The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-18
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
APL. 9-In the Senate the Baltimore
& Potomac, Railroad bill was referred to
the Committee on the District OF Co
lumbia. A large number Of bills from
the Military Committee were passed ;
among them the following That
minors shall not be enlisted without
the consent of their parents or guar
dians; declaring several military
reservations open to pre-emption ex-
tending the time for filing claims for
additional bounty until January 30,
1873 also, the House bill paying the
officers and crew of the Kearsarge $3.50,
090. Adjourned.
In the House q bill passed prOyid-
ing for one cent postal cards, but not
exceeding 81 by g inches the face to
he used only for the address and the
reverse for communications all cards
containing obscene or scurrilous mat
ter to be excluded from the mails, and
the sender fined and imprisoned. A
Committee or the Morse Memorial
Service was appointed. In the Indi-
ana contested election case, the Com
saitfee on Elections reported in favor
J. N. Wilson, the sitting member.
The bill revising the laws in relation
mines, assay offices and the coinage
was discussed till adjournment
APRIL 1O.-In the Senate the House
message. returning the Senate tariff
bill, was referred 70 the Committee
on Privileges and Elections. Mr..
Sherman said the Committee on FL
nance had considered the subject, and
had agreed unanimously that the Sem
ate had the same right to amend a
revenue bill as to amend any other
bill, but as the rights and privileges
Of the Senate were involved, they
thought it best To send the matter to
the Committee Oh Privileges and
Elections. A bill passed for the re-
lief OF tbe homestead settlers in Mimi
esota, Wisconsin and Michigan, who
suffered by fires last autumn. The In
dian appropriation bill passed, and
the Senate adjourned.
In the House a bill was reported
from the Postofflce Committee to abOl-
ish the franking privilege after July
!, 1878. Several members opposed
the bill, among them Mr.. Butler, of
Mass, and a Democratic member
from New York, one Mr.. Carroll,
who said the abolition OF the frank
ing privilege would bring about the
ruin Of the republic. The bill was re-
committed, Mr. Holman making
fruitless effort to get the yeas and
nays ordered. The Committee on
Elections made an adverse report on
che petition on certain voters to take
testimony Oh the Ohio contested cleo
ton case OfSchenck against Campbell,
The rest of the day was spent in COM
mittee ON the Senate amendments to
the legislative appropriation bills.
APRIL lin the Senate a bill
granting a pension Of $1,000 to The
widow Of Admiral Farragut was ad-
versely reported. Messrs. Howe, Ham,
lin, and Stevenson were appointed a |
second committee Of conference On
the Bayfield, & st. Croix Railroad bill. |
A bill was reported allowing q rebate
of the taxes paid on distilled spirits
destroyed in the bonded warehouses
by the Chicago fire, and by other fires
since January, 1868. Bills were in
tCOduced authorizing the Secretary of /
the Interior 10 make q partition Of the
Miami Indian reservation Of ten sec
tiOns of land in Grant and Wabash
counties, Ind; amending the war of
ISI2 pension act Of the I4th OF Feb
ruary, 1871, by striking ont the pro-
giso OF is Grst section relating to the
Of gidows, and extending
the benefits OF tlIs. set 10 females who
married officers, soldiers, snd sailors
within three years after the treaty of
peace. Tie consular and dipIomaticI
bill Vas passed, and the
Senate adjourned.
In the House = bill passed eKtend-
ing the time for providing an agrlcul. .
taraI college in Indiana 10 the lst n
sianeh, 1873; also, a bin 10 prevent !
cruelty TO animals in transit by rail- ,
road and other means of transporta-
tion, Prollilst;sig the confinement oil
80 e;n, de-, more than "a
hoars continuously, a Ter which time
they are 70 haze nve hours for rest,
food aud water The Senate amend
ments 60 The legislative, executive,
and judicial appropriation bill came ,
mp In Committee ~ the Whole. tbei
sanding question being on the appro-
pTsation for $50, 900 TO carry on the
eivh service reform. BY vote OF 80
20 90 tks amount was cut down N
$4,000. In the amendment appropri- t
ating 10000 TO extend the CapitoI q
erounds, the amount was fixed At
,oVe, and then agreed to. The
siaeno1nents increasing the salaries of
assistant Secretaries and their officers '
o. several executive departments TO I
- ,ai9t, and Of the Judges Of the ,c,oprti /;
Of Claims to 5000, and Of TTnitad :
States District Judges to 5000 were J
rejected. The bill was reported to fbe /,
House, bat, without voting, the House
APRIL i2.-In the Senate the House
bill requiring report from the com I
Of Claims was passed. as
was the bill refunding the taxes on I
spirits destroyed by fire in bonded !