Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-04
CONGRESSIONAL.


In the Senate, on the 22d, memorial of
the National Agricultural Congress, which was
recently IN session in Georgia. was presented, ask
ing that onehaf of the proceeds of the sales of the
public lands be used toward the support of agri-
cultural colleges, education and labor. IA
favorable report was made on me u louise
claims for additional bounty under the
act of July %, 1866. The House bill authorizing
the President to issue army rations and clothing
to destitute people on the Tombigbee, Rio Grande
and Alabama Rivers was passed The civil
Rights bill further debated, the session lasting
all night, no vote being reached up to two O'Clock
on the morning of the 23d.
In the House, on the 22d, bill was re-
ported and passed making appropriations for the
payment of claims which have been reported as
allowed by the Commissioners of Claims under
the act of March 3, 1871. Several private bills
were disposed Of in Committee of the WHOLE.
Adjourned.
The all.night session of the Senate for
the consideration of the Civil Rights bill ermi-
mated at 10 on the morning of the 23d, the bill
being finally passed by vote of % yeas to 10
| nays The first section of the bill passed
| provides that all citizens and other persons
within the jurisdiction of the United States shall
be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment Of the
accommodations, advantages facilities and prlvl-
| leges OF inns, public conyeyances on land or
water, theaers and other places of public amuse
ment, and also of the common schools and
| public institutions Of learning or benevoence
supported in whole or in part by general
taxation, and of cemeteries so supported, also the
| institutions known as agricultural colleges en-
| dowed by the United States, subject only to the
conditions and limitations established by law, and
! applicable alike to citizens Of every race and
color 5edless OF any previous cond no ,b o.
| violation Of the law, and the District and Circuit
Courts of the United States are given jurisdiction
III cases of its violation, and actions may be pros
eCuted in the United States Territorial District or
| ffrnY fhn hpF dor he
found, without regard 10 the other party. 1t is
also provided that no citizen shall be disqualified
for service on any jury because of race, color or
previous condition OF servitude Adjourned to
the 25th.
In the House, on the 23d, bills were
passed donating condemned cannon and cannon
balls to various Posts of the Grand Army of the
Republic for monumental purposes; for the sale
of the Rush Valley Military Reservation in Utah;
for the sale OF the buildings and grounds known as
the Detroit Arsenal, in Michigan. one of the
Senate amendments TO the Legislative Executive
and Judicial Appropriation bill was rejected and
Others were discussed at considerable length "A
bill was reported allowing bounty OF SS33l5 per
month to soldiers during the late war, and also
providing for grants Of land to them ...Ad-.
journed.
In the Senate, on the 25th, bills were
passed-to incorporate the Texas Pacific Railway
Company and to aid in the construction of the
road House bill to revise, consolidate and amend
the laws relating to pensions, approved March 3,
1873, which provides that all persons who have lost
an arm at or above the elbow shall be rated in sec
ond lass and receive pension OF S24 per
month "A Joint resolution was introduced pro-
posing an amendment to the Constitution proyid-
ing that, II any State shall fail to MAINTAIN com
mon school system under which all persons be-
tween the ages Of five and eighteen years not
incapacitated for the same, shall receive free of
charge such elementary education as Congress
may prescribN Congress shall have the power
to establish therein such system and
cause Tie same to be maintained at the expense OF
such State. The conference report on the Naval
Appropriation bill was agreed TO Several
amendments TO the Deficiency Appropriation bill
were adopted The House resolution WAS pre-
scented announcing the death of Representative
Mellish, and after a few appropriate remarks by
Mr. Conklinc the Senate adjourned
In the House, on the 25th, among the
bills introduced were the following: Providing
that the residence OF three years shall be sufficient
to entitle alien. being free white person, 20
become citizen, his declaration TO be made
one year before his admission aon nG deGsE
in any State are subject to the State
courts OF that State TO repeal the law which sus-
pended payments to loyal masters Tor slaves draft
ed and received MS volunteers in the military ser
vice. restoring to the pension roll the pensioners
OF the Mexican war who were struck on
for disloyalty. The Senate bill to facilitate the
execution of and to protect certain public works
Of improvement at the mouth OF the
Mississippi was passed. A motion 10 sus-
pend The rules and take up we suhsl-
iute for the Senate Currency bill was lost n
was also motion to suspend the rules and take
up the Senate Supplementary Civil Rigtts bill and
refer 1t to the Judiciary Committee, with leave to
report al any time -. Announcement WAS made Of
the death OF Mr.. Mellish and appropriate remarks
made, and resolutions relating TO his funeral
were adopted Adjourned
In the Senate, on the Goth, bills were
passed-to legalize and establish pontoon rail-
way bridge across the Mississippi River al Prairie
du Chen Wis; 10 extend the time five years for
the completion Of the railway from the st CroiX
River, or the lake between Townships 70 and 81 10