Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-02-26
orrUMwA, wAPELLo COUNTY.

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@, 1874. Il
| ener CONGRESS-.
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| sags' sa SENATE. s.
WAsHlxGroN, Feb. lS.- ---On motiog
Of Mr. Wright, the Senate took mp u
| bill to provide for the appointment =
q Comrnission on the object Of alcoh0o'
10 liquor traffic. 1li9 iss3 VI
Mr.. Ferrv, o. COnns, opposed ~
passage Of Tho, bill. The .imattee ~
longed e the States and should t,ssu
Nj. Wright argued that the bin ~
. proper one for legislation BY Cba.
groees ID ,@ iHg e1 "a
Mossra. Conkling and Upton sgrssd
with Mr.. Wright. as III
Il Mr.. Morrill,, Of Maine, favored ~
inquiry, but thought IL could best n
maG1ol ~ somo OF the standing OOmnnlt.
teees ~ 6enato FInsDe0 COMMITTEES,
for in1fnnce. yEIe didn't think c0ank6.
tsnt men could b got 70 sesvo cA lhe
con0lssto0 without pay, and therUlere
moved to amend by appf0pfiating ber
thousand dollars for exponscs.
Th0 morning hour expiring, tho lill
went Ovof and The Senate reeumod ~
eoaAideration of the bill 20 eqaslise III
distribution OF tho currency.
Nr. OhAn1ler gavc notice Of ~ q
uneo1asnnt, prsyidlng that the 6SsFe.
nsy of - 1sUag1Fy shall retire 161d
Eaas1sDy edpelaR 6f teeal tender notcl
loR ov6Ey iAllas ef1atisnal hank notes
issuod. s.asss
L ~. Nowsesvo notice of d asubstitute
70 - oAeeedSat the proper titne. 's
- 1r. Etsaihehxysen 9avs hia views
of ~ genessl qssstion, and expresscd
|4h0pe tAat thO whole matter would be
rsoDnmitt9il 70 the Finance Commit
s Ne. HcAursfe read. from tho financial
mArkst reportDf tie Chicago Tribune
g prove ndusy was plenty in the
West. 90 av'
NJ. Ferry, Of Aichigau, road i letter
kom . company Iii Missoufi, which
with capital OF two hundred thousand
dollars, and no outstanding notes,
c0ulauU boesow I'VE tls0usand dol
hrs. He dsnied that aaonsy was plen.
ty IN Mo Woet.~ela Is $50 ~
Mr. Morton said money aewspapes
articles were or ! political nature.
= HI. 6ehurs rcplicd that ho could
kahOw sihilsr statcnlent In the Chloa-
|go Lnter- -0oean and Chicago Timse.
Mr. Logan denied the statement a
to tho Inter- Ocean.
Z H. 6chur5, ther0npon, read from
tlntpapos u Q recent date that money
- plenkyia1d borrowers few.
a discussion here ensuod between
Mcssrs. Logan, and Schurz ns to their
relative good sense aud greatness, ri
the o0nclusi0u or which Mr.. Cauacreu
moved that The Senate 70 Into oxecu-
uy eseesion, @ tlle Senate was not full,
ssd s.sl! e preferred 'h.' The vote be de-
The Senate rejected the motion, and
ND question being on Mr.. 6cotgs
(a4eudment for ~ redemption Of the
whole volume Of national hank clrreh-
| W in specie orintcrcst bearing United
6eoaes bonds.
The annendaent was rejected, yeas
s. nays so . follows:
Il, \ aYEAs-Anlhouy, Boutwell,, Buck
ingham, Chandler, Conkling, Cooper
Cfakin, Davis, Fenton, Ferry Of Conn,
FREEING ghdyoen, Gilbert, Hager, Hamii.
ton u Nd Hamlip, Jones, Kelly,
AoETill OF Me-, Morrill, Of VT, Sargent
Schurx, Scott, Sherman, Stevenson
Stewart, Stockton. Summer, Wadleisf
jsssNA1s--Alcorn, Allieon, Bogy, Bore
pas, CanerOs, Carpenter, Clayton
psnAis Ferry Of Michigan, G9ldth
eA91leSl J, gi H08f laU; l0hNae ls0hllNEaEeli MSf
tt0s, Norwood, Oglesby, PATTERSON
tRoaeo, Pr1ft, Ramsey, Robertson
Nsss@5o. Sesaes;; 1AnEn-a Upton Wright
FIanakan, Edmunds, Bayard, Hamtl
ton and Salisbury, in favor, were pair,
Cd with Dorsey, Hitchcock, Gordon
ingalls, and Ransom, opposed 70 th'
| amendment.
Y M. Howe now offered an amend
meAt 10 Mr.. Merrimon's amendmegt
inatructing tho committee to report
hill Increasing the national bank circh
lation 70 foury hundred million. iii
propagation II for the issue mo0thly B,
| the Secretary Of the Treasury Of nv
fpsg uent. gold bearing bonde to th
amount Of eighty-i1xo per cent. Of tl
addltionel bank circulation Issued tA
[month preceding, tho United State
tuntes received Tor such bonds to b
t0e6trOyed and never rc-issued
Mr. Boutwell, opposed the amend
menk ~ one which would throw th
Uniten States into bankruptcy.
The amendment was lost yeas Il
1ln Dueliugiam offered = suhstitnt
for Mr.. Norrimon's amendment, ID
! struGting the. committee 10 report
l ffee bg6kfng bill, and for funding Il
legal tsndsgS into United States metz
lAld q me ro1gmption of the bonds !
| Legal tepderAs Rejected. Adjourned
\ lea q HOUSE.
| The contested case from the Thit
tArkAn1As District camc up ON md
tton Ia reconsider the vOkc Of ysstei
day, declaring Wiltshire priDs0 fac
elected, 70 lay that motion ON u
ttahae. Tho motion to rcconsidcr vi
IttablMks-l36 ID l99cand Wiltshire W
sswo.as liking the 1on-clad oaah.
N1, Frye from the Judiciary Com
1 mitfee, reported . hill fixing the maj
/ imun term Of inpf1sonment for maj
| sln4ghtee, whe1e = person = cohvictc
y n Me LATED StataA Court q twpnt
IYears, He expleiue1 that unfcx ID
/ exlgting Law the mAximum imprisoI
Il ment ~ InApelAnghtAt Il three year
Tho hul Wa 90 aunend0d na mot