Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-30
General News Summary.
CONGRESSIONAL.

from Ohio for six wears, from March q, 1919, Wer
presented -. "A bill was introduced for the pay
Iuent of bonds of the Louisville & Portland Canal
| =. Consideration of the Finance resolution wa
| resumed, and the Clerk read remarks of MI
Brownlow, who thought an immediate return t.
specie payment would be destructive to the bust
ness of the country. Mr.. Gordon opposed speed.
return to specie payment, and Mr. Chandle
| thought the only plan was Tor the government q
say it would resume specie payment on the 18th o
January, 1875, and to make provision accordingly
| -. Amendments were offered to the POst-rout
| bill. Adjourned.
In the House, on the Goth, bill wa
reported from the Committee on Railroads, order
/ ed printed and recommitted, to regulate commerce
| by railroads among the several States. "A nev
rule. was adopted-124 to 1O1-proydlng that al
motions to suspend the rules, except to go int
| Committee of the Whole, shall, before being sub
| mitted to the House, be seconded by a majority
| as in the case of the previous question .Ad
| journed.
In the Senate, on the 21st, 81 Aeral peti
tions were presented and referred, from women il
various parts of the country asking for Legislation
| comforting upon them the right to vote; also me
mortal of the WOmen's Suffrage Association, pro
testing against the passage of the law limiting suf
frage in the Territories to males. =. "A bill was
passed explanatory of the act of March 2, 1893, tC
! regulate the collection of duties on i'm
ports and tonnage. :. Consideration was resumed
| of the resolution reported by the Finance Commit
| tee, declaring it to be the duty of Congress tC
adopt measures TO redeem the pledge of public
| faith; and furnish currency of uniform value
always redeemable in gold or its equivalent, and
Mr.. Merrimon advocated the Immediate resump
ton of specie payments .. Executive session and
adjournment.
In the House, on the 21st, bill was
reported from the Judiciary Committee and passed
authorizing Legislatures in the several organized
Territories, except Utah, at each regular session
to make an assignment Of judges TO hold courts IN
dis tricts and when the Legislature fails to do SO
then the judges of each Territory to make an az. as
the the D-Vlt; close of the next regular ses.
sion of the Legislature. IA bill was re-
ported from the Select Committee on the Centen-
nial Exposition requesting the President to extend
in the name of the United States, respectful and
cordial invitation to the Governments of other ma
ions to be represented and take part in the Inter
national Exposition to be held in Philadelphia
under the auspices of the Government of
| the United States in the year 1876. Con-
siderable discussion followed on the cues
be asked of he to p oaf%ng out kis
enterprise, when motion to lay the bill on the
table was lost-42 to 206-and the bill was then
passed. The West Virginia contested election
case was taken up and discussed the question
being which of the two elections, held ON different
days and resulting differently, was the legal and
valid one. -. "A recess was taken until 7:3U the
evening session to be for the consideration or tne
bill revising and consolidating the statutes.
In the Senate, on the 22d, several Pc
one from Susan B. Anthony relating the circum-
stances of her registering in Rochester N. Y, and
her subsequent Indictment and trial for illegal
voting, before Judge Hunt, of the United States
Supreme Court stating that he her trial rial
conviction m M was in violation Of the statute
and asking that the fine imposed ON her be remit
ted. "A resolution was submitted, laid on the
table, and ordered printed, lnstructlng me Com,
10 consider and report The efbaes
10 hn
pointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, WHO
shall examine and report to Congress
what legislation is necessary and practicable in re-
gard to Interstate railways to promote the effc-
iency of such railways, the interests of commerce.
and the convenience and safety, of the travelling
public. "A resolution was adopted against the
printing in the Congressional Record any speech
part of speech not actually delivered in the Sen
ate or House of Representatives "A bill was in
troduced for the further Improvement OF the Great
Kanawha River. =. Consideration of the Finance
resolution was resumed, and Mr.. Boutwell, ad-
dressed the Senate in opposition to an increase III
the volume of the currency, and at the same Lme
in opposition to any reduction of 1t; ne considered
a general imitation of the currency OF the country
would be followed by speculation, disaster and
ruin; he thought that the issue of the
questioned, and hoped that the matter would now
be determined; the Treasury Department, IN
using part of it, had acted on the idea that IL
could be used whenever there was necessity IOr
had passed; he opposed the plan OF a currency
convertible into bonds, and did not consider specie
payments possible Adjourned.
In the House, on the 22d, the bills to
repeal all taxation on bank checks and friction
matches were reported adversely from the Commit
tee of Ways and Means, and the adverse reports
were referred to the Committee of the Whole for
discussion, and made the special order for the
2Sth A bill was also reported fixing the amount
legal tender notes at $780, 0OO0QO which Dill was
al M
for the 29th. =. The West Virginia contested cleo
ton case was further considered, but no vote was
reached. :. An evening session was held Tor the
consideration of the bill revising and consolidating
the statutes.
In the Senate, on the 23d, among the
petitions presented was one asking Congress to
appoint a committee to examine into the manner
in which the affairs of the Government of the Dis
trict of Columbia are conducted, and especially
those of the Board of Public Works, and that the
petitioners be allowed to be present by counsel at
such investigation. Bills were passed-to confirm
title to certain lands purchased for the site of the
Fort Kearney military reservation; to pay the
bonds of the Louisville & Portland Canal ;the Postal
Route bill. :. "A bill was introduced and referred
to provide for cheap transportation by way of the
great lakes, southwest. The resolution reported
BY the Finance Committee was further considered,
Mr. Stewart speaking OF the evils OF depreclatgidd oid
basis; he thought we could stand the efforts to-
ward return to specie payment now, but If a
step be taken backward IL cOulu not De reJTaCeu.
The further consideration of the resolution was
postponed to the 27th. :. Adjourned to the 26th.
In the House, on the 23d, several COM
mittee reports of private character were made
and referred. "A bill was reported and referred
to the Committee of the Whole in reference to the
education of the blind of the District of Colum-
bia. The West Virginia election case was fur
ther considered, but without coming to vote the
House adjourned the session on the Oath to be for
general debate.
In the Senate, on the Goth, House bills
were passed-to confirm certain land titles in Mis-
souri,; granting authority for coinage to be exc
cuted at the mnts of the United States for for
eign countries; to abolish the Office of First
Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue. -. The
resolutions in regard to the seating of Mr.. Pinch
back as Senator from Louisiana, were taken up /;
an amendment was offered that P. B..
Pinchback be allowed to take his seat in the Senate
upon taking the necessary oath. and that the Com
mittee on Privileges and Elections subsequently
consider the grounds upon which his seat is con-
tested, and report to the Senate; and Mr.. Morton
then announced that, since his argument of few
days before to the validity of the Kellogg gov
ernment. and the legality OF the Legislature in
electing Pinchback, and the General Government
being bound by the decision of the State tribunal
on a question of State law, or of the State
Constitution, he had received information
charging Pinchback with procuring his election
by bribery, and of conduct in connection with his
election which, if true, render it improper for him
(Pinchback) to have seat on this floor. He
therefore moved that the credentials of Mr..
Pinchback be recommitted to the Committee on
Privileges and Elections, and that the said Com
mittee have power to send for persons and papers,
and be instructed to investigate the conduct
of said Pinchbaek in connection with the said
election. Mr.. McCreery spoke at great length ON
the subject of Louisiana affairs, contending that
the Kellogg government was an usurpation, and
denying that Louisiana had a republican form of
government, and argued that steps should be
taken to protect her against fraud and usurpation.
The further consideration of the motion to recon-
nit laid till the 2Sth. Executive session
and adjournment.
In the House, on the 26th, bills were in
roduced-to repeal so much of the act of March 3,