Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-01-16
Proceedings in Congress.

SENATE. -Congress re.asSembled on
January 6, after the holiday recess. In the
Senate, Mr.. Howe offered a resolution re-
questing the Secretary Of War, when he re-
spends to the resolution Of inquiry in regard
TO the effect of the late storm at Duluth to
communicate, also, the opin on OF the chief
engineer as to the best method OF procuring
safe harbor at that point. Mr.. Morton offered
resolution directing the Committee on Priv
legts and Elections to examine and report at
the next session OF Congress on the best and
most practicable mode of electing the Press
dent and NicePresident 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 suppressing Indian
hostilites in Washington territory and Ore.
gon was agreed to. Also resolutions of in.
curry whether the Secretary of the Treasury
has power under the existing laws to Issue
United States notes in lieu Of the forty.fva
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 nyol.
untary bankruptcy The Goat Island bill was
referred to the Military Committer. Mr.. Pratt
lntroduceda bill ceding to the several states
within which they respectively lie, the beds
Of surveyed lakes and other bodies of water
Dir. Ferry introduced bill setting apart that
portion Of AIacknac Island now held by the
United States az a military reservation for a
national park. The Indian appropriation bin
was next considered, and agreed to. The
amount appropriated by the bill is g. 43i l6j.
which is S9l7,997 less than last year Mr.
Morrill, introduced bill increasing the grant of
lands to several states for educational pur.
poses.
HoUsE-Number Of bills introduced.
the most prominent among them being for A
canal connecting the waters of Lake Michigan
and the Illinois, Mississippi and Rock rivers
To give officers of the Missouri militia three
months pay-also pension to widows and or
phans OF soldiers murdered in Missouri in
1861 making Sioux City, Iowa, a port of de-
hyery. At the expiration of the morning hour
Mr. Frye offered resolution for public SEES
slons ofthe Credit Mobilier Investigating Com
mlttee, which was adopted-l30 to T. A bill
introduced by Nj, Hooper, to provide for the
converting OF United States notes into coin al
ter the first OF May, 1874, was referred. Mr.
Handalls resolution relative to the Union Pa
clilc railroad was also adopted. Mr. Wilson
OF indiana, offered resolution for another Sc
cret committee Of five TO inquire whether anv
stockholders OF the Credit Mobiler held bonds
OF the Union Pacific Railroad Company; wheth-
er they obtained them Tor valuable consider
atlon, etc. Adopted. The Senate amendments
10 the defciency bill were taken up and con
Cured in. A message from the President We
tong the bill to remit the entries of spirits de-
stroyed IN bond was presented, read ard laid
on the table. resolution was adopted call
ing Tor information as to suitability of the
White Heuse for the President as an official
and family residence.