Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-12-24
CONGRESSIONAL.

SENATE the 18th the Attorney.
Generals annual report was laid before the Sen
ate 80. A bill was passed extending the duration
of the court of the Commissioners of Alabama
Claims for the period of six months. "A resolu-
ton was adopted-3) to 25-calling upon the Sec
retarv of the Treasury for list of unsettled &C
counts of Government officers, defalcations, etc.
:. The motion 30 allow Mr.. Mcmillan 10 with
draw his credentials as Senator from Louisiana
prevailed, after considerable debate-yeas 30,
nays 2S. Adjourned.
HOUsE.-Anong the bills introduced in
the House on the 18th was one by Mr.. Blaine,
proposing an amendment to the Constitution pro-
viding that no State shall make any law respect
ing the establishment of religion or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof; and that no money
raised for the support of the public schools shall
ever be und the control of any religious sect;
and that no school money or lands shall be di-
vided among religious sects or denominations
A bill was introduced repeating theact forbiddlng
the payment of claims of Southern eti-
zens for Quartermasters stores ETC., appro-
printing $500,t0 to pay for the same. =. Other
bills were introduced, among them the following:
To repeal the act for the resumption of specie
payments; forbidding subsidies and grants to
railroads; for the reduction Of postage; to estab
lish mint at st. Louis to remove political disa-
biities from all citizens of the United States; to
provide for the admission of Utah as a State; to
fund United States legal-tender notes and prepare
the way for the resumption of specie payments;
to amend the Constitution in respect to the
term of Office OF the President The Senate bill
extending the duration of the Alabama Claims
Commission was passed. Resolutions were Of
fered and laid over under the rule-requesting the
President to transmit the correspondence relat-
ing to the dismissal of ex-senator Henderson;
directing the Secretary of the Treasury to trans
NIT copies sfl letters, etc. relative to the pros
ecution of the whisky ring at St. Louis, Chicago
to send copies of the instructions under which
QuarternaasterG Gen. Meiggs is acting for the
Government during his absence from the United
States. Adjourned. ~ &fA
SENATE.-On the 10Th large number
of petitions were presented asking for the APP
pointment of commission to inquire into the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating liquors..
Mr.. Morton submitted a resolution for the APP
pontment of committee of five TO inquire into
the alleged frauds, violence and Intimidation ac-
companying the late election in Mississippi. "A
concurrent resolution was also submitted ty Mr..
Morton declaring that the people of the United
states are ne people in the sense of national
unity; that the National Government is
municipal and corporate characters, but was
formed by the people in their primary capacity
that the rights of the States are defined and
guaranteed by the Constitution and not by an
outside theory of State sovereignty, and that
these rights cannot be enlarged or diminished ex-
domestic government by the States within the
limits of the Constitution is an essential of our
free republican system; that the doctrine
the Union. IS inconsistent with the idea
of nationality. is in conflict with the
spiriti and structure OF the Constitution. and
should be regarded having been forever extin-
guished by the suppression of the rebellion.
Considerable debate followed resolution offered
by Mr.. Stevenson calling for information relative
to the prosecution of parties accused of whisky
frauds, after which the resolution was Withdrawn
Adjourned. i9
HoUsE.-Among the bills introduced
in the House were the following: To amend the
law relative to postage on third-class matter;
removing the political disabilities imposed
by the Fourteenth Amendment; reducing