Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-01-23
General News Summary.
CONGRESSIONAL.

lnal objects all unexpended balances of appropri
atoms for the Indian service standing on the book:
of the Department June 30, 1873; providing thai
bust of the late Chief Justice Chase be placed in
the Supreme Court Room. The House resolution
to fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the
Smithsonian Institute was passed, and Mr. Sargent
was appointed as member of such Board on the
part of the Senate. The resolution reported bv
the Finance Committee. declaring it to be the
daty Of Congress to adopt definite measures to
deem its pledges in the act of 1862 for the earliest
practicable redemption of United States notes in
gold COIN, was taken up, and after debate
Pill 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
Wiber d. 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 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
ana concurred n-2S6 to 25. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, various un-
| favorable reports were made by the Committee on
Claims on bills of private nature, and their fur
ther Conslaeratlon was indefinitely postponed.
A 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 favor of the immediate re-
sumption of specie payments. Executive session
and adjournment.
In the House, ON the 14th, revision
and codifcation of the statutes up to the list of
December, 1873, were reported from the Commit
the on Revision of Laws, and after long discus
sion as to the mode of considering and acting on
the revision report, consisting of 900 print
ed pages, it was finally agreed to hold two evening
sessions in each week for its consideration :. The
Naval Appropriation bill was further considered
in Committee of the Whole but little progress be-
ing made on the bill. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, petitions
were presented-asking for the appointment of a
Commission to investigate the manufacture and
sale of alcoholic liquors.; asking for the right of
suffrage for women. After consideration of the
bill to establish post-routes throughout the coun-
try the Finance resolution was taken up, and Mr..
Morton addressed the Senate in reply to Mr.
Schurz' speech of the day before, saying
that he believed that in order to bring
our currency to. par we must resort to
some other means than contraction. "A resolu- |
ton was agreed to directing the Supervising Sur
geon of the Marine Hospital Service to prepare
brief history of the yellow fever epidemic of 1873
as it prevailed at various points in the United |
States, with especial reference to details of pre-
vention and hygiene and transmit the same to the
Senate. Executive session and adjournment
In the House, on the 10Th, resolution |
was reported from the Committee on Elections de-
claring Wilson and Martin entitled to seats from
the First and Second Congressional Districts of |
West Virginia, and minority report was presented |
by Hazleton, of Wisconsin. Both reports were |
Gonqfgs gGang for to an an appeal from the Circuit
of ha6eas corpus. The Naval appropriation bill
was taken up in Committee of the Whole, and
vaioore for nrali-.s alnendment to punish
ations, except in cases of sudden
which the President may authorize in writing such
expenditures, the bill was reported to the House
and passed. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 10th, numerous
petitions were presented, one asking for the ap-
pointment of Commission to investigate the |
manufacture of alcoholic liquors. "A bill was |
passed appropriatng So, 500 for busts of the late
Chief Justices Taney and Chase for the supreme |
Court room :. The consideration of the resolution
reported by the Finance Committee was resumed, |
and Mr.. Sherman addressed the Senate at length, |
expressing himself as being opposed to imitation,
and in favor of gradual return to specie payment
Adjourned to the 18th.
In the House, on the 10th, large num-
Der of private bills were reported, and most of
them were referred to the Committee of the
Whole. Leave was asked and refused to intro
duce a resolution instructing the Committee on
Appropriations to inquire and report how many
horses maintained by the Government in the
who use them, and whether they are required for
the public service; and also carriages and other
vehicles owned by the Government. Adjourned,
the session on the 18th to be for debate only.
In the Senate, on the 10th, petitions
were presented-from citizens of Kansas, asking
that measures be taken to issue currency based
on real estate securities; in behalf on the Winnie
Indians Wisconsin. "A
troduced were-to reimburse Missouri for ex-
penses incurred in arming and equipping troops
in the late war; authorizing the President
to appoint five commissioners to collect infor--
nation as to the effects of the liquor traffic and
the practical workings of the prohibitory laws,
ETC.. authorizing the st. Paul 6 Sioux City Rail-
way Company to construct a branch road from
Sibley, Iowa. to Yankton, Dakota The Finance
resolution further debated, Messrs. Wright
and Logan speaking against the practicability OF
immediate resumption of specie payments. :. .EX-
ecutive session and adjournment.
In the House, on the 10Th, a large num-
Der of bills were introduced, among them-pro-
viding that the heirs of any soldier who was killed
or died while in the military service during the
late war, whose period of enlistment was for less
than one year. or who shall have since died by
reason of wounds received or disease contracted,
shall be entitled to receive the same
bounties as if said soldier had enlisted for three
years; to amend the National Banking law so as
to provide for free banking, to give better secnry
to depositors to prevent usury, give elasticity to
the currency, and place the hnances on more Sc
cure and substantial basis; to establish branch
mint at st. Louis; to provide for an exam
ination and survey of the Minnesota River in the
State of Minnesota and for an estimate of the cost
of constructing canal locks and dams on the same
Resolutions were offered in favor of an increase
in the currency, with view to relieve the business
stringency, increase the revenue, etc., and in
structing the Committee on Banking and Currency
to prepare and report to the House without delay
bill for this purpose. >. motion to suspend the
1885, nays 9S-two-thirds not voting in the affirma
tive. A motion to suspend the rules and pass
bill providing that all printed matter printed by
order of the Government and bearing the official
signature of member of either House of Con-
gress, shall pass through the mails free of charge
until the 1st of July, 1874 was reiected-yeas II,
nays 163. Adjourned
THE OLD WORLD.
A Madrid telegram of the 18th announces
the surrender of Cartagena, and the place was
| then occupied by the Government troops, un-