Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-04-17


and collected and the bill was placed on the cal
eDdar with the adverse report. The Senate
bill for the relief OF certain contractors for
the construction of vessels of war and steam ma
chnery was read and laid over. The House bill
providing for the assignment OF Judges in Terri
tories was discussed. "A bill was introduced and
referred TO relieve ships and vessels from compul
sorry pilot fees in certain cases. Executive ses-
sion and adjournment.
In the House, on the 7th, various bills
of minor interest were reported. An adverse re-
port was made on the bills granting 100000 acres
of the public land to the Trustees of Browns In
stute, in Florida, and donating the former United
States Court House building, at st. Augustine,
Fla, for educational purposes and to promote
education in the Territories. The Currency act
was taken up and debated at considerable length,
....Adiourned. mm
In the Senate, on the ST., a resolution
calling upon the Secretary OF the Treasury to re-
port to the Senate the amount OF the defalcations
of the various disbursing officers of the Govern
ment was referred. The House bill providing
for the assignment of Judges in Territories
committed. =. Some discussion took place upon
the bill to provide for the Incorporation and regu-
latlon of railway companies in Territories, and
motion was made to recommit the bill. .Execu-
tive session and adjournment
In the House, on the 0th, bills were
passed-giving consent for the erection of bridge
across the Arkansas River at Pine Bluff, Ark. to
provide for the sale of the present Marine Hos
pital and its site, and the erection thereon of
new Marine Hospital, at Pittsburgh. "A report
was made from the Committee on Public Buildings
to the effect that the Eight-Hour law was not be-
ing violated in the work done under Government
supervision in the New York Postofice building,
and that, as to the work done under contractors,
there is no way of enforcing the law "A bill was
reported from the Committee on Civil Ser
vice Reform, providing that no officer of the
United States SHALL directly or indirectly, receive
or be paid for his own or benefit any money or
property of the United States except his salary or
compensation and that no public property shall
be used by officials or by any person for private
purposes, the act not to be construed as 10 pre-
vent the payment of all actual and necessary trav-
cling expenses when travelling on legitimate and
necessary duties pertaining to their Offices. The
Currency bill was further debated. >. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 9th, House bills
to facilitate the expectation of distilled spirits
and to increase the pensions of soldiers and sailors
totally disabled were reported with amendments
and placed on the calendar. An unfavorable re-
port was made from the Committee on Pensions
on the resolution of the Minnesota Legislature
asking an investigation into the affairs or the
Pension Office. A bill was introduced and re-
ferred to authorize the Librarian of Congress to
send books to the Governor of Iceland. The
House bill for the inspection of disbursements OF
appropriations made by officers of the army was
passed The Senate bill to provide for the incor-
poration and regulation of railway companies in
the Territories of the United States was taken up
ana several amendments were agreed to. .EXecu-
tive session and adjournment.
In the House, on the 9th, bill was re-
ported from the Committee of Ways and Means,
ordered printed and recommitted, to repeal all
moieties. :. The bill to prevent officers of the
United States from receiving or being paid any
money beyond their fixed salaries came up and
was discussed, and referred by vote OF l59 to 69
to the Committee of Ways and Means. The Cur
rency bill then came up, and after considerable
debate, and amid much excitement motion for
the previous question was voted down--yeas n;
nays 142; motion waE then made and carried
~is8 to is1-to postpone further consideration of
the bill until the 18th. -Tter which q motlOn was
made 20 reconsider and lay the motion on the
table, but motion to adjourn was interposed and
carried-117 to 1O0.. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 10th, the House
bill 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 c1tl
zens of Ohio asking that aspecifc duty be imposed
on tin plate instead OF an ad vaorem duty An
adverse report was made from the Committee ON
Commerce on the petition of citizens or indiana
and Kentucky for the passage of a law compelling
bridges over the Ohio River to be constructed with
a 4O0-feet span and 160-feet pivot draw "A bill
was introduced and referred providing that post
age upon documents printed by authority OF Con
gress or by either house thereof, shall not be re-
qured to be prepaid but may be left to be paid by
persons receiving them. The bill to PROVIDE Tor
the incorporation and regulation OF railroad COM
panies in the Territories of the United States was
further considered, and several amendments were
agreed to-. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 10th, a bill was in
troduced and referred to repeal so much of the
laws relating to the army organization as estab-
lshes distinctions to the prejudice OF American
colored citizens. "A motion of Mr. Butler TO lay
on che table the motion to reconsider the vote
postponing the Currency bill was called up ana
an exciting debate ensued in the course OF Wnlcn
Mr. Butler intimated his belief that the President
EVENT of its passage by the House He was called
to order for this statement, and the Speaker sald
toGa to ay on tbe table thsmoton to reconsider was
then defeated-yeas 1885, nays 126-the Speaker
casting his vote in the negative. The motion to
reconsider was then agreed to-l2S to Ky. inc
previous question was moved and seconded on all
the pending amendments, several OF Whlch were
rejected. motion was agreed =, to-, TO
strike out the seventh section OF the Dill, Wnlcn
allows banks to be organized without clrculatOn.
The eighth section, providing for the monthly
issue of So 100000 in gold notes as substitute
for that amount of legal tender notes to be can
stricken out-149 to 95 Pending the cOnsldera-
tion of other proposed amendments the House
adjourned
SENATE not in session on the 18th. -.
In the House, the report of the Committee on
Elections in the Kentucky contested election
ease, declaring Young, the sitting member, en-.
titled to his -, seat, was agreed 10 wlth9ut our
ruary 1866. SO as to include all vessels of the Unit
ed States navigating waters OF the United
was instructed to inquire into the expediency of
establishing 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
12O-when several amendments were offered,
debated and rejected, one OF them neing
the issue of $400,000,000 legal tenders,
the retirement of the National Bank notes and the
substitution therefor of Treasury notes and 300
rejected by 164 nays to 6S nays. during the vot-
ing on the amendment the point OF order was
raised that members interested IN National BANK
ing a tax on such stock. The speaker
over-ruled the point of order and the de-
csion was ratified by the House only ny, nine mem
a substitute for the House BILL and several ad-
ditional amendments were proposed, when the
House adjourned, the status OF the Dill being that
the previous question impending on the bill, and
the various amendments, including the Senate bill
as substitute, would come up again on the l4th.
In the Senate, on the 18th, Mr. Chandler
was excused from further 'service on the Commit
tee 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 muni-
tons of war, under the act OF 1905; to change
the time of holding courts for the
Eastern District of Wisconsin at Oshkosh.
THE bill to provide for the incorpora-
ton and regulation Of railroad companies in the
Territories of the United States was taken up and
debated and several amendments were agreed
to, when the bill as amended was nnaily passed-20
to 49,. An amendment was submitted to MI
Carpenters bill to provide for a new cleo
ton in Louisiana, and considerable discus
sic2 was had on the quesuon OF taxing
M and Considering the BILL after which notice was
given that the bill would be called up on the 14th
=. The House amendment to the bill to authorize
vides that thew shall have previously resided six
months within the United States, was concurred
in