The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-03-08
CONGRESSIONAL SnmmarY.

| DlilS were introduced Tor the establishment OF
| telegraphlc communication between the Cap
itol and Government buildings in Washington
| city to remit duties upon goods DESTROYED
| by the Boston bre and imposing a tax of ten
! per cent. upon the unauthorized circulation of
certificates i'll the simitude of circulating
notes; majority and minority reports from the
committee on elections on the. crededtials ot
| Mcmillan aud Ray, each claiming to be legally
| elected Senator from Louisiana were read,
The army appropriation bill was reported from
committee with amendments. The death of
Mr.. Speer, late representative in Congress
| from Georgia was announced.
HOUSE. bill to pay the war
| claims OF 1912 was discussed and refused a
| third reading. The House refused by a vote
/ OF los yeas 10 100 nays, to consider 4 resolll-
| ton offered by Fernando Wood for the I'M
| parchment OF Schuyler Cclfax. The suudry
| civil appropriation bill was considered III
| Committee Of the Whole for some time. Upon
rising. the death of Thos. j. Speer, of Georgia,
who died during the recess of Congress, was
announced, appropriate euloSies delivered,
| and the House adjourned.
SENATE.-On February 10Th the
| House bill. for removing the disabilities of ex-
| Governor Smith, of Vlrgi ia, was passed.
| Several bills were reported from committees
with amendments; the Indiana, Ohio and
| Illinois two per cent. bill was taken UP ana
debated at length A bill was introduced au-
tiioi ~ dDPtiII lnlGG Culll-
missioners to revise the bankrupt law and
| report amendments thereto.
HOUSE. The bill to give the report
! ing and publishing of the Compression de-
| bates to Murtagh, of the Washington Repub-
| llcan, was passed. The sundry civil service
appropriation bill was considered in Commit
| tee Of the Whole. A number Of military bills
were acted on. Several passed, among them
| one to extend for one year (till Feb l. 1879,
| the time for fling claims for additional bounty
under the act of July %, 1866.
| SENATE. February 18th the
| House bill declaring that the exemptions al
lowed by the bankrupt law shall be the
amounts allowed by the constitution and laws
of each state in 1871, and such exemptions
| shall be valid against debts contracted before
| the adoption of such state constitutions, as
well as those contracted afterwards and
| against liens by judgment or decree OF any
| state courts, was taken up and passed.
| The Lewis bill on education in the
Southern states was reported with amend
ments. The bill provides for distributing tvo
million dollars to Delaware, Maryland, Yir-
gina. West Virginia, North Carolina, South
| Carolina, Georgia Florida, Alabama, Missis-
slppi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri,
! Kentucky, tennessee, and the District of
| Columbia III the ratio Of their population for
the education OF children from SIX to sixteen
wears old, irrespective of color or condition
| bills were passed for the relief Of settlers on
| the Sioux Indian reservation in Minnesota:
and TO promote telegrapbic communication
| between America, ASIA and Europe. 4 com.
| munlcat1on was read requesting the Senate to
instruct the special committee iIyestigatipg
| the charges against Senator POnerOy TO re-
| ceive the testimony of members OF the Kansas
| legislature now IN Washington. The commit
| tee were so instructed.
HoUsE.-Some time was spent in
Committee of the Whole considering the
| q yrtt1 ff,,r,
| 3ir Poland reported the result of the,
| Credit Mobilier Investigation. The Hous
| then resumed the consideration oil the civil
service appropriation bill.
SENATE. February II the Goat
island bill was reported without recommends
| ton, and placed on the calendar. Mr.. Nor
| ton reported the evidence III the Caldwell case
| aud offered resolution declaring the election
| Illegal. Messrs. Logan and Anthony dissent
| ed. Mr., Morton reported favorably the reso-
| luton 10 rcclnd the 22d JOINT rule which pre-
| scubes the method of determining disputes
arising during the counting Of electoral votes
for President and Vice-President. Mr.. Trum-
| pull did not agree with the majority, but
| thought the bill ought to be modified. The
House bill amendatory of the bankrupt law
was reported Mr.. Stewart introduced bill
! granting the state OF Nevada a million of
| pubhc lands tor commOn-sch0ol purposes to
| be selected by the state and disposed of to
| tStudi SCitItis MI. NY reported 1dFtfdtiN
| on the bill authorizing territories to select
| and sell two sections Of land IN each town for
| common-schooi purposes. Several other bills
| were reported tavorablv. The naval appro-
| prIation bill was then passed. A joint resoiu-
| ten was Also passed authorizing the President
| to have medals made, to be given in behalf Of
| Congress to certain citizens OF Rhode Island
! who saved the lives OF twenty persons from
| the wreck Of the Metis in Long Island Sound.
| last summer.
HoUsE.-Several new bills were in
| troduced. bill was passed appropriatiug
| 500; coo 10 William and Mary College for the
! destruction Of property during the war: also Il
/ bill to encourage and promote Geographic
| communication between America and Asia
| The Senate biz for The further endowment OF
| agricultural colleges was ,aten uDaud passed.
| with an amendment that for every i've hmm
| dred dollars Of annual income accruing to any
college there shall be one free scholarship
and than when the annual income shall reach
| fifty thousand dollars year all buttons OF
that college shall be free.
SENATE. Saturday, February Is,
Mr.. Sherman reported that he bad notified
| the President and Nice-President of their elcc-
| ton. A report from the conference con1rnir-
| lee on the Consular and Diplomatic Appropri-
| alton bill was agreed to. The rule offered I,v
! hlr. anthony, limiting debate on appropriation
! bills, elected considerable discussion but was
adopted. bill was introduced to Incorporate
| the Southern Homestead Emigration Com
pany, giving power to lease or sell land any
| where III the United States. The naval APP
| uropnation bill was then considered
HoUsE.-Mr. Dawes reported that
the President and Vice-President had been
| notified of their election. A blIl was passed
| making it unlawful for any one to contract
with Indians relative to land or claims entered
prior to the act of May Dist, 1872, unless
such contract be in writing and approved by
and entered in the Department OF the Ia
terror. The message of the / resident upon
affairs III Utah was referred to the Judiciary
Committee. A bill was passed removing the
political disabilities from William Smith. of
Virginia, better kHowra as Extra Billy Smith.
Butlcr's bill for the distribution of the Geneva
award was discussed at length and, passed by
q vote or lZ2 yeas against n nays. The cor
ference report on the bill for the government
building at Memphis was agreed to.