The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-03-28
LILO COUNTY, iowa, THURSDAY, MARCH %, 1879

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/ DIS Morsrs. March 20
EDivoRs CouRrrR :-On the House
being opened this morning, M. O,Don-
/ nell sskcd that the special order. ia 10
/ latiOn to tariff. be Continued until dis
i posetl 81: Il sss s..
M. Ellswofth thouQht somefime
ought to Be allowed for tbs proseuta-
ton ofpetitions. bills. &c.
Tho Speaker eaid that the apocial or.
/ der procludefl Ill thinus else. but ~
/ The leave of Tia House. petitions and
bills might Be offered. s',ssss- NJ
Several bills and petitions werc then
prosented by several members. and
/ properly referred. rsss n
The special order Vas then taken up.
Nr. O,Donnell taking the hcor. 81.
/ He spoke at cousidarable length an
the subiect but really, while 1admft
THAT NJ. OF ,Dcnnell 81 s youun man az
muck ability. / cannot ~ that hfs 81,
fort IN fhia matter Wa either aatnrly
az efective. /,
IL Waa sns offnrt. ho1avar. r0saeseni1
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g some merit 9nt tle tFouDie Wae
tnat ne ss001ect ~ tee.iaun& nslne on
raiIsoads Wa one outsaae 4oI has lime q
pu.lncss = ~ Z.
~ ~ ~ MT Uunsomoe olefea Z
slpsut9te lor the oaiI ~ 0ei1nolnR
Wnacn. ne occupied the moor unut noon
Wnen tno Aouee A0loufne0 unul = P.n:s
On reassembling fhe Aouee resumed
lno dsscueslon "a the tArlM Dali. fne quea-s
ton being on ne saopaon Of the sub
stitute onerea ~ Mr. Duncom0e, me-
Fratt taxing the moor.
u seems somewhat grange that men
possessed with 60 much ability = Mt;
FRAT O,Oonneil ana some otnerA ana
who can make such eloquent speeohes
on other f0ptce, should be 70 rambling
when speaking on the subject of tariG.
Ar. Pratt's speech took about three
quarters ofan hour, and knowing him
to sbe2 gentleman OF great ability ana
much learning expected 70 hear
much better speech than ne delivered.
Following him came Mr. Teale, who
had . particular desire TO stand with
his face turned IN the opposite dlrection
- VsAA sAsS sSksSSsASA} - .es~A> -
the fncf that there was about dozen
Dloomln& young Oe!is eltung On the
sluo uohcl, anu ~ 0fAcr tnat thc sOunu
Of his mellifncus voice should all
with sweeter cadence on their ears, i
was necessary he should turn his back
on the Chair. he was not very windy
however, mo although l listened very
attautvoiy Ia4n yet unable to say
whether ne spoke f0x or against the
substitute. -. U z,
Next came John F. Irish, atld on bis
rising your correspondent moved Into
the Sehate Chamber to see what was
going on there.
returned however just as Mr.. Cald-
well had taken the floor, who, in q few
pointed remarks explained his position
on the tariff question. Said he had
come here to legislate justly to the
people and eqUitably to the railroads.
He had voted for the taxation bill, and
as he told tho gentlemen there he
would support tariff bill when il
came up, and he was ready now to vote
for the bill as reported by the Com
mittae. He knew il was not perfect
in all its particulars but thought it was
the best they could have now and as II
was vast Improvement on the present
ys.s1':s ny was 1sasfy Z. .Sss. "a, his
vote IN mvor Of the original pail, or
ratner on the suosuIuse a reported oy
the commune ior -. =. NO. ~.
AS MT. irisn nad saw q. 70 REMIND
republicans OF the plank IN their plat
form IN reference 70 TINS quesuon,
ne would take Ine noor.y 9. Toauing
the res0iuuon reiaung % MaS plank
wMcn nc tnen naa III ms nanG anu
which always earned Win MN. Hav-
ing read the resoiuslon, ne salo, tnat ~
Young ior we ciI,, ue was al yIuy guy
the prlclpies OF tnat platform ana ex-
pressing the trust tnst the SUBSTITUTE
would not 90 adopted, ne resumed his
seat.
AitcT seserai U.ncI IneMoofs nau
got throngn win thelr say Inc 9ues-
ton on the adoption Of the snnsfltgte
finally reached q votei and was 1851 by
. vote OF ~ yeas 20 " nays.
a motlon was then maze 70 recon-
init the bill. Yhis was lost oy vote
Of 10 yeas TO u nays.
Mr.. heables then onered an amend
ment which, after considerable dlscns-
sion, WAS adopted by vote OF ~ IN
It was 3 80 p. N. and the House adj
ionrned till Tomorrow morning at @