The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-12-23
FoRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.

DECEMBER 13.-Senate-Memorials pre-
sented: Asking for international arbitration
to settle disputes between this and other ma
tions; for the repeal of the law increasing
postage on merchandise; from citizens of
Louisiana against the tariff bill. Bills intro
duced: To prevent the issuing of govern
ment bonds to the Central Pacific Railroad,
except for one hundred miles next to the
Missouri river; to attach the Territory of
Alaska to, and make it part of the Territory
of Washington, and providing for a civil
government therein; to authorize the con-
struction of a pontoon bridge across the
Mississippi river, from some feasible point
in Buffalo county, Wis, to SOME feasible
point in Winton county, in the State of
nesota; to amend section 1888 Of the Revised
Statutes of the United States, permitting
National banks to organize with a capital of
$50, 900 in towns irrespective of population /:
citation shall be organized under the Sec
ton with a less capital than $4,000;
to repeal so much of section $3.50 of the re-
vised statutes as forbids the payments of ac-
counts, claims and demands therein named,
and old laws and clauses of laws forbidding
payment thereof. The bill refers to claims
or demands against the United States which
accrued or existed prior to the 18th of April
in favor of any person who promoted, en-
cOurdgeu OF III any way suSEdlntu the ldte
rebellion. 1t authorizes the settlement
ofsuch claims, and ~appropriates a fund of one
hundred thousand dollars for that purpose.
Mr.. Stevenson Dem of Kentucky, submit
ted a resolution requesting the Secretary of
the Interior to inform the Senate, if not
deemed incompatible with public interest,
whether the duty imposed upon each Indian
agent by the tenth section of the act making
APPROPRIATIONS for current and contingent
expenses of the Indian Department for the
year ending Jun 80, 1876, and for other
purposes, approved the Sd of March, 1875,
requiring such Indian agent to keep a book
of itemized expenditures of every kind, and
record all contracts, together with receipts
of money from all sources, has been COM
piled with by said agents. Agreed to.
DECEMBER 14.-Sendte-A large number
of petitions for the appointment of a Com
mission to inquire into the traffic of alco-
holic liquors were presented by several SEN
ators, all of which were referred to the
Committee OF Finance. Mr.. Edmunds
(Rep.6 of Vermont, from the Judiciary Com.
mittee, reported a Senate bill to extend the
duration Of the Court of Commissioner of
the Alabama Claims, with several voted
amendments. The bill was passed. The
chair laid before the Senate a communica-
ton from the Secretary of War, transmit
ting a report of Major c. B. Comstock, upon
the Improvement OF the South Pass of the
Mississippi river, and the character of the
work lone under Mr.. Eads. Laid on the
table and ordered printed. The Chair then
laid before the Senate the motion submitted
by the Senator from Louisiana, Mr.. West,
GRep.l ], last week, to grant the request of W.
L. McMillen to withdraw his papers claim.
ing a seat in the Senate as Senator from
Louisiana. The question was discussed at
length, and Mr.. McMillen was permitted to
withdraw, by a close vote-yeas 80, nays %.
Mr.. Cameron, [Rep.l, of Pennsylvania, from
the Committee on Foreign Relations, re-
ported favorably on the Senate Bill author
izing G.. 2. Marsh to accept presents from
the government of Switzerland. Placed on
the calender. ...... HOuse-Bills introduced
By Mr.. Blaine [Repl, of Maine, proposing
an amendment to the Constitution providing
that no State shall make any law respecting
the establishment of religion, or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof, and that no money
raised by taxation in any State for the sup
port of public schools, or derived from any
public fund thereof, or any public lands de-
voted thereto, shall ever be under the con-
troll of any religious sect, and that no money
or lands so donated shall be divided among
religious sects or denominations; by Mr..
Davis sDem.l !, of North Carolina, to repeal
the law forbidding the payment Of accounts,
claims, and demands of Southern citizens
' for Quartermoster's stores, etc., and appro-