Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-18

The vote resulted as follows: Carpenter, %; Thur
man, 10; blank, 2 Mr.. Carpenter was declared
elected. a bill was passed removing the pOEu-
cal disabilities Of Thomas ;. Bocock, OF Virginia,
John ii. Logan, Of Texas, and others. "A number
OF petitions asking for the appointment OF a COM
missioner 10 regulate the traffic IN alco-
Faonc liquors were presented and re-
section of the bill of March 3, 1873, fOrbdding the
free transmission Of periodicals, magazines and
| newspapers through the United States mails, and
restoring that privilege; extending the time for
the completion of the St. Paul s Pacific Railway;
authorizing, from and after April l, 1874, the pay
ment Of customs duties in one-haf legal tender
! the appointment, BY the President,
WIN the consent of the Senate, of five
Commissioners 10 investigate the alcoholic liquor
traffic in It's economic criminal, moral and scien-
lhc 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 as TO the practical results OF license and
restrictive and prohibtory legislation for the pre-
venuon Of intemperance in the several States of
the Union. Adjourned TO the 18th.
In the House. on the 18th, resolutions were
adopted providing for a survey TO ascertain the
practicability of a ship canal connecting Lake
Michigan with the Wabash River; instructing the
committee on Elections to examine and report the
pest and most practicable method of elect
ing the President, and providing for
tribunal 10 adjust and decide all con-
tested questions Herewith. After lengthy dis
cusson on the bill in relation TO salaries the House
refused to second the previous question on the ma
lor1ty blll-yeas 100, noes 145-when the minority
report came up. and motion was made to recon-
nit the bill to the select committee with instruc
uons to report bill repeating the whole salary act
OF the last Congress. so far as the same could be
done uuder the Constitution, and 10 ascer-
tam the average amount of salary, mile
age, and all other expenses exclusive
OF any estimate for the ranking privilege that
paid TO Senators, Representatives and Delegates
IN the Forty-frst Congress- and to fix the compen-
saton at the amount thus ascer aimed as nearly as
practicable, with the necessary travelling expenses
and restoring all other salaries they were before
| the passage of the act. Adjourned
There was no session of the Senate on the
18th In the House. the Senate bill removing polit-
cal disabilities from Thomas S. Bocock, E. j. Har-
vey, and Daniel TrIgg, of Virginia, and John R.
Egan, of Texas, was passed "A petition was pre-
sented from large number of business men all
over the country for q repeal of the bankruptcy
law. =. The speaker laid before the House a COM
municatiOn from the Secretary Of War calling at
eral o. o. Howard, of The Freedmen's
Bureau, and the letter and accom-
panyiRg reports relating TO the alleged defalcatons
were referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs. :. The Salary question then taken up
and debated at considerable length, when it was
ordered that 1.-The Select Committee report bill
repeating the whole salary act, so far as the same
can be done under the Constitution, excepting
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-irst Congress; and report bill determin-
ing the compensation Of Senators, Representatives,
and delegates in Congress hereafter, at the amount
cessary individual expenses, and restoring all
other salaries as they were before the passage of
that act. The bill appropriating $1,000 900 for
the extraordinary expenses of the naval service
to the House and passed. Adjourned to the
18th.