Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-02-09
Washington and Congressional News.

idents of the United States, except Indi-
ans paying no tax. The Chinese are in
eluded in the bill. The Currency bill
was then taken up and passed by a vote
of SO to %.
In the House a resolution of inquiry in
reference to American citizens confined
in British prisons for political o~fIenses, in
trOduced, discussed and then laid over.
Messrs. Poland, Garfield and Cox were
appointed Regents of the Smithsonian
Institute. A resolution was adopted in
structing the Committee on Foreign At
fairs to inquire why the Cuban insur-
gents should not be recognized as belig-
Grants. 4 resolution was passed in
structing the Secretary of the Navy to
have neurological observations taken at
points along the interior, and also to give
notice of approaching storms on the
lakes and seabOard. A large mass meet
ing of the best class of citizens of the
District, irrespective of race or color, was
held at the CITY Hall this afternoon, to
initiate measures for the consolidation of
the county and two cities into one gov
eminent, with delegates in Congress.
Our cOlored Senator elect, Revels, was
on the floor of the Senate Chamber near
ly all the afternoon to-day, quietly watch
ing the proceedings, n talking with
his future associates, and his wife was in
the gallery TO see how her husband was
received.
FEB. SIN the Senate Mr.. Sherman
reported a bill authorizing the funding
and consolidation of the national debt, 10
extend banking facilities, and establish
specie payments. 1t provides for the is
sue of three classes of bonds, 500, 600, 900
each; first, 10 and 80 years, 3 per cent (;
second, Is and 20 years, A per cent. /;
third, 20 and go years, 4 per cent. 1t also
provides for setting aside yearly Sl5O,OOO-
1 nnn II AIa TnWa-aaN
on the public debt and for a sinking fund
to reduce the debt. The bonds are nom
taxable, principal and interest payable
in coin.
In the House, bills were introduced
amending the Homestead act, and to
bring into general use the metre system
OF weights and measures. The titan Dill
was reported and recommitted. 1t pro-
vides that no Mormon shall hold office of
any kind. or serve as a juror, and polyg-
amy is to be punished by fine n i'm
prisoment, while consanguineous mar
riages are void, and punishable with
twenty years Imprisonment. 4 resolu-
ton for a per capita tax on dogs of two
dollars was referred. 4 bill was passed
granting pensions to widows and child
rem of soldiers enlisting for less than one
year, and were killed or died in the SER
vice. A bill to admit Mississippi on the
I III NNAALo a. NLSAAAof h@o B@o1cNr
substitute for unconditional admission
having been rejected. The bill to sup
ply deficiencies in the Navy Department
was passed, after being so amended that
the 5000, 900 was cut down to Sl,5OO,00O.
Judge Hoar's nomination to the Supe-
rior bench was rejected by the Senate
this afternoon. Yeas "a, nays 80. The
President will soon send in a new nomi-
nation.
FEB. 4.-Secretary Cox has finished
his examination of the pending Indian
treaties now before the senate, but I'M
acted on, and has decided to recommend
to the President the withdrawal of all
which provides for the sale of the lands
to the railroad companies.
The Vice President laid before the
Senate the resolutions of a recent meet
ing at Cooper Institute, sympathizing
with the people Of Cuba, and asking that
they be accorded beligerent rights.
| The Election Committee has agreed to
recommend to the House a plan for set
thing the contested election cases. 1t is
to settle each case by a special jury or
committee. The names of all the mem
bers of the House are to be put into a
box and then and then drawn out one by
one, each contestant having the right to
object TO any member drawn. When
nine names have been drawn, to which
neither objects, these gentlemen are to
form a committee for that special case.
The decisions of the committee are to be
final, unless one or the other of the con-
testants asks for a vote of the House.
Letters from San Francisco show that
there is considerable restitution in Alas
ka. The Mayor of Sitka applied to Gen
eral Davis for relief, representing that
some of the Russians were in a needy
condition, and that the city government
was unable 10 give the necessary relief.
The vote IN the Senate against going
on to-day with the bill a%bolishing the
franking privilege must not be taken as
indication that II will be defeated, but it
Is apparent that the measure will encoun-
ter considerable opposition and is likely
to be somewhat amended.
Judge Winans has introduced a bill
dividing Ohio into three Judicial Dis
tricts and supports it in the House with
a brief speech, showing how the project
would work and on what grounds it can
be sustained.
FEB. 5.-The President will, on Mon
day, issue Q proclamation OF treaty be-
tween the United States and China, CIV
ing the full text of the same.
General Butler as chairman of the ma
tional asylum of disabled soldiers, some
time ago made application for the boun-
ty due soldiers who had deserted during
the rebellion, amounting TO 100000.
The Treasury refused to turn over the
money, on the ground that the bounty
was not due until the expiration Of their
term of service, and that as the men had
deserted, their term had not expired. The
decision has been affirmed by the AttOr-
ney General, and hence the money Will
not be paid over.
President Grant is decidedly opposed
to appointing a man from the southern
circuit on the supreme bench. An effort
is being made 20 SECURE the appointment
of James +. Wilson, of Iowa, to whom
the President offered several places in
his cabinet. There is no doubt that min
lister Hugh Ewing will be recalled from
the Hague. His friends have ceased
their efforts for his retention.
Representative Hoag, of Toledo, Ohio,
died tonight, at nine o'clock, of pnue-
monia.
The President yesterday issued proc
lamation announcing the ratification Of
the additional treaty with China, and
communicating its provisions.
SENATE, FEB. Mr. Morton pre-
scented the resolution of the Georgia
Legislature accepting the condition
recently imposed by Congress by
changing the State constitution, and
also ratifying the fourteenth and ff-
tenth appointments.
Mr. torney revoked the inquiry
which had already been directed to be
made as to whether thespresent Leg
islature of Georgia was a legally or
ganized body.
HOUsE.-Mr. Bingham introduced
a bill amendatory of the laws relating
TO the rates of postage, making letter
postage two cents and one cent for
every additional half ounce or frac-
ton thereof, making postage on news
papers or periodicals issueddaily week
ly or monthly, or at other stated pc
RODS, one cent when not exceeding
four ounces in weight, and one cent
for every additional ounce or fraction
thereof. Papers circulating in the
State and Territory where they are
published, or within one hundred
miles Of the place of publication, to
be exempt from postage, and ex-
changes between publishers to be free.
Postage on dropped letters and unseal-
ed circulars to be one cent, and one
cent for each additional half ounce
or fraction thereof. Manuscripts in
tended for publication not exceeding
two ounces in weight TO be three
cents postage and one cent for every
additional ounce. The second section
pooEao II tho Anfu of tho DosfmoSfar