River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-01-26
CONGRESSIONAL.
MoSnav IAN. Is.


,Senate.--Sen. Logan introduced bill to pay
Mrs Abraham Lincoln arrears of pension for the
FIVE years intervening the death of her husband
and the passage of the act granting the pension,
the estimate total being $4,000, and asked i'm
mediate action.
the reference Of the measure TO that committee,
as il was perfectng more comprehensive bill
which included this case and that of Mrs. Gar
field The bill was so referred
The senate then took up ingalls, resolution,
seeking arrears of pensions.
Sen Voorhees, OF Indiana, the champion of the
soldiers, cause made ringing speech in support
of the resolution. Explaining the features OF the
bill as formerly passed he said, if soldiers broken
down with disease and wounds, had been slow In
presenting their claims, and have allowed the FIVE
year limit to pass without doing So he would still
be permitted to prove his injuries and receive bis
pension from the time he was discharged from
the army on that account. 1t is said to the sol
diers widow, that, though penury and ignorance
might have prevented her from asserting the
right for years, yet the government would still
make annual payments to her from the day and
hour when the husband sealed his measureless de-
votion to that government with death.
House-Under call of the states a large
number of bills were introduced of which the fol-
lowing are the most important:
To repeal the law imposing tax on deposit
in banks; also repeating the stamp law on bank
To define the crime of bigamy, and to provide
for the trial and punishment of offenders there
under.
To regulate the paper fractional currency. 1t
directs the secretary that within ninety days OF
the passage of this act to procure suitable plates
for the production of paper currency, which
shall be legal tenders in sums less than one dollar
This currency shall be of a denomination of 10
25 and so cents. Sixty millions of each shall be
issued, exehangable in sums of $40 and msltiples
thereof, in coin legal tender notes of bonds OF
the United States. 1t further provides that in nc
shall the currency be designated or termed al
notes or promises to pay.
TUESDAY, JAN. IL.
.Se,,ate-A petition from the citizens of Kansas
was presented favoring womans suffrage.
Bills were introduced: In relation to alcoholic
traffic.
To authorize the cutting and sale Of dead and
damaged timber on Indian reservations by the in
terror department.
To enable the several states to collect schoo
funds by the taxation of fermcnted liquors.
Authorizing and directing the purchase by sec
rotary of the treasury, for public use, of thu
Freedman's bank property, and the real estate
and parcels of ground adjacent thereto belonging
to the Freedmen's Savings and Trust Co.
Ho,lse--In the house 10. day but little was don,
of Importance. The time was mainly spent intro
ducing bills and submitting resolutions, none o.
which are of general interest.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. is.
Senate-A communication was received from
the secretary of the treasury, IN response to thu
present rates of duties imposed by France, Ger
many and Mexico on American manufactures.
The committee on judiciary, reported back ia
vorably, the bill to permit Ward Hunt, associate
justice of the supreme court of the United States
TO retire.
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pied by Brown, in remarks on the currency. TIT
question of his text being his resolution declaring
the inexpediency of contracting the currency by
the withdrawal of the silver certificates or the dis
continuance or further restriction of silver coin
age; and that gold and silver coin, based on
proper rate as the balance between two metal
and issues of paper predicated upon and con
vertible into coin, on demand to constitute 1
proper circulation medium in this country.
THURSDAY, Jan. 49,
.Senate-The president pro tenn submitted re
Spouse Of the secretary of the interior TO thu
resolution of the 18th inst, inquiring as to tn,
lapsing of the land grant to the Northern Pacific
railway and in connection Herewith to the actor
OF eA-Seeretary Schurz etc. The chair referred
the communication to the committee on railways
A long and earnest debate was had upon tn,
bill for the retirement of Judge Hunt FROM th
supreme bench, which was finally passed by yot,
of Al to IA.
Sen. Sherman's funding bill was taken up, anC
Sen. Salisbury favored the bill. When he hat
concluded, motion WAS made by Sen. ingalls, Il
lay the bill on the table, in order to test the sens
of the senate upon it.
Sen. Window having obtained temporary
withdrawal of Ingalls, motion, proceeded to OPP
pose the bill as unnecessary, experimental, ant
likely to involve the government in loss.
AssemNy.-The house resumed the considera
ton Of the report of the committee on rules, in
creasing the memberships of the various commit
tees.
Mr.. Bedford, having obtained five minutes tim,
from Mr.. Page, who was entitled to the floor
ridiouled the pending proposition. He tool
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to task for no
being satisfied with the ehairmanships they nov
hold ON various committees, and then proposed
that every member of a committee be allowed ONT
clerk and two boot blacks. This brought dowr
the house. Mr.. Williams, of Wisconsin, ther
took the floor and replied to Mr.. b.
The house voted by yeas and nays on Joicet
motion to recommt the report, and the motion
was agreed to by $50 ayes to 80 nays