Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-11

| llsh equal rights IN the PUBIC scHoois u N"'hInS
ton and Georgetown; joint resolution, proposing
an amendment to the Constitution OF the ohiied
States, so as TO provide for the eiectloh Oh Ifesl-
dent of the United States by a direct Vote Vi lho
people. and abolishine the office of Vice President.
and a Joint resolution proposing an amendment 10
the Constitution OF the United States so as 10 eI-
tend the Presidential term TO six years, ana max
ing the occupant ineligible FOR re-eiecnoh'
TO authorize the issue of compound interest notes
as a substitute for legal-tenders; to PROVIDE lor
the adjustment OF the French spollatlon Claims;
relating to moneys appropriated for members OF
Congress: creating a commission to ad-
just the compensation for the depreda-
tions by rebel cruisers, awarded by tne ne
March 3, 1878, increasing the salaries OF certain
persons therein named; TO repeal the bankruptcy
Act; proposing an amendment 10 the CohsttuioH
| of the United States. providing for the election OF
United States Senators by the people, pIoviu-
ing that all volunteers under the Presidents
tered into the service of the United States
before Aug. 8, 1861, and accepted by the war
Department under said proclamation, snail
be paid the full bounty of 500 provided in SAID
proclamation fixing the salary of senators and
Representatives, and delegates III Congress at 80
600 per annum, with necessary travelling expenses
and 500 per annum for postage, stationery, anu
newspapers. Adjourned.
The House waa called to order at noon
| on the 1st, by Mr.. Mcpherson, the Clerk, who
| called the roll CT members by States, and 27S mem
bers, of 800 who were entitled to seats, answered
to their names. -. Messrs. James q. Blaine, Fer
nando Wood, and S S. Cox were nominated for
Speaker. The vote resulted as follows: Blaine,
100; Wood, II; Cox, 21; Clymer, OF Pennsylva-
| MIA. /; Alex. Ii. Stephens, 1. Mr., Blaine was
therefore declared duly elected Speaker OF the
| third Congress-. and Messrs. Maynard and
Wood conducted him to the chair.
The election for other officers resulted as follows:
Clerk, Edward McPherson; Sergeant-at-Arms N.
G. Ordway; Doorkeeper, o. S. Baxter; Postmaster,
II. G. Sherwood, of Michigan; Chaplain, Rev. }.
G: Butler.:..The certificate for the Ninth Indiana
n;sfrjct ChapES and Nnf Hpjnp the ODDOsInp
claimants. was referred to the Committee on Elec-
| tions, with instructions to report at an early day.
-. Notice was given of a bill to repeal the III
creased salary aw..-.Ad1ourned.
In the Senate, on the %, among the
bills introduced were the following: To set apart
a certain portion of the island of Mackinac, In
Michigan, as a national park; granting aid to the
Allan ic and Great Western Canal; to orgaEize
the Territory of Oklahama: to provide Tor tree
banking. to secure an elastic currency, 10 appre-
ciate national obligations, and to reach specie pay
ments without commercial embarrassments. ..1he
Presidents Message was received, read and or
dered printed, as were also the reports of the
Cabinet officers. Executive session and adjourn
men
In the House, on the I'd, notices were
given of bills-changing the rate Of compensation
for Senators, Representatives and delegates in
Congress; to repeal the Bankruptcy laws; a Civil
Rights bill; a constitutional amendment providing
that no law increasing the compensation OF Sena-
lOTS anu REPRESENTATIVES, SIiIl idhS NhtNb UNI
after an election of Representatives intervenes.
Tho Presidents Message was read, referred to
Committee of the Whole, and ordered printed.
A resolution was adopted for the admission TO
seats from Louisiana of Messrs. Sypher and Shell
} don. ..Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the Sd, bills were in
troduced-to provide for the better protection of
the Northern and Northwestern frontiers to facili-
tate commerce between the States; to organize the
territory of Pembina, and provide fori lis temporary
npDt' In aid in the execution OF the laws IN
Utah; to provide for the redemption of the loan OF
1853. -. Mr.. Morrill,, of Vt, addressed the Senate i'll
favor of a resolution instruCting the Committee
on Finance to consider the expediency of report
ing a bill to provide for the resumption Of specie
payment in January. lSs5....A petition was pre-
scented of $500 citizens of Kentucky, asking for
the passage of a law prohibiting the manufacture
of spirituous liquors i'll the Territories of the
United States. Executive session and adjourn
mcnt.
In the House, on the Sd, a bill was intro
duced and referred to provide for the redemption Of
the loan of 1883. Notice was given OF a bill 10 re-
peal 50 much Of the Postal act as prohibits weekly
newspapers from passing through the mails free Of
pustagc....A resolution was offered to admit G..
Davidson to a seat "a Reprcsentatiy" from the
Fourth Congressional District of Louisiana, and an
amendment was agreed to inserting the name of
George L. Smith. instead Of Davidson, and the oath
of office was administered to MIR. Smith....The
credentials Of the contestants for seats from the
State of Louisiana were referred to the Committee
on Elections. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 4th, bills were in
troduced and laid on the table for future refer
ence-to complete the water highway from the
James River to the Ohio, at the mouth of The Kan
awba; to aid in the execution Of law in Utah; 10
remove all political disabilities. The bill for the
redemption of the loan of 1883 was passed.
....On motion a new committed was pro-
vided for, to be known as the Committee
on Civil Service and RetrenChment, and two addi-
tional members were voted to each of the Commit
toes pI EprpigD Relations Claims and EduFa1l0n
and Labor....Thc standing committees were then
elected The credentials OF Messrs. Pinchback
and Mcmillan. a. Senators from Louisiana, and
that portion of the Presidents message referring
to amendments to the Constitution of the United
States were referred to the Committed on Privileges
and Elections. Adjourned 10 the 9Th.
In the House, on the 4th, several bills
were introduced and referred, among them-to re
peal the Bankruptcy law; to repeal the "iron-clad
oath. and for removing disabilities under the Four
teenth Amendment; amending the National Bank
ing Act and authorizing free banking with prac-
tiCablc redemption: recognizing Cuban beligcr-
newspapers and periodicals: to prohibit the pay
ment of interest by national banks; TO
| restore the ranking privilege; authorizing the
Secretary of the Treasury TO put in circulation the
residue of the s44, 0 900 reserve by purchasing
Government bonds herewith; 10 regulate com
merce among the several States by railways; also,
for a canal connecting the waters of Lake
Michigan and the Illinois, Mississippi and
Rock Rivers: for the Improvement of
the Mississippi River, between the mouth of the
Ohio and the Missouri; to require uniform charges
on railways, and to punish unjust discrimination in
favor of or against particular persons or places for
the repeal of the Salary bill. "A resolution was
adopted that a select committee ofseven be appoint
ed to take into consideration the subject of a
repeal of the Salary Bill $50 called, and that the
said Committee be instructed 10 report at the
earliest practicable day. and that all bills on the
subject be referred to the said Committee. The
Speaker announced as said Committee Messrs.
Hale (Me.(, Maynard, Kasson, Sconeld, Hale
IN. ", Niblack and Adjourned.
Senate not in session on the 5th. In the
House, bills were introduced and referred-to es-
tablish an educational fund, and to apply the pro-
ceeds of the public lands to the education of the
people; TO reduce postage: to strengthen the
credit of the reconstructed States, and to afford
them financial relief: to permit publishers of
newspapers and periodicals to exchange, and pub
fishers of weekly newspapers to send within the
county of their publication one copy thereof to
actual subscribers free of postage; to aid in the
establishment Of free schools throughout the
United States; to afford cheap transportation by
| water from the interior TO the Atlantic seaboard
by way Of the Great Lakes; to complete the James
River & Kanawha Canal. The Senate bill for
the exemption of the loan of 1858 was taken up.
debated and referred. The Speaker announced
the Standing Committees. ..Adjourned to the Sth.
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