Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-03-19
POLITICAL.

The Commits sioner Of Internal Revenue has
written letter to members OF Congress,
showing that the aggregate amount OF inter
nal revenue collected from September, lS62-
when the Internal Revenue laws first went into
effect-up to February %, 1874 CAST month
estimated), is 81, 1872, SIS, 600. OF this amount
there is due from late Collectors s2,o55, l9o,
for the recovery of which suits have been
begun.
The Kansas Legislature has passed bill
authorizing railway companies of the State
TO issue preferred stock.
In the California Assembly on the 7th a bill
to make women eligible to educational offices
passed by a vote of thirty eight to thirty one.
A railroad bill was passed by the lower house
of the Iowa Legislature on the 7th Underits
provisions railroads are divided into three
cIasses-A, B, G.. Roads in class A are al
lowed to charge three cents per mile Tor the
transportation of passengers; in class b, three
and "A half cents; c, four cents Roads in
class A, for freight, 10 per cent. less than the
printed schedule in the bill. In class b, per
cent more; in class c, 20 per cent more The
penalties for violation are very severe, and the
State provides $4,000 for the prosecution OF
roads, to be drawn subject to the order of the
Governor An individual may recover five
times the amount of damages sustained.
What is known as the Potter Railroad bill,
concurrence in which had been reconsidered
and refused by the Wisconsin Assembly,
came back from the Senate on the th WIN
the provision authorizing the Railroad Com
missioners to raise rates in certain cases III
their discretion struck out, and, as thus
amended, was finally concuTed IN.
In the late local elections throughout Massa-
chusetts several ladies were chosen members
of Boards of Education.
The New Hamphire State election occurred
on the 10th Returns received on the morn
ing of the nth from lat towns give McCutch-
ms (Rcp) 26,345 Weston Dem) 26,6S5;
Blacllmcr (Prohibition) l,52l.
4 protective association of Michigan lum-
bermcn was formed at Lansing on the 10th
The pineland owners present represented
$50, 600 OU0 Of capital and 100000 acres of
pine lands,
The Rhode Island Republican State Conven-
ton, in session at Providence on the 18th,
nominated Henry Howard for Governor,
Joshua NJ. Addeman for Secretary of State,
Willard Sayles for Attorney General, Samuel
Clark for General Treasurer, and Charles c.
Van Seandt Cor Lieutenant Governor. The
candidates are all present incumbents.
According to Concord On. H. dispatch of
the 12h the returns from the election in that
State show that Weston had failed, by from
800 to 500 votes, OF an election by the people
Four Republican and four Democratic Sen
ators were elected, with no choice in four dis
tricts. From returns already in, the House
stood: Democrats, III; Republicans, l6'.
Eight towns to hear from, which last year
elected Democrats, and probably had done so
this year.
The Ohio Constitutional Convention has re-
fused, by vote of IS for to so against, TO
submit to q separate vote a section allowing
woman suffrage. Fifty-three votes were re-
quired to secure such submission to sep
arate vote.
The next Democratic State Convention OF
Iasiana is 10 be held on the 18th of July.