The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-25

amend the naturalization laws. The
Mississippi bill was taken up. VIII
ey's amendment repeating the con-
ditiOns in the Virginia bill was defeat
ed; yeas ., nays Sc. The amend
ment striking out the conditions was
lost; yeas y, nays 33. The bill then
passed: yeas -, nays Il; the Senate
then adjourned.
I'm the House, IIr. CuiiOm advOcaJ-
ed his bill u prevent and punish pO-
lygamy in Utah. lie read a letter
from a reliable source in Utah, show
ing ali there, not MOrm0ns, would
have to leave the territory unless
something i done. The morning
hour expired and the bill went over.
Two bills from the Committee on
Navigation Interests, the substance
of which mas already been. given,
were reported and made the order for
the first Tuesday in March. The
House went into Committee, and took
up the Legislative Appropriation bill.
After a long discussion, two pages
we're gone over and left unchanged.
In the course of the talk, a. Il. Null
leth, Supervising Architect Of the
Treasury Department, was severely
criticised. The committee rose, and
the House adopted the report of the
Committee of conference on the West
Point Appropriation bill. Mr.. Logan
wanted to appropriate 5000 To detray
the expenses of witnesses before the
committee examining into the sale oi
cadetships, but objection was made,
and the House adjourned.
FEBRUARY Is.
In the Senate petitions were pre-
sented asking for the recognition Of
Cuban independence. A bill was in
troduced directing a contract TO be
made with the North American Steam
Navigation Company to carry the
mails between New York and Ant
werp, or Bremen, for the term Of fif-
teen years. The Funding bill was
made the special order for Wedncs-
day next. The bill providing for the
encouragement of an international
Exhibition at Washington i'm 1871
was discussed pro and con. After an
Executive session, the Senate ad-
jOurned.
The House spent most Of the day
on the general Appropriation bill.
Four pages of the bill We're got
through with, after the usual amount
of CAB.
FEBRUARY 10.
In the Senate a resolution was pass
ed returning to the Executors certain
papers of jefferson. The annual Post
Route bill, and the House bill TO pay
the expenses of the investigation of
the charge of sales of cadetships were
passed. Bills were introduced to COW
er into the Treasury all uneXpended
balances of appropriations two years
after they are made, and at the be-
ginning of each year the uneXpended
balances the department heads certify
are not needed also to dispose Of ac-
cording to existing laws of the United
States, military reservations at Forts
Lane and Wallace, Oregon, Fort Zea-
rah, Kansas, Camp McGarsy, Neva-
da, Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and
portions of Fort Bridger reservation,
Wyoming. a resolution of inquiry
as to taxing manufacturers in the
Cherokee land was passed. The bill
granting lands to the railroad from
Portland to Astoria, in Oregon, was
taken up. Mr.. Thurman opposed it,
on the ground of the subsidy of land.
He said that 100000 acres of public
land had been given to railroads, and
bills were pending TO give l0,0O0,0OO
more. He was opposed to land sub
sidies. Mr. Stewart, of Nevada,
thought that land subsidies to rail-
roads the best thing the government
ever did. Mr.. Hamlin favored the
bill. Mr.. Casserly opposed land sub
sides. The bill was passed after Il
motion to strike out the provision APP
propriating land had been defeated by
a vote of 81 to 3. Adjourned.
In the House a bill was passed de-
claring that lands of the Fort Collins
reservations in Colorado were subject
to entry under the pre-emptiOn and
homestead laws. A rule was adopted
providing for the settlement of con-
tested election cases by draft of three
members from a Committee of cleo
tions to consist of fifteen members.
The Legislative Appropriation bill
was discussed awhile in committee.
A bill was introduced intended to af-
ford some relief against the operation
of the legal tender decision. 1t gives
a stay of execution on all judgments
founded on debts contracted prior to
the 11th of July, 1862, the date of the
passing of the first Legal Tender Act,
for from one to four years, according
to the amount. But it provides that
if plaintiff in such Judgment VIII re-
ceive his pay in currency, there shall
be no stay, and that whenever specie
payments shall be resumed all stays
Under the act shall terminate. a pc
titiOn was presented by Mr.. Steven
son, from the citizens and business
men of Cincinnati, for a repeal of the
tax on sales. A number of speeches
were permitted to be printed. Ad-
journed.
FEBRUARY q.
In the Senate Mr.. Williams intro
duced a joint resolution declaring the
adoption of the Fifteenth Amend
ment, which was referred. a resOlu-
tiOn was introduced calling on the
President for any recent correspond
ence in relation to the case of Fitz
John Porter After some discussion
il was withdrawn. The bill to abolish
the Freedmen's Bureau and provide
for a Bureau of Education was report
ed from the RetrenchmentC Committee.
The Vice President announced his in
tended absence for one week. x num-
ber of local bills were passed; also,
bill to insure greater safety to passen-
gers on steam vessels. a joint resolu-
ton was passed providing that speech
es not actually delivered shall not be
printed in the Globe.
In the House a large number of bills
were introduced. A bill was passed
granting aid to the Oregon for the
of a steamboat canal
around the falls of the Willamette
Mr.. LOughridge's resolution, instruct
ing the Committee on Banking and
Finance to report a bill increasing the
volume of currency $50, 200, 600 was
passed, on n call of the years and nays
Ito to T3. Pending action on n joint
relieving pork-packers, &c,
from manufacturers tax, the morning
hour expired, and the Senate bill re-
lieving certain persons from political
was taken up. After be-
ing amended by substituting the
House Bill, it was passed. Mr.. Logan
reported on the case of Whittemore,
of South Carolina, that he had been
influenced in disposing of
his appointments to the Military and
Naval Academies, accompanied by
for his expulsion. 1t was
made a special order for Wednes-
day.
FEBRUARY %.
In the Senate the credentials of
Messrs. FarrOw and Whittlesey, Sen
atOrs elect from Georgia, were present.
ed, and referred. a joint resolution
from the Committee on the Pacific
Railroad was reported authorizing the
North Pacific Road to sell mortgage
bonds. From the the Committee on
the Revision of Laws came q recon-
for the Indefinite DnStnnn-