Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-06-11
CONGRESS-.
HOUSE.

CONGRESS-.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, June 6.-Thc House
proceeded to the consideration of the
Senate amendments to the deficiency
bill.
A long discussion occurred over the
item In regard to official reporters, Mr..
HOLMAN making it the text Of speech
against the extravaganza ofthe Repub-
lican party, and also Of q lecture TO his
side of the house for their apathy and
willingness to vote with the majority
on all cxtravagant measures.
Mr.. Congcr accused HOLMAN Of
working and lobbying for the Louis
vile & Portland Canal bill, which is
of intercrcst to his own State.
Mr.. Cox made Characteristic
speech, and the discussion having
closed, the various amendments were
disposed OF, and a conference ordered
on disagreeing votes.
The House took up and passed tho
bill from tho Committee on Mississip.
pi Levees, providing for the commits
sion of Engineers.
MIR. Cannon from the Postal Com
mittec reported . bill for the prepay.
ment of postage on printed matter,
which, after a speech by Canon, In ex-
PLANTATION, passed under the operation
Of the previous question. Vote 100 to
49,
Mr.. Packer, of Penn, from same
committee, reported bill to prevent
what Is known a. straw-bids for car
rylng mails; he also reported bill
for adjusting the salaries Of postmast-
ers. The bills passed.
Mr.. Secor. from Committee on Ex-
penditures In the Department of JUS
tice submitted . report in regard TO
expenses, disbursements and general
management Of the western judicial
district of Arkansas, since its orgsni-
cation in 1871.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, June 6.
Bills were introduced and referred
including one by Sener to abolish the
Western Judicial District of Arkansas.
By Starkweather to increase the rev
nues and restrain gambling BY impos-
ing one-twenticth of one per cent. OF
sales of stocks, gold, etc.
Butler, of Massachusetts, moved to
take tho Civil Rights bill from the t..
BILE aud refer it to the judiciary Com.
mitteo with right to report ut any time.
Rejected, by q vote Of 130 to So, not
two-thirds in the affirmative.
Scott, from the Finance Committee,
reported q substitute for the bill to Au-
thorize medals commemorative the
one hundredth anniversary of the first
meeting of the Continental Congress
and Declaration of Indepence. Passed.
The following Republicans voted NO
on the motion to take the Civil Rights
bill from the table: Bromberg, Butler.
and Harrison, of Tenn, Houghton,
Phelps, Sener, Smith, Miles, Stanard,
Strait, Thomas, of Va, Thornburg, OF
Tenn.
Chaffee moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill admitting Colorado
as a State. Passed, ITO to 65.
Gunckel, from Committee ON Mil.
tary Affairs, reported q bill relating to
bOunties. 1t proposes TO pay al the
rank and file, who served faithfully in
the army, including those born ON the
rolls 40 slaves So 1915 cents per mouth
for the whole time of service. The
House refused to refer by vote Of 80
to "A.
The House then took up the Louisi-
ana contested election case Of Sheridan
and Pinchbeck.
HOUSE: sg,
Iowa, on printing made q re-
port with the testimony in regard to
the cost Of printing the idebates.-
Ordered printed with the views OF the
minority.
Waddell said the majority Of the
Committee believed the reporting of
the debates cost $500 less for each
house, than they did last year. That
the printing OF the debates at the
Government printing Offices cost at
least $l25, 600 less than was paid Rives
and Bailey, for the same work last
Congress. That tho present form Of
the record 10 greatly preferable to the
ncwSpapcr form, and that Il would be
the reverse Of economy, to make the
proposed contract with Rives & Bailey.
The House then proceeded to vote
on the Louisiana contested election
case, and after rejecting all other reso-
lutions, adopted without division those
reported by the ma ority Of the COM
mittee declaring the testimony insult
cient 10 show the election of either OF
Pinchback or Sheridan, and permitting
them to take further testimony.
SENATE.
Allison, from Special Joint Commit
tee, to investigate the management of
the District of Columbia, reported a
bill for the government of the District
of Columbia, and gave notice that he
would ask the Senate to consider It at