Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-19
THE XIV CONGRESS,

TUESDAY, Feb. 10 iSendte-Sen. Burn
side, from the committee on education
and labor, reported a bill to establish al
. educational fund and apply portion o
the proceeds of the public lands to public
education, and to provide q more com
plete endowment and support of nationa
, colleges for the advancement of scientific
! and industrial education. Placed OF
the calendar. Sen. Wallace, from the
committee on finance, reported favOrably
on the senate bill to direct the com
) missioner of agriculture to attend anC
report on the sheep and wool exhibition
at Philadelphia, on Sept. Sth. Sen
BelthauZer introduced a bill which was
referred, providing for general amnesty
,, 1t provides that all political disabilities
of all persons in the United States
arising under the third section of the
18th amendment ofthe constitution, shall
be forever removed aud discharged
upon such persons filing with the at
torney general of the United States re
quest in writing for relief from such
disabilities
TUESDAY, Feb. 10-H0use-M Wood
chairman of the committee on ways and
means, reported a resolution, calling on
the secretary of the treasury for all evi
dence in the internal revenue office
; touching the enforcement of the internal
revenue laws in Northeast Georgia
Adopted. Mr.. Conger, from the same
committee, reported back the bill for the
relief of colored emigrants, and it was
passed. 1t provides that all charitable
contributions imported for the relief OF
colored persons who have immigrated
from their homes to other states shall be
admitted free of duty. The act is to take
effect Immediately, and remain in force
until Feb. l, 1884. Considerations was
then resumed on the Hot Springs bill.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 11.-Senate-Sen
Cockrell, from the committee on claims,
reported adversely on the bill granting a
pension to the widow of the late Gen.
Custer. The resolution offered by Mr.
Eaton December 4, requesting the presi-
dent to transmit copies of all correspond
ence with foreign governments or their
representatives in relation to the inter.
oceanic canal, was passed. The bill di-
recting the postmaster general to read
just the salaries of certain postmasters,
In accordance with the provision of sec.
tlon of the act of June 10, 1866, was
passed. Sen. Garland, from the com.
mittee on judiciary, reported a bill to
amend section 5352, revised statutes, in
reference to bigamy and polygamy.
Placed on the calendar.
| WEDNESDAY, Feb. -House.-Mr.
Warner, from the committee on coinage,
weights and measures, reported back a
bill amending section 1864 of the re-
vised statutes. Ordered printed, and
recommitted. 1t provides that section
1864 shall be amended to read as fol-
lows: "The value of foreign coins as
expressed in money of account of the
United States shall be that of the pure
metal Of such coins of standard weight,
as compared with the pure metal in the
standard coins of the United States, and
the values of gold and silver coins of the
various nations of the world, known to
our commerce, shall be ascertained by
assays to be made from time to time,
under direction of the director of the
mint, foreign gold coins being
compared with standard gold coins of
the United States and foreign silver coins
with the standard silver dollar, and the
result of such assays shall be reported to
the secretary of the treasury and be en-
braced in his annual report to congress"
Consideration was then resumed of the
court-remOval bill, but the bill went over
without action, and the house went into
committee of the whole upon the re-
vision Of the rules.
THURSDAY, Feb. 12.-tSenate-Mr. Saun
ders introduced bill to abolish all the
duties on the importation of salt Mr..
Garland introduced a bill to extend the
time for the completion of the Texas and
Pacific railway Sen. Blaine submitted
the following:
Res0lged That the president be respect
fully requested, if in his Judgment not
incompatible with the public interests,
to communicate to the senate any infor-
nation in the possession of the govern
ment touching on the alleged false sta
tlstlcs and false testimony imposed upon
the Halifax commission, and used as a
basis of their award in the matter of the
fisheries.
The bill granting pensionito Herman
Netterfold, but reported adversely by
Mr.. ingalls, from the committee on pen
sions, was taken up. Netterfeld was a
citizen scout, acting under military
orders when he was disabled. The dis
cuss1on of this bill was upon the point
whether scouts with the army should be
paid pensions the same as soldiers dis
abled, ard was interrupted by the morn.
| ing hour expiring, when consideration
was resumed of the bill for the ascer.
tainment of the amount of land located
on military warrants, and for the pay
ment of 5 per cent. of its value to various
states named, and Mcdonald continued
his speech in favor Of tie bill.
THURSDAY, Feb. 12.-Honse.--M
Stephens, of the coinage, weights and
measures committee, reported back five
bills relative to the metric system of
coinage Printed and referred. The
bill provides-frst, for the coinage of
metric gold coin, to be called the "SteI-
la," of the value of $4; second, for the
coinage of the goioid metric dollar, So
and the fractions of a dollar, and also
the coinage of a metric gold double
eagle, eagle and half eagle, all of a
standard value; third, for the mint
age of ingots Of metric gold alloy; its
deposit in the treasury and the issue of
certificates therefor; fourth, for the max
ing of ingots of fine gold and ingots of
fine silver Of the value Of 800 each for
expectation, manufactures, etc. fifth, for
the coinage ofsilver dollars and fractions
thereof of the full standard value upon
the metric system. a resolution was
passed authorizing the secretary of the
treasury TO furnish the states Cor the use
of agricultural colleges one set of stand
ard weights and measures. Consideration
of the courtremoval bill was then re-
sumed and occupied the attention of the
house until the expiration of the morning g
hour when the revision of the rules was
resumed.
| FRIDAY, Feb. 13-House-Mr. Wells,
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