The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-01-22

Ing the Finance Committee to report bill sbol.
thing the ONCE OF Commissioner Of Internal
81 states, Va. inde6niteiy postponed. :. The
House Joint resolution authofiziDg Edward Young
to accept present from the Emperorof Ruseia was
fng the President Of the United states to reones,
the Republic Of Hayti to indemnify Antonio felli.
uer Tor ne imprisonment, spoliation and damages,
Increased Salary act was further debated Nj. Car.
penter stating that he intended to vote for the re.
peal, not because he thought the increased pay
msnded by the people. Messrs. Conkline and
Edm9nde would vote for and Mr.. Flanagan (Texas]
would vote against the repeal Executive session
| and adjournment
In the House, on the 9th, bill was in.
troduced and referred for the construction of ship
canals around Niagara Falls and at the mouth Of
duced and referred reciting that weli-s1tben,i.
Gated reports stated that in certain localities Of the
south the people were In condition Of starvation,
~ War to ssae AND r.
quantities q might be required. "A resolution Of
the Virginia Legislature protesting against the
read the sna cv s1,s S
debate was had on the Supplementary Civil Rights
bill the principal epeech being BY MI Elliot (col-
sage Of the bill. His speech is reported to have
been very eloquent and was listened to with
marked interest and attention by members on
and at i'e close he was very generally and lou "
appauded. -. The Naval Appropriation bill, appro-
priating SIC, Eos,6, was reported and made the
special order for the 18th. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 9Th, several petit
tione were presented. Messages were received
from the President, Withdrawing the names Of Geo.
tow to be Attorney General. "A bill was intro
duced and referred for the relief Of the University
Of the State Of Minnesota. The bill to repeal the
ments were rejectsd-providing that the paS for
the remainder Of this Congress shall be
sIcS ,s an a. to make the total
year-l4 to q; providing that The amount Of COM
Iensaiion Of Senators, members and delegates for
me year ending March 3 ls;4 sh Il be $500, and
a1 year s mileage Marc, sna %
Attachments were adopted providing that
mileage mil age ., shall net BE- allowed 70!
striking out go much Of the act Of March as pro-
yided for an increase Of the salaries Of the Prcsi
dent, Vice President, members Of Congress, and
and The salaries Of ali said oc. "a and others
from The head Of Government down, sball be one
na'f 81 the sum allowed and paid prior to the act
90 sou "s sse n.m 1sa-ss to 49,: MI Ali;
the Committee on Pensions, in place Of Mr..
Terry, OF Connecticut, excused. -. "A telegram
was presented from committee Of the McEnery
Legislature OF Louisiana, allcgi that by the in
reference Of the Federal Government, the powers
OF the loyal State Government Of Louisiana had
oeen taken from representatives elected by the
people and given TO- q body Of men who could
NOT even pretend to have been elected, and beg
gng mat Congress- in the exercise of it's consitn-
tlonal powers, would afford such relief US the ma
ture OF the case might require. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 9Th, the bill to
establish an educational fund, and to apply the
proceeds Of the sales of the public lands to the
pducQtiOp NJ tho
Appropriation bill, appropriating $16.5n5S.6, was
jOurned.
In the Senate, on the 9th, several memo
rails and petitions were presented asking for
amendm snts to the bankrupt law. :. Bills were
passed-for the relief Of aged or inrm pre- emption
ton Of g. COO for legislative expenses OF Colorado
.erI'ory. Bills were introduced and referred
20. tns o. sstters in uah to aid in
Ping The whole "' body Of shs m saa,R,
Of me United States After debate on the Senate
10 reduce their stock to withdraw proportion of
bonds upon retiring their circulation notes. or de-
Pos.ng m1oney in proportion provided by law, the
eraI proposed amendments being rejected. Amend
ments were agre. to- fixing the salaries Of Mem
o oefs ana DELEGATES =, $50 per annum striking
expenses OF each Senator, Representative and
Delegate" and Inserting the words ''mileaee and
o.ner allowances allowed by law prior TO the pass
m mn shall be allowed for the first session Of
the Forty third Congress. Executive session
and adjournment to the 18th.
In the House, on the 9th, a bill was
passed to credit Assistant Treasurer Hilhouse, of
New York, with $1s5, the proceeds II the sale
OF the internal revenue stamps embczzled from
hls once without any neglect of his own IA
number OF bills were referred, including one
70 regulate the drawing and summoning
81 juries in United States District and Circuit
$ss4OCO: was reported from the Committee on Az
piopElailOns and made the special order for the
l4th; The deaths If James Brooks. OF New York,
nounced. and eulogics delivered. Adjourned.
debat? w
In the Senate, on the 18th, several peti.
lions were presented. including one from Eliza.
beth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and others,
asking that women be allowed to vote. or that the
men. Bills were MISUNDERSTANDING to several
states within whose limit they respectively lie,
the beds of unsurveyed lakes and other bodies OF
sc h Ksn all 1 and
The kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific Railway Kali "
III e. to Ogden Or
or points beyond is terminus, shall be carried BY
said companies jointly At the same rates as are
s snd ike on D similar h5 a
Company ehall not be required to receive upon
said traffic lees sum than It would be entitled to
receive upon similar traffic over its own road when
pro rated to and from Chicago. Suits may be
brought and sustained in any United States Court
IN which any portion Of either Of the said
roads Is situated for triple the amount Of damages
cussion on the Salary bill. and the disposition Of
s s asme s1, substitute for the House
the compensation of the President and Justices Of
me supreme Court, and fixing the salaries the
that milesge shall be allowed for the fret session
OF the Forty third Congress, and that all moneys
appropriated as compensation to- members Of the
allowances fixed by law at the commencement OF
said Congress, and which shall not have been
drawn by members Of said Congress. respectively
In any form to the United States are hereby COW
cred into The Treasury Ut the United States, and
declared to be moneys Of the United States. abso
iulely the came as II they had never been appro-
pr1ated as Aforesaid. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 18th, large mum.
Der Of bills were introduced and referred, among
them to reorganize the Internal Revenue Depart.
ment and reduce ito force; to aid in establishing
polytechnic schools in every county and State and
IN the Ierriories to establish uniform and elias
S ASuSys 0Au " FSuuCe I0e national debt:
making Treasury notes a legal tender for customs
duties sia chartering double-track railway from
tide, s;.e on the Atlantic to the Mis-
rule. were suspended and a resolution adopted-aI
to declaring to be the Of the House that the
exre1ditu1es Of the nation car be and should be
so reduced and regulated that they can be met BY
existing taxes, and that in no event should there
Dc an increase Of either the interest bearing or
non-interest bearing obligations of the Govern
ment: The Naval Appropriation bill was consid.
cred IN Committee OF the Whole. Adjourned.
Women Of Burden in Germany.
ut is remarkable" says a writer on
German life, in the Boston Globe, "what
great burdens German women carry on
their heads. One may meet them con.
stantly with great tubs and kettles of
water on their heads. Many of them
carry loads of vegetables to market in
great white woo don tubs, wearing a little