Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-06-21
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the Senate, on the 9th inst, the follow
ing bills were taken up and passed: To prevent and
punish attempts to oestruct the administrator Of
Justice in the courts If the United States to facilitate
clearing house exchange; the bill authorizing lnqu-
ries into the causes boiler explosions the bill to
reimburse Kansas fer expenses incuHed IN raising
troops to suppress the rebellion: the Dill amending
the act providing for National Cemeteries providing
that where kn9Wn the secaeag q ste mt oven the
grave of each soldier. s-j .ls2 saA ,
The House was not IN session. .t.-E fta
In the Senate, on the 18th inst, the follow
ing bills were passed. For the relief United States
Marshals who were engaged in taking the ninth CEN
aus and relative to retired officers of the army
The President returned without his approval, the
bill for the relief of Thomas WallaeeTh bill IS OF
the character as the Best caim.....The Senate
the omn i Kppropristion ion biz Mr. Kellogg, Of
Louisiana. offered as an amendment substantially
the Senate ts session. removing the restrictions of
the provisions Of the original en- forcemen act to
e nj Tot
which gave rise tocensiderable discussion. At half
past in the morning they were still in session.
wrangng over the matter, with no Immediate pros
pect of reaching vote.
printed for the use of members. The bill granting
pension to Mary Ann ntgomery was passed over
me- to the Rver Hapbor bill
red in, and conference committee asked for SINH
bill The Senate bin authorizing the bridging Of
the Mississippi at Red Wing , Minn was passed;
Poland moved suspension of the rules in order to
pass it. apd tho result was Sc to 73-se the question
quircd two thrds....The Ku-Klux bill was similarly
disposed 0f-the vote on the motion to suspend the
bill appropratng 100000 for the payment of the
Kentucky war claims was ,passedA large number
The Senate was in session the whole OF
the night of the 7th debating Mr. Kelloggs Enforce
ment amendment to the Omnibus bill. Numerous
motions were made to POSTPONE the bill. to adjourn,
by the opponents of the measure. A vote was finally
reached, at O'clock on the morning of the 8th and
nays 10. Conference committee on the bill was
then appointed Immediately thereafter the Senate
until M Senate met a
Of thanks to Vice President Cofax for his impartial
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goods in bond August 1872 passed likewise
sioners to the Vienna International Exhibition,..
Considerable time was spent in discussing the confer
enee report ON the River and Harbor BILL The report
In the House on the sth inst the conference report
agreed to-: The following bills were passed Grant.
ing the right of way the Eastern Nevada Railroad
disposed in the reservation alto of the Ottawa and hp
pewa Indians in Michigan; restoring the right Of
homestead entry to certain soldiers who had forfeited
the right on technical grounds..The House, at $3.50
p. M, took the Omnibus Appropriation bill After
the Kellogg an sndment, during Which the yeas ana
nays were called some half dozen smes on various
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Senate amendments. and commit them to conference
committee. .y tatf.-='.ff ~ ''" ''' a.
TEE proceedings of the Senate, on the 10th
inst, were marke with the usual confusion and dis
order that attend the closing hours of Congress.
Very little legislation transacted the feature
the days session being the contention Keloggs
Enforcement amenemapt to the Civil Appropriation
bill The dispute was finally ended by eliminating
what its opponents considered the most
features the House concurring. The bill as passed
provides that demand of ten citizens one of each
party shall be endued with powers already possessed
power of calling in the Federal forces The bill
relating to site for Government buildings at Gin
cinnati was tabled..At9 o'clock p m. the presiding
ofhcer Mr. Anthony, announced the Senate adjourned
without day. 80" !
The House was even more turbulent than the Sem
ate-the Kellogg amendment to the Omnibus Appro-
bone of contention. The debate was very acrimo-
NOUS, and at times personal This was especially the
case with Messrs: Bingham tRep) aud Morgan
(Dem.) both of Ohio between whom epithets of not
very elegant nature free ~ passed The diculty
finally bridged over, however wi hout any ser-
GUS results, and the BILL shorn of those features to
finally passed-lO2 to SOFA bill passed giving
the widow of Gen. Anderson $4,000 instead of PEN
sion....Mrs. DR.. Mary Walker created considerable
merriment and not little confusion. by appearing
upon the floor of the House and attempting to
harangue the honorable members in the interest of
women nurses in the army She promptly led
out OF the hall by the assistant doorkeeper-not how
ever without vigorous protest her part against
the ungallant and unrepublican treatment.....The
testimony in the Buell. court martial case pre-
scented and ordered printed The following bills
Sept l. extending the right of homestead to soldiers
widows eldest child father and mother of soldier
Raesh c. for the e0f same at Ptsbnre
and 300 600 for similar purpose Evansville Ind
AT p. NJ the Speaker declared the House ad-
]ourned for the secondgsession of the Forty