The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-03-04
CONGRESSIONAL.
FEBRUARY y.

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r By General Ames, Military Governor
Of Mississippi. \ very long discus
sion followed, which lasted all day till
adjournment. The discussion was -
, to whether the papers were proper and
correctly drawn up and sufficient ere
dentiaIs. Messrs. Davis, Stockton
and Salisbury objected 10 the papers,
: and Messrs. Drake, Trumbull, Wilson,
; Stewart, Nye, POmeroy and Sherman
advocated the admission Of Mr.. Rev
els. Without cOmingjo conclusion,
the Senate adjourned.
In the House the death Of Mr.. Bur
, lingame was announced. David At
wood. from Wisconsin, successor Of
Hopkins, George r. Harris, !. 7. Nor
phfs. George c. W. McCiee and Leg
, rand w. Pierce, members elect from
= Mississippi, took the oath of Office
? The bill to punish pOlygamy i'll Utah
was taken up and discussed during the
morning hour. Fitch and Stewart
f opposed the bill as inexpedient. The
; Legislative Appropriation bill was
discussed till two o'clock, when the
question of expelling B. +. White
more came up. MT. Logan began to
speak, when Poland interrupted, and
then Butler, of Massachusetts, an
nounced that he appeared as White
mOre's counsel. An affidavit of Whit
temOre's was read, declaring that the
examination before the committee
was improperly conducted, that he
had not used the money for private
purposes, and asking for time to get
ID his defense, Poland moved the
matter be postponed till the commit
tee report finally. Butler, of Massa-
chusetts, argued for pOstponement,
making long speech, declaring him
self wiser than all the newspapers.
ward offered an amendment post
poning consideration for twenty days.
Mr.. Logan made long argument
against postpOnement. He was fire.
quently interrupted by Butler, but
finally moved the previous question,
which was adopted-yeas, ITO; nays,
%. The House refused to postpone
the consideration, as moved in the
resolution. The previous question, on
the resolution of expulsion, was then
seconded. Whittemore asked the House
to adjourn till the next day, and give
him time. No objection was made,
and the House adjourned.
FEBRUARY a.
In the Senate, bill brought in by
Pomeroy to sell the Usage Indian
lands and remove the Indians, was
tabled. A resolution declaring fuTth-
er expansion of the currency an evil |
and pronouncing against it, passed
without discussion. Mr.. FentOn |
made a speech advocating the pass
age of the funding bill. He would |
like to have it amended to have only |
one kind of bonds at 1 per cent. Pat
terson also made a speech on the fl |
nanees in favor of theSbill. The case |
of ReYels, Senator elect from Mississ-
ippi, was then taken up. salisbury
fOppOsed his admission, and Howard,
Williams, Drake and Cameron advO-
cate it, Cameron said to jeff. Davis,
lust before he left the Senate, that the
result of his work would be that some
day negro would sit in his seat
Without action the Senate adjourn
ed,
In the House q great crowd had
gathered. WhittemOre began TO
defend himself, when the Speaker in
terrupted him, announcing that he
had received the resignation of Whit
| temore as a member, and he there
fore could not speak on the floor with
out cOnsnt. The resolution of eXpul-
sion was tabled, and the following
adopted by Il vote of 1S5 to o: "Re-
sOLUcd, that B. f. WhittemOre, latt
member from the First District of
South Carolina, did make appoint
ments TO the Military Academy at
| West Point, and to the Naval Acade-
my at Annapolis, in violation of law,
and that such appointments were i'll
/ fluenced 10y pecuniaTy considerations,
and that his conduct iG the premises
has been such as To show him un-
worthy of seat in the House of Rep
resentatives, and therefore is cOndem-
ned as conduct as unworthy repre-
sentative of the people" The House
then went into committee on the
Legislative Appropriation bill. The |
committee reported the eUtire bill to
1 the House. All the amendments were
ageed to in bulk, except that apprO-
pirate S91, 900 for a mint at Carson
! City, Nevada, and that appropriating
! 81 1000 for the Bureau of Education,
on which separate votes were asked.
Without dispOsing of these the House
adjourned.
FEBRUARY "a.
In the Senate, bills were introduced
to divide the State of Texas into three
parts, to be called the State of Texas,
and the Territories of Jefferson and
Matagorda; also, bill to provide a
| Territorial Government for the Dis
! trict of Columbia; a disability bill /; !
also bill to prevent prize fighting. |
! United States Courts are TO fine and |
imprisOn for two years, prize fighters, |
seconds and surgeons. Bills were re- |
ported legaliZing locations of certain |
Agricultural College land in WiscOn- |
sin. The bill to sell the Usage Indian |
land was brought up and advocated
by Harlan, and some discussion fol-
lowed. The hour expired, and the |
case of Mr.. Revels came up. A pOlit-
ical debate followed. Finally, by a |
strict party vote of IS to S, he was
sworn in. He took his seat, and the
Senate adjourned till Monday.
In the House, bills were introduced |
to encourage the building of iron
steamships, promote commerce and
carrying the United States mails; to |
establish a national system of eduOa-
ton. a resolution of inquiry, rela,
tive to fruit distillation, was adopted. |
The Committee on Elections was dis
charged from consideration of the /
case of Hamil, of Maryland, the |
charges not being sustained. A men, !
orial for the celebration of the centen-
NAL of American independence was |
presented. 4 bill to admit Georgia |
was reported, and recOmmitted. A |
large number of private bills were also |
disposed Of A resolution of inquiry |
was adopted as to whether any officer |
of the army or navy or the War or
Navy Departments are mixed up in /
the sale of cadetships. The House /
voted on the amendments to the Leg /
islative Appropriation bill, reserved |
on Thursday. Both were adopted. |
The House went into Committee of
the Whole on the Indian Appropria=
ton bill, apprOpriating S3,lSS,935. a
lengthy discussion arose, in which |
the massacre of Indian women and |
children by Col. Baker was severely |
condemned. The committee arose, 1
and the House adjourned till Monday. /
FEBRUARY 2S.
In the Senate resolutions of the Vir-
ginia and Rhode Island Legislatures, /
ratifying the l4th and 18th Amend
ments, were referred. 4 bill was in
troduced to enforce the amendment to
the Constitution declaring that the
right TO vote shall not be denied or
abridged on account of race, color
or previous condition of servitude. 1t
provides that any person hindering a
citizen of the United States, on any of
these grounds, from exercising his
rights, shall be punished by n fine of
not less than 800 nor more than $500,
and by Imprisonment for notices. than
thirty days nor more than one year.
a refusal to register the name or re-
ceive the vote of any citizen, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than
$500 nor more than 81, 200, and by i'm
prisOnment of not less than three cal
endar months, nor more than two
years. United States District Courts
are given exclusive jurisdiction in
these cases.
In the House a large number of bills
were introduced and, among them the
following: To provide for the en-
forcement of judgments i'll lawful
money of the United States; to amend
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