Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-11
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bill was indefinitely postponed. The Civil
Rights bill was taken up and debated until
the hour of adjournment. =. In the House,
the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole The
caucus Force bill was debated at the evening
session.
In the Senate, on the 27th, Messrs. Allison,
Boutwell, Conkling, Merrimon and Eaton
were appointed a select committee to in
vestigate the civil service during the recess.
The resolution in relation to Il branch mint
in the Western States, introduced on the pre-
ceding day, were adopted. The Civil-Rights
bill was taken up, and, after a speech by Mr..
Carpenter in opposition, passed without
amendment by the following vote: Yeas
Alcorn, Allison, Anthony, Foreman, Bout
well, Cameron, Chandler, Clayton, ConkIing,
ConOver, Cragin, Edmunds, Ferry Mich J,
Flanagan, Frelinghuysen, Harvey, Howe, In
gals, Jones, Logan, Mitchell, Morrill,
(Vt), Morton, Oglesby, Patterson, Pease,
Pratt, Ramsey, Robertson, Sargent,
Scott, Sherman, Spencer, Stewart, Wash
burn, West, Window, Wright-3S. Nays
Bayard, Bogy, Carpenter, Cooper, Davis,
Dennis, Eaton, Ferry (Conn,), Goldthwaite,
Gordon, Hager, Hamilton (Tex.), Hamilton
MD, Kelly, Lewis, McCreery, Morrison, Nor
wood, Ransom, Salisbury, Schurz, Sprague,
Stevenson, Stockton, Thurman, Tipton-26
The Annual POst-route bill was taken up and
passed at the evening session and the report
of the Conference Committee on the bill to fix
and reduce the Adjutant- Generals Department
of the army, after which adjournment. In
the House. the Select Committee on the
Pacific Mail Subsidy reported a reso-
luton transmitting to the next Congress the
testimony taken, to the end that that body
shall deal with Messrs. King and Schu-
maker, and advising the censure of any re-
porter or correspondent who received any
portion of the corruption fund. The major
ity and minority reports of the Select Com
mittee on Mississippi Affairs were received
The Force bill was taken up and an amend
ment agreed to limiting the suspension of the
writ of ha5eaS corpus to Alabama, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Mississippi, and limiting its
term to two years and from thence to the end
Of the next session of Congress. The bill as
amended was then passed-yeas 1875, nays ia
-thirty-fiye Republicans voting in the mega
tive.
was read by its title and laid over under the
rule. Bills were passed-to promote eff
,iciency and economy in the Marine Hospital
service; authorizing the construction of
bridges across the Mississippi River at Du-
buque, Iowa, and Grand Chain, ILL.,,
and a bridge across the Arkansas at
Pine Bluff, Ark; to further secure
the navigation of the Mississippi River The
Tax and Tariff bill was debated and tabled
80 to 29....Iu the House, the resolution of
the Select Committee on Louisiana Affairs
requesting the Louisiana House of Repre-
sentatives to reseat the elected Con
sentative members was passed-124 to
S5-as was also the resolution rec
ognizing the Kellogg Government-163 to
80. The Senate amendments to the Army
Appropriation bill, the Indian Appropriation
bill and the Legislative Appropriation bill
were non concuwed in and conference com
mittees were ordered. The conference report
on the Military Academy bill was agreed to.
The Deficiency Appropriation bill ($1, 100000
was reported, and the Sundry Civil Appropri-
alton bill was considered in Committee of the
Whole during the evening session and until
adjournment.
In the Senate, on the I'd, the Force bill was
read a second time and laid over. The bill to
equalize bounties was passed, the Vice-Presi-
dent giving the casting vote in the affirmative.
The Tax and Tariff bill passed without amend
ment-3O to %. Bills were passed-to prevent
cruelty to animals in the District of Columbia;
restoring to entry and market certain lands
in Michigan. The conference report on
the bill regulating railroads in the Terri
tories was agreed to....In the House,
the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill
was passed, as were also bills-fOr the
government Of the District of Columbia; to
protect witnesses summoned to appear before
Congressional committees from arrest in
civil suits; authorizing the Wisconsin Cen
trail Railroad Company to straighten its line
between Portage City and Stevens Point
The Senate amendments to the POstoffice APP
preparation bill, reviving the ranking priv
lege SO far as it relates to the sending of
garden seeds and agricultural implements, and
allowing members to frank certain public
documents till Dec. l, 1875, were agreed to- The
amendment raising the salary of the New
York Postmaster to $4,000 was non-cOncurred
in. The resolution censuring Secretary
Cameron for certain alleged irregular pro-
ceedmgs in the purchase OF war material at
the outbreak of the rebellion was rescinded
The resolution reported by the majority of
the Select Committee on Arkansas Affairs
advising no interference with the existing
State Government was adopted-149 to so.
The Deficiency Appropriation bill was con-
side.l1 in Committee of the Whole.
In the Senate, on the Sd, the Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill was amended and passed
Several amendments were made to the River
and Harbor Appropriation bill. Conference
reports were concurred in on the Indian and
Postoffice Appropriation bills, and on the bill
for the government of the army. An adverse re-
port was made on the bill to remove the polit-
zeal disabilities of Raphael Semmes. A con
ference committee was ordered on the bill to
equalize bounties. - In the House, confer
ence reports were agreed to on the Indian
and Postoffice Appropriation bills, the bill in
relation TO the army, and the bill regulating
railroads in Territories. The report or the
Legislative Appropriation bill was non-con-