Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-14
CONGR EssIONAL

In the Senate, on the Sd, the creden-
tials OF Senators Davis and Saunders, Of West
Virginia and Nebraska, were presented and filed
The join: resolutions OF the Minnesota Legisla-
ture in favor OF law giving a bounty for the de-
struction Of grasshoppers and their eggs were
ferred In the House, the legislative, Judicial
and Executive Appropriation bin was reported
from Committee of the Whole. and amendments
fixing the salaries Of Senators and Represents
tyes at s., 90 were agreed to, and an amendment
increasing the compensation Of the President to
$50O0j was defeated--yeas. E nays l2G-and
tue bill was then passed The Presidents Mes.
sage on the financial qIestion was presented by
the Speaker and referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means.
In the Senate, on the 9Th, Mr.. Howe
stated that on the Sd the sub Committee of the
Committee on Privileges and Elections had ex-
amined j. +. Littlefeld re!stive to Louisiana
election matters, his examination not being
Guided on that day. he Was told to return on the
9th but had failed to do So and was evidently
evading the Committee; Mr.. Howe therefore cub
United resolution which was adopted ordering
Hltields arrest for contempt. The Presidents
Specie Resumption Message was referred In
the Honse the Senate amendments 10 the FORTH
cation Appropriation and the Military Academy
bills were non -concurred in. A petition was pre-
scented from twenty eight banking institutions Of
Cincinnati asking for The repeal OF the law taxing
banks.
Bills were passed in the Senate, on the
6th-for the relief of settlers upon public lands
under the Presumption laws; authorizing the sur
vey Of certain townships in Michigan, and making
appropriation therefor; to amend the act OF June
s. 1872 granting the rieht OF way through public
lands to the Denver & Rio Grande Railway Com
pany: Joint resolution to amend the joint res
oluiion Of July 3, 1876, aul horizlng the Sec
rotary Of War to issue arms to certain
States and Territories 30 as to issue am
munition not TO exceed fifty ball cartridges
for each arm. The bill abolishng the Board of
Mel "a uiast nua of tha nia
trct OF Columbia failed to pass over the Presi-
dents veto--yeas, 30; nays, y two-thrds not vot
Ing in the affirmative. In the House. the De-
hcency Appropriation bin t$1,41T ,0oO) was
considered in Committee OF the Whole A reso-
luton was adopted for printing the testimony
taken before the Committee on Louisiana Affairs
which had not been printed.
In the Senate, on the It'll, Conference
Committee was appointed ON the Military Acade-
my Appropriation bill and a new Conference
Committee WAS appointed on the bill involving
the restoration OF the fast-mail trains and the
and empower the Secretary ofthe Interior to adjust
and settle the account Of the Kaskaskia
Peoria, Piankeshaw and Wea Indians. An
amendment to the Printing Deficiency bill pro-
viding that the Public Printer shall not
hereafter pay more for similar work than is
paid in the cities Of New York, Philadelphia
and Baltimore, was non -conc1rred in. A report
was made In regard TO the eligibility Of Mr.. Hum
phreys, Republican Presidential Elector Of
Florida. =. In the House, the Deficiency Appro-
priation bill was further considered and amended
IN Committee OF the Whole, reported to the House
and passed. The Naval Appropriation bill (sl2.
fM.,b2) was reported from the Committee on APP.
preparations.
In the Senate, on the 9th, the Indian
Appropriation bill was taken up and several
amendments were agreed to, and the bill, as
amended, was passed, In the House, Mr. Hale
read a letter from j Madison Wells and Thomas
&. Anderson, stating that they were confined In a
damp, dark dungeon Of the cellar of the Capitol
and that, on account OF bad air In the cell, Gov.
Wells WAS III in bed. Mr.. Hale corrob-
Grated the assertions contained in the
letter, ana offered . resolution directing
the Sergeant. alarms to remove the prisoners
10 well-lghted and well ventilated room,
where their health would not be endangered.
Nessrs Cox, Clymer and others on the Demo
cratic side Of the House claimed that the room in
which the prisoners were confined was the one
previously used for that purpose by the Republi-
can Congress, and was we'll heated, lighted and
ventilated The resolution was finally referred to
the Special Committee on the Election in Louisi.
ana, with instructions to make speedy report as
10 the truth OF the statements contained in tho
Wells communication. The Deficiency Appro-
Ptiation bill was further amended IN Committee
of the hole.