The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-04

indians IL the Indian icrrItTFN- ana
dispose Of their lands 70 actual set
tiers only; and for similar removal
of Kansas tribes Of Indians. = bill
was passed abolishing the Office of
Congressional Printer, and the cleo
ton by concurrent resolution or joint
ballot, Of a Superintendent Of Public
Printing, to perform the duties ut q
salary of 81, 600. Bills were introduced
and referred, TO organize the Territory
Of Lincoln, and 10 consolidate the In
dian tribes into a Territorial Govern
ment; also, 10 provide Territorial
Government for the District Of Co
Iumbia. The claimants for seats from
the State Of Georgia, under the cleo
ton OF April %, 1855, were declared
not entitled TO their seats. The House
went into Committee Of the Whole,
and Mr.. Voorhees, made 4 long speech
against paying the bonds IL gold,
showing now much was paid for the
bonds, and the difference between
this and the cost of paying them in
gold. The committee arose, and a
bill was introduced to abolish the pro-
duce brokers' tax, as imposed on farm
ers and market gardeners. The House
then adjourned.
JANUARY 18th.
The House held a session for gen
eral debate Oh Saturday, very few
members being present. The princi-
pal speech was by Mr.. GOlladay, Of
Kentucky, who spoke in favor Of re-
pudiation. He charged Voorhees, with
| having made a reputation speeck,
and that gentleman denied it. Sew
| eraI speeches were made against re-
pudiatiOn, and the House adjourned.
JANUARY 31st.
In tile Senate, the annual report OF
1 the Commissioner of Patents was pre-
sented. A bill requiring the Secretary
of the Treasury 10 withhold any
moneys due from the United States to
IA defaulting State on any account
whatever, was reported. The resOlu-
! tiOn of the Ohio Legislature ratifying
| the 18th Amendment was presented.
I The Attorney General was requested
to furnish copies of communications
sent 10y him to the military authOri-
ties on Georgia affairs. The bill to
establish postal telegraph and incOr-
porate a company, was reported with
amendments. The company is re-
quired to provide lines of telegraph to
every city and village where tele-
graph stations are now maintained,
and TO all places which have pOpu-
lation of 1900 inhabitants. The COM
pany may purchase any existing
lines of telegraph which may be of
fered TO it prior TO January l, 1STl. a
bill to admit Mississippi was intro
duced by Mr.. Morton. The House bill
abolishing the franking privilege was
reported favOrably. The currency bill
was taken up, and Mr.. Sherman sub
mitted an amendment which was dis
cussed and modified, so as to provide
that after theexpiration of six months
from the passage of this act, any
banking association located in any
State having more than its proportion
of circulation may be removed to any
State having less than its proportion
of circulation under such rules and
regulations as the Controller of the
Currency, with the approval of the
Secretary of the Treasury, may re-
quire, provided the amount of the is
sue of said bank shall not be deducted
from the amount of the new issue pro-
vided in this act. The amendment
was adopted. The former amendment
of Mr.. Morton to fix the additional
amount of circulation at S25, 900, 900
was then renewed With an under
standing that vote would be taken
on the bill on Tuesday, at O'Clock,
the Senate shortly afterwards adjourn.
ed.
In the House large number of bills
xr-ara INT ,frp1ryaad irclt1Hino, tho fC1Inr1-
ing: To divide Ohio into three Judic-
ial Districts; to repeal the act of the
Sd of March, 1868, relative to the
hd6edS corpus; to provide for the re-
demption of not exceeding 800, 900, 900
in United States Bonds, and issuing
therefor an equivalent amount of
notes not bearing interest; fixing the
pay OF Senators and Representative
at S, 900 per year, and reducing the
mileage to 10 cents per mile, from the
1st of March, 1870; extending till the
1st of December, 1872, the time for
filing claims for additional bOunties.
Mr.. Marshall, of Illinois, offered a res
Olution declaring that tariff levied
for protection was unconstitutional,
and instructing the Ways and Means
Committee to prepare bill levying a
tariff for revenue alone. The resOlu-
ton went over. Richard Sayer was
sworn in as a member from Virginia,
and after some discussion, Lewis
McKensie was also sworn in, subject
to the claims of the contestant. A
of the West Virginia Legis-
lature against thereduction of the duty
on coal was presented and referred.
The Senate concurrent resolution, ac-
cepting the statute of Gen. Greene,
was agreed to. Adjourned.