The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-01-24
XLVI CONGRESS.
Senate.

ANY W iuuiaAsi 10 authorize the appoint |
ment of commissioners to ascertain the |
Losses sustained by citizens of the United
States on account of the Indian depreds.
tons and to adjust the claims arising there.
from. The senate bill for the increase of |
pensions of totally disabled soldiers and |
sailors was reported back faVorabIy by the |
committee on pensions and placed on the |
calendar.."..The military academy bill was,
after discussion, passed as reported from
committee, and after short executive SEES. |
sion the senate adjourned.
TUESDAY, January 13.-Petitions
were presented for commission of in
quiry into the alcoholic liquor traffic for
a reduction of Inc duty on zinc; for the
withdrawal Of the legal tender duality OF
greenbacks...... Morrill, offered resolution,
which was laid Oh the table, that the com
mittee on finance be instructed to INQUIRE
es to the practicability OF refunding any
part of the national debt at less rate than
4 per cent interest, and also as TO whether
or not some effective provision can be made
| whereby boua ide subscriptions for sums
| in moderate amounts may be available, and
| report by bill or otherwise. .....T The commit
tee on public lands reported favorably On
| the bill for the relief Of settlers on the
Kansas trust and diminished reserve fund
| lands In Kansas, end it was placed
On the calendar. committee on
finance reported favorably on the bill to adj
NIT free OF duty articles intended for the
millers' intern atiOnal exhibition in June, and
| it was passed $3.50. Bills introduced ard re-
| ferred: To preserve the secresy Of tele-
grams; to establish an additional land dis
trict in Kansas; regulating the authenti.
eating and use OF proxies in meeting Of ma
tional bank sssociatiOns......After an eIecu-
tive session the senate adjourned.
WEnNVGnIV Tonnaru A
were presented for a constitutional amend
ment giving women citizens the right to vote;
Withdrawing the legal tender quality of the
| treasury notes; for a commission of in.
auiry into the alcoholic liquor traffic.
The bill to increase the pensions OF totally
| disab ed soldiers and sailors was taken up
and passed. 1t increases the pension Of
such persons from $50 to $72 per month
| After short executive session the SEN
ate adjourned.
THURSDAY, January 15.-Several petit
tons of women were presented asking
constitutional amendment giving women
the right to vote......The joint resolution for
the withdrawal of the compulsory legal
| tender power of u. treasury notes was
reported back adversely by the committee
on finance. A minority report was pre-
| sented ...... Morgan presented the credentials
! VI LUXE dppOiuItu bSHhtOF lEOH
| Alabama. Pryor took the modified oath.
...... Morrill, called up for consid eration his
| resolution iustructing the finance com.
mttee to inquire into the precticability Of
| Rounding the public debt at less rate of
| interest than four per cent. and made
speech thereon The bill to establish
new land district in Dakota was passed. .....
Adjourned till Monday.
| Eause.
FRIDAY, January Bills introduced
and referred: Admitting free OF duly
| clothing and other articles destined for the
relief OF cOlored emigrants; granting pen.
sion to each su vivor OF the Mexican war
who wss not engaged IN the late rebellion
| or who did not abet the seme.....Adiourned
till Monday.
MONDAY, January 12.-Bills intro
duced ind referred: To reduce the tax on
deposits subject to payment with persons
and associations engaged in the bank.
ing business; 10 facilitate the refund
Jag Of The national debt, TO stop paper in.
hation and provide for a necessary increase
| in the volume Of currency by the free coin
sge OF silver ard gold, and silver and gold
certificates; for a national jail and prison
exempdng from taxation promissory notes
issued for wages; relative TO monuments to
Zachariah Taylor and Thomas Jefer.
on; repeating the law for the is.
suing of request" envelopes; to equalize
homesteads and to graduate and reduce the
| price OF public lands to actual settlers; re-
pea1iDg the law imposing 2 special tax
| domestic wines; extending the jurisdiction
of United States Circuit and District Courts
over crimes committed by Indians; to pro.
hihit and punish the subletting or transfer
Of mail lettings; to increase the circulation
of national banks, and relieve them from
| The payment or the tax on circulation 10
liquidate the national debt and 10 strength
ca the public credit; for the importation OF
! cork free Of duty; for the transfer of the
Indian bureau to the war. department; to
restrict Chinese immigration; fixing TIE time
! Tor counting the vote for president and vice
president; for the issuing OF c5rti6-
Gates of the denomination OF one and two
dollars and fifty and twenty-five cents e..
A motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill providing for the importation of salt
| free from duty was lost-yeas us, nays
| 115-not the necessary two,thirds in the at.
firmative..... A memorial from 6 number Of
western railroads asking reduction Of the
| duty upon steel rails from SIS to $40 per
! ton was referred to the committee on ways
ard mesns......A petition was presented
! from man ufacturers and merchants of New
York asking fer the enactment of law to
give effect to treaty obligations as to trade
|
TUESDAY, January 13.-Bicknell,
chairman of the committee on counting
votes for president and vice president, re.
ported back the bill to provide for and
regulate the counting OF votes, for the
| presentation of questions arising thereupon.
| It wss made the special order for he 29th
| of January ...... The senate bill touching the
| Hot Springs reservation in Arkansas, was
reported back from committee and passed
"a petition from the general assembly
| Of the Presbyterian church or the subject
! of the liquor traffic was referred After
| session in committee OF the whole ou the
! report OF the committee on rules, n hill su-
| thorizing the refundiug of the national debt,
reducing the annual interest thereon and
| improving the pUtlio credit, was introduced
and referred. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, January 14.--The bill
| for free importation of classical antiquities
was passed also the bill for the free impor.
tation Of articles intended for exhibition at
| the Millers' international exhibition TO be
held At Cincinnati, in lSS0......A bill appro-
| priatjng 5000, eco fer the erection of suitable
posts for the protection of the Rio Grande
| frontier was referred to the committee of
the whole......A bill requiring reserves of
| national banks to be sept in gold coin was
sion in committee of the whole on the report
OF the committee on rules the house adj
| journed.
THURSDAY, January 15.-After some
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