Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-03-05

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provide Ies the sppoint,nent. of a
Liquor Traffic Colanaisaion, was taken
up. Mr.. Flnnaga8 favored the bill,
All, said be believed the use of Alec.
holic liquors caused tho late split be-
tveeaa the North and South. ~ @
Pending j the, difcnssion. Oh motion
u Mr. Thurman, the senate went into
executive seesiou, and soors aftor ad.
jcurued. assi 81 ssas
- HOUSE.
ITI,a bill allowing the use OF the IN.
lekpendSsa balance appropriated. for
l,tke building Of branch mint at Ssn-s
!HrNdcisco sas passed. s. s.,g
Tbs House then rcsumed the COM
lsSderAaion OF tho posta. Dill. ana alser
1fYoral speeches in adS scacy. Mr..
10bortS Of n, H., moved TO Jay the
~ cf, thc table. Lost, yeas lis, aAys
4 Mr.. Poland moved to reconsider the
vote OF Yesterday, ordering the main
question. -
Mr.. Randall moved to table that NO.
Aons which WAS agreed IL by log 10
EOs1ESsxt *, sf. eFs -
4 A,yote vas then taken on the amend-
Inent reported by the committee. au-
thoriziug the Postmaster General 10
delay the transmission Of documents
Whatever the welfare Of the service
kshait require. Rejected by an OYER
4 kthelmlng majority.
a vote was than taken on the snb-
sfftute Of Mr.. Hale or N. T., 10 repeal
the lsw which abolished the frankinr
Hrisilese. Keiected, yeas so rays
a vote was then taken ou the pass
age Of the bill, and it was rejected,
yeas 1s9, nave ISL. s
Before the vote was announced, !
Messrs. Todd, Burrows and Clark
changed from nay to aye, and Hnbboll
and Burleigh changed from aye to nay.
Mr.. Butler, of Nass., and Cessna votods !
no. and thea moved To reconsider the !,
vote rejecting tho bill, but afterwards
withdrew the motion, II carr be ntwis
tO-M0rrow. however, a sr. ss.
Adicufneds a. .t ss.s
e s9is HOUSE. am AZ !.
NAsHlsaroE, Feb. a7.--Tyner mov-
ed to reconsider the vote Of yesterday !,
by which the bill reviving tAc franx-
ing privilege was rejected. He said
ne w0uld call It up whom members
were moro senerAlly In their sests, and i
that AiG object was 10 move to rccons- !
Ait the billto-t the post office commit /,
to, with Instructions to report back
the third section only which relates to
tho ftee circulation Of weekly newsps~a
p6ts In the counties in which they are
Published, and free exchange Of !,
newspapers. The then House proceed
ed to the confederation OF private bills.
SENATE. 8,
A number OF petitions were presesl- !
ted and referred.
The bill correcting On error in the
Ate tariff bill in relation to foreign
fruits, passed. =" ~ -
SENATE. aT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.--The bill rss.a
1leving Thos.q Hillhouse, Assistants u.
8. Treasurer at New York, from the.
amount Of defalcation of bis stamp
clerk was passed. ss'a S@ sssf
The bill for the appointment ofsa
liquor traffic commission, came up, ard
AOrrill's amendment, appropriatipg
ten thousand dollars for the expcnsas
Of the Commissioners, was agreed to.
Mr.. Thurman opposed the bill a. an7
encroanhment upOni the rights and !,
powers of the States.
The morning hour expiring The bill
-. WEE HetrE.
Hyde, from Committee on Elections
omde a.repoft In the Georgia contested
election case, that Hnwce, the sitting
eNAvvak.ays {e r,rN tatNfskloI ~ <bn one