorizing joint entry by pre-enption
settlers. The bill to erect colossal statue of Ad-
miral Farragut was concurred in. The bill for the
appointment of shipping commissioners came up,
and after amendment was passed, without call
of the yeas and nays. The Indian appropria-
ton bin was then taken up and passed.
Also the bili TO pay TO Captain WINSTON, the officers
and crew OF the Kearsarge at the time OF the desruc
ton Of the Alabama, S19000o, the estimated value
thereof, in the same manner as prize money Also
bill to pay to Mr.. Green S0,0 600 full for the use
by the government of his patent machine for bend
ing chain cable Inks connecting shackles and tackle
hooks. Also bill authorizing the construction of a
railroad bridge across tie Mississippi at Fort Mad-
son, Iowa. The House then went into Committee
OF the Whole on the army appropriation bill.
MONDAY, April S.-SRNATE.-The
Vice President laid before the Senate credited
copy of the report of the Investigating Committee
of the Kansas Legislature relating to bribery and
corruption in the Senatorial elections of 1867 and
1871, which was referred. Bills were passed author
lzlng the construction OF bridge across the Miss
ssippl river at Bonneville Mo-; appropriating S4-
975 to Martha House Russell, to compensate ler for
cotton and other articles for the army after
the battle OF Stone River appropriating $4,000 for
the relief of j. Milton Best, Of Kentucky, as COM
pensaon for the destruction of his property by the
Union Army and for the relief OF those suffering
from the destruction of the salt works of Kentucky
by the army under the command of Gen. Buell.
The deficiency appropriation bill was reported with
numerous amendments. Bills were introduced to
provide for the transit of merchant vessels of heavy
draught across the bar at the mouth of the Missss-
ippi river, by subs1dzng the National Ship-buoying
and Towing Company; incorporating the National
SOLDIERS and Sailors Oaphan Industrial Training
ASS citation; the House bill authorizing negotiations
Tor the purchase of the southern portion of the Ute
Indian reservation in Colorado, and the bill author
lzlng the construction of bridges the Miss
lsslpp1 river at Quincy Illinois, and at Warsaw Ill
1nois-the latter with amendments, Mr. Ramsey
called up the bill to break up the system of straw
BIDS Tor mail contracts, and it passed with
amendments. The Indian appropriation bill occu-
pied the remainder of The session.
MONDAY, April 8.-HoUsE.-A large
number of bills various subjects were introduced
and referred, including one by Mr.. Hawley, propos-
ng an amendment to the Constitution providing
by the people thereof. The supplementary civil
rights bill was ordered engrossed and read third
tIne. Ihe House instructed the Committee on
Banklng and Currency to investigate to the ma
tlonal banks engaged in the conspiracy to lock up
money the committee to have the power to send for
persons and papers. bill for the relief of the set
tiers on the Cherokee lands passed. Mr.. Ran
dall presented petition from rother of DR.. How
ard published as political prisoner in Cuba, and
offered resolution requiring the facts in the case,
an tbaf the President should promptly demand his
uncondltlonal release and the return OF his cons-
cated property, and also demand full reparation aud
apology tor such indignity and outrage upon an
american citizen. Referred. Mr.. Kerr introduced
Dill to refund to several United States Judges the
amount of income tax collected from them Refer
red bill to allow aged and infirm pre- emptors on
public lands to make the necessary affidavs before
any officer authorized to administer oaths was
passed. The house then went into Committee of
the Whole on the legislative appropriation bill Up
on rising, Mr.. Kendall introduced bill to REQUIRE
uniform charge for the transportation of freight and
passengers by railroad companies as common car
r1ers, and to prevent and punish unjnst discrinna-
Ton IN favor of or against particular persons or
places, which was referred. Adjourned