Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-08
General News Summary,
CONGRESSIONkI.,

CUNGRESSIONAL"
In the Senate, on the goth, discussion
wa hsa on a resolution for the arrest of Gist and
Camp, who refused 70 testifF before the ku-Klux
Committee of South Caroiitia Bills were
introduced and referred-authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury 10 pay for cotton seized by agents
of the United 5tstss after June 30 1865 allowing
homestead settlers, and heirs of homestead
nesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, until January
u 1873, to rebuild on and occupy their homestead
hnds. The Apportionment bill came up and the
House bill was paseedi With an amendment
providing that, should any State after the passage
of the act, deny abridge the right OF any cf It's
male citizens to vote at any election named in the
Fourteehti, Amendment except for participation
in rebellion other chine the number of its Rep
resentatives shall be proportioa5ts,y reduced.
Adjourned.
II the House, on the Goth, bills were
introduced admitting r'ns timber and lumber free
for building ten sloops of war tepeaiing the
stamp tax on syrups and prepared vegetables !;
granting women suffrage; for land grant to rail-
road from Deceta- Ala, TO Macon, Ga: for renew
nj of the land grant to ihs Gulf and Ship Island
Railroad Company: for arming the khole militia
force of the United States; for refunding to disil
sums paid for Tice meters; to utilize burned
timber on public lands in the State of Wisconsin;
to allow women to VotS ana hold office in the Ter
rtorles to complete the survey OF tiic Fort Gratot
Military Reservation at Port Huron, Mich: to
grant the right of way to the Dakota Southern Rail
road Coinp2iy to grant right of way to the South
ern tab Railroad Conp5n-l TO allow half the Gus
tom duties to be paid in legai-ieildt-si placing
printing type and material the free list: for thc
organization of new Territory ont of the northern
portion Of Dakota; for the recognition of
ane anG ibe fSt Renubc war oe1Wsen Tse dscar dseh
ing both parties entitled to beigcfettt FIGHTS in
Guiding the right of each to carry respective EGgs
in the waters of the United States-referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations. The Senate
resolution 10: ilnl adjournment -on the 29th of
May was taken up and: aitSs ais~ussion, referred
to the Committee of Ways and Means. =. Il -e-oiu-
tion agreed to for investigation into the au-
thority by which Seneca sandstone had been used
IN the foundation of the new State Department
bdf!d:rgi contrary to the order of the Joint Com
mittee on PtIbfiS Buildings and Grounds Ad-
journed.
In the Senate, on the 30th, bills were
introdueed-to regulate the compensation of De-
partment clerks, regulating the distribution of
prize money; to equalze boun,.ca putharizing
the construction of bridge across the Mississippi
River at Clinton. Iowa for the relief of actual set
tiers OH tnS Cherokee neutral lands in Kansas -.
Bills were passed-approPfia.iT $4,000 for the
expenses of the Japanese Embassy to s,iEply the
deficiency in the Post-Office Department occasion
I'd by the defalcatian of Mccartney, late Disburs-
ing Clerk Sitting aside the tract of land at the
headwaters of the Yellowstone for public park
with amendments, House bill to authorize TIC con-
struction of railroad bridge the Mississippi.
.. memorial was presented from California sol
tisrE for modification of the bounty laws. The
Amnesty Sill ea're ~ and was further debated
Adjourned.
In the House. on the 30th, bills were
passed-appropriating $3.50 600 for the purchase of
a lot at st. Louis for Custom-House, Post-Office,
and other Government purposes; providing that
iHsteha'fjie go EonTeSgd either by boat or rail from
port OF arri al to an interQt pot, stall bs under
the exclusive control of the Ciistn OH es, md The
merchandise not to be unladen between The port OF
arrival and its destination, except authorized by
Treasury regulation, and no breakage of the origi
nal package; extending the statute of limitations
fol prosecutions for pension or bounty forgeries
from two to hve years; - pay the fees of respond
ent's witnesses in extradition Easvs; % ,ftrthei
prevent smuggling bill was introduced for tht
erection of lighthouse at the mouth of the Fond
ments TO inc AfpcrtioRment bin were concurred
in. "A report was made from t,is Committee on
Elections on the Arkansas contested election case
that Mr. Bolles is entitled to the seat and that the
sitting member, Mr.. Edwards, is not. Various
Senate bills. on the Speakers table were taken ur
and referred TO tfIs appropriate committees The
Indian Appropriation bill, appropiia.itg ahout
$500, 900, was considered in Committee of the
Whole. Adjourned
In the Senate, or the 3tst. bills were re
ported-declaring the meaning of the Internal re-
enue act of July H. 1STO for the enlargement of the
st. Mary's Falls Canal in Michigan, authorizing tine
sr Of m6E 6 70 Pyshsss Snsh land s as may be
direction of State officers adversely ad.hjt'-t's
the President to accept the resignation of the judge
of any Court of the United States. The Amnesty
bill was taken up and further debated by Messrs
s,hald,er, Simmer and Morrill, of Maine. Ad
Jodfflels.
In the House, on the 3ist, the bill ir
reference to appeals to the Supreme Court, aftel
discussion, was passed substantially as it was re
ported. report was made and agreed to, to STRIKE
5.t the section for piate-glass machinery in th'
ported free of duty, for sulphur mining in tScisi
ana, and for plate-glass manufacturers generally
.. The report of the Committee on Ways anC
Means on the action of the Secretary of the Treas
urY in negotiating the new loan, was taken up anC
debated AT considerable lehgth; and. amendment
were offered one directing the Committee to repof
a bill fOrbidding the payment of commissions oI
the sale of United States bonds, and another de
clarng that in the opinion of the House the Sec-e
tary of the Treasury in negotiating the loan had in
creased the debt more than necessary or proper
dnd had Incurred expenses contrary to law .Ad
joiifntd,
In the Senate, on the 1st, bills were IL
troduced--to encourage telegraphc communication
between America, Asa &ra nrrors' authorizing
the Secretary of the Navy to distribute among TN
officers and crew belonging to the United State
steamer ReaFsase, while engaged in the captur
and destruction af the rebel steamer Alabama, tn
sum of $4,000 prize money, in lieu of tn
bounty authorized by the act of June 30, 1854
p.u+iiea tic -'nrar shall Iiot In baH ~. N
assignees of mariners, but only 10 Inem
selves as legal representatives. establishing draw
back on all foreign materials used in the cOnstruC
/ ton of Amercan-built vessels; increasing the CON
nsaion of letter carriers to 81 200 per annum
establis,hF braiIch h mint ct New 9rieq1E l3, - :!
| asked for, and the question was debated.
| further discussion was had on the Amnesty bill
but witheut reaching vote, the Senate went int
executive session and soon after adjourned.
! In the House, On the 1St, the debat
was resumed on the report Of the Committee c
Ways and Means as TO the transactions of the SyI
! dicate, and after animated discussion, the resC
| luton declaring that the Secretary of the Trea
ury in negotiating the loan, had neither increase
| the bonde debt nor incurred an expenditure col
trary to law, WIS a1Optrd by strict party vote
! yeas, ITO; nays, 90 The Indian Appropriate
bill was further considered in Committee of th
Whole, reported to the House, and amendment
were considered. Adjourned.