Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-04-25
Congressional Summary.

a provision authorizing the president to
place on the retired list of the army a
large number of officers named with
full rank held by them when mustered
out O. service. Among those named
are the following: Generals .. S. Grant.
James A. Dix, Geo. B. Mcclellan, n. P.
Banks, B. F. Butler, A. E. Burnside,
John A. Logan, Carl Schurz, A. Pleas
onton, James Shields, J. A. Garfield,
Charles Devins, J. D. Cox, and some 10
or Is other well known army officers in
the late war. Referred to the commit
tee on military affairs. At the expira-
ton of the morning hour consideration
was resumed of the bill to repeal the
bankrupt law, and McCreery spoke in
favor of the repeal. After further de-
bate the bill was passed by the following
vote:
1yes- Beck, Blaine Booth,
Butler, Cameron. Pa J, Cameron, wis. J.,
Coke, Conkling, Davis, (W.Va.), J, Eaton.
Eustis, Ferry, Garland, Gordon, Grover,
Harris, Hereford, Ingalls,, Johnston,
Jones, Fla. J, Herman, Lamar, McCreery,
Mcdonald. Mcpherson, Maxey, Mitch
ell, Morgan, Morrell, Oglesby, Plumb,
Rollins, Teller, Wadleigh, Wallace and
Whyte-37.
Naye-Allison, Anthony Burnside,
Conover, Mcmillan and Saunders-6.
Messrs. Christiancy, Thurman and
Cockrell, who would have voted in the
affirmative, were paired with DAVIS, of
Illinois, Matthews and Window, who
would have voted in the negative. Mr..
Whyte said his colleague, Dennis, was
absent on account of sickness. If he
was present he would vote in the affir-
native. Mr.. Johnston said that his
colleague, Withers, was sick, but did not
say how he would vote. The following
is the text of the bill as it passed:
BE 1t enacted by the Senate and House of
representatives of the United States of Amer
ica an Congress Assembled That the bank
rupt law approved March Sd, 1867, and
all acts in amendment or supplementary
thereto, or in explanation thereof be
and the same are hereby repealed, pro-
vlded, however, that such repeal shall
in no manner invalidate or affect any
case III bankruptcy instituted and pend
ing III any court prior to the day when
the act shall take effect, bat as to all
such pending cases and all future pro-
ceedings thereon, the acts hereby re-
pealed shall hereby continue in full
force and effect until the same shall be
fully disposed of III the same manner as
if said acts had not been repealed.
MONDAY, April 15.-House. In the
house the following bills were introduc-
ed: bill reciting the near approach of
specie payment, directing the president
to make public and solemn procla-
nation that it is the firm determination
of congress to enact no further laws af-
fectlng currency or finance until specie
payment shall have been resumed and
authorizing the secretary of the treas
ury to prepare per cent. bonds, of de-
nominations of $50, $50, and 500, pay
able III standard coin at the expiration
of 40 years to be exchangeable at its
face value into United States legal ten
der notes; to provide for mode of try
ing and determining by the supreme
court of the United States the title of
president and vice-presidcnt of the
United States to their respective offices
when their election to such is denied by
one or more states of the union. The
rest o. the session was devoted to Dis
trict of Columbia affairs.
TUESDAY, April -Senate-In the
senate Senator Howe made another
lengthy speech in favor of his reso-
luton for any investigation into the
moral character of Judge Whitaker of
New Orleans. At the conclusion of his
remarks the resolution was adopted.
A petition was presented for branch
mint in Chicago. The public lands
committee, reported asubstitute for the
bill, supplementary act in relation to
the Hot Springs reservation, Arkansas.
Placed on calendar. The vice-presi-
dent appointed Messrs Morrill, Sargent,
Cameron, (of Wisconsin, Matthews,
Davis, (of Illinois, Herman, and Nor
gan as special committee to consider
and report plan for taking the next
census under the resolution recently
submitted by Morrill,. The public lands
committee also reported back the bill
to extend the time for the completion
of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and
moved that it be referred to the COM
mittee on railroads. He said the COM
mittee on public lands had decided to
entertain this bill, and had fixed the
time for having discussion on it, but
on intimation from the present attor-
ney of the Northern Pacific Railroad
company that an understanding had
been arrived at between parties chiefly
interested in the two bills now before
the senate, that they should both go to
the committee on railroads for the pur-
pose of consolidation into single bill
satisfactorily to both, it was agreed to
report the bill back to the senate; that
1t should be so referred. 1t was then
referred to the committee on railroads.
The bill for the relief of certain settlers
on public lands passed The senate
then resumed consideration of the bill
partly considered yesterday to ineor-
porate the National Pacific Railroad
and Telegraph Company Mr.. Conk-
ling submitted an amendment pro-
posing that the road should not have
the right of way through any Indian
lands. Agreed to. The bill then
passed; yeas. 80, nays g. The senate
then went into executive session and
soon after adjourned.
TUESDAY, April 16.-Holtse. The Dis.
triet,of Columbia bill for the establish
ment of a permanent government was
defeated; ayes 94, nays 144 The house
then went into committee ofthe whole
on the past Office appropriation bill,
and adjourned without action until eve
ming. AT the evening session about
90 private pension bills was passed and
the house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, April 17.-Senate.-The
senate defeated by vote of 60 to II
Burnside's bill to remove all restrictions.
from existing laws, to the enlistment OF
colored people in the regular army. A