Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-04-27
Washington and Congressional Sum-

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April I9.-In the Senate bills were
passed for the improvement of water
communication between the Mississippi
river and Lake Michigan by the Wiscon-
sin and other rivers. The Georgia bill
was taken up and discussed till the re-
cess. In the evening the debate was con-
tinued. An amendment of Mr.. POme-
roy was adopted by a vote of 81 to "a. 1t
declares the present government of GeOr-
gla provisional, constituting it the Third
Military District, and provides for an
election for the Legislature on Novem-
Der 18th, 1870. The Democrats voted for
the amendment. Mr.. Drake moved an
amendment, giving the President power
to suppress domestic violence, to suspend
he writ OF hGbedS corpus. and making
municipalities responsible for damages
to person or property within their limits.
R~ejected-30 to3I. The amendment was
offered again and passed, emitting the
right to suspend the writ of hdbedS cor
paS within municipalities. An amend
ment was adopted by a party vote re-
pealing certain laws, so as to permit the
organization and calling into thes service
of the State Militia. The bill was hen
passed by a vote OFF, to ..
1n,the House Mr.. Butler, of Massachu-
oNNSN C--IANa a ACoOANAlDAA 49,
income tax. In the evening the Tariff
bill was considered in committee. Va
rious amendments were offered to the
paragraph taxing scrap iron, which was
finally settled at five dollars per ton for
cast, and six dollars for wrought.
April 20.-In the Senate he Ohio Leg
islature were given the privileges of the
floor. A bill was introduced and referred
to incorporate the Pacific Submarine Tel
I n--nnh ~ Thn DnnaEn RnflrnnH
bill was taken up. BY a vote of Al to 10
H arlan's amendment striking Out al adj
ditional land grant and allowing the
company to make up its present dehcien-
| cy from sections on each side of the road
ten miles beyond the present limits was
rejected. Several other amendments
were rejected, and having agreed the bill
should be disposed of on the 2Ist, the
Senate adjourned.
In the House a resolution of inquiry
was adopted as to the expediency of coin
ing a silver coin worth twenty cents.
Mr.. Paine introduced a bill providing
that after June 80, 1870, there shall be a
reduction of 10 per cent. on the duties
imposed on all foreign imports, except
liquors and tobacco. The Senate substi-
tute for h Census bill was not concur
red in, n went to a Conference Com
mittee. The Senate substitute for the
Georgia bill came up. Mr.. Logan agreed
with Mr.. Bingham on the substitute,
which provides that an election for the
Legislature shall take place in 1870, I'M
der the Constitution of 1868. 1t also de-
clares the State entitled to representation
in Congress. The bill n substitute
were referred TO the Reconstruction Conn.,
mittee.
April PA bill was introduced 70
exempt farmers selling their own pro-
duce from the brokers' tax. The bill in
cooperating the Cincinnati & ChattanOO-
ga Railroad, with a capital of $4,000, 900,
was favorably reported without amend
ments. A bill was introduced relative
to collecting debts due the United States,
from certain Southern railroads. The
Northern Pacific Railroad bill came up.
1t wa amended so as to provide that
American rails shall be used; that Con-
greSs may alter or amend the joint resO-
luton, and that all lands not sold in five
years shall be subject to presumption at
$3.50 per acre. Thus amended, the pill
passed-0 to IL.
In the House, the bill revising and
amending the patent and copyright law
was passed, being amended so as TO
reduce certain salaries in the Patent
Office. The House ven into committee
on the Naval Appropriation bill, which
-appropriates SIG, Oil ,S45. Mr.. Washburn,
of Wisconsin, said the United States war
ships were a disgrace to the country, and
he compared them unfavorably with the
iron steam ships of England. Mr.. Hale
defended our ships.
April 22.-The Senate Judiciary Com
mittee was engaged this morning in the
| preparation of n bill to enforce the Fiji
teenth Amendment, and ma lie such pro-
gresS that il is expected thai a compre-
hensive measure of that nature will be
reported next week.
The new Haytian Minister, Mr.. Pres
ton, presented his credentials to-day.
Private advices from Bogota say that
the Darien Canal treaty has been rejected
by the Colombian Congress.
Pretty much everybody is specializing
as to the ultimate fate of the Tariff bill.
The Ways and Means Committee and
Pennsylvania interests have been beaten
on every paragraph relating TO iron, thus
far considered, generally by mall major
tiles, though the reduction of four dollars
per ton on iron in slabs, blooms, &C.,
was to-day carried by nearly twenty
majority. The high tariff men begin to
talk OF giving it up and going for a
motion to throw it overheard, while
many of the moderate tariff men show
an inclination to see if they cannot carry
q reduction on coal, salt and lumber, and
if they succeed in this, they will proba-
bly, put the bill through.
The Financial bills make slow progress
in the Committee of Ways and Means.
They talk every other day about the
Funding bill, but do not take any votes
or reach any conclusions. 1t is predicted
that it will not pass in anything like its
present shape.
Secretary Fish still adheres to his
decision not to receive Mr.. Caldwell, our
late Minister to Bolivia, as an AmhasSa-
dor to the United States from that gov
eminent. He says there is nothing in
the Constitution or laws, or articles of
the State Department to prevent it; but
as there is no precedent, he does not
wish TO make one to meet the case.