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

In the Senate, on the 10th, Mr.. Sher-
man reported from the Finance Committee
bill repeating the duties on salt and iron,
and moved its recommitment, which was
opposed by Trumbull butt was recommitted,
80 against l9......Mr. Cameron, from the Com
mttee on Foreign Relations, reported reso-
| luton asking the President To give the SEN
ate any information in his possession in re-
lation to the seizure by the Revolutionary
Government of Venezuela of steamer of
the Venezuela Steam Transportation Com
pany, an American corporation, and virtual
| Imprisonment of certain American citizens.
Adopted . The Senate then went into ex-
ecutive session, and soon after adjourned.
The House on the 10th passed bill for re-
lief of the sufferers by the Chicago fire. 1t
provides that all goods, wares and merchan
disc sent as contributions for the relief of
the sufferers by fire shall be admitted free of
duty at the port of Chicago, and that draw
back import duties shall be allowed on mer-
chandise used in the repair of buildings
erected on the burned ground.....Mr Pack
ard, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
reported bill to pay +. M. Cordeiro, for his
services as Acting Consul of the United
States at Rio Janeiro, at the rate of compen-
sation allowed To the Consul there. Passed.
..... Mr.. Banks, from the Committee on For
eign Affairs, reported bill fixing the salary
of the United States Consul at Tsein Tsin,
China, at $500. Passed.....A bill passed
approprating 100000 for marking the boun-
| Diary line between the United States and the
possessions of Great Britain, from the Lake
of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.....
Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the bill
for the relief of Marshal Campbell, of the
Northern District of Illinois, was passed
Tl,or lar & thA asain olyay
up with discussion of the Amnesty bill.
In the House, on the same day, a bill was
| passed fixing the date of pensions at the time
| of the discharge or death of the soldier, and
extending the time for application to July |,
1S74..... One of the bills passed, and which
gave rise to considerable opposition, estab-
lshed the principle of granting pension TO
the widow of soldier after she had con-
! tracted second marriage, and entered a
second widowhood. The vote on the passage
of the bill was los to S5..."A resolution call
! ing for information as to the condition Of the
Louisville and Portland Canal was adopted.
...... The House went into Committee of the
Whole Oh the state of the Union, and soon
after adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Trum-
bull, from the Judiciary Committee, reported
adversely to the woman suffragists asking
to be heard before the Senate, and asked
that the Committee be discharged from its
further consideration. He promised an
early report upon the claim that women
have right to vote under the Constitution
as amended..... Mr.. Cole, from the Postal
Committee, reported favorably bill subsi
dizing mail steamship service to Australia
uia Honolulu. .... Mr.. Thurman, of Ohio, pre-
scented the credentials of his colleague, Mr..
Sherman.....Mr. Chandler, from the
Committee on Commerce, reported with
out amendment the bill for deepening
the st. Clair Flats Canal to sixteen feet
also, House bill making Pittsburgh, Pa, a
port of entry and delivery.....M Mr.. Blair,
from the Military Committee, reported favor
ably on bill extending the provisions of
the Artificial Limb act to all officers above
the grade of Captain. An amendment was
adopted extending its provisions TO all men
in the army and navy, regardless of rank
"".A debate on Civil Service Reform en-
sued, and the Senate adjourned until Mon
day, the Dist inst
In tho House, on the same day, large
number of pension bills were passed. Mr..
Garfield opposed one of these bills which
allowed the widow, who has been drawing
pension FOR nineteen years, to receive four
teen years back pension, on the principle Of
the bill passed the day before, making the
pension date from the discharge or death of
the soldier. Mr.. Garfield said that thai bill
although only applying to pensioners of the
late war, will take $40 900 900 out of the
Treasury, and commented upon the inatten-
ton of the House TO these pension bills. The
bill passed-yeas, 109 nays, 65...A petit
ton was presented from the Society of
| Friends, in their annual meeting, asking in
all national disputes reference to arbitra-
ton in lieu of the sword. Referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and to have
probably favorable report....A resolution
was adopted that the Printing Committee
! ascertain the amount of money paid for ten
years to the GlObC....The report that Mr..
Braxton was entitled to the seat from Vir-
gina, was adopted.
In the House, on the 10th, the con-
tested election case from Pennsylvania, of
Cessna Republican against Meyers Demo
craft, two of the nine members reversed
their votes in the committee, giving Meyers
a large majority Mr.. Starkweather re-
ported q bill for the funding of the debt of
| The city of Washington in six per cent. gold
bonds, running not less than fifteen nor more
than thirty years,to be negotiated at a rate of
discount not more than three per cent.
Passed Mr.. Clake, of Texas, introduced
bill to refund to the State of Texas the dis
bursement made prior to the war in defence
of the frontier. Referred..... The House adj
journed till Monday, the 22d inst.
In the Senate, on the 22d, Mr.. Blair
introduced joint resolution instructing the
President to open negotiations with Spain
for the cession of Cuba, which was laid
Mr.. Cole, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported without amend
ment the House bill making good the de-
fciency in the Postofiice appropriation
caused by Mr.. Cartney's deialcation....Mr.
Lewis presented a petition from the widow
of Gen. Robert Z. Lee, setting forth that the
sale of the Arlington estate was unconstitu-
tional, and asking Congress to appropriate
$500, 900 to purchase the estate from her,
whereupon she will give the Government
clear title......The Amnesty bill was dis
cussed until adjournment.
In the House, on the 22d, bills were intro
duced and referred To repeal the income
tax to authorize the construction of ten
sloops of war; to amend the Constitution,
making Senators and Representatives ineli-
gble to the Presidency and Vice Presidency;
to suppress polygamy and enable the people
| of Utah to form Constitution and State
Government; appropriating 100000 for the
| completion Of the Washington monument