Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-04-04
General News Summary.
CONGRESS-.
sENATE-EXTRA SESSION

MARCH 24.-The Vice President laid be-
fore the Senate letter from Alexander Caldwell,
announcing that he had resigned his seat as Sena-
tor from Kansas This letter was accompanied
by note from Governor Osborne of Kansas
(then in Washington), acknowledging the receipt
of Mr.. Caldwell's resignation, Mr. Morton
then said 1t was not competent to expel a man
who was not a Senator or to declare his seat va
cant; therefore he considered his duties as chair
man of the Committee on Elections at an end. in
so far Mr.. Caldwell's case was concerned. Ihe
Clayton case was taken up, by vote or 30 TO IA.
and the report of the Committee was read "A
resolution was adopted ordering ten copies or the
Congressional Record for the Vice-President and
each Senator five for each member of the House,
and 300 copies to be sold at cost. Resolutions
were Notwithstanding the Committee on
Transportation routes to the seaboard to inquire
and report at the next session as the nature and
extent of the obligations of the railway companies
as to the postal service and what additional legls-
lation is necessary to guard against 1nterrupu0h
of the postal service; cOngratulating Spain On the
abolition of slavery in Porto Rico
MARCH 25.-The resolution congratu-
ating Spain on the passage of the Porto Rico
Emancipation bill was passed unanimously, and
a resolution was also adopted requesting the Pres
ident to communicate the resolution to the Govern
ment of Spain. The Vice-President appointed
mittees on Privileges and Elections and on Public
Lands. :. The Committee on Privileges and
Elections to whom was referred a "a ,tiI the
souri, Legislature in regard to the election or
Louis V. Bogy to the Senate of the United States,
made report to the effect that t is not the pro
vince of the Committee upon this reference TO
by the House of Representatives OF the
Missouri Legislature upon the evidence
was correct, but they express an opinion
that the evidence is not of character to require
of the Senate an Investigation - The Committee
was unanimously discharged from further consld,
Grafton of the subject :. A resolution was agreed
to- SO to 6-declaring that the charges against SEN
atOr clayton, of Arkansas, were not sustained.
The resolutions relating to the case of Mr.. Patter-
son were debated.
MARCH 26.-Mr. Carpenter was chosen
President pro ena during the absence of the Vice
President :. Resolutions were adopted-instruct-
ing the Committee on Transportation to report at
the next session as to the extent of the oollgaton
of the railway companies with regard to the postal
service, and what additional legislation is neces-
sary to protect the service against interruption ON
structing the Secretary OF the Treasury and
Interior to transmit to the Senate 1nformatlon as
to the amount of bonds issued by the Central Pa
cifc Railway, forming the first mortgage on It's
property; relating to ex-senator Patterson's de-
tense in the Credit-Mobilier matter, with an
amendment ordering it to be fled and printed
with the report Of the committee; Tttes
portation to sit during recess to investigate and
report upon the subject of transportation between
the interior and seaboard: The Com
ittee on Privileges and into Elections shs IONS
practicable mode of electing the President ana
Vice President, were given leave. to hold their
sessions in Washington or elsewhere. :. .Messrs.
Mitchell and Davis were added to the Select Com
mittee on Transportation. IA resolution was
unanimously ad opted rendering the thanks OF the
Senate to the Vice President for the ability conr
tesy and impartlal1ty manifested py nlh as P!e
siding officer, and then the Senate adjourned SINE