The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-01-23
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| of the Third House arc ali pushed for
ward with zeal unparalleled III Con
grsssional legislature. Among the mos
annoying to Congressman, are the sma!
iriyaie bills ssking aid. Secmingl.
there are as many lobbyists to exch @
these bills as th ere are bills. in ahicl
| millions are the consideration.
! he bill! for the refuHding Of the cot
| ton tax collected la Is65, 1876. and l8
| 6I, soon to be reported By The Hcus,
Appropriation Committee, is q, the
! most magnitude. having forty or fifty
million invoieed. The Supreme Courl
| ct the United States was divided ON the
| consiitutionalisy of the act, aud the lac,
OF its repeal by Congress by large ma
inr!ty, aimo., insures 20 the advocates oi
the bill it's passage. Every member OF
] the cotton growing States. snd majuri
| ~ q the Soxthern States are favorable
1 10 the bill. The bill provides that the
| refunding shall be done BY bonds at 4
| low rate of Understanding forty years.
| On next Monday the Postal Tcleg b
| bill. which has been reported iaYorabIy
| by the Senate Post Office Committee.
vi!l be taken up and lively deba.e will
| elisue. The friends Of the bill appear
| confident CT success, notwithstanding
| IL is understood Mr.. orion has engaged
lobby 20 oppose IL 1t has become
| proverbial that favorable report of the
! Sanale Post Office Com liittee is eauiva-
| lent to q passage in the Senate.
The Woman Suffrage Convention now
| IN session Id meeting with success. At
| 10 clock this morning, Llncoln Hail
| was well filled. hfrs. Anthony led Of in
| well prepared speech on the general
| principles o.. reform, followed by Eliza
beth Csdy Stanton. On the English
| method Of treating woman in England !;
Mrs. Gage, of New York. On what the
agitation OF The Woman Suffrage ques-
tioB has accom- pli>hed. ana took con
/ siderable rains to try and imi,ress the
| audience thar the present Aduiinistra-
ton tespeciaily Senator Wilson. which
Is to he q part of it, being favorable to
xomans suffrage, and to that end il
paid Mrs Anthony : fare TO Washing
| ton during the stormiest part Of the jato
political camPaign.
The Southern Claim Commission Tex
piriBg By act Of Congress which created
| it. on the Cd OF March next has passed
| upon three hundred ciaimS and has 500
srcss will continue this Com mission tour
years more. .-
The Sab Committee 10 investigate the
defaicaiion IN the Iaterna! Revenue. ulet
las. evening and took considerable testi-
| llnny which IS said to be very damaging
10 certain houdsmen OF detamlteTs.
From the inv,stiea icns noy going Gu
of the Credit alobilieT affair oH.. wc.lld
ias 10 4;
hs,i an eye TO investing lneir laase
change in the hest possible way With
The .xccptiGn of Oakos Ames, probably
30 member viii be found gsity of any
Illegal transaction, and this trouble and
| expense TO the Government will come to
| naugh..
The friends of Honorables James
Brooks, CT New FORK, and 0akes Anne.
| of Massach useties, are considers bly, woy-
ried over the suit commenced agains,
these hoEo-atiss BY Tht3F. G.. Durant.
ex-Prosident OF the Cref. Mobiier Mr.
Durant has long since prepared his
claim. and only Though the wartaess 80
IicItasinn of Il. friends has bcea Induced
| to withhold prosecution.
In the tI0ine ship yHIda, SO long Idle,
quite a revival Of business vas Witnessed
during the past year No less than 100
yesseis IF 1900 tonnage were built dr.
! ring 1872; the operations Of the coming
, year viii reseh ct irsst So, 900 toss. The
! Delaware shipyards have ALSO been able
| to underbid the English shipyards in the
| construction Of FIVE new vessels Of
! great Italian steamship company just or
! ganized. We are rspidly oyerliauliug
/ tie famous scotch builders of the Clyde
| The bright prospects Ggy opening 10
| this trade are stimulating iar @af tnests
| and the business will soon he on its old
| footing.
| The provision of the constitution civ
| ing to ci.izeBa the power TO rceuixte
| commerce between the States promises
not to lie dormant much longer, Com
mereial interests have hitherto been al
| lowed to regulate themselves, but pow
| eriui co,nbinatiuns of vested interests
| have usurped undue influence in this
/ ;,roteni This has attracted the thought
and attention OF some OF our best sta,es
men, and projects for the regulation OF
| internal commerce are beginning to "a.
sumo more definite forn. Among coz
| tenn plating movements is that of desig-
uating Board of Cabinet Officers to
requisite these interests according to
/ some provisional methods. This is un-
| derstocd. in some quarters. to look tos-
ards the establishment OF 3 Department
J Of Commerce. with authoritative control
OF the l7hole question.
| The petition Of tie soldiers of iowa
! presented by Mr. Harlan, in the Senate
| to-day. created smile on-the face CT
nearly every Senator These soldiers
have made grea. mist AXE In attempting
10 induce Congress 10 believe that ifi,
| Of rF l. y he. Ill
l. required TO give TO the 'l;iiers. shouts
/ the ti.i! pass. Che eecratsry ef ,"sr in
bis estimate contained in letter ad
| dressed 10 the COMMITTEES on public
! lands ststea that the Thp!e number OF
soldiers and sailors enlisted during the
war for ninety days or mere being Is 6U7
SIS, it is only safe 10 deduct 6O7.57S a.
| dying without leaving aEy record FroG.
shis estimate we can draw the foilnCiu2
conclusion: one hundred and sixty acres
! pf land given to the remainder, would
! sino:.0t ~ ..lrat hundred sad twenty
| million acres.
| An equalization bounty 1ili. wrich
| proposes To siye SSs per nionih adi!-
! .aB1l pay TO every soldier iIcigcrinc
jhe4si<osl Goverement, State and MU-
. nlcip pal boua..es. will. 1t is thought sc
cure more favor aud Il any s,l of e>pe-
! oial interest to the soldier passes, it viii
! iiaSs
Leading American manufacturers. us
charged. have entered into conibiuz-
ton 20 pfsYent large representation of
ouf products at the Vienna Exposition,
an the ground that OUR paieuiees havr
no protection on the other side of sbe
cssn, snd that every paten: ed prnce.s
exhi bite! 81 Vienna vii. tc Immediately
pirated This is sa:d so be the source of
| the opposition. nov Glsnifes,ing itself n
Congress, to any appropriation in sid ci
the exposition,
The New York Shipping List is en-
| coCTaged at the prospect ot q revival OF
| business. During the mouth of January
ros less than hundred millions will be
| paid out for interest on national railroad
and other securities. Currency is be-
gisaing to fow hack from the interior
| The European crisis has eliminated, and
! a hundred millions absorbed by Germa-
ny for recoinage is DOW released, and
vii soon suda a place again in the circu-
sating medium Of ,hs vorld. The re
vival of ship building Will not onl5 add .
neS clement of in nterus prosperity. but
it viii also open q new channel for com.
mercia. enterprise thus furnishing new IA
I zrtsFieS for naeap