The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-09
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
70 THE DAILY LNTELLIGENCER
CONGRESS. R
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, D, G, December s.
A very large number Of bills were in
troduced, laid on the table, and ordered
printed, to be referred to appropriate
committees when appointed. Among
them were the following: BY Mr.. Wright,
OF Iowa, from citizens Of his Congress-
ional district, for the repeal Of the law
requiring 2.cent stamps on bank checks;
also u memorial from the Friends OF
Illinois, Iowa and Kansas on the subject
oi Peace Congress Of Nations; by Mr..
ChriStianCy, for the payment Of money
instead Of awarding land to certain SOL
diers Of the late war; by Mr.. Window,
from citizens Of Wisconsin, for the i'm
provement of Fox river and the con-
struction OF canal along the bunk of
the Wisconsin river from Portage City,
Wis, to the Mississippi river; by Mr..
Oglesbay, u memorial from the United
States Centennial Commission and the
Centennial Board OF Finance for an ap-
preparation Of $l,500,OO0, He gave no.
tice that he would ask to have ii referred
to the Committee on Appropriations
when appointed.
Bills were introduced, to be printed
and lie upon the table, to be referred
hereafter, rs follows:
BY Robertson, to remove the legal and
political disabilities Of all the citizens
Of the United States subject thereto; by
Mr., Spencer, granting W, Cornell Jewett
and associates charter rights for tcle-
grab ocean cable communication between
the Pacific coast OF the United States and
Asia; by Mr.. Mcmillan, to extend the
time for the construction and completion
Of the Northern Pacific Railroad, (it al
lows that company ten years additional
time to complete the road; by Mr., Bay.
ard, regulating the salaries oil the judges
Of the Court Of Claims, (it provides that
the salaries Of these judges shall be six
thousand dollars per annum from and
after the passage Of the aCt); by Mr.. In
gals, for the sale Of the Black Knob In
dian lands in Kansas, comforting cxClu.
sivc jurisdiction over the Indian reser-
vatiOns upon the United States Courts,
and for the punishment Of crimes commit
ted by and against the Indians.
Mr.. ingalls, submitted resolution that
the Secretary Of the Interior be request
cd to transmit the report Of the Commits.
sion appointed to investigate the affairs
Of the Usage Indian Agency, together
with the evidence taken by the board and
the seperOte findings Of the individual
members. Agreed TO.
The bill introduced by Senator Morton
in regard to tho counting Of votes for
President and Vice President Is n copy Of
the bill on the same subject, which was
prepared by the Privilege and Election
Committee and reported to the Senate last
February.
The bill introduced by Senator West to
aid in the construction Of-the Texas Pa
ciic Railroad Is mainly n copy OF the bill
reported by the Senate Committee on
Railroads on the 10Th Of February last,
and recommitted.
b. Mr.. Morton submitted joint resolu-
tion TO amend the Constitution Of the
United States 30 AZ to elect the President
and Vice President by direct vote Oftlle
people, and to abolish the electoral col.
legc. Ordered printed and referred to
the Committee on Privileges and Elec.
tions, when appointed.
Adjourned till tomorrow.