Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-04-23
CONVERSATIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
In the Senate. on the 10th, the House
ill exempting boats employed on canals and in
ternal waters of any State from payment of all
customs and other fees was passed. "A number
of petitions presented and referred from ctl-
Zens of Ohio asking that specific duty be imposed
on tin plate instead of an ad valorcm duty. An
adverse report was made from the Committee on
Commerce on the petition of citizens of Indiana
and Kentucky for the passage of a law compelling
bridges over the Ohio River to be constructed with
"A 400-feet span and l6i.feet pivot draw IA bill
was introduced and refer ed providing that post
age upon documents printed by authority of Con
gress or by either house thereof, shall not
be required to be prepaid, but may be left TO be
paid by persons receiving them -. lhe bill TO pro-
vide for the incorporation and regulation of rail-
road companies in the Territories of the United
states was further considered, and several amend
ments were agreed to-. Adjourned
In the House, on the 10th, bill was in
trodu ced and referred to repeal much of the
laws relating TO the army organization as estab-
fishes distinctions to the prejudice of Anne rcan
colored citizens -. A motion of Mr. Butler TO lay
on the table the motion TO reconsider the vote
pOstponng the Currency bill called up and
an exciting debate ensued. in the course of which
Mr.. Butler ntimated his belief that the President
would not veto the Senate Currency bill in The
event of its passage by the House. He was
called to order for this statement and the Speaker
said such allusion was unparliamentary. The
motion 10 lay on the table the motion to reconsider
was then defeated--yeas 1876 nays l26--the Speaker
casting his vote in the negative The motion to
reconsider was then agreed tO-f2S to 100. The
previous question was moved and seconded on all
the pending amendments, several of which were
rejected A motion was agreed to, to
strike out the seventh section of the bill
which allows banks to be organized
without circulation The eighth section
providing for the monthly issue of S2,000000 in
gold notes as a substitute for that amount of legal
tender notes to be Cancelled and destroyed and not
reissued, was also stricken out-l49 10 95 Pend
ing the consideration of other proposed amend
ments the House adjourned.
Senate not in session on the 18th. E. In
the House, the report Of the Committee on Elec
tons in the Kentucky contested election case, de-
elaring Young, the sitting member, entitled to his
seat, was agreed to without discussion. :, The
Senate bill extending the provisions of the act of
the 2Sh of February, 1865, so ~ to include all
vessels of the United States navigating waters Of
the United States was passed. The Committee
on Commerce was instructed TO inquire into the
expectancy of establishing a light-ship at or
near the mouth of Detroit River on Lake
Erie. Consideration of the Currency bill
was resumed, and an order for the main question
was voted down-yeas liz, nays 120-when several
amendments were offered, debated and rejected,
one of them being in the nature OF a substitute
authorizing the issue of 100000 legal tenders,
the retirement of the National Bank notes and the
substitution therefor of Treasury notes, and 3 TO
per cent convertible bonds which substitute
the voting on the amendments the point OF
order raised that members interested in
National Bank stock had no right TO vote on the
question involving a tax on such stock The
Speaker overruled the point of order. and the de-
cfson was ratified by the House only nine mem
bers voting against IL. The Senate bill was moved
as substitute for the House bin, and several adj
ditonal amendments proposed, when the
House adjourned, the status of The bill being that
the previous question impending on the bill, and
the various amendments, including the Senate bill
ubGf II n on no I
In the Senate, on the 18th, Mr. Chand-
Ter was excused from further service on the Com
mttee on Mines and Mining, and Mr., Jones was
appointed IN his place. Bills were Introduced
to authorize the Secretary of War to credit the
several states and Territories for arms and NUM-
tons Of war, under the act of 1905; 10 change the
lime Of hold,ng courts for tho Easter! tern
bill 70 provide for the incorporation and
regulation of railroad companies in the Ter
ritories OF the United States taken up and
debated, and several amendments were agreed 10,
when the bill amended was finally passed
20 to Is An amendment submitted
to Mr. Carpenters bill to provide for a
new election in Louisiana, and considerable
Discussion was had on the question of taking up
and considering the bin, after which notice was
given thar the bill would be called up on the 18th
" The House amendment TO the bill to authorize
aliens to act as engineers aud pilots, which pro-
yides that they shall have previously resided
six months within the United States, was con
Cured in.
In the House, on the 18th, several bills
and resolutions were introduced and referred
among which were the following: To regulate the
service in the collection of customs the various
ports OF entry in the United States, and the dis
position Of fines penalties and forfetures incurred
under laws relating 10 customs; in relation TO
rates OF freight and passengers on the Pacific
Roads; for the construction OF ship
canal from the Mississippi TO the Gulf of
Mexico; for improving navigation M the mouth Of
the Mississippi River; resolutions of the Illinois
Legislature asking for legislation to secure To the
people OF the United States eqdal advantages and
facilities "a TO rates, time and transportation the
Union Pacific Railroad and its several branches ....
The bill for the free exchange OF newspapers be
tween publishers and free transmission of news
papers by mail within the county OF their publica.
tion was passed7s TO Al. The bill provides that
following mail matter shall be allowed 10 pass
free In the mails. First-NewsparefE perodi-
Gals and magazines reciprocally iLterchanged
between publishers, and not exceeding six.
copy Of each publication. seeund-Newspapers
one copy 10 each actual subscriber residing or
receiving the same within the county where the
same i published. bnt carriers shall not be re-
CURED 10 distribute sueh papers unless postage
is paid upon them al usual rates"....A mo-
ton was made TO suspend the rules and adopt
the resolution recittng gross abuses and irregu-
larines in the letting OF mail contracts and pro-
yiding for the investigation thereof, but the mo-
lion was not seconded by u majority. Quite
spirited debate ensued on the alleged abuses and
irregularities, at the close Of which Il under.
stood thai the resolution WAS referred 10 the Post
Office Committee. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the l4th, the Finance
Committee reported the Louisville & Portland
Canal BILL end recommended that the substitute
passed by tfe House be concurred in, with certain
amendments The Civil Rights h!lllntroduced BY
The late Senator Sumner WAS reported from The