Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-02-05
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate, on the Goth, a message
was receive I. feem the President, transmitting
the report of the commission appointed to report
plan for the reclamation of the Delta of the
Mississippi. :. "A bill was introduced to provide
for the counting of the votes for President and
vce-President.. Messrs Pease and Thurman
further debated the Louisiana question. ;. .Ad-
iourned.
In the House, majority and minority
reports were made on the proposed constitutional
amendment regulating the election of President
and Vice President-the former favorlng the
plurality system and the latter a direct election
by the people. "A joint resolution for an amend
ment extending the Presidential term to SIX
years and rendering the incumbent ineligible for
reelection was defeated for want of tWo-thlrds
affirmative vote-ayes 1874, noes 14. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 27th, a Postal
Telegraph bill was introduced and referred. "A
resolution was offered to repeal the twenty-sec-
ond Joint rule IN regard to counting electoral
votes :. The Louisiana resolutions were debated
by Messrs Thurman and West. Adjourned
In the House, after routine business,
motion was made to reconsider the action of the
last session recommitting the Civil-Rights bill to
the Judiciary Committee. DilatOry motions
were made and flibustering began by the MI
nority, which continued until the close of the
press dispatches at / 80 a. m. on the 2oth, with
little prospect then of q speedy adjournment
In the Senate, on the 2Sth, bill was
passed providing for the appointment of a COM
mission to ascertain the right of subjects of Great
Britain to the lands in the territory subject to the
award of the Emperor of Germany under the
treaties of 1916 and 1871. -. The Louisiana discus
sion was continued, Mr.. Conkllng commencing
what promised TO be a speech OF great length In
support of the Administration. Adjourned
In the House, the deadlock con-
tinued during the entire day and night, up to
the time of sending the press reports, with pros
pcct of its continuance until Monday. AT mid
night there were $50 members present.
In the Senate, on the Goth, the Mis-
souri, Louisiana resolutions were presented. -.
The committee made an adverse report on the bill
for the relief of settlers in certain portions of
Iowa Minnesota, Kansas and Nebraska. Mr.
Conkling concluded his speech on Louisiana al
fairs and was followed by Mr.. Gordon. Mr.
Schurz proposed to modify the preamble of his
resolutions by incorporating in such preamble
| a statement to the effect that military
interference with the organization of leg
islature is repugnant to the principles OF constl-
tutional government and that the interference In
| Louisiana was without warrant OF law. .Ad-
| journed to the lst.
| In the House the deadlock was broken
| by adjournment at o:25 a. M, after continuous
session of forty-six hours and twenty-five min.
| utes by vote of seventy-fve ayes to sixty noes
nineteen Republicans voting in the Affirmative
TIE Senate was not in session on the
| S0th
In the House nothing was done except
the reading of the journal, which was insisted up
1 on by the minority in order to consume the timt
| and prevent the notice being given of the resolu
ton to change the rules Up to 430 p. m. onl.
| eighteen of the seventy-seven roll-calls of thu
preceding session had been read. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 1st, the Indian,
| Joint resolutions in favor of pensioning the sur
1 viving soldiers and sailors engaged in the Mexi
Can war were presented "A letter was rea'
| from the Commissioner of Pensions stating tha
the number of survivors of the late war witt
Mexico was estimated at 1864 : number of wild
ows about 1900. :. The bill to amend the Ma
tional Bank act passed with an amendment. !.
The Louisiana resolutions debated b.
Messrs West and Morrill,. Adjourned.
In the House, resolutions to change th
rules so as to provide that the Speaker should no
be compelled to entertain dilatory mstions wer
referred to the Committee on Rules. "A motto
to suspend the rules and allow the committee {
report was twice defeated for the want of a two
thirds Affirmative vote. A motion was adopte
-110 to 49--to suspend the rules and pass the BIZ
for the relief of the grasshopper sufferers. re
cess was taken until ten on the I'd, thus cor
! tinuing Monday session until Tuesday.