River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-01-20
Congressional Summary.
nenate.


senate.
TUESDAY, January 10. Bills Iwere
Introduced for the relief of the Trustees Of the In
sane Asylum at Nashville auth 1rlzng be Secretary
Of the Interior to for their original OF ecs all
unexpended balances of appropl iatlops for the
i ,h service; and providing that tlst of Chief
p Justice obsse be placed in the Supreme Court
~ M - resolution was introduced providing
Tor the appointment Of a commission 10 examine
lhto the condition Of the navy bin was passed
appropriations to pay the salaries of the
luton 10 I'LL vacancies In the Board of Regenta In
the Smithsonian Insti'ute taken up and PASS.
4 cd --- The Chair appointed Sargent a me,nber ~
the Board Of Regents on the part Of the senate -
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration
OF the resolution reported by the Finance Commits
tee declaring 1t to be the duty of Congress TO adont
definite measures to redeem the pledge in the aet
o. 1863, for the earliest practicable redemption 81
the United States notes In gold coin. Mr. Freline.
huysen spoke against imitation, and in conclus1on
presented . biu TO secure resumption of specie
payments without contracting the currency aud h
was referred 20 the Committee on Finance IL
suthorlzes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue
t22o,OOOUOO sixty cent l0-40 bonds, 70 be dis
| posed of from time 20 time for the puip pose of
purchasing 5000 000,000 OF gold coin with which 10
redeem the legal tenders OF the United States and
II shall be the instruction Of the Secretary of the
Treasury 80 soon as he shall deem II expedient
with such an amount of gold as for the time being
ne may nave procured, to commence and continue
the redemption OF legal tenders. When redeemed
they are not TO be roissued except in exchange for
gold certificates at par. and when SO reissued thew
shall be redeomable In geld coin but the total
| amount Of legal tenders outstanding and redeemed
shall at no time exceed s356O0 600 The deaths
OF James Brooks, and WILDER d. Foster, late mem
bers Of the House Ct Representatives. we're an
nounced and the Senate then adjourned.
House.
The House resumed the consideration of the bill
to promote education. After discussion the bill was
postponed to March. The House then went into
committee of the whole ON the naval appropriation
bin, and upon rising took up the Senate substitute
for the bill IN relation to salaries and passed IL by
vote Of 226 ayes against IS noes The bill goes to
the President fer approval The votes in tie mega
| tive were given by Messrs. Albert, Averil Barry
Clymer, Cox, Grassland, Hayes Lynes, Kelley, Ken
DAN, Llmison, Morey, Negley, rlatt, Randall,
Shanks, sloss, stanford, Storm, Stowell, Todd,
Waddell, White, Whitley, and Williams OF Indiana
--- After some further business Of no general i'm
portapce, the House adjourned.
"a Senate.
MONDAY, January 12.-Sundry petit
tons and memorials were presented The House
bill to establish various post routes was passed A
resolution adopted instructing the Committee
ON Foreign Relations to inquire into the expediency
of advancing the rank of Minister Resident Of Swe.
den and Norway. TO mission Of the first Glass;
Mr.. Pratt introduced a bill ceding to the several
| states within whose limits they respectively lie,
the beds of unsurveyed lakes and other bed es OF
water. - Mr.. ingalls, introduced bill providing
| sas City and LeavenwOrth, any point on the
Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific RAILWAYS via
Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, TO Ogden, or any
point on the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, or
points beyond its terminus shall be carried by said
companies jointly at the rates as are charged
on similar traffic between Omaha and like
points.--Ihe morning hour having expired, the
| consideration Of the salary bill was resumed
Various amendments were offered dnd rejected,
when a vote was taken upon the substitute for the
House bill, as amended last week, and the bill
! passed by the following vote
YEAs-Messrs. Allison, Anthony, Bayard Bogey,
Foreman, Boutwell,, Buckingham, Cameron, Car
pentor, Chandler. Clayton, Conkng, Crosier, Davis,
Dorsey, Edmuuds, Feuton, Ferry of Michigan,
Frelnghuysen, Goldlhwate, Hamilton of Maryland,
Hamlin, Hitchcock, Howe, ingalls,, Logan, Nc
| Creery, Merryman, Mitchell, Morrill, of Maine.
Morrill, of Vermont, Morton, Oglesby, Patterson,
/ Frat, Ramsey, Robertson, Sargent Salisbury,
/ Schurz stockton, Sumner, Wadeigh, West, Win
/ NAys-Messrs. Brownlow, Conover Monagan
Gordon, Lewis, Norwood, Sprague, and Iipton--9.
of the resolution reported by the Finance Commit
tee declaring it TO be the duty Of Congress 10 adopt
definite measures to redeem the pledge made by the
act of March IL, 1s6i.-Adiourned.
House.
Bills were introduced follows To reorganize
/ the Internal Revenue Department and reduce its
force to aid in establishing polytechnic schools in
every county and state and the territories to regu-
late the seizure and examination of invoices books
! aud papers customs and revenue cases further
TO insure the safety Of passenger on railroads to
establish a uniform aud elastic currency and reduce
the national debt to repeal the internal tax on to-
bacc0 authorizing the erection of a railroad bridge
across the Missouri river at Canton making treas
ury notes legal tender for custom duties also TO
prevent financial pancs by the issue of $685.
/ 100 bonds and the forty-four million reserve
/ A motion 10 suspend the rules and adopt a resolu-
ton declaring il 10 be the of the House that
taxes shall not be increased but that extraordinary
means, # any he required for the support of the
government, shall be obtained by temporary loan
on bonds bearing low rate Of interest in currency
and redeemabe in United States notes, was defea'-
I ed,--Mr Huribut introduced bill chartering a
double track railway from tide water the Allan
/ tic to the Missouri river, and TO limit freights
/ thereon. Referred. "A resolution was adopted
that in the judgment Of the House, there is no
cessy for increase of taxation or increase of the
! public debt by a further loan if there shall be
/ economy in public expenditures and that in view
Of the condition of the national finances the House
will reduce the appropriations and public eGpendi
lures to the lowest point consistent with proper
administration Of public affairs.--A resolution
was also adopted providing for the appointment Of
a committee of thirteen TO confer with the officers
Of the Washington Monument Society on The prac-
+ ticabity OF completing the Washington monument
by the approaching centennial---Severala addition
al resolutions offered and referred, after which
the House went into Committee Of the Whole on
+ the naval appropriation hill---Upon rising the
( IIOuca al iourped