River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-07

Committee. A bill was passed authorizing the
Secretary Of the Interior to negotiate with the
Creek Indians for portion OF the lands oc-
cupied by them also bill supplemental TO
an act incorporating the Texas Pacific Railway
Company. The credentials of Mr.. MILAN,
elected by the Warmot legislature to Gil the
unexpred term Of Kellogg as United States
Senator from Louisiana, and also the crcden-
tials Of Ray. elected by the Kellogg leg
stature, were presented and referred.
The House bill abolishing the grades
Of Admiral and Vice. Admiral was
passed Mr.. Eduunds, from the Judici-
airy Committee, reported a substitute for MIR.
MortOn's bin TO regulate the distribution OF
the Geneva award. The finance committee
reported bill establishing s4.S6 65-l0O as the
custom house value Of a sovereign or pound
sterling Of Great Britain, and par OF exchange
The bill for the construction OF tea sloops OF
war was taken up and passed. The Senate
then resumed the cOnsdc ;ation OF the calen-
dar, and several bills granting pensions we're
passed. The bill to allow women to vote and
hold Office in the territories was indefinitely
postponed. The bill to abolish the ranking
privilege was then taken up, and after the
adoption Of an amendment providing that no
allowance shall now or hereafter be made
members of Congress in lieu of the ranking
privilege, passed, yeas 33, NAYS 16.
HoUsE.-The bill for the admission
ofColorado as a state was taken up and dis
cussed until the expiration of the morning
hour Several amendments to bills were acted
upon fayorably, after which the bills for the
creation Of Commissioners OF Commerce, and
for giving bounties 10 American ship builders,
came mp aud was laid on the table by decisive
vote-thus virtually defeating it. A bill was
passed appropriatirg sll,3 $50 to supply the de-
fciency for expenses of The United States
Mixed Commission on American and British
claims. The Speaker presented message
from the President vetoing the act reducing
from two years to SIX months the time in
which new trials may be, on motion Of the
United States, grated in the Court of Claims,
The President failed to see any advantages in
the proposed law, and regards 1t as tending to
facilitate the preparation of frauds on the
United States. The message was referred to
the Judiciary Committee.
SENATE-Bills were passed on Jan. 81
for the protection of owners Of saw-mills on
the Mississippi River; for the erection Of pub
lie buildings in Nashville; for the sale Of a
portion of the lighthouse reservation at Fort
Gratiot, Mich. and to enable the Commits
s,oner of Indian Affairs to purchase certain
improvements within Nezperce Reservation,
Idaho. An amendment was reported to the
bill to require national banks to restore their
capital when impaired, and to amend the ma
tional currency act. The Finance Committee
reported Dill uAluS INe salaries OF
the following officers at $4,000 a year;
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Assistant
Secretary of the Interior, Assistant p, stnlast-
er General, Solicitor, Register. and Supervis-
ing Architect of the Treasury Department,
Commissioner OF Patents, Interior Affairs, the
General Land Office, Pensions and Customs,
Auditors Of the Treasury. Superintendent of
the Money Order System and Superintendent
CT Foreign Mails. The annual post-road bill
was introduced also a bill legaliZing the
titles of seven years settlers on lands to which
Indian titles have beel extinguishcd. The
credentials of z. b. S. Pinchback. Senator
elect from Louisiana, were presented. Mr..
Acorn introduced a bill to provide for the
construction of leyees on the Mississippi
River. The Committee on Appropriations re-
ported the legislative appropriation bill The
Senate resumed the consideration of the bill
to authorize the construction of SIX new
sloops of war.
HoUsE-The Committee on Appro-
priations was instructed to enquire into the
present value of existing telegraph lines, the
cost Of constructing the same and the proba-
bic cost of new lines. A bill was passed au-
thoriz:ng settlers upon untimbered land TO
enter forty acres of timbered land for every
100 acres of untimbered land at II % per aero.
The Election Committee reported that Niblack,
the contestant, is entitled to the seat from
Florida as against Wells. The bill for the adj.
mission of Colorado was taken up and debated
until the expiration of the morning hour, and
the rest of the day was given to the consider
alton of reports from the Finance Committee.