Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-12-25
Congressional.

In the Senate, on the nth, Senators
Matthew H. Carpenter and Allen @. Thurman were
| nominated pro tenn. President OF the Senate. Thf
vote resulted ~ follow: Carpenter, 81; Thuruap
10; blank, y. Mr. Carpenter was declared elected.
s BssSng Ss Poas dis
Logan, OF Texas, and others. "A number Of petit
| lions asking for the appointment Of a com.
missioner on TO regulate n,sa the rac In al
| red :. Bills were introduced to repeal The
section Of the bill OF March g. 1873 forbiddng the
free Transmission Of periodicals, magazines and
the completion Of the st. Paul &, Pacific Railway
authorizing, from and after April l. 1874, the pay.
| notes and one-half gold; providing for the
appointment by. the President with
trafic In Its economic, criminal, moral and scen-
iihc aspects In connection with pauperism, crime,
social vice. public health and the general welfare
OF the people, and who shall also inquire and take
Testimony to the practical results OF license and
restrictive and prohibtory legislation for the pre-.
yeniion Of intemperance In tie several States of
the Union. Adjourned to the 18th.
In the House, on the nth, resolutions
were adopted-providing for survey 10 ascertain
the practicabiity Of ship canal connecting Lake
Michigan with the Wabash River; instructing the
Committee on Elections to examine and report the
best and most practicable method Of electtng the
President, and providing for a. tri-
tested questions herewith, After lengthy dis
cusson the bill In relation TO salaries the House
refused TO second the previous question ON the
majority bill7yeas 100, noes 146-when the minor
ity report came up and a motion was made TO re-
commit the bill to the select committee with in
struclions to report bill repeating the whole sal
airy act OF the last Congress-, 80 far az the same
could be done under the Constitution, and to
ascertain The average amount OF salary,
mileage and all other expenses, exclusive
Of any estimate for the ranking privilege, that
gates in the Forty frst Congress, and to fix the
compensation at the amount thus ascertained as
nearly as practicable, with the necessary travelling
expenses, and restoring all other salaries rs they
were before the passage OF the act. Adjourned.
There was no session of the Senate on
the i2th In the House the Senate bill removing
political disabilities from Thomas s. Bocock X. j..
Harvey, and Daniel Trigg Of Virginia, and John
H. Egan, OF Texas, was passed. :. "A petition was
presented from large number of business men all
law. The Speaker laid before the House i
communication from the Secretary OF War cal
ling attention to defalcations in the &C
Freedmen's Bureau, and the letter and accom-
panying reports relating to the alleged defalca-
tons, were referred TO the Committee on Military
Affairs =. The,Salary question was then taken up
and debated at considerable length, when 1t was
ordered that "the Selec. Committee report bill
repeating the whole Salary act, so far as the same
Judges OF the Supreme Court, and ascertain the
average amount Of salary, mileage and all other
allowances, exclusive OF any estimate for the
use Of the Thanking privilege, paid to
Senators, Representatives, and Delegates In the
Forty first Congress- and report bill determining
the compensation Of Senators, Representatives
and delegates In Congress hereafter at the amount
as near as practicable thus ascertaned with
sary individual expenses, and restoring all other
salaries rs they we've before the passage OF that
act". The bill appropratng 81 10000 for the
extraordinary expenses Of the naval service was
debated In Committee Of the Whole, reported 10
the House and passed Adjourned to the 18TH
In the Senate, on the 10Th, bills were
in,rs duced-to provide for the construction OF
Fort St. Phillip Canal and Its maintenance as a
national public Highway; to repeal the tax Of ten
per cent ON the circulation Of bank notes, to take
effect Jnly /. 1874 A report was made frcm the
COMMITTEES on Privileges and Elections that the
eammittse had considered the contested election
csse OF p b. s. Pinchback and General Mcmillan,
Claiming seats as Senators fnom Louisiana, and
were evenly divided. The whole matter was re-
ferred TO the Senate, and a resolution was intro
dueed that the credentials OF I. Is. y. Pinchback
are formal and he 10 entitled TO seat In the SEN
ate having priDsa JdciS case. the House bill
to provide for the redemption OF the loan OF 1855
was passed with several unimpor snf amendments.
- RESOLUTIONS concerning financial affairs were
debated At considerable length. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 18th, large num-
Der OF bills were introduced and referred among