The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-02-09
Proceedings i'm Congress.

man, from the Committee on Finance, re-
ported bill to allow the importation free of
duty of certain machinery designed for ex-
periments in mining in Louisiana. Passed
......M Mr.. Window presented petition, signed
by Gen. Sheridan and other officers, repre-
senting 800 900 soldiers in the Army of the
Cumberland, praying that the time they
served in the army may be allowed in the
five years required by the Homestead law,
after two years natural residence.....The
Amnesty bill was again taken up and dis
cussed until adjournment
The time of the House on the 23d was
taken up by discussion of the Legislative
and Executive Appropriation BILL
In the Senate, on the oath, bill was
introduced and referred making an appro-
priation to carry out such civil service rules
as had been adopted by the President.
The Chicago Relief bill passed rs reported
from the committee. AID ourned.
In the House, on the oath, Mr.. Butler, of
Massachusetts, presented petition of $4,000
women of America for a declaratory law to
assure the right of suffrage. He assured the
House that, in his judgment, so surely as
the sun rolled on its course the right asked
for by this petition would be accorded to the
women citizens of the United States. Re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee......M Mr..
Shellabarger, Chairman of the Committee
on Commerce, reported resolution, which
was unanimously adopted, directing that
committee to inquire what legislation or
other means is requisite to relieve, revive,
aud sustain the tonnage and foreign com
MERGE of the United States......The House
then went into Committee of the Whole on
the Civil Appropriation bill, and after q
long discussion adjourned.
In the Senate. on the 25th, Mr.. Har-
Ian presented a memorial from the Choctaw
Indians, protesting against the establish
ment Of Territorial Government in the
Indian Territory Mr.. Sawyer presented a
resolution from the South Carolina Legisla-
ture, instructing their Senators to vote for
the supplementary Civil Rights bill...... The
Amnesty bill was made the special order for
Monday at o'clock, the final vote not to be
taken until Tuesday 1.-THE Apportionment
bill was taken up, and the Senate went into
executive session, and soon after adjourned
The greater portion Of the time of the
House, on the 25th, was taken up by the dis
cussion of the Educational Fund bill...... The
House went into Committee of the Whole
on the General Legislative Appropriation
bill. In reference to the item for the pun
ishment of frauds in the Pension Office, Mr..
y
and Means had been assured, Yesterday, by
the Secretary of the Interior, that fully one
fourth of the pensions now paid were frauds.
He had been so startled by such an extraor-
binary statement, that he had written down
the words at the time, and the Commissioner
of Pensions, who was present at the time,
confirmed the statement. Mr.. Butler, of
Massachusetts,, and Mr. Hale, of Maine,
made remarks confrmatory of the state
ment, the latter abiding particularly to a
batch of 200 or 800 cases In New York, APP
plications for pensions for the war of 1872,
which were all found to be fraudulent, got
ten up by claim agents, some of whom had
been arrested, tried, and convicted, while
others had fled to Canada Adjourned.
In the Senate on the Doth Mr.. Wright
presented the credentials of Senator elect
VIM. B. Allison, of Iowa.....The apporti@n-
ment byll and final adjournment resolution
were discussed, and the Senate adjourned to
Monday, the 29th.
In the House on the Goth the Senate bill
authorizing disbursing officers to pay dupli-
cate checks was concurred in.....A large
number of Pension bills were passed. ..... The
Legislative Appropriation and the Pension
Appropriation bills were passed. The
former appropriates about Sl7,OOO,OOO and
the latter $50 ,4S0 ,000....Ad journed.
The House met on the 9th for gen.
eral debate, but few members being present
No business was tran sacted
In the Senate, on the Doth, Mr.. Blair
introduced bill authorizing the Secretary
OF the Treasury to pay for cotton seized by
agents of the United States after June 80
1868 Referred. The House Apportion-
ment bill was passed ..... AID journed
In the House, on the goth, bills were in
troduced and referred: Admitting pine
timber and lumber free for building ten
soops of war; by Mr.. Butler, granting wo-
man suffrage; for arming the whole militia
force of the United States; to allow half the
custom duties to be paid in legal tenders;
by Mr.. Voorhees,, placing printing type
and material on the free list.....A resolu-
ton was adopted instructing the Commit
tee on Public Buildings and Grounds to in
quire into the propriety and feasibility of
procuring Cor the United States the title to
Independence Hall and Square, in Philadel-
phia..... NJ. Burdett offered resolution in
structing the Committee on Manufactures to
inquire whether material for steamship
building can be supplied by the United
States, and as to the difference in prices be-
tween domestic and foreign materials.
Adopted.""A resolution of inquiry as to
the use of Seneca Sandstone IN the new
building for the State Department was
agreed to....,Adjo urned.