Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1874 — CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

On the 7th the Senate met at noon, VicePresident Wilson in the chair. Several new Senators presented their credentials. The President’s Message was read and ordered printed. Bills were introduced to provide a form of government for the District of Columbia and appropriating SIOO,OOO for the purchase of food for the grasshopper sufferers.... In the House, Speaker Blaine presided. Sundry new members were sworn in, and the President’s Message read and ordered printed. A bill was passed appropriating $30,000 for the purchase of scales for the use of the Postoffice Department. A bill was introduced to repeal the “ Press-gag Law.” The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill calling for $19,653,434; the Navy Appropriation bill calUDg for $16,976,006; the Army Appropriation bill calling for $27,701,500; the Indian Appropriation bill calling for $4,861,507, and the Fortification Appropriation bill calling for $850,000 were reported from the Committee on Appropriations and made the special order for Dec. 15, Dec. 16, Dec. 17, Dec. 18 and Dec. 22 respectively. A bill was introduced exempting from the operation of the law requiring prepayment of postage cases where the subscriptions were taken prior to January, 1875. Bills were introduced in the Senate on the Bth to reduce the President’s salary to $25,000; to construct a Government telegraph line from Washington to Boston; amending the Currency acts of 1864 and 1866. A memorial was presented from publishers asking a modification of the Postal law. Adjourned.... In the House the report of the Committee on Arkansas Affairs was presented and ordered printed. Bills were passed—to reduce the pay of Bank Examiners; forbidding members of Congress from acting as 'counsel in suits against the United States. Bills were introduced—to extinguish the Indian title to the Black Hills; to substitute United States notes for National Bank notes; for an additional Representative from Nebraska; to regulate elections in certain States; to amend the act in relation to the elective franchise; to reduce the President’s salary. Adjourned,