Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-12-12
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Senate of the Forty-third Congress
was called to order at noon ON the 1st by Vice
President Wilson. The credentials of Robert Gro
zier, appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mr.. Caldwell, of Kansas, was pre-
sented and read and he was sworn in. .Messrs.
| Anthony and Thurman were appointed commit
tee to join similar committee on the part of the
| House, TO wait ON the President and notify him
| that quorum of each house had assembled. :.
Bills were introduced, by unanimous consent, and
ordered to lie on the table, to be referred to COM
| mttees hereafter, supplementary to bill to pro-
tect all citizens of the United States in
their civil rights; to establish equal
rights in the public. schools of Washing
| ton and Georgetown; joint resolution, proposing
| an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States so to provide for the election of President
of the United States by direct vote OF the people
| and abolishing the office of Vice-Presldent and
joint resolution proposing an amendment to
| the Constitution of the United States so as
| to extend the Presidential term to six
reelection; to authorize the issue of com
| pound interest notes as substitute for legal
| tenders; to provide for the adjustment of
the French spoliation claims; relating to moneys
appropriated for members of Congress; creating
a commission to adjust the compensation for the
depredations by rebel cruisers, award awarded BY
March 3, 1873, increasing the salaries of certain
persons therein named; to repeal the Bankruptcy
| Act; proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the United States providing for the election OF
| United States Senators by the people; providing
that all volunteers under the Presidents prOclama
ton of May 1861, actually mustered into the serv-
ice of the United States before Aug. 6, 1861, and
accepted by the War Department under said proc
amation shall be paid the full bounty of 800 pro-
vided in said proclamation; fixing the salary OF
Senators and Representatives, and delegates in
Congress at $1,000 per annum, with necessary
travelling expenses and $500 per annum for postage,
stationery, and newspapers. Adjourned.
The House was called to order at noon
the list, by Mr. Mcpherson, the Clerk, who called
the roll of members by States, and 27S members of
290 who were entitled to seats, answered to their
names. .Messrs. James G. Blaine. Fernando
| Wood, and S. S. Cox were nominated for Speaker
The vote resulted as follows: Blaine, 100; Wood,
II; Cox, 21; Clymer, of Pennsylvania, 1 Alex. H.
Stephens, 1. Mr. Blaine was therefore declared
duly elected Speaker of the House of Representa-
| tives for the Forty-thrd Congress, and Messrs.
Maynard and Wood conducted him to the chair
The election for other officers resulted as fol-
| lows: Clerk, Edward MCPHERSON; Sergeant at
Arms N. G. Ordway; Doorkeeper, o. s. Baxter;
Postmaster, Ii: G: SHERWOOD of Michigan; Chap
lain, Rev G. Butler The a ceTtifcste Msa for the
opposing claimants, was referred to the Committee
Elections, with instructions to report at an early
day.. Notice was given of bill to repeal the in
| creased salary law. Adjourned.
| In the Senate, on the 3D. among the
bills introduced were the following: To set apart
| a certain portion of the island of Mackinac, in
Michigan, as national park; granting aid to the
Atlantic and Great Western Canal to organize the
Territory of Oklahama: to provide for free bank
ing, to secure an elastic currency, to appreciate
national Obligations and to reach specie payments
without commercial embarrassment. The Presi-
dents Message was received, read and ordered
printed, were also the reports of the Cabinet Of
ticers. Executive session and adjournment.
In the House, on the I'd, notices were
given of bills--ohanging the rate of compensation
for Senators, Representatives and delegates in
Congress- to repeal the Bankruptcy laws; a Civil
htcb itut I'm
that no law increasing the compensation OF Sena-
tors and Representatives shall take effect until
after an election of Representatives intervenes
The Presidents Message was read, referred to
| Committee of the Whole, and ordered printed.
resolution was adopted for the admission to
seats from Louisiana of Messrs. Sypher and Shell
don. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the Sd, bills were in
troduced-to provide for the better protection of
the Northern and Northwestern tiers; to facil
| itate commerce between the States; to organize
the Territory of Pembina, and provide for its tenn
porary government; to aid in the execution of the
laws in Utah; to provide for the redemp-
of Vermont, addressed the Senate in
favor of a resolution instructng the Committee
Finance TO consider the expedency of reporting
bill to provide for the resumption of specie pay
ment in January, 1S75.. "A petition was presented
of $500 citizens of Kentucky, asking for the pass
age of law prohibiting the manufacture Of spir-
ituOus liquors in the territories of the United
States. Executive session and adjournment.
In the House, on the Sd, bill was in
troduced and referred, TO provide for the redemp-
ton of the loan of 1885,. Notice was given of
bill to repeal much of the Postal Act as prohb-
its weekly newspapers from passing through the
mails free of postage. resolution was offered to
admit G. Davidson to a seat as Repre-,
District of Louisiana, and an amendment
was agreed to, inserting the name of George L.
Smith, instead of Davidson, and the oath of office
nfy1ycf tn thn fJaI
of the contestants for seats from the State of Lou
isana were referred TO the Committee on Elections.
....Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 4th, bills were in
troduced and laid on the table for future refer
ence-to complete the water highway from the
James River to the Ohio, at the mouth of the
Kanawha; to aid in the execution of law in Utah;
to remove all political disabilities. The
bill for the redemption of the loan of 1855
was passed. On motion new committee was
provided for, to be known as the Committee
on Civil Service and Retrenchment, and two addi-
tional members were voted to each of the Commit
tees on Foreign Relations, Claims and Education
and Labor. -. The standing committees were then
elected The credentials of Messrs. Pnchback
and Mcmillan, as Senators from Louisiana, and
that portion of the Presidents message referring to
States, were referred to the Committee on Priyi-
leges and Elections. Adjourned to the Sth.
In the House, on the 4th, several bills
were introduced and referred, among them-to re-
peal the Bankruptcy laws to repeal the siron-clad
oath.'' and for removing disabilities under the
Fourteenth Amendment; amending the National
Banking Act and authorizing free banking with
practicable redempti0n recognizing Cuban bellig-
erency; relating to the free transmission by mail
ofnewspapers and periodicals. to prohibit the pay
| ment of interest by national banks; to
restore the. franking privilege; authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury to put in Circulation the
residue of the 44,0000 600 reserve by purchasing
| Government bonds Herewith: to regulate COM
merce among the several States by railways; also,
| for a canal connecting the waters of Lake
| Michigan and the Illinois, Mississippi and
Rock Rivers -. for the improvement of
| the Mississippi River, between the mouth of the
/ Ohio and the Missouri to require uniform charges
| on railways and to punish unjust discrimination in
favor of or against particular persons or places;
for the repeal of the Salary Bill. resolution was
| adopted that Select Committee of seven be ap-
pointed to take into consideration the subject of
repeal of the Salary Bill $50 called), and that the
said committee be instructed to report at the
/ earliest practicable day, and that all bills ON the
i subject be referred to the said committee The
i Speaker announced as such committee Messrs
| Hale (Me.), Maynard, Kasson, Scofeld, Hale IN
/ Y.) Niblack and Jewett.. Adjourned.
Senate not in session on the 5th. In
! the House bills were introduced and referred-.o