The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-02-28
Congress SIGNAL Summary


Senate.
MONDAY, February 16.-R. E. With
ers was sworn in as Senator from West Virginia.
"A number of memorials, resolutions and pc
titi0ns were acted on.-A bin was introduced 10
revive and continue in force certain land grants i'll
the state of Minnesota, to aid in the construc-
ton of the ST. Paul and Pacific r. Il. Referred.--
A bill was reported from committee appropriating
about 5000 900 to 20S loyal citizens of Lou
don County Va. for their property destroyed by
fire in conformity with Major General sheridan's
order dated Nov. 9th, 1S64.-At the expiration of
the morning hour th5 Senate resumed the consid-
Grafton of the bill to equalize the currencv Mr..
Cameron offered as a substitu bill repeating all
acts of ngress which limit restrict the amount
Of notes for circulation and providing that all asso
Citations organized to carry banking shall be free
to establish national banks with circulation, subject
to all limitations now provided by law, except the
limit to circulation, which is hereby repealed.
Without action the Senate adjourned.
House.
Bills were introduced: Imposing duty OF Sc on
iute and jute cuts to abolish the navy yards at
Kittery, Charleston, New London and Washington :;
abolishing the Office Of appraiser OF imported
chandse under the act of July a. 1910 to increase
the taxation on whisky; to abolish the revenue
marine service also to abolish certain custom
houses, and 20 discharge useless officers 10 enable
the central branch OF the Union Pacific Railroad to
submit its claims against the United States under
existing laws to the decision of the Supreme Court
to provide for commission for the reorganization
of the custom revenue service; to revise
the grants of land for the several
lines of the st. Paul and Pacific Railroad :;
to abolish pension agents aud provide for paying
pensions by postmasters and collectors of internal
revenue, thus efectng annual saving of 500, 000
providing that moneys paid into the hands Of any
collector or into the treasury for customs duties in
accordance with any decision or ruling previously
made by the Secretary of the Treasury, shall be
refunded paid, except i'll pursuance of special
appropriations made therefor, or in accordance with
the judgement of the United States Court giving
construction to-. the law, and from which the
attorney shall certify that no appeal writ
Of error viii be taken by the United States Passed.
Adjourned.
Senate.
TUESDAY, February 1.-THE military
committee reported a substitute for the bill to in
crease the pay department of the army: bills were
also introduced: directing the Secretary of the In
terror to place the pension roll the names of all
persons heretofore dropped therefrom because OF
participation in the recent rebellion providing that
s53 should be paid to every Cherokee Indian now
living east of the Mississippi river, being
an amendment OF the act of July %, 1S43
to further protect the polls i'll the election of Presi
dent and Vice-Presdent and members of Congress.
It authorizes the Secretary Of the Interior to con-
tract with the patentee of the safety baot-box for
tue of the box at the polls throughout the Unit
ed states III the election of President to pay for
certain salt works destroyed in 1862 by o. S. troops
III Clay county, Ky to authorize the issue of sup
ply of to the authorities of the state of Ne
braskl Bills on the calendar were then eonsid-
cred, and number passed.--At the expiration Of
the morning hour the bin to eGua lie the distribu
! ton of the currency taken up. Without tina
action, adjourned.
House.
Bills were passed: authorizing the clerks of the
War Department to issue warrants on the Treasury
transferring che military prison from Rock Island
! TO Fort LeavenwOrth - resolution was adopted
declaring v. w Wiltshire entitled to a seat from
| the third Congressional district of ARKANSAS
| Adjourned
Senate.
| WEDNESDAY, February 1S.-Mr. An.
| thony introduced bill to extend the time or the
completion of the Wisconsin Central Railroad Mr.
Howe introduced bill amendatory of the soldiers
homestead law. It provides that persons entitled
to the benefits of its first section who have since
June 8, 1672 entered less quantity of land thar
! 100 acres, shall be entitled to make up the full
| quantity III the same manner as persons who made
partial entries prior to said date.---The bill &c
equaliZe the distribution of the currency occupied
! the remainder of the session.
House.
| W. W. Wiltshire was sworn a member from tn,
| third Arkansas distriCt--A bill was passed making
! conviction of the crime of manslaughter in an,
]. 5. court punishable by Imprisonment for twenty
! years and 4 tine OF $4,000 also bills providing thai
no person shall be prosecuted tried or punished il
any United States court for any ofense rot capital
or Tor any fine or forfeiture under any penal stat
ute, unless indicted or information shall be found
or instituted within five years, except in case OF
persons fleeing from justice providing that where
an occupant of public land having color of title has
maze valuable improvements thereon, and his title
/ is found afterwards not good he shall be entitled
to all the rights and remedies as provided in such
cases IN their respective states territories pro
Vlding that III the trial OF all Indictments informa
tons, complaints and other proceedings in limited
States courts, the charged shall at his own
request, but not otherwise, be competent witness
| The law To apply to ali prosecutions now pending
Bills were introduced for the appointment of 4
commission on the subject of the alcoholic liouor
traffic TO provide for deducting any debt due to
the United States from any Judgment recovered
against the United States by such debtor. and "a
provide for holding the terms of the Western Dis.
trict Court OF Missouri.--A bill TO provide for the
distribution OF public documents came up and
occupied the attention of the House until diourn-
ment.
Senate.
THURSDAY, February 19.-,rhe House
bill to appropriate 10000 for dredging Buffalo bar
Dor was reported favorably-A bill was nassed
anlehdihg the act relating to patents and copy
rghts.--1he currency bill was then taken up aud
occupied the remainder of the session.
House.
A bill relating to naval engineers was passed
also bills extending the time for the completion OF
the Sturgeon Bay ship canal; to provide for the
election Of two Representatives, large for Ala
bama unless the legislature shall otherwise provde
by law before the time fixed for the election; and
requiring United States marshals and clerks of the
United States courts who have received fees and
emOiuments in excess of their legal eompensation
to deposit the same with the treasurer of the United
States.-The bin tor the distribution of pubIic
documents was then considered.
Senate.
FRIDAY, February 20.-Several pe.l-
tons were presented.-A resolution WAS adonte5
for an inquiry into the expedlency of superseding
the present system of parchments in the last stages
OF bills also resolution asking the Secretary of
the treasury to report the number of Illicit distl-
leres suppressed by the government in the last Sly
months.-The financial bill then again came mn
but was not disposed of. W.
House.
No business of Importance was transacted in fine
House.
House.
SATURDAY, February 21.-A bill was
introduced confirming and ratifying the agreement
made by Felix Brunot with the Eastern hand of
Shoshone Indians, for the purchase by the United
States of onehird Of the Shoshone reservation for
s25Oy, payable in CATTLE at the OF So 600 wear
The bill authorizing the Washington City and
Point Lookout Railroad Company to extend ITS linz
through Washington considered also a MN
Der OF private bIlIs.=Adjourned over Monday.
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A Little job for the President,
The Toledo Blade saws: Who
would not be President Just think
how nice it must be to be held respon-
slble Tor everything which goes wrong
under the sun. The following nostaI