Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-02-27
CONGRESSIONAL.


CONGRESSIONAL.
In the Senate, on the 18th, a petition
was presented from the bankers and business men
of st. Louis deprecating any increase in the vol
ume of the currency and favoring speedy return
to specie payments "A substitute for the bill to
increase the pay department. of the army was re-
ported from the Committee on Military Affairs.
Bills were misunderstanding the Secretary OF
the Interior to place on the pension roll the names
of all persons heretofore dropped there
from because OF participation IN tne 49,, reGent a1a
ton of President and Vice PRESIDENT ana mem
bers of Congress by securing the use OF the saIey
ballot-box, at cost not to exceed nIteen collars
per box: to authorize the issue of supply OF arms
to the authorities of the State of Nebraska. The
bill to equalize the distribution OF the currency
came up, and the question of recommlttal was de-
bated. Adjourned. Ae
In the House, on the nth, bill was
passed transferring the military prison from Rock
Island to Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The con-
tested election case from the Third Congressional
District of Arkansas was taken up, the majority re-
port being that W. w. Wiltshire is entitled. pr5ne0
0cie, to seat, and that of the minority
being to recommit the matter, with instruc-
tions to the Committee of Elections, to
make a report on its merits: After three
hours debate the resolution of The minority
to recommit was rejected-yeas 116 nays III. Ine
resolution declaring Wiltshire entitled prssa Jeece,
motion to reconsider and lay on the table haVlng
been made, in order to make the last vote nnal,
dilatory motions were mace IN oraer 10 nave .de de
and voted upon, and finally the yeas and nays were
taken and adjournment was carried-S7 to 81.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the resolu-
tions of the Legislature of Kansas. charging mis-
conduct on the part of the Union Pacific Railway
Company by reason of alleged Determinations
against the Kansas Pacific Railway, were presented
and ordered printed were nd sa;ors
Homestead law; to extend the time for the COM
pletion of the Wisconsin Central Railway. "A
lively debate occurred on the bill to equaize the
distribution of the currency, after wh1cn an
amendment providing for the redemption of the
whole volume of the national bank currency In
specie or interest-bearing bonds of the United
States was defeated--yeas %, nays so; other
amendments We're offered and rejected. .Ad-
journed.
In the House, on the 18th, the motion
to reconsider and lay the table the vote declar-
ing Wiltshire of Arkansas, entitled, pTinaG tac'e,
to the seat was laid ON the table-135 to l29-and
he was sworn in, taking the lron-clad oath. Bills
were passed-providing that any person VINO
shall be convicted OF the crime OF man, Gta1a
or Territory or in the District of Columbia snail
be imprisoned not exceeding twenty years, ana
fined not exceeding $1,oc0; making the pun
shment for extortion by officers or persons
acting under the authority of the United States
fine not exceeding $780, and imprisonment not
exceeding three years providing that wnere occu-
pants of public land having color OF title nave
made valuable improvements thereon, ana tnelr
title found afterward not good, they shall be en-
titled to all their rights and remedies as Is pro-
vided in such cases ia their respective States or
Territories; providing that in the trial OF
all indictments, informadons, complaints and
other proceedings in United States courts, ana IN
trials by courts martial and courts of INQUIRY tne
person charged shall at his own request, out not
otherwise be a competent witness, the law to ap-
ply to all prosecutions now pending; 10 pr0Vlae
for holding terms of the Western District Court
of Missouri one court to be held at jefferson City
and the other in Springfield. An adverse report
was made from the Judiciary Commit
edgment eds e of R the Almighty God and Christian
ligion in the Constitution of the United states
A bill reported by the Postoffce COMMITTEE IN re-
gard to the distribution Of public documents
came mn. and a discussion followed as to the eff
fects of the abolition of the franklng privilege IL
being contended by some members tnat notnlng
had been saved by such repeal AN evening yen A ses
sion was held for the conslueratioh VI 1ie JILL "
revise the statutes.
In the Senate, on the 10Th, a bill was
passed amendatory of the act to revise, consoli-
date and amend the statutes relating to patents
and copyrights . The currency question was
again taken up, and an amendment to the penang
bill repeating all acts of Congress limiting the
amount of the circulating a notes OF On Sanoha sr
proposed amendments were discussed ana
a substitute for one of them was agreed to, in
structing the Committee on Finance TO reRoft
bill providing for the convertibility of United
States Treasury notes into gold coin or per cent
bonds of the United States and also for free bank
ing under the provisions of the National Bank act
The question then recurred on the motion to re-
commit the bill, and motion was made to recon
slider the vote by which the foregoing substitute
was adopted, and after debate the Senate ad-
journed.
In the House, on the 10Th, bills were
= 49,, for r1af-
ing the Green Bay, Sturgeon Bay q Lake Michigan
Shin Canal: to provide for the election of the
two Representatives-at-Large for Alabama unless
the Legislature shall otherwise provide by law be-
fore the time liked for the ELECTION IN re9Ging
States Courts who have received Iees ana emoIu-
ments in excess of their legal compen-
sation to. deposit the same WIN Ine 5reas- sas
cussion occurred on the bill for the free olstrlou.
ton of public documents printed by authority OF
Congress, seeds furnished by the Agrlcultural De-
partment, for the free exchange OF newspapers
between publishers, and for the free transmission
of weekly newspapers within the county where
published, after which recess was TAKEN. !ne
evening session to be devoted to the Dill revising
the statutes.
In the Senate, on the Goth. the motion
was agreed to-31 to 23-to reconsider the vote by
which the substitute was adopted instructing the
Committee on Finance to report bill providing
for the convertibility of United states treasury
notes into gold coin or per cent. Donos OF the
United States, and also for free banking under The
provisions of the National Bank act, and the sub
stitute was then rejected, and an amendment was
tee to report as soon as practicable a bill
providing for an increase of the National
Bank circulation so that the whole volume thereof
shall not exceed S400, ,000,o coo. An amendment
was then rejected instructing the committee TO
port SO as to provide for free banking under the
present National Bank law Adjourned to the
23d.
In the House, on the goth, several COM
mittee reports of private character were made.
-. Chief-Justice Waite was present and recess
was taken during which he was formally intro
duced nv the Sneaker to each member Bills
relating to affairs Of the District of columbia were
considered. Adjourned.
Senate not in session on the 21st. In