Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-01-22


| buttons condemn the want Of fidelity which
has characterized few OF those whom the
party has trusted with place and power; con-
denim and 'call upon our Senators and Rep
resentatives TO vote for the unconditional re-
peal of the so-called Salary act of the Forty
second Congress-" and also that those who
have profted by the back pay voted by the
Forty-second Congress, shall return the
| amount TO the Government; protest
ing against any revival of the abuses Of
the franking privilege, and that "we will hail
the day when free passes, fayoritism and all
unjust determinations shall be eliminated
from railway management, and a correspond
ing reduction made in fares aud in freights to
the whole people, dcprccating the growing
tendency to special legislation as prolific
source Of abuse, consuming time which should
be devoted to general business and tending to
prodlgality, corruption, and the aggrandize-
ment of individual and corporate monopolics
at the expense of the people, etc.
| The following dispatch was sent on the 18th
! by President Grant to Governor Davis of
! Texas
Your dispatches and letters, reciting the action
! OF the Supreme Court in Texas, in declaring the
use Of troops to prevent an apprehcnded violence
! are received. The call Is not made in accordance
with the Constitution OF the United states and the
acls OF Congress under it, and cannot, therefore,
be granted. The acts OF the Legislature OF Texas
/ providing for the recent elections have received
| your approval and both political parties having
! made nominations and having conducted the pGlt-
cal campaign under it, provisions, would II not be
prudent as wen as right to yield to the verdict Of
L. S. GRANT.
The Now Orleans Evening" Times Of the 18th
says a dispatch had been received in that city
from Attorney General Williams, in which he
| gives it as his decided opinion that Congress
will not ordera new election for Louisiana.
The Chaplain of the United States Senate, in
his opening prayer on the 18th returned thanks
! to Divine Providence for the deed Of the day
before, the repeal of the Salary bill, and that
| the will of the people had been accomplished
IN regard thereto.
The following is the vote in the Senate on
the repeal of the Salary bill:
Ysus-A Allison. Anthony. Bayard. Bogy, Bore
man, Boutwell,, Buckingham, Cameron Carpenter,
! Chandler, Clayton, Conkling, Crozier, Davis, Dor
| scy, Edmunds, Fcutou, Ferry (Mich), Frclnghuy-
| sen. Goldthwaitc, Hamilton Cld.L llamlih Hitch
| cock, Howe Ingalls,, Logan. AlcCrCcry, Mcrrmon,
Mitchell, Morrill, (MeD Morrill, tNt). Morton,
! Oglcshy, Patterson, Pratt, Ramsey, Robertson,
sargent salisbury, Schurz Stockton, Sumner,
Wadleigh West, Window, Wrght-16
oyS-Browulow, Conoyer, Flanagan, Gordon,
| Lewis, Norwood, Spraguc, Tpton-S.
Mr.. Cooper announced that he paired with Mr..
Cragin, who would have voted for the bill, ana he
! Cooper against It.
! Not T0tiag-Alcorn, Amc-, Dennis, Ferr
! Comm, Gilbert Hamilton CreXasl, Johnston,
Jones, Kelly Ransom, Stewart Thurm1n-'2.
In the House the votes in the negative were
as follows;
Albert Aycrill, Barry, Clymer, Cox, Grassland.
! Hays Hines, Kelly, Kendall, lami-on, Moore
! Ncgley, Platt, Ry ~ shank., Sloss, stamford,
| Williams llnd).
The following is the text of the bill as it
passed both Houses of Congress;
BE Il enacted, ETC., That so much Of the act Of
March 3, 1873, entitled An act making appropria-
ton for legislative, executive and judicial eX-
pcuscs of the Governments for the year ending
June 30 1874 as provides for the compensation Of
| public officers and employees whether members OF
Congress, Delegates others, except President of
| the United States and justices OF the supreme
Court, be and the same hereby is repealed, and the
salaries, compensation and allowances otaH SAID
persons except rs aforesaid, shall be fixed by me
law in force n the time Of the passage of said act:
provided that mileage shall be allowed fer the first
session of the Forty third Congress; that all mon
eys appropriated as compensation TO members OF
| the Forty second Congress, in excess OF mileage
| and allowances fixed by law at the commencement
OF said Congress, and which shall not have been
drawn by members Of said Congress respectively,
| or which, having been drawn, have been returned
o5 f my 'Ir r 70 g o NV tSr ncd ae aid de-
clarcd 10 be moneys OF the United States absolute,
~. "5or,.aid y w '''''
The New Jersey legislature Organized on
fc 18Th byre.clertfps, the old officers.
The Legislature of Kansas met on the 18th
b. II. McEkron was chosen Speaker. In talk
ing the chair he announced that he was a Re-
4 publican hut he was i'm fun sympathy with
thr rrnnI,,s movement for reform and re-.
trcnchmea, in every departmcnt of the GOV
eminent national rs y.nI q. state. Mr. Ne