The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-01-22
DOINGs IN CONGRESS.

A communication was laid before the Senate
iciency appropriation of SOL 900, and a number
OF petitions on various subjects were presented.
Mr.. Morrill, offered the following resolution which
was laid on the table, and he announced his in.
tention to speak upon it on Thursday: THAT the
Committee on Finance be instructed to INQUIRE
as to the practicablity of refunding the
national debt at a less rate than 4 per
cent. interest, and also as to whether or not
some effective provision can be made whereby
bona-fde subscriptions for sums in moderate
amounts may be available, and report by bill or
otherwise" The bill in regard to certain Ohio
courts was passed. A recommendation from the
Secretary OF War for an increased appropriation
for copying the Confederate records was referred
Bills introduced: By Mr.. Morrill,. regulating the
authorization and use of proxies in meetings by
National Bank Associations: by Mr.. Sails
bury, to preserve the secrecy of kilograms;
by Mr.. Plumb, to establish an additional land 0s-
trict in Kansas; by Mr.. Vest to prohibit Clerks of
Federal courts from taking fees for copying rec
ords IN common-law actions in the book called the
"Fiual Record" Mr.. Bayard, from the Committee
nFnance reported favorably the bill to admit ee
of duty articles intended for the Miers' Interna-
tonal Exhibition in June. Passed. Official nom
nations: Land officers, William B. Lambert. Re
ceiver Of Public Moneys at Norfolk, Neb; Edward
S.EButler, Register of the Land Office at Norfolk.
Neb. Thomas M. Gibson Register of the Land Of
fee at Dardanelle. Ark. =. In the House bill was
reported to regulate the manner of counting Pres
ldential votes, and it was made the special order
for Jan. 26. The Hot Springs Reservation bill
was passed, as was an appropriation for furniture
Tor the House. and for the purchase,
of works for the library. number of executive
communications were laid before the House and
referred, among them one from the Postmaster
General as to the use of the mails for lottery
purposes. The House then went into
committee of the whole on the
a was i1rr1 i,,
Atterward the following bills introduced - By
Mr. Shallenberger, authorizing the refundng of the
national debt, reducing the annual interest thereon
and improving the public credit; by Mr. Willis
lhy, for the relief of depositors in the Freedmen's
Bank.
A large number of petitions for constitu-
tonal amendment giving the suffrage to women
were presented in the Senate on the 18th inst, by
Messrs Davis Qll), the Vice President, Williams,
Allison. Kirkwood. Baldwin, Ferry Davis and
Pendleton. Petitions in favor of the Bayard reso-
lluhons on the currency, and for temperance
commission were also presented bill to re-
lieve the United States Treasurer from
tne amount now charged to him and de-
posted with the several States was reported;
and the bill to increase the pensions of totalyais-
aDled soldiers and sailors from $50 to S72 per
month was passed. bill was introduced by Mr..
Hoar providing that the States which have claims
tore the Court of Claims by the LIST ofMarch 1851.
or be forever barred. Mr. Voorhees, presented
Dill to carry into effect the treaty with the Usage
Indians. The following nominations were sent in:
b. Pomeroy, United States Attorney for the Terri.
tory of Arizona; Elihu A. White, Collector of In
ternal Revenue for the Second district of North
Carolina; Henry. M Atkinson, United States
Surveyor General for New Mexico. Registers
OF OF Land Ofices-Isaac H. Wing, Bayfield,, Wis.,;
stephen Il. Alban, Wausau, Wis. II. W.
Parker Parker, Beatrice, Neb.: Joseph B. Bloss,
Detroit Mich; Samuel W. Malloy, Camden Ark;
Felix 6. Clarke, Des Moines, Ia. ;. In the House,
the bill for the free importation of classical an
uquiues was passed. Mr.. Buckner, Chairman of
the Banking and Currency Committee. reported
bill that the National Bank act be so amended
as TO require every banking association
TO Keep in gold silver coins one-half of
the reserve fund now required by law. The bill
renting the duty on an altar from Rome for In
annapolis was passed, as bill allowing free