The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-02-17
Congre ssional.
II. G. Cox, Pres't.

Congressional.
Washington, Feb. II.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Judd introduced bill to con-
slider section 4 of act of March, 1868,
exempting certain manufacturers
from Internal Revenue tax, 30 not to
treat as manufacturers pork packers,
lard producers, or persons engagedin
curing hams, or canning meats, or IN
provision trades, &C., and to refund
such taxes lately collected.
Referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means.
Tho House went into committee
Of the whole on legislation.
The appropriation bill amendment
offered BY Mr.. Davis, Of New York,
yesterday, to strike out the appropri,
alton for reporters to the Congress
ional Globe, was rejected, only three
members voting for it.
Finkelnburg moved to reduce the
item for public printing from $780,
900 to $4,000, based on the proposed
abolition Of the franking privilege.
Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts,, said
that if the heads OF departments. or
Of bureaus, were not to be trustsd
with ordering the amount of print
ing which they required, they were
not fit to be trusted with their posi-.
tons. He thought that was q mat
ter which might safely be left with
those officers, without interference
on the part of the House.
MIR. Latin, Chairman of tho Com.
mittee on Printing, suggested that it
would not be desirable to cut down
this item, as it was not too much to
meet the absolute wants in that limo.
He promised that his committee
would report a bill which would meet
the most economical views of the
House.
Mr.. Dawes complimented Mr.. Laf
lin, as Chairman Of the Committee
on Printing. on his we'll earned rep.
utation of economy on the public
He did not know any one to whom
the country was more indebted for
for faithful industries and constant
attention to the expenses of the de
partment. He explained that several
large items of printing, amounting to
nearly $50, 100000 had nothing to do
wit, the ranking privilege. These
We FOR tho Patent office, Treasury
Del irtment, and post oflice printing
The item for the library of Con-
gress brought out an attack from
Mr.. Wood against the librarian for ad
uniting books of a scurlilous charac-
ter, containing calumny published
anonymously against him, during a
heated political canvass. The libra.
rian was defended by Holderman,
Palmer and others
The appropriation for the botanical
garden provoked the usual contcn.
ton, but passed without amendment.
The committee then arose, having
disposed of one-tifth Of the bills.
Mr.. Dawes commented on lecture
read to the House by his gentle col,
league, whose conversion seemed as
sudden and remarkable as that Of
him who travelled to Damascus. Mr..
Dawes apprehended it to be his duty
whenever such a question was before
tho House faithfully, calmly, justly
and ,mpartially, but without fear,
favor or affection to make diligeut in
quiry where every dollar of the Pub
lie money had gone or might go, and
SO long as he had the confidence Of
the House and of the country he
should continue to pursue that course
without regard to such lectures.
Mr.. Butler disclaimed all inten-
ton Of electioneering the House, and
desired once for all TO put bar
against any analogy between Saul
Of Tarsus and himself. He had heard
itnineteen times in the House. There
were three things that he though
might be omitted hereafter, because
the country understood them-1st,
that ho had voted for jeff Davis !; I'd,
that he had q sudden conversion and
third, that he had not been in the Re-
publican party as long as some other
people. All that was true he had
no doubt that in olden times there
were men who stood by Judas and
against Paul because Judas was the
older apostle. [Laughter.1
The amendment was adopted and
the House adjourned.
Washington, Feb. II.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Dyer offered resolution in
reference to the extra pay ofthe Mis-
souri, State Militia. Referred.
Mr.. Loughridge offered resolu-
ton declaring it the opinion of the
House that the business interests of
the volume of the circulating curren-
cy, and instructing the country de-
mand an increase of the Committee
on Banking and Currency to report,
as soon as possible, a bill increasing
the currency to the amount of at
least fifty millions.
Mr.. Ward moved to table the res
olution, which was lost, % to SO.
Mr.. Ingersoll characterized this as
a healthy indication.
The morning hour having expi
red, the resolution went over until
next Monday.
The following was TIE vote on the
motion to lay on the table:
YEAs-Ames, AXtell, Banks. Bar
mum, Beaman, Benton, Bird, Blair,
Brooks, of Massachusetts, Brooks of
New York, Buckley, Burlington,
Burchard, Churchill, Cowles, Cox,
Davis, of New York, Dawes, Dixon,
Duvall: Ella, Ferris, Fisher, Fitch,
Garfield, Cite, Gillian, Haight,
Hale, Hill, Hoar, Hooper, Hotchkiss,
Schenckes, Kelley, Kellogg, Kalsay,
Knapp, LaUin, Lynch, McGrow, Mer-
Ger, Morrill,, Of Pennsylvania, Morrill,,
Of Maine, Negley, O'Neil, Peters,
Platte, Poland, Potter, Randall,
Reading, Sargent, Sawyer Schumach-
or, Scbofcld, Sheldon, of Now York,
Slocum, smith Of Vermont, Stark
weather, Stevens, Stiles, Strong, Tan
ner, Tilman, Townsend, Twitchell,
Van Axiom, Ward, Washburne of
Wisconsin, Washburue, OF Massachu-
sets, Wheeler, Winnard and Wood.
ward-73.
NAYS. - Allison, Armstrong, Asper