The Portland daily press., 1870-12-09

Mr.. Ortiz, of Indiana, gave notice that the
Committee on Foreign Affairs would next
Tuesday call the attention of the House to the
report on the Paraguayan affairs for final con-
sideration.
The House rgreed-94 to 92-to adjourn over
from to-day until Monday.
On motion of Mr.. Schenck, Of Ohio, the
tariff and internal revenue bills were taken
from the calendar of the Committee Of the
Whole and recommitted to the Committee OF
Ways and Means.
The House then resumed the consideration
of the bill to revise and consolidate the postal
laws, the pending question being on an amend
ment offered by Mr.. FarnswOrth, of Illinois,
just before adjournment Yesterday, abolishing
the ranking privilege. Mr.. FarnswOrth advo-
Gated and explained the amendment. He said
that the stamps for Senators and members
could not go into their possession but would
remain in custody of the Secretary of the Sem
ate and Clerk of the House. Its effect would
be to prevent the abuse of the ranking privi-
lege, which was mainly through the counter
feiting of members autographs. The stamps
could be used no where else than in Washing
ton. He believed it useless to enact simple
abolition of the ranking privilege, for it would
not be agreed to by the Senate The question
would be at the close of the session in the same
condition as now.
Mr.. Dawes, of Massachusetts,, opposed, the
amendment as preserving all that was Odious
and liable to abuse in the ranking privilege as
it existed, and only depriving citizens of the
right of communication free of postage with
the Government departments and with the
members.
An amendment was also advocated by
Messrs. Potter of New York, Garfield of Ohio,
and opposed by Messrs. Hill of New Jersey
and Maynard of Tennessee, Van Wick of New
York, Wood of New York aud Mckenzie of
Virginia.
Mr.. Perry of Michigan, moved to strike out
the section allowing $1OO to Senators and mem
bers for their correspondence, which was
greed to- The question was then taken on Mr..
FarnswOrth's amendment as amended and it
was rejected, Z to 102.
Mr.. Hill, of New Jersey, moved to strike out
all the section of the bill relating to the frank
ing privilege, being equivalent to its abolition.
Agreed to, 81 to 70, as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allison, Amber Arnell, Ak
tell, Bailey, Barry. Beaman, Beatty, Bennett,
Burlington, Burchard, Burdett, Cessna, Chur-
chill, Clarke of Kansas, Colburn, Cook, Con-
GER Cowles, Cox, Crebs, Cullom, Dickinson,
Duval, Fincklenburg. Foster, Getz. Griswold,
Hill, Holmes, Ingersoll, johnson, Jones, Judd,
Julian, kellogg, Knott. Kelsey, of New York,
Ketchum, KNAPP, Latin, Lawrence, Long
bridge, Lynch, Marshall, Mayhem, Mccarthy,
Mccormick. McCrary. McGrew; Mckee,
ard, Packard, Paine, Paimer, Peck, Pomery. Pot
ter, Sargent, Sawyer, Scofeld, Shanks, Shell
don, of New York, Slocum, Smith, of Ohio,
Starkweather, Stevens, Stevenson, Stiles,
Strader, Strong, Swami, Tanner, Taylor, Till
man, Upton, Washburn, of Wisconsin, Wash
burpe Of Massachusetts, Walker, Wilkinson,
Willard, Williams, Winans, Witcher and
WOlf-98.
Nays-Messrs. Ames, Armstrong, Asper,
Atwood, Aver, Barnum. Benton, Briggs, Blair,
Boles, Booker, Bowen, Boyd, Brooks Of N. Y,
Butler of Mass, Butler of Tenn. Conner, Da-
nell, Dawes, Dickey, Dixon Of N. G., Donley,
Duke, Ella, Eldridge. Farnsworth, Ferris, Fer
nv, Fox, Garfield, Gibson, Hamill, Hawkins,
Hoar. Hooper, Jenckes, Jones of N. c., KEEL
ley, Manning, Maynard, Mckenzie, Mercur,
Mines Moore of n; j., Morey, Morrill, Of Pa,
Platt, Poland, Porter, Prosser, Reed, Roots,
Sanford, Schumacher, Sheldon of Sa, Sher-
wood, Schber, Smith of Tenn, Smith of VT,
Stokes, Stoughton, Strickland, Sypher, Towns
end, Twitchell, Tyner, Van Wyck, Voorhees,,
Wallace, Walker, Whitmore, Wilson of Ohio,
and Wood-79.
Mr. Hill of New Jersey moved an additional
section, declaring that no person should here.
after exercise the franking privilege.
Mr.. Farnsworth of Illinois said that there
was no necessity for that, as the sections regu-
lating the ranking privilege were struck out
aud as the last section repealed all other postal
laws
Mr.. Walker moved an amendment allowing
free interchange of newspapers and magazines
and the circulation of weekly papers within
the county of publication.
Pending vote the bill to repeal the act of
the 3tst of May, $780, to enforce the right of the
citizens of the United States to vote in the sew
eral States, was taken up.
Mr.. Butler of Massachusetts gave notice that
he would on Tuesday next ask the House to
consider the general amnesty bill.
The death Of Mr.. Ridgeway, late member
from Virginia, was announced and remarks
eulogistic of his character were made.
The House then adjourned till Monday.