Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-06-21
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
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gas ia Ma BBNATE. I'M rtG mi -.
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;S an Ifs Insurance As,'nia''''' 90 wa,h
On notlon II ". Drake The sssaas refused
to hgreo 10 tho Housa Amendments 70 tho bill
for tho relief Of certain ofilccrs q hc navy,
and asked for a committee 81 coldernnce.N 4
Mr., McCrvery presented . nemdrial, sigped
by tho entirc Kentucky delegation, askinF
the removal OF the dlsabIlltiea q certain per-
sons therein nApet, iRefgrsa 70 Committee
on DlARbllltlaa. ,tsi,-,,,olas s,,, a .iIf, .i,,'
Nj. s1Hnef ptesehied hitnoriai Of sfernsr
slave, living AZ Warrehton, Va, asking com
Rensasi2 !, for hS horses and stock taken for
M PFa1 aid az oeSnn,lilco en- Claims.
had given . great deal Of ylnt 10 me eonHldp
Grafton Of this clasa 81 oial1n, and ho hoped
The Senate would a. an carry day take up one
Of these cases apd qttefnilIie q 10 qfaef thai
necessafy tospcpd any more tine Ei9a surh
M, wilsons from !, oonaniiise on % i1fiiiiAlyt
Affair frpnItcd Ifopfe Win dpftatfpE COM
demaed ptdnsnee 70 u,a io9npinsnL
Of tho Union armynla., ereslle osvnty, Ma
III, Howard introaHaed q Llif b. smend ti.e
judiciary a. Of 11sa Referred V Committee
Tia Hasse amendments % do sgnatO ttl
to Sutho5Lse Tie settlement q 'aocOunia q
onisora Of Tho army and iuaB Eas eoneurod
On u,e,io ~ q NJ. Lewi. tho Prostiant was
requested 10 communism 70 tho snnate .
statement Of tho mOneysP9h Into The Trras-
deTnned and conascaicl IN ,VlrElnla BY ,ap-
thority Of acts Of Congress during de rebel
Mr. Howard Ia,iOdnceSl ielpi nsolutign
relative 10 applications for Alierntlona OF uau-
road charters. prolltttlng .ach appiloailops
land grants, unlcag the rpasone therefor arc
specially stated. Laid on-the table.
The POat Once appropriation bin WA then
taken mp, the question bNlng on the Amend-
ment Of Mr.. Ramsay 70 aboliAh the Thanking
NJ. S1mmer ,,Sw ,m r como q rOmark, On
the snbinet of the petitions pept In for tho
abolition of the fFanklpg privilege, sargplng
that those who had signed representod but
the merost fraction Of tho people Of tho conn-
try. He then proceeded 10 advocate his cheap
After Eri6er asSAlS NJ. sis ,ulal meycd
an amendment for onA-9eNb postage Tor bali
ounce letters which was rejeeied-yeas u,
nays 90.
two-Oem postai'e' kateeted-=yeas - nAys
Mr.. Sherman moved an amendment that
The abolition Of theifEanklng privilege shall
not take eflcet tintA dnRlasy, 1871; which
re)neted-4-agns ~ mos 70 5gbH gliE
MIsDralia thtIt moved an aIhonhrnent ap-
propriAting 49, dollars 10 each Senator
and Representative 10 pay bic postage. W 90
Mr.. Drake said be desli,ned the blank 70 be
filed with $500, and that for each member Of
Congress would amount In tho jaEgroGate 10
about 4t5a, Tho Postmaster lenefsl
says the franldng privilege now costs = COO
OO0 He (Mr. D. never Intended Wl,lla ho
wasa Senator TO pay hia postagei no did no,
care 4 petitions came here ~ thick ~ leaves
In VallambroelAui sT.sftl 10 81 ma #iflf pi
Mr. Stewart saId The telegraph had SUPER \
seeded tho postioiiiee a. o neans Of eommnni.
cation, but on account of the high prices RI
telegrams II was confined 10 tho rich. He
advocated that the Government ahogld taxa
charge OF the telegraphlc system Of this eotn-
try, and bring Il within tho reach Of al.
Mr.. Sherman, from the Committee on Fl
nance, reported, with amendments, the House
BIN 20 rsduss taxation I ana saye nptlce that
The Amendricnt Of Mr., Drake was then re-
Mr.. Nyc moved an amendment that all
newspapers may 10 cent FREQ 20 bona Nh sub
scribers within the limits Of dc United StAtc.;
NJ. spchcsT moved az tic fisn2 shan no,
DO abolished until oStobss !, 1870 Nhiehwn'
agreed 10 yeas - naye2a IN q Ii 49,
THE scnaie then, At l:So n n, took ~
cess until 7i30p. IN.
Mt, spmper subnitted copy d eofrcspon-
dence from the State DcpAftmcnh setting
forth that the frpnch cablo company md re
nounceh the exclusive privilege conferred
upon them 20 land cables on The coast Of
France. Ordered 70 be printed u
On motion Of Mr.. Rice, the Senate took up,
Texas Padlne railroad blll, 20 aia VI tho con
etruCtlhn 81 railroad and telegraph hue from
Marshall, Terms, 10 San Diego, California,
with branches and connection. = ~
An amendment providing for the eonstlidA-
tion of atho Alabama and Chattanooga, tho
Vicksburg and Meridian, and Tho NORTH Lou
islana and Texas railroads, and their junction
with the Texhs-Pacihc Of Nashville was de
cuassd npon the propfefy OF pttiyihg 0la
land grants 70 those eOmpanies, ~ w y
The afnendfnent was finally adopted with a
provlsld1 containing existing grants -h',s n
A number Of atAdndments were submitted
without action, when the further consideFaa
tion q ihe blu was postponed ny "Wednesday
The fost ofice appropriation BIN was then
taken % nc question being % the ranking
Mr. Trumbuii said he had been and was stIIl
friend OF the proposed repeal, but his views
had undeTKone q change during the debate. \
The lalfmnn o. the Pest Qniec Commlttee
[Mr. Ramsey had stated That 40 AppfpptiAr
don q ~ aQ0 o0e would y qsceisary y sp9a2
bic the pepPfpnenu 70 purchase stalnpat y
franks phtg aholis The cost o. manntgg,
turo, the danger o. ffaud, and NC llaoliiIy o.
tho Btamps 70 DO stolen, rendered the proposed
systam more objectionable, upon economical
grounds thAn Che ranking I'd - |. y :, n
HeoneIed ~ anendIfenl UNI we iftnk-
ing privilege 70 We DePeytmepp Ang ppr-
mil.lng public docpmenv 70 Dc frNliked rom
Wash!n,,tdn cl.yy e cd, ~ 40
A motion 10 Adjourn WaAmadD, when II was
found. aponf 4 Vota Of yeas and maya tha,
thorovas less than quorum present. ~. u
iona iona Y saioalrn, wss procooded With Upon
tho conclusion Of ron call, the Chair an
nounoed only IS members, less than quorum,
prcsenI. Il Pending a motion " direct The
kergaant-at-A Arms 10 notify the ebsentees and
Seqieat their Attendance, Tho Senate a. hilA