Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-16
CONGR ESSIONAL.

amendments 10 the River ana 'harDOr Appro-
priation bin and to the bill to provide for the sale
Of the Usage ceded lands in Kansas to actual
settlers, and new conference Committees were
appointed. Bills were psssed-auth orizing the
employment Of Indian scouts to allow q pension
OF thirty seven dollars month 10 soldiers who
have io-t botn an arm and " leg. In lieu OF
twenty -four dollars, AS now allowed. The
House bill establishing post loads Throughout
the country was taken ut and various
amendment. We're agreed to n tine noas on
Civil Service Reform in re arp to the chicago
Pension Agency evidence the committee recon-
mending the passage OF esolupons condelhato-
~ OF the acceptance demanding OF money ~
consideration for real or pretsnded influence in
the procuring Of appointments and declaring
thar such misconduct is good tsuse Tor removal.
A report was ,lso made from the Committee on
Militia Affairs relating contracts for sold ers'
head-tunes; he report relecs somewhat severe
ly on ex-Scc'y Belsrap, but recommends no &C
ton. new Conference Committee WAS appoiut-
ed on the River and Harbor Appropriate n bill.
In Committee Of the Whois Mr.. Garfield spoke
political subjects, in reply to the recent speech
OF Mr. Lamar.
In the Senate Ion the 9TH, the bill passed
last March, but the vote which was -nbse-
quently reconsidered providing tor and regulating
the counting Of votes for President and Nice-Pres
dent and the decision Of questions arising there
on, wac called up ana motion wHs agreed to that
the bill be further amended before being sent to
the House. The report Of The Conference Com
mttee on the bill 70 provide for the sale of the
Usage ceded lands n Kansas was agreed to. The
resolution TO print D,0U extra copies Of the Pres
dents message ano accompanying documents in
reference to the Hamburg troubles taken up
and a spirited DEBATE ensued on the subject OF
disturbances at III South, the dis ussion being
participated in " Messrs. Morton Thur
man, Patterson. Cameron, Gordon and 9th
ers . In the Icase, majority and minority
reports made from the Committee on Ex-
pendtures in the War Department A bill was
teH ~ q Ia - AM
rency to repeal the tctions of the Resumption act
of July 10, SIS, width direct the Secretary OF the
Urea ury to redeem The legal ender notes in coin,
and III cr considerable debate. the bill was passed
- l06 to ~. a bin wis hen reported debated and
passed providing lo' a Commission Of three >ena-
tors three Representatives, and three experts, to
inquire first, into the cause and effect of the
change in the relative value of gold and silver;
second, iuto the pdicy OF the restoration of the
double standard iu this country third, into the
policy of continuing egal-teud notes concur
rcntly with a metallic Standard and fourth, into
the best manner of'proyiding for the resumption
OF specie paymentS--the Commission to report on
or before Jan. 10, 1871 The Conference report on
the bl TO provide for the sale to actual settlers of
the Usage ceded lands in Kansas was agreed to.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the House
amendments to the bill extending the time for the
redemption of lands sold by the United States for
direct taNs were agreed to, and the bill was
passed HE Ilousebill making an appropriation
Tor the payment of claims reported a. allowed by
the southern CLAIMS Commission was passed,
with amendments. The House Joint resolution
proposing aBamendment TO the Constitution pro-
hlbitins the appropriation OF any school fund for
the support olsectatian schools. etc, and several
substitutes ohded therefor. were refrred to the
Judiciary Committee, Majority and min
to inquire ints the late election in Mis-
sissippi were Admitted report was
made that the Conference Committee on the River
aud Harbor Appreciation hill had agreed upon
\ fe 'n1tli r., tod
on the bill to authorize the Secretary OF the In
terror to deposit certain funds in the Treasury in
lieu of nv, sting them. The debate on the Presi-
dents message relative to the Hamburg affair was
continued by Messs. Edmnnds, ogan and
Eaton Ia he lioasa resolution was adopted
that the investigating Committees have leave TO re-
port during the reminder of the session at any
lime after Two days from the time that commit
tee has agreed 10 it, report aud submitted the
same o n minority, wlo shall have leave at The
same time To submit heir views To the House.
Leave of absence wa refused To about seventy
members who had app led for it,
A bill was passed. in the Senate on the
sth to establish the territory of Pembina, to be
formed of the northern portion OF the Territory of
Dakota. and motion was subsequently made to
reconsider the vote on the passage OF the bill with
view to chsnyug The name to Algonquin The
resolution to PRINT To-, copies of the Presidents
message relative To he Ham burg troubles
further considered, and remarks relative to affairs
AT the South were made by Messrs. Eaton, Spencer
and Patterson. In the House a bill was intro
duced and referred 10 secure the prompt re-ump.
ton of specie payments. bill was passed
to print 10000 copies of the report OF
the Commissioners of Agriculture for 1874,
and 20o,0O copies of the report for 1873 and APP
propratlng Sl3,N therefor. Mr.. bale made
speech on general politics, mainly devoted TO at
fairs at the South, and he was replied to by Mr.,
Cox proposed amendment to the G institution
was introduced by Mr. Lawrence, for that known
a. the Blaine School amendment aud provides
that no state shall male ANY law respecting an es-
tahtshment of relgiot or hihiting the free eX-
ercise thereof, and hnt no public property mon
eY raised by taSation,fr rom any publ fund or
property 81 hleci To the legislative power of CON
grcss, SHAH ever be ii, n he under the con
troll OF any religious = or denomination.
Among the bills lasSed in the Senate on
the 9Th was the House bill to allow homestead
settlers to make prod of settlement before the
courts a. Well tfore the Receiver The
House amendments TO he hill to provide for the
sale of the reservation OF the cou;ederated Utoe
aud Missouri Indians II Kansas and Nebraska
were agreed to- The hamburg affair was further
discussed by Nessrs Patterson, Wallace and
sherman 81. in the Hot.e. majority and miuort.
reports were made from the Postoffice
Commit &c on in,as igatiou into straw
bids etc "a wei also like reaorts
flum the Judi lazy Committee In the
case OF Nessrs. Schuua cher and King a. con
ucctcd with the Pa,ihd .,Il subsidy. report
was made rom the COu's,enCe Committee on the
Executive, Legislative luC Judicial Appropriation
bill thst the committee lai came To- no conclu-
sion and that the >enat was unyielding In it, de-
termination To dhere q IT. position on the III,
resolution was sgreed { that IL" House reCede
from it, position rcgatng the SalarieS OF the
President and Congress en-. and the same Con
ference Committee w;r rpappointe =. Political
subjects We're discussed Mr.. ltoar CONNIE utinE on
MIR Lamar recent spe4 h. and he WIS ryp ed to
b Mr.. Hooker Cuuuss was authorized 10 de
fen the Speaker and % sers Of the House in the
Hallett kilrourne suit.
In the Senate, on tae 10Th, the Confer
ence report on the Rive and Hsrbor Appropris-
ton bill MAS sgrrcu 20. tls bill A. agreed upon ap,
propriatiug $40 pCD1 The House bill to provide
temporarily Tor thc expenditures Of the Govern
mrui Wa passed The resolution 20 print 600
comics OF the VrpsiH.ot,s t.rrhrr.- ,,,.ss.~a 80,