The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-17
Congress.

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give ex-slaves who fought. in the wal
bounties. To regulate the test oath
A bill granting amnesty to 425 per-
sons was passed and one introduced
proclaiming a general amnesty wher
the 18th Amendment shall be passed
In the House a large number oi
bills were introduced. Some of then
are as follows: A bill giving ex,
soldiers 160 acres of land, instead ei
80, and allowing them to take up the
alternate sections reserved By the
Government; several amnesty bills; 3
bill repeating the duty on coal; bill
to procure more definite information
about foreign crops, for the benefit OF
farmers-the Consuls are to report
quarterly, and the Commissioner OF
Agriculture will compile and publish
the reports monthly. The house
went into the Committee Of the
Whole and discussed the Census bill
The question of the apportionment to
the States of Representatives was dis
cussed. Mr.. Garfield, Chairman ol
the subcommittee on the 9th census
spoke at length on the bill.
In the Senate, Thursday, there wa.
some discussion on the printing ques.
ton. A bill was introduced to fl
the salary of the Chief Justice al
$4,000, and that of the Associate
Justice at $4,000. A resolution re.
pealing the charter of the Medical
Society of the District Of Columbia
aud of taking such other Legislation
as may be necessary to secure for the
medical practitioners in the District
equal rights and opportunities, with.
out distinction of color, gave rise to
considerable discussion. Mr.. Trum-
bull reported the bill which enscts
that "under the Constitution the Ju-
dicial power of the United State.
does not embrace political power, OF
give to the judicial tribunals any
authority to question the decision oi
the political departments of the Gov
ernment on political questions, and il
is hereby declared that all Courts oi
the United States in the administra.
tion of justice shall be bound by the
decision of the political department.
of the Government on political ques.
tions." The bill then declares thai
United States Courts shall not recog.
nize Texas, Mississippi OF Virginia
\ till Congress does and shall not In
terfere with the Military Courts. A
bill was introduced to repeal the fines
and forfeitures incurred under the
laws relating to customs. A bill pro.
viding that Presidential electors shall
be elected in each State on the sec.
end Tuesday of October, in the yeal
in which they are to be chosen, and
that Representatives in Congress shall
be elected in each State on the sec.
ond Tuesday of October next pre-
ceding the beginning of the term ot
Congress to which they are elected.
In the House bills were introduced
to perfect reconstruction in Geor.
gia; to repeal the tariff on tea, coffee
molasses, rice, salt, lumber, hides
stains for printing paper, and iron in
pig; to authorize the future issue oil
S44, ,OOO, 600 legal tenders; resolutions
we're introduced to send pensions by
post. Mr.. VanTrump presented the
Joint resolution of the Ohio Legisla.
ture rejecting the 18th Amenment.-
The House finally went into Commit.
tee Of the Whole on the Census bill
and after fruitless discussion as to BY
what officers the census should be ia
ken, adjourned.
There was perfect food Of bills IN
the House Friday Among thes,
were the following: One donating
the Arsenal land in st. Louis to thai
city for public park; also, one re-
pealing portion of the Internal Rev
enue law, requiring farmers and gar.
deners to take produce brokers' IL
cense to sell their produce; also, ont
for the sale Of coin in the Treasury
except such as is necessary tor the
payment of interest on bonds; also
one extending the time for the com
pletion of the military road from
Fort Wilkinson, Michigan, to Fort
Howard, Wisconsin. An investiga.
ton of a resolution looking to the
French cable troubles was introduced
Ingersoll tried to introduce his bill
for an issue of S44, 100000 more oi
legal tenders, but as the reference
was again disputed, it was withdrawn
The House went into q Committee oi
the Whole on the Census bill, and
then adjourned.
In the House Saturday Mr.. Inger.
soil brought in his bill again, and the
reference of it gave rise to the same
old discussion. The trouble between
the Banking and Ways and Meani
Committees was settled by the refer.
ence of the bill to the former. The
bill provides for further issue o.
| S44,000,000 oflegsl tenders, SIC, 900,
900 to be issued in thirty days aftel
the passage of the bill, $4,000, ,00(
in sixty days, SO, 100000 in ninety
days and the balance in one hundred
and twenty days, A number of pa
pers on the Virginia reconstruction
question were reported and ordered
printed. A resolution was adopted
calling for a detailed account of tn,
expenditures of the present Congress
A number of resolutions and bill
were introduced Of little Importance
The House then went into the Com
mittee on Census bill and then ad
journed.
In the Senate Tuesday Mr.. Thur
man presented joint resolution o
the Ohio Legislature refusing to rat
, ify the 18th Amendment. A bill wa
, introduced and referred extending th,
time of the completion of the Allan
tic & Pacific Railroad two years; also
bill to increase the mail servie,
. between San Francisco and Chini
and Japan, making it semi-monthl,
instead of monthly mail; also, a bill t.
fix the western end of the Pacific Rail
road, giving for depot a part of th'
Government land on the Yerba Buent
Islands in San Francisco harbor-
Resolutions were introduced an,
passed instructing the Finance Com
mittee to report on the expediency o
reducing the penalties for violating
the revenue act of July 20, 1868; al
SO requesting the same to report tn
r expedieucy of increasing the tax oil
distilled spirits to one dollar, and t
collect the tax according to the ca
pacity of the stills. Mr.. Morrill,, o
. Maine, introduced a resolution il
memory of Mr.. Fessendeu, and tha
the Senate wear Grape for thirty day.
MeSsrs Morrill, Sumner. Trumbull