Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-03-11
CONVERSATIONAL.

report was made on the bill to secure from ulti-
mate less depositors in the Freedmen's Savings
and Trust Company, and the bill was indefinite
| ly postponed. The Civl-Rlghts bill was taken
up and debated, the discussion extending to the
evening session.
In the House, on the Goth, the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill was considered in Com
mitee of the Whole. =. The bill to provide against
| the invasion Of States and ito prevent subver-
sion OF their authority and to maintain security
| OF elections" known as the caucus Force bill,
was debated at the evening session.
In the Senate on the eth, Messrs.
Allison Boutwell,, Conkling Merrmon and Eaton
We're appointed as the committee under the reso-
| luton to examine the several branches of the
civil service during the recess. =. The resolution
requesting the President to institute inquiries as
to the proper place for branch mint IN the West
ern States, and reporH 1T the commencement of
( the next session of Congress, passed. The
Civil Rights bill was then taken up, and Mr.. Car
| pentcr spoke against its passage. The bill was
| reported to the Senate and passed without
amendment-3S TO 26-thc yeas and nays being
a. follows: Yeds-Alcorn, Allison, Anthony,
| Foreman, Boutwell,, Cameron, Chandler, Clayton,
Conklng. Conover, Cragin, Edmunds, Ferry
SNiCh.}, Flanagan, Frelinghuyscn, Harvey, Howe,
| ingalls,, Jones, Logan, Mitchell. Morrill, (Vto
Morton, Oslesby, Patterson, Pease, Pratt, Ram
sey, Robertson, Sargent, Scott Sherman Spencer,
Stewart, Washburn, West, Window. Wrght-3S.
Rdys-Bayard, Bogy' Carpenter, Cooper, Davis,
Dennis, Eaton, Ferry Comm, Goldthwaite Cor
},
Kelly, Lewis, McCrcery Merrmon, Norwood,
Ransom, salisbury, Schurz Sprague, Stevenson,
Stockton, Thurman, Tpten-26. AT the evening
session the Annual Post-route bill was taken up
and passed, and the conference report the bill
to reduce and fix the Adjutant- General's Depart
ment of the army was agreed to.
In the House, on the 27th, report
was submitted from the Ways and Means Com
mittee in regard to the Pacific Mail investigations
with resolutions to the effect that a COPY OF the
II : % usp of IN
cure the passage of the Subsidy bill be laid be-
fore the House at the first session of the Forty
fourth Congress, to the end that further inquiries
may be made and proper action taken in the
cases of Representatives VIM. 5. King and Schu-
maker; aud To Censure and deprive of his seat in
the gallery any reporter or correspondent who
received any portion OF the corruption fund =.
The majority and minority reports from the Select
Committee on Mississippi Affairs were presented
80. Consideration of the Force bill was then re-
sumed, and an amendment agreed to-
16i to lOO-limting the territory in which the
thirteenth section (thc one providing for the
pension of the writ Of habeas corpus is to
be applicable to Alabama. Arkansas, Lou
isiana and Mississippi, and limiting its term to
two years and from thence to the end OF the then
next session OF Congress A motion to strike out
the thirteenth section was defeated-yeas l2I
nays l30-thirty Ave Republicans voting ave. A
| motion to strike out the sections providing
against the invasion of y State by two or more
persons" and Furnishing registration officers.
who are State officers, for violation Of duty was
deieated-yeas 40, nays 12S--thirty eight Re
publicans voting aye The bill amended was
finally passed-yeas 1876, nays 1l4-thirty- three
Republicans voting against the bill.
In the Senate, on the 1st, the Force"
bill was received from the House and read by it's
title, when objection made to its second
reading or that day and it was left on the table
Several bills were passed, among rhem--to
promote economy and efficiency in the Marine
Hospital service; To authorize the CON
structon of u poDpon wagon bridge across
the Mississippi River at or near Dubuque, Iowa;
a an hrt 4
Chain; House bills for the further security of
the NAVIGATION of the Mississippi River; House
bili consentlng TO the erection of bridge across
the Arkansas River at Pine Bluff, Ark The Tax
and Tariff bill was debated at considerable
length and then laid on the table-31 to %
In the House, on the LIST, the rules
were suspended and the resolution OF the Louisi-
ana Select Committee recommending the Louisi-
ANA House to take measures to reseat the elected
conservative members was agreed tO-l2t to So
and then the resolution recognizing the Kellogg
Government was also carried-l63 to 50 The
Senate amen mcnts to the Army Appropriation
bill were non-concurred in, the conference repc!
on the Military Academy Appropriation bill was
agreed to. Some OF the Senate amendments to
the Indian Appropriation bill were non -concurred
ina new conference committee ordered
on the Legislative Appropriation bill. The De
fciency Appropriation bill (Sl,SO0,0O) was re-
ported and ordered printed The Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill was taken up in Committee of
the Whole, and its consideration extended into
posed of
In the Senate, on the Cd, number of
bills reported by the Committee on Pensions
were passed q. The Force bill was read a second
time and laid over The House bill 10 equaizc
the bounues OF soldiers was taken up, amended
and finally passed-'D to 3p-the Nice-President
giving the casting vote In the affirmative The
Tax and Tariff bill considered; several pro-
posed amendments were rejected and the
bill was finally passed a. II came from the House
III Il Among her Npr
I he following; House bill 10 prevent cruelty TO
animals In the District Of Columbia; House bill
10 amend the act for the restoration To homestead
entry and to market certain land in Michigan.
me conference report on the bill to provide for
the incorporation aud regulation of railroad com
pantes In the Territories was agreed 10.
In the House, on the morning of the
I'd, before the conclusion of the all-night session,
the spndry CIVIL Appropriation bill was passed
After reaSsembling. bills were pasSed-for
the government OF the District of Columbia; te
protect witnesses summoned to appear be
fore Congressional committees from arrest
the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company
90 build its road between Portage City
and stevens Point on the tine adopted by the
act of the State Legislature passed Feb, 10, 1875
.... The senate amendments to the postOftice Ap-
preparation bill were considered, and the one re-
ylying the ranking privilege IN tho case % gar
den seeds and agricultural reports was agreed
io-l&3 20 9S-as was also the amendment allow
ing members OF Congress 70 frank GER
tain public documents-ilS 10 q. The amend /
ment fixing the salary of the New York Post
master at s. cOl was nop-concurred in .. 4 rvso-
luton was unanimously adopted resembling from
the records a resolution, adopted April 10 1867,
censuriug simon Cameron for cctisin alleged ir-
regular proceedings As Secretaryui War in the
matter Of purchasing military supptes-at the out
break Of the rebellion. The Arkansas question
was then taken up. and the resolution re ported
hy the committee. that no interference with the
existing Government IN Arkansas b. any depart
ureut ofthe United States Government i adyisa-
BILE WAS adopted-l4g to n. ... The deficiency Ap-
preparation ball tS2,4g@,5SSl Was considered in
Committee of the Whole,
In the Senate, on the Sd, tae Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill was passed s;th several