Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-01-22
Proceedings i'm Congress.

! TO the effect OF the late storm at Duluth tC
/ communicate, also, the opin on OF the chief
engineer as to the best method of procuring a
safe harbor at that point. Mr. Morton offered
q resolution directing the Committee on Privi-
leges and Elections to examine and report at
the next session of Congress on the best and
most practicable mode of electing the Pres1-
| dent and Vice-President of the United States
and of providing tribunal to adjust and de
eide all contested questions connected
Herewith. a resolution of inquiry as
| to the expenditures III suppresslhg Indian
hostilities in Washington territory and Ore
gon was agreed to. Also resolutions of in
] quiry whether the Secretary of the Treasury
has powet under the existing laws to issue
/ United States notes III let of the forty five
million bank notes cancelled under the act OF
! 1866 and into the propriety of repeating the
national bankrupt law from and after January
| l, 1874, and providing for the immediate re-
/ peal OF SO much of said act as relates TO invol-
untary bankruptcy. The Goat Island bill was
referred to the Military Committer. Mr.. Pratt
| introduced Il. bill cedlng to the several states
| Within whlth they respectively lie the beds
tof surveyed lakes sud other bodies of water
| BLr. Ferry introduced bill setting apart that
portion of Mackinac Island now held by the
| United States as a military reservation for a
| national park. The Indian appropriation bill
was next considered, and agreed to. The
amount appropriated by the bill is S., ,454 ,165
which is 1917 ,997 less ttati last year Mr.
|
lands to several states for educational pur-
poses. sa +. 5'7 -.+ n. 81
HoUsE-Number Of bills introduced,
| the most prominent among them being for a
canal eohhe6hng the waters of Lake Michigan
and the Illinois, Mississippi and Hdck rivers
| to give officers OF the Missouri militia three
months pay-also pension to widows and or
phans of soldiers murdered in Missouri in
1864; making Sioux City, Iowa, a. portsof de-
livery At the expiration of the morning hour
Mr.. Frye offered a resolution for public ses-
sions of the Credit Moblier Investigating Com
mlttee, which was adopted-te0 TO "a, A bill
! introduced by Mr.. Hooper, to provide for the
converting of United States notes into coin a f.
ter the first OF May, 1874 was referred Mr..
Randalfs resolution relative to the Union Pa
| cihc Railioaas was also adopted. Mr.. Wilson,
of Indiana offered resolution ftt atiother Sc
| cret committee of five to inquire whether aiiy
stockholders of the Credit Mobilier held bonds
OF the Union Pacific Railroad Company; wheth-
er they obtained them for q valuable consider
alton, etc. Adopted. The Senate amendments
to the deficiency bill were taken up and con-
Cured in!. A message from the President We
toing the bill to remit tbs entries OF spirits de-
stroyed in bond was presented, read and laid
on the table. A resolution was adopted call
ing for information as to suitability OF the
White Heuse for the President as an official
and family residenbe:
SENATE.-Among the bills intro
duced on January Z was one amenda-
tory of the national currency act of June 80,
1861 The bill provides for. free banking !;
prohibits direct or Indirect payment of inter-
est on deposit allows United States bonds
bearing coin interest to be counted, as we'll as
lawttil tttohsy in reserves and provides that
batks may rgdeein tfteif circulating notes
either in coin OF legal tenders, or in United
States bonds at par with accrued interest, at
the option Of the banks. Mr.. Frelinghuysen
offered q joint resolution proposing constitu-
uonal amendment to provide that d1putes
arising with regard to persons chosen as elect
ors of President and Vice President in any
state ghall he decided by the Supreme Court
OF the United States, and that Congress ghall
have power to enforce this articls by dppfo-
pirate Iegisla ton. A resolution directing the
Conmittee on Privileges and Elections to in
QUITE and report Whether the recent elections
have been conducted in Ioitisia1ls snd 8rkan-
sas in accordance with the constitution and
laws OF the United States was passed. No
other business of importance was transacted.
a HoUsE--Several bills were introduce
ed and referred. c. Burnel. of Pennsylvania,
took the oath and seat in place of Mercur, who
resigned; Dir. Hale reported the naval appro
priation Dill at1Pfoprtating $tS, 8s4 993. It.was
made the special order tot nezt Saturday. A
bill was passed to enforce the stipulations Of
the convention with Venezuela of April 25,
1eGe, and tie pigment of adiudlcated claims
House then went into a Committee Of the
Whole on the legislative, executive and Judi
cial APPROPRIATION bill. Upon rising, the
Speaker announced the following select COM
mittee ordered yesterday on the Credit Mo
bilisr end Union Pacific Railroad question:
Mcssrs. Wilson, ef tndiana, sheiIabarger,
Hoar; Swami and Sloeuin. The Speaker also
presented the resignation OF Bevetidge, as
CengtesSmatt at large from Illinois.
SENATE. Wer5 i1itrSdueed OH
January 9th raising the salaries of Bureau
officers in executive departments at Washing
ton. Authorizing the Secretary of the In
terror, with the consent Of the Ute and Mis-
souri Indian tribes, to survey and sell their
resetEati6n, ltihg IN Nebraska and Kansas,
and With the consent, cf the SHcs and Foxes
to sell that portion OF their fesetvStiort that
lies within the state of Kansas. Extending
the time of patent for settlers on land on
the late Sioux Indian reservation Referred
TO incorporate the North Central Railroad
Company and grant alright of way forsthe
5Hnstrt.ctiOn st its proposed road IN Minnesota.
Referred. To inctrpSrate the European and
American immigration Company. 1t iiatfes
as incorporators James Craig OF Missouri
John Wilson of Illinois, Henry D. Cook Of
the District of Columbia, Daniel Ruggles of
Virginia, William helm.5k cf Ohio. G, c. Cox
of Maryland, J, E Emory of Kentucky, Thrs
B. Bryan OF Illinois, William Stone Of Iowa.
Louis Dent Of Mississippi, and D. W. Bliss of
Michigan, and empowers the company to buy
and sell aid hold zeal estate; provided it shall
not own more than one million aerss at any
one time, and to make and to enforce c0n=
trao5s for Tie e3itigrSti9n OF foreigners and
their transportation Ill the Tinted States.
Capital stock $1,000, 900. Bills were passed 10
authorize certain postmasters to deposit pub
lie money in national banks; to author
ize deputy collectors of customs to act
as d1sbursing agents in certain cases; to
ffx sYT+ l,,,
to advancement iii tie havyi 10 smend
the act to establish 4 department of Justice :,
to prevent certain officers Of The United States
from praotising a5 .8tt6treys OF solicitors III
United States courts in certain caseH. Fhe
Senate resumed the consideration of the In
dian appropriation bill, and the discussion of
our Indian policy, and reported it to the SEN
ate, when the amendment providing for the
removal of the Winnebagos of Wisconsin was
non concurred in. s --.t. -s- EE
HoUsE-The Committee on Terrific
ries reported bill for the admission OF Coli
orado as state A bill was passed to amend
the twentieth section of the act for the APP
p6intment Of Shipping cQmmi issioners,- The
bill to promote Emigration to he United
States was, after debate, referred to the Com
mittee of the Whole on the state Of the Union,
which is regarded as defeat f the measure.
/ SATURDAY, January 1Ith-SENATE-
There was no session of the Senate.
| Hotisn. after tile iitfoduBtioh of
some bills of private nature, the Hotse
went into Committee of the Whole on The le-
gislatiye, executive and judicial appropriation
| bill. .4..s
SENATE Mr.. Logan made a personal
| explanation on January 18th. Mr.. Chandler
introduced bill exempting mineral lands il
Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota from The
operation of The mining act of May 10th, 1872
| The bill for the further endowment and sup
port OF agricultural colleges was taken up an6
occupied the remainder of the day. =saEr g.
/ HoUsE.-Among the bills introduced
were the following: To re0rganize the Treas
ury Department, fix the salaries Of its officers
and establish a.system of appointments in tht
civll-service in Washington as prepared by J
H. Saville, Of the Treasury Department.; pro
posing an amendment to the Constitution foI
the consolidation of the public debt and pay
ment of the principal and interest thereof
and for the paymentsof the annual current eA
penditures of the government to provide To-
an increase Of national bank-notes and for In
Z organization of national banks without clrcu
lation.; for three bridges. over the Big Siou
river between Dakota and Iowa; for the re
moval of the charges of desertion from soldier
s who agreed to join the enemy to escape iror