, 1869-01-26
Bill Reported in the Senate
to Amend the Tenure-of-
Office Act,
a Majority Report Submit
ted Against Admitting
Senator Hill, Of
Georgia.
Unfayorable Action on the
Pacific Railroad Bills.
General Grant Strongly 0p-
posed to the Alabama
Claims Treaty.
M1s. Liacolu's Petition to
Congress for a Y.a7ly
Pension.
7Ir. Hubbard's Argument III Favor
Of a Postal Telegraph $! STEM,

7Ir. Hubbard's Argument III Favor
Of a Postal Telegraph System,
kpee:.l Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
NAsnIH1lo.. Jan. 23.
csrcAco COLLECTOR IN TIRE SUPREME cuCHr.
Tie Su, !. :lr Court 10 tay gave decision Ia
thc case ,b.. camc up from Chicago. II appe,rt
tAat iosnlc: Collector OF that city c!aaed com-
mission OF quarter Of onc per cent on toe dls.
burrcneut Of come I've hundred thousaud dollars
III huildite the Post Office and Marine Hospital.
The Court decided that he had no right 10 the
u4oneJ, atd held that no on:er who has h1ed
compensation can receive percentage for dis.
lutscneLfs.
:. H. THE rosTA1 TELEGRAPH sTsIEA.
Mr. Hubbard, Of Boston, coEamrncei Ills argu-
TIT nj tt.t o.EtLg in behalf Of the postal tcic~
E.al sy.tem .ub:,i,tca 10 Co:ctcs- by the pust-
nastrr G. 1eI ii. lie said the ed sought was 10 |
Ioru.a.tz' ,hc tclegrspl-to c1ge 1t 10 the mill
lobby grc.. fcGrct:on OF ratc- Now ITS uEc
WEE eoItlct to lew merchants, brokers and
s7ccu1atcs, only onetenth OF the messages relating
10 eoctal sta.rs. bile abroad sixteenth. &erc on
aEt's matters. The reduction. he sa,d, was to be
accomplished through company without
1;cn.c to the government. II II sue
creced the company would realize iarc3
profit and the pu5l!c the tneetiuable boon Of
cheap telegraph. If failed, the com oany wonld
Lore Its ca1 .:a}, while the nblfc woud harc the
bczt III OF the experiment without cost t. h-ua.
The Average ratce were 10 be reducrd from ctghtF
to th!ns1I-h. ctnts. he prersut rates we're
s:ated TO dftvsarcn cent, I'M. this alutd
ny trean:E special press Eleetases as ordinary
coEr1t reiai rneteacee. 4 reduction OF twenty per
cenl in the cxpcrscs wouid he effected by the
EIlon Of the telegraph with the Post
OHiee without the addition OF apy
ccrespold1ng expense to the Post Office
Department. TIE additional exeen-e lEcurred
weuld be pny IN the ratio th9t the Eaesaa:,rt borc
10 lrttet.. I'll. would he u1app1rc1a-l -le. as &C
many uu:e 1et:cts ..- sent Tnc orl1narY office
cxrepse. or the mcssaee m letter @ill bf a,out
tho suu, Eh,]r two cents extya IL e,1,wrl NV thc
Special c.11yery OF tl,c ,uet.are 1y rcanc,nr mn
rat. q ,hr pumirr nf mrs4so.s v,lI h. ,,r,.sucd
snd thA, Will 1pcurc the rxpcnse nm zach. a rm.1
nus,cees j. roy trana,e,rd mn A l,r.e ean,tn1
with I fair profit /, /. nropn.ed 10 do
large bu-1pess At Il tcss ncr ccntsrc
Of proa., which Will net as Iar.e re1u,n on the
csuils! .eo2,ted Tltt cau be uonc on inc wires
LOW In o,@7s1ion, ss at present. high rates they
s1e cot u. liz.d According 10 etatcm1 nj OF the
Western uu;on {ompary. they hare n.,y.four
4i,rs 1ead,ur t.nm New Y,rs-t,ora1 tn one s,r.
wurkirp ia, I've hunGren End s.1,n.y.h,urs Tnov
u,,, oernr1et liz r,ns. -rcrsou.. .,F,, h,r., hr
eomne-c,,, ,-tr.r.,c4 nne hura+c, ,rd ,,no,y
krI i1f, 4 T.,
oue,a,ors Ar. maid for TO-, nnnr., wort , dav
--t ~ tccnn,ca 6ve bo,.s ~,
c,I7 uH,t1on. then. IL. ran }us,nr.a
he obtaiuec fur those thousand hours! II T.. cyi
den. tbs, .Av B,lytan ra,e nf i'm srrts q mas.
facc weuld @i,e bu.,uy., e1ourn. Th,sc r.tea
at pstseu: canrot be EXPECTED s.d src not do
ua.ted, tu: :hesc I. rae at which the busl
nr-s cAl be obtained, and IL. D. ,poscJ rrduc.
tion viii, It j.. believed. be sut3i,,ent ,ur Ih.,
puipoee With the proripIcre IN 1hu bt,, far fnr.
the. re: uc.1n1e At this polul the hcartn,- va.
adiou rn"d uuttI NedueedaF
GEsEraL GRANT AND TIE AIA8.xA raEa1r.
Ge1er.l Grant Is strongly opposed to tho +, I'd.
Ing AIaSama Claim Treaty. 1.ue following ts his
position, ncsrly in hi. OWE words: The treaty
i. unjust to tic United State. b.calsc It atsnmra
to mcasuic the lnjury Inflicted upo:l the country
by The moccy value Of tho Rh,ps actually de-
st1oyed: whereas, the chief ca,uazc to commerce
wa. bec1uAe our ehips we're driven iron, The
seas by Argto-rescl pirates, In addition 10 this
the esnpathy extended by the English Govern.
mett To ttv Soath prolonged the war Ut least
year, and Tor al the lives lost anil N on. c1pend-
Gu for this time. Ii gland ie directly ruspop+lbic
The tu1ty proposes to settle all these things
by payne.t ut the paiisy yalu: Of Il com,ar tttyc.
j icT thl1s.
1uE kA~ RE.ERvArIos.
Certain ral:toad and Kaneas men arc fixing ~
treaty for the lalc Of ihv Diminished Kas ludian
which Ms. fomcroy*s bfother-tn,law has com.
.ostsblc lst,rcet.
aAltroAn D1LIr IN coSunEss.
The Senate did good deal of talking, but not
mitch voting. to-day. There wAe dr-t some dis.
cu.tiou about taksug up the old Mcuhauapan
quicksilver csirn which was thrown orcr fronn
last eetson. The mcrutnp honr crn,r.d hctor,
The uRlct was settled, and Mr. Rhrr.
1uaa then tried TO ret I'm hi. nn.n,
ctal bill. but vas delea,cd h, n,,a
Ga,jorlty: ncd the discuts.on of thu A+chi.nn
D,atch It tie Pacific RAILROAD xa. rr.nmca ond
ccnttnucd I'LL The hon. Of ad,ournmcu,, Mr.
coLk.in. rakIEc a Ioup ana .trorr rnerch
nsa'Lss granting ,urther tueeldic.. Tic friends
ofthis Measure have teen aui,c cououcrt or ,,a
success. bl, a,c good deal dcmoral.cd bv tho
action In the iioure this afternoon, rbe nrob,
abilities ttlll seem. however. In thctr f,ro-
though the t{l mny be defeated. II The ,tsrn..,rr
<1s contlr ueti 1 few dsss lour,r
The Htu,c gave an lou, to the rcccntfon and
reference Of tillr auponr which ..c,. ho,; d,v.o
rat!rosd suhstd, bills, aud then resumed the con.
federation Of that granting an sdn,ucrat euo.idv
10 tho Cr!oE Pacific, Eae ern Divlstou. which v.s
passed by ite secate la.t tumtnef L,rsu led of
in Etrou. sret ch sratp.t the mrs.urc, and for A
toup.e u hnurs the debate was 1iycJp cnourh.
WGthbr,tc then moycd TO Ia, on the table and
both ettrs rallied their forccs for tae ual strur
y:c. The vctc on tab,.ne va. - to a3-a bare ms
'o'i5 " IL 'u!t noase Io1 tae oh4- 1a'e WIS
1oi eAoegh % tase It, Tor "ashbnsne. Logan and
Jul'ar, hs another motion AID Is majority.
t~ncP II into tie room Of Ju1ian's COM
ra!'.ec, "L-ie /: Will die by the SLOW pro-
cete OF s:EaI eulAt!on In aualyste al the vote on
taotil: the bill showe tha. the Affirmative Was
made up Of II Democrats and q Republicans,
aid the Ici atise OF 10 penocrnts and s3 Reprb-
ltca1s. a vs.y sugfeetive fact Is thzt Of the
twcLtE.trrsn SoutLcr1 members IN the House
!rcn the States EeAdmltted list summer, nil but
sypher and Vidal, Of Louisiana, voted for the
bi.l. 1tthoas that Of the Northern Republicans
= we-c fos :ad Is against The mcasa1e.
TIE GIoRGIA GAZE.
The two rcporte In the Georgia case, dsy sub
1i:ted It the Serate, arc both ,org documents.
The issue was mads upon tho qucs.
t1on oI admitting Hill to his aea. in
the setstc. There Is no objection to
him on pereora! grounds, hut the majority de-
Clare that In lLeis opinion the stare is not now
entitled 10 rtpreecutat!or fer the rcasnn in
b:1cf, that ttc has grossly violated the eur1t Of
the Reconstruction sets Meters, Stewart. Ed
naEds snt it:ec subscribe to the report in fnli
willie Mcst.s. Co, king ara F.e,irohnvann ron.
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