The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-03-19
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Washington, Mar. II.
SENATE.


Washington, Mar. IL.
SENATE.
Mr. Morton presented a petition Of
bankers, manufactures and mer-
chants of indianapolis, remonstra
ting against any material change in
the national banking system.
Mr. Sherman presented a petition
Of citizens of Ohio, for a change in
in the mode of appointing civil Off
GERS. Referred.
Mr. Grimes offered a resolution that
| the present duties on foreign mer
| chandise being predicated upon tn.
Internal tax on domestic manufac
lures, the finance committee be in
structed to enquire into the expedi
ency of reducing them in the same
ratio with the reduction of the sale
Internal tax if any should be made
Mr. Edmunds Directing to the res
olution it went over.
Mr. Van Wrinkle called up the
house bill granting pensions to Ger
tain soldiers and sailors of the war Of
1912. The question was on amend
ment by the committee on pensions
striking out the words "who are In
circumstances which render them do
pendent on others for support"
Mr. Edmunds opposed the amend.
ment.
Mr. Sherman and Fessenden op.
posed the bill strenuously as unjusti.
fable expenditure in the present
condition Of finances. The bill went
over. A large number of private
pension bills, were taken up and
passed.
A report of the committee of re.
trenchment on the question of ficti.
| cious destruction of $4,000, 900 bonds
| in the Treasury came up.
A long debate followed, mainly af:
fecting The character of Mr. Clark,
the superintendent Of the printing bu.
reau and method of printing U. s,
Bonds and Notes.
Mr. Logan took prominent part
| and strongly censured Mr.. Clark, and
saying his character was 40 damna.
BILE that its description could not be
read in public on account of its i'm.
mortality.
Mr. Randall offered a resolution
that the report and testimony be re.
committed with instructions to re.
port whether any and what chan
ges are requisite in the present mode
OF printing U. s. bonds and notes.
Mr. Stevens Of Pennsylvania, sug-
gested at 30 that the matter 20
over until tomorrow and the House
take up the bill for tho admission Of
Alabama.
Objection being made by Mr. Van
Wyck, Mr. Stevans gave notice that
at half past A o'clock he would move
the previous question on the Ala.
bama bill.
The Speaker presented message
from the President informing the
House that an act to amend the
supplementary reconstruction bill
had been prerented to him on the %
and not having been returned by
him to the House it had become a
law.
Mr. Van Wyck from committee on
retrenchment made report on the
whiskcy frauds, which was ordered
printed.
Mr. Bingham offered resolution
providing for report of the impeach-
ment trial by the House Stenograph-
er and printing thereof for daily use.
Adjourned.
Concord, N. H., Mar. Ii.
Two hundred and twenty towns
foot up Hartman. majority 1928;
Sinclair 80, 800; the remaihg towns
last yeargave Hartman 476, Sinclair
1876.
New Orleans, March -.
Gen. Hancock has appointed the
18th and 18th ofApril for the election
on the ratification ofthe Constitution.
The registration is to be revised in
flve days, commencing IA days before
the election.
Charleston, March IL.
The Republican State Convention
nominated by reclamation CORDOBA,
(colored), for Sec'y of State; half the
delegates chosen to the Chicago Re-
publican Convention are negroes,
and the Constitutional Convention
has agreed to adjourn on the 18th
inst.