The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1870-02-03
CONGRESSIONAL.

orial in favor Of a sixteenth amond.
ment to the constitution, giving
women tho right to vote.
Mr.. Thurman, OF Ohio, in pre-
Senting petition asking the abol-
ition Of the franking privilege ex-
pressed his virtuous indignation at
the alleged action of tho Postmas.
ter General in promoting the geti
ting up Of such petitions!
A bill was introduced to abolish
the Freedmens Bureau and pros
vide for a Bureau Of Education.
Mr.. Pomeroy, Of Kansas, intro.
duced a proposition for a sixteenth
amendment to the constitution,
making citizenship alono the basis
ofsufragc.
In the debate on the Virginia
bill, Mr.. Trumbull and Mr.. Sumner
had another personal tilt at each
other.
After being amended in several
particulars, the bill to admit Vir>
GINA was passed--ycas At, nays
10.
In the House, Mr.. Schenck,
chairman Of the committee Of ways
and means, stated, that the revision
OF the tariff bill would be reported
early in the coming week, and
asked and obtained lcave for the
committee 10 cit during the sos-
sions of The House.
On the 22d, the.e was no session
OF the Senate, and the session OF
the House was occupied in speech
making by various members on
differcnt subjects.
In the Senate, on the Gath, Mr..
Sherman's currency bill was taken
up, and that gentleman spoke at
some length in favor Of the mea.
sure.
Mr.. Howe, Of Wisconsin, also
addressed tho Senate on the same
subject.
In the House, tho following,
among other bills, wsre introduc.
cd: fixing the compensation of let.
tor carriers at $1,000; to increase
tho number Of Judges Of the Su,
premo Court Of tho United States;
70 regulate tho mode of determin
ing tho ratification of constitution.
al amendments; to authorize the
building Of q railroad from Washs
iogton City to Schuylkill county,
Pennsylvania; granting 100 acres
Of land to soldiers who served in
tho lato war; to adjust tho pay
ment OF pensioners on o gold basis;
providing for the health and safety
OF persons employed in coal mines;
to authorize the pooplo of New
Mexico 10 form q Constitution and
State Government, preparatory to
admission as q State. .-
In the Senate, on the 25th, Mr..
Sherman, from the Committee on
Finance, reported q substitute for
tho House bill relating to tho in.
como tax fer tho year 1870. The
substitute provides that sections
ll6 to 1913, inclusive, Of the act Of
Juno 30, 1864, and tho acts amend
atory thereof, shall bc so amended
that the several duties on incomes,
dividends and salaries imposed by
said sections shall continue for and
during the ontiro year Of 1870,
and no longer, and 60 much Of
such taxes as arc not paid or paya.
bio during said year shall be col.
locted and paid during tho year
1871; in the modc prescribed by
said section. ~
Tho currency bill Of Mr.. Shsr.
man was debated by Mossrs. Fen.
ton, OF N. Y; Morton, Of Ind, and
others, withon. being definitely
acted upon.
In the House, bill was passed
providing that no title shall bo &c.
quircd or perfected to any ngricul.
tural public lands in the State of
California not heretofore disposed
Of except BY settlement under the
homestead or presumption laws.
In the Senate, on the Goth, tho
Vice President submitted q joint
resolution Of the Legislature Of
Kansas asking the removal Of the
Capital Of the United States to
Fort Lesyenworth Military reser.
vation.
The currency bill was taken up,
and Mr.. Corbett spoke in its favor.
Mr. Sumner opposed it, preferring
bis own, which he had offered as
q substitute. Mr.. Sherman defend.
cd tho bill, and opposed Mr.. Sum.
ner's amendment, as we'll as the
ono which authorized free and
unlimited banking for all time 10
como. Mr., Merton gave notiCs'of
an amendment increasing the pro,
posad amonnk of add;,;onol o;rcu-