Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-01-22
In the Senate, ON the 18th. several peti

In the Senate, ON the 18th. several peti-
lions were presented, including one from Eliza
beth Cady stanton, Susan Is. Anthony, and others,
askine that women be allowed to vote, or that the
same right be extended to them as TO the colored
men Bills were MISUNDERSTANDING 10 severai
states within whose limit they respectively lie.
the beds OF unsuryeyed lakes and other bodies Of
water: providing that all freight and passenger
traffic between Kansas City and I.eayen:.
he Kansas Pacific and Denver Pacific Railway,
via CHEYENNE. Wyoming Territory. to Ogden, or
apy point on The line OF The Union Pacific Railway,
or points beyond lie terminus, shall be earned by
said companies jointly at the same rates az are
charged on similar traffic between Omaha
and like points; but the Union paclnc
Company shall not be required 70 receive upon
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 IL situated. for triple the amount OF damages
and loss sustained by refusal to comply with the
foregoing provisions. After considerable dis
cussion on the Salary bill, and the disposition OF
several amendments, substitute for The House
bill was finally passed-46 to S-repealDg the In
creased Salary Act except that portion relating TO
the compensation Of The President and Justices OF
the Supreme Court aud fixing the saaries-with the
exceptions named-at the former rates; providing
that mileage shall be allowed for the first session
OF the Forty.third Congress, and that all moneys
appropriated compensation to members OF the
Forty-secopd Congress in excess OF mileage and
allowances fixed by law at the commencement OF
sajd Congress, and which shall not have been
drawn BY members Of said Congress-, respectively,
or which having been drawn, have been returned
IN any form to the United States, are hereby COW
cred into the Treasury Of the United States, and
declared to be moneys OF the United States. aDso-
lntely the same az II they had never been appro-
priated as aforesaid. Adjourned
In the House, on the 18th, large num-
Der Of bills were introduced and referred among
them to reorganize ting Internal Revenue Depart
ment and reduce its force; to aid In establishing
polytechnc schools in every county and State, and
In the Territories; TO establish uniform and elias
tic currency, and 10 reduce the national DEBT;
making Treasury notes a legal tender for customs
duties: charterng double-track railway from
tide water on the Atlantic TO the Mis-
souri, River and to limit freights thereon. fhe
rules were suspended and resolution adopted-21
10 declaring ii to be the OF the House that the
expenditures Of the nation can be and should be
80 reduced and regulated that they can be met by
existing taxes, and that in no event should there
be an increase Of either the Understanding or
non interest bearing obligations of the Govern
ment .. The Naval Appropriation bill was consid-
cred In Committee OF the Whole Adjourned
In the Senate, on the 18th, among the
bills introduced and referred were--to authorize
the Secretary of the Interior to for their origin
al objects all unexpended balances Of appropra-
ton for the Indian service standing on the books
of the Department June 80 1873; providing that a
bust Of the late Chief Justice Chase be placed in
the Supreme Court Room. The House resolution
to fll vacancies in the Board OF Regents Of the
Smithsonian Institute was passed. and Mr.. Sargent
was appointed az a member OF such Board on the
part Of the Senate. -. The revolution reported by
the Finance Committee, declaring 1t to be the duty
Of Congress to adopt definite measures to
redeem its pledge in the act OF 1862 for
the earliest practicable redemption Of United
States notes in gold coin, was taken up, and
after debate q bill was presented and referred to
the Committee on Finance to secure the resump
ton OF specie payment without contracting the
currency. "A message was received from the
House announcing the adoption OF a resolution OF
respect to the memory Of James Brooks and WILDER
ID. Foster, and eulogies were pronounced and the
customary resolution Of respect was adopted.
Adjourned
In the House, on the 18th, the bill to
promote education was debated and a motion to
lay on the table was rejected-104 to 135-and the
further consideration of the bill was postponed
until March. The Naval Appropriation bill was
further considered in Committee Of the Whole,
and an amendment was offered and debated.
The Senate substitute for the House bill for the
repeal OF the Increased Salary law was taken up
and coDcurred in-226 to 25. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, various I'M
favorable reports were made by the Committee on
Claims on bills Of private nature, and their fur
ther consideration was indefinitely postponed. -.
petition was presented and referred from the
Indianapolis Woman's Suffrage Association, pro-
testing against the bill limiting suffrage In the
Territories TO males. The resolution from the
Finance Committee was further debated, Mr..
Schurz speaking In 'vor Of the immediate re-
sumption Of specie payments. Executive SEES
sion and adournmenV.
In the House, on the 18th, a revision
and codi6cation Of the statutes up to the LIST Of
December, 1873, were reported from the Commit
tee on Revision o. Laws, and after long discus
sion as TO the mode CT considering and acting ON
the revision report, consisting Of 1000 print
nd IL fins " n hnl ftpn
ing sessions In each week for its consideration.
The Naval Appropriation bill was further consid
cred In Committee Of the Whole, but little pro :
gress being made on the bill. Adjourned.