The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-03-06

inal Commission, but that money shall be appro-
| priated from the National Treasury on account OF
the celebration. lie addressed the Senate Ia adj
yocacy Of his substitute In which he strongly OPP
posed the scheme OF appropriating the public funds
TO aid the Centennial Scott replied 10 Sumner adj
vocsting an appropriation. The matter went over
| without action.
Houss-Tyner moved TO reconsider the vote by
which the bill revising the franking privilege was
rejected stating that at some future time he would
| move TO recommit the bill TO the Postofice Com
mittee with instructions to report back the third
section only, which relates 10 the free circulation
of weekly newspapers in counties OF their pub
| lication, and free exchange Of newspapers
between publishers. subsequently he gave
notice that, after thinking the matter over,
! he had concluded to withdraw this motion, and
| gave notice that on Monday he would introduce
bill and move to pass II under Suspension of the
rules for the free circulation of weekly newspapers
-. Shanks entered a motion to reconsider the vote
rejecting the bill 10 revive the rankng privilege, TO
be called up hereafter. Mckee, from the Commit
tee ON Territories, reported very important bilI
providing for the execution OF the laws IN Utah. its
object being the suppression of polygamy.
SATURDAY, Feb. 23.-Sendte in session.
HOtlse.-Majority and minority reports made
from the Committee on Elections in the Georgia
contested election case of Raves Va. Sloan Ban
ming presented petition of the Archbishop Of Gin
cinnat Gov. Noyes, and other leading citizens OF
Ohio, for the release Of Edward Condor, of Cincin
natl, the last American Fenian detained in prison
in England. Referred The House went into Com
mittee of the Whole on the Presidents message, and
several speeches were delivered.
MONDAY, March 2.-Sendte. pre-
scented resolution of the Chicago Merchants Ex-
change against any further issue of paper money.
&C.. Allison presented remonstrance from citizens
of Wisconsin against any contraction of the legal
tender notes. The bill to extend the time for
completing the Wisconsin Central Railroad was
passed. Pratt, from the committee on Public
Lands, reported favorably the Senate bill
ceding to the several States the beds OF all unsur-
yeyed lakes, bayous and other bodies of unnaviga-
BILE waters lying within the limits Of such States.
Sumner presented petition OF ladies Of New York,
setting forth the service rendered by them during
the war, and asking for pension. ingalls, intro
duced bin in relation TO the Usage
coded lands of Kansas also, bin
Pratt addressed the Senate in favor of the liquor
Traffic Commission bill 49,. The Centennial bill
again debated by the Senate. The two Sena-
tors from Pennsylvania were the only ones who ia
yored it in its present shape. Morrill, moved to
make the celebration national and not internation-
al and presented an amendment TO substitute in
yitations TO the Governors of the States instead of
to the Governments of other countries. The effect
of this he believed, would be TO the country at
least 100000 600 "A bill was introduced by West
to abolish the Southern Claims Commission.
House, Bills introduced BY Ward Qll.), to give
feasibility to the currency without inhation by
McDill wis., granting the right of way to the Wis
consln Central and Wisconsin Valley railroads by
a
on macaropi and vermice by Ward Qll.), fixing
the salaries of the United States District Judges
at $4,000 per annum; by Lawrence tOhio),
providing for the adoption of law
what similar TO the Ohio Adar Liquor law, to
obtain in the Territories and the District of Column
bia The bill provides that the wife or children of
a drunkard may recover damages from the owner
of the building in which the husband or father has
procured his liquor 10y Cannon, for the admission
of Utah; by Butler, to revive the ranking pr1vi-
lege; under its provisions all newspapers regu-
larry printed, and not advertising sheets simply,
shall go free of postage through the mails in the
county where they are published, but shall not be
delivered under the free-delivery system. A mo-
ton by Tyner to suspend the rules and pass the
bill authorizing weekly newspapers to be sent by
mail within the county of their publ
cation, and exchanges between publishers,
to be transmitted in mails free Of postage,
was defeated. The bill was passed ex-
tending to unnaturalized enlisted men of the
navy and marine corps the same privileges, to
obtaining citizenship, unnaturaized enlisted men
now have Niblack offered resolution, which
was referred to the Ways and Means Committee,
declaring il to be the sense Of the House that any
scheme for the improvement Of the finances will
be unsatisfactory and incomplete which shall
not embrace revision of the tariff in the
interest of revenue, and for the emancipation OF
commerce from all unnecessary restrictions, and in
structing the Committee on Ways and Means to
enter upon and proceed with such a revision of the
tariff. The bill abolishing the tax on matches and
bank checks was under discussion in Committee Of
the Whole. Ellis II. Roberts replied to Dawes re-
trenchment speech, delivered some days ago.
TUESDAY, Marcn o.-SeItuS.- Cnaplal1,
in his opening prayer, invoked Providence to re-
buke the giant demon SANDER, now stalking forth
and casting shadow over all the earth, and
that the hand of the wiful detractor, as
it wrote might be paralyzed Fenton presented
q petition of business men of New York city, repre-
senting $500 600 900, against further imitation of
the currency. The Centennial bill was again the
bone OF contention in the Senate Several Senators
aired their views, in which strong sentiment adj
verse to a Government appropriation was developed.
Scott (Pa.) alone championing the subsidy scheme.
House-The bill amending the Homestead laws
was passed. McCrary addressed the House in
support of his bill to regulate interstate railroads.
The bill, he said, simply decaratory Of the
common law in. its prohibition Of extortion
and discrimination, and required nothing
OF the railroads that the common law
did not require. He repeated his pre-
vious arguments about the powers Of Congress over
commerce between the States, and said that the
building Of a national road ought TO be considered
only as a last resource. Even If there were such a
road, and if all had been done that we're posi-
bic in improving the Mississippi and other water
routes such control of the railroads of the country
as that proposed by his bill would still be neces-
sary.