The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-12-15
BY TELEGRAPH
REPORTED ENPREssLT FoR rHE NcHSrEs LEADER.
~ g HI TX T. Il o X II.
DR., Linderman's Report on
the New Mint.
l indianapolis and st. Louis
the best points.
Congressional Proceedings.
A Call of States and Terri
tories for Bills.
Col. Steele on Hand With a
Littls Bill of his own.
Election of Territorial Officers
by the People.

Washington, ID. c., Dec. A.
l., Use = The Speaker called the
STATES for bills and resolutions under
which call bills, etc, were in
troduced and referred, as follows, by
Blaine proposing an amendment to
the constitution providing that no
State shall make any law respecting
the establishment of religion or pro-
hibitiug the tree exercise thereof, and
thai no mouey raised by taxation i'm
amy State for the support of public
schools, or derived from any public
fund thereof, or any public lands de-
voted thereto, shall ever be under
control of any reliR Riuus sect, and that
no money or lands so donated shall
be divided among religious sects or
denominations.
The call of the states was resumed
and bills were introduced and referred
rs follows:
BY Harrison, to amend the consti-
tuition by fixing one term for Presi-
dent and making him Ineligible for
further election, Lut making him a
Senator Tor lie, from the United
states ut large, at the expiration OF his
Office as President.
BY Morrison, To amend the Cousti-
tutIun LS hAing the Presidential term
al six years auu making the President
mvhgiDle within term of twelve
years.
BY Randall, proposing an amend
menL 10 the Constitution, proviuiug
thuI alter the next Presidential cleo
tIun The President of the United States
shall hold his office for six years and
that neither the President nor Vice
President, when the office OF Pres-
dent devolves upon him, shall be ell
SlUie 10 reelection.
BY Spilger, II resolution directing
the committee ON military affairs to
inquire into the eXpediency of reduc
ing the regular army To ten thousand
men or Ia such u number as viii ELI
sure AN et1icient pubic service ut AN
EXPENSE not eXceeuIng twenty million
dollars yearly i,uopled.
Allison Introduced a uill to amend
sec. 10, UI the lnuian appropriation
Uiii, uHpToNeu March 3'u, 1870, III re-
guru L" The bonus Ol Indian agents.
Refer ed. 1t provides that no Indian
agent shall ue allowed To- enter upon
the discharge of his duties until the
surelIes on his bond shall have filed
al ma.
nature ana KIND OF properly owned
10y them, the value Uf tie same ana
" here situated, and empowers the
secretary OF the Interior To require
ANY InIian agent NOW uu duty 10 exc
cule u new GUnd III accordance with
Tie iOrguiug provision, il III any case
lie thinks lhe interest of the service
demand il. The bill also requires each
Indian agent To keep book of Item
Ned expenditures and records of con-
tracts always open TO public Inspet-
lion.
Fort offered the following resolu-
ton, ana demanded the previous
question on lis adoption: Resolved
by the House of Representatives, That
in all subordinate appointments under
any of the officers of this House, it is
the judgment of the House that
wounded soldiers, who are not dis
ahled from the performance of the
duty, should be preferred. The stand
ing vote on the previous question
showed 97 Republicans voting in its
favor and 10i Denloerats a ainst it. The
vote was taken Try telfers, with the fol-
lowing result: Yeas, 90; nays, I26,
SO the previous question was not Sec
nnhad