Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

COURT in West Virginia to establish certain pos!
/ pads in Virginia. -. 4 resolution was offered
| ia laid over, directing the President To
| diplomatic agents to cpsn negotiations with the
g annexation Of TIT distes to the Vnited states
eosrts d ,or the jsss fssoison rssvs to he
vysge in tho Arctic reeieas under the anspices e
i Il Government. Joint resolution vs. report
pCyidpg for the .ss o. Ta,s ndi.ns xhc
| fstsn up, and an amendment was adopted-37 TO
ne sa:ng T19S T II Ssoga
as and providing fl an election for L<gslatafe
l q November is. 1870; and the bill was further
/ nendsd, BY striking ont the Bingham provlfo ana
nit OF hobeas corpus within the limits Of munich
hlities and repeating certain laws 70 ~ TO permit
~ organization and calling into service OF the
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:. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 10th, . resolution
was offered and referred, sbolishing the income
tai. The contested election case for the First
District Of Louisiana was taken up and debated
The Tarin hill was further considered In Com
mittee Of the Whole. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the goth, motion.
was adopted that the privileges Of the floor be ex-
tended to tie members Of the Ohio Legislature. :.
Bills were Introduced and referred-to incorpo-
rate the Padfc Submarine Telegraph Company !;
authorizipgthe South Minnesota KailroAd Com
pany to connect its line with the Western Pac'hc
Railroad The Pacific Railroad bill WAS taken up,
and an amendment to strike out the additional
land grsut slowing the company. TO make up its
present deficiency nom sections on each eide OF
jected-lO "a 4l-snd several ether amendments
were offeredhnd rejected, and It was agreed tnst
the bill should be disposed Of on the 2fst.. .--Ad
burned. feR
In the House, on the Goth, the Post.
Office Appropriation bin, appropratins S5,740,0oo,
was reported and made the special order for the
26th.. Bills We're introduced and refered-forthe
Improvement of water Communication between the
liver and LAKE Mcsf sss d y ns ~ w1.
ports. "A resolution Of inquiry was adopted q 70
Che expedieacy OF issuing new silver cola OF the
current value Of twenty o vas ere re-
tain soldiers and sailors OF the war OF 1872. IA
vote On the resolution to admit J. 81. Sypher to
seat from the first Congressional District OF Lonk
lana resulted In yeas q, nays %, and Mr.. Sypher
came forward to take the oath, when motion TO
reconsider the vote was cariied--55 to 79-and
resolution was adopted-100 to 69-declsring that
there was no valid election held In the First
Congressional District of Louisianx On the I'd
OF November, 1868, and that neither Sypher
nor Martin was entitled to a seat The
Senate substitute for the Census bill was non
concurred in. and went to Committee Of Con-
ference The Senate substitute for the Georgia
bill came mp, and was referred to the Reconstrnc-
ton Committee, together with substitute agreed
upon between Messrs. Logan and Bingham, pro-
vdng that the election shall be held in Georgia in
1870, for msmbers OF the General Assembly pro-
vded for in the constitution Of that State, adopted
by its convention March II, 1868, at which persons
who, by the constitution, are electors shall be en-
titled to vote, and declaring the State entitled to
representation in Congress. The Speaker an
neunced the appointment OF Mr.. Trimbe on the
Pacific Railroad Committee, instead of Van Trump,
and Van Trump on the Post Office Committee, in
place OF Tr;mbie. Leave wac asked and objected
to, to introduce joint resolution to annex the
Republic OF Dominica Adjourned.