The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-22
FOURTH EDITION!
WASHINGTON.
Overland Mail Contracts - The
Alaska Investigating Com
mittee - Constitution
ality of the Legal
Tender Act.
FORTIETH CONGREss-TaIRD SESSION
Senate.

t. JST S2TAs pEeYide9t
BeySrd, senators elect rom Delaware
osss pgm e e. 9y presented the petitions Of certain
New Hs smpsalre and Florida, for equal suffrage.
cary reported the House Joint resoSson IN providing
TOR the disposition of certain papers relating 20
anendme ent. which was adopted after which, the
Nr. Conkiing presented petition tor the abolition
cns S9y upon CERTAIN n m s,Hnasrd drugs aGd m m9S n
interfere with native products. Go, . a..
women Of onondssus county, county. New YORK. for woman
suffrage and Congratulated himself en- having been
the Senator from Kansas (Pomeroyj who had been
late he had come to present their petitions rather
cold and businessike manner. not behtting gal
;, In presenting this petition he tMr; Cenkiingl,
who regarded intelligence sufficient qualification
for the exercise Of the right of suffrage should look
np0SS 70 wSSmS9 % 6ec3nge i had been chiefly Snd ga H@iy
women.
c; Mr. Drake; by the s nIaUimops instructIon Of the
asked for the immediate consideration of resou.
AZ subsidies in bonds 10 any Tsisoad
enterprise not entitled to them under the existing
Mr.. Eddmuns objected and tbe resolution went over
reply to the argument of Mr. Morton yesterday on
the bill TO punish the collection of Illegal taxes upon
House Of Representatives.
MT seTart va presented a the petition Of Joseph
merchsnts fOr a reduction Of the tax on sales Of
liquors; also. q petition Of Wellington & Co., p.
Ewing q Co., Park g. Telford and other New York
merchants for an amendment OF section 5s of the act
Mr. Poland, from the Committed on Revision of the
Laws, made report IN reference to the extensi of
| printing Of nonces IN bankruptcy. ordered to be
printed and recommitted
Mr.. Kelley (Pal introduced q bill to establish an
| assay office IN Montana, and convert the branch
mint at Denver dorado, into assay Office, and
relative TO the refining OF gold and silver bullion at
the United States Mint and branches Referred to the
| Committee on Coinage
| Mr.. GriswOld IN. W introduced bill to dmiulsh
| the fluctuations in god and rovide for q
to spe Gle payments Re fered to the Committee OF
| Ways aud Means, and ordered to be printed,
| The bill proposes the Issue OF gold notes by the
Government, redeemable in coin, and receivable for
all Government dues not to exceed $35 1000 00O and
| not o exceed the amount of gold In the Treaqury
| and II g nominal amount OF greenbacks Withdrawn
suIy above that required for three nths' inter est
the public debt Is 10 be used In Jedeemng green
backs at the average gold value. The bill contains
Ii wss not prepared by Mr. Griswold but intro
duced by him at the request OF its author for the
| sideraton of the committee. 49,
Columbia, reported bill to amend the charter OF the
Corporal on o4 Georgetown D. G giving the corpo-
ration The right 10 impose tonnsge tax After de-
| be te the bill was laid on he table.
Mr. Ingersoll, from thesame Gem nibtee reported q
bill c. angling the name of Az street In Washington
| to Liucr IN avenue. Passed.
MIR Walker frOo the same committee reported a
bil to establish Police Court In the District OF Co
| lumb'a
After discus sion the morning hour having ex pIred
the bill went over till the next private bill day.
Mr.. Dawes MASS }, from the commtttee on confer
the bill relative TO taking testimony In con-
tested election cases, made q report, which was
The House then resumed the consideration of the
bin granting land to the Denver Pacific Railroad and
Mr,Van Trump continued his argument against the
bill which he had commenced on Wednesday.