Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-02-26
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XfFES AND rRESSE IFS

Froma 2 Visiting Card 10 Mammoth PoMea
/ work duglicated. 4, s=4sjst fs,ss
Kentucky and Tennessee the mail lot.
tings we're thirty TO- iftyper cent less
than the last contract.
Mfr. Beck caile.l attention to the fact
that The estimated deficiency OF the
P0stOffice, Department was larger this
yoaI than last...w.s. nj III
Mr. Kasson lad brought in and set
upon his desk four large Baskets filled
with memorials for the abolition Of tho
franking privilege.svG9a as%ss- -
He Was interrupted afa this point by
exclsmations frona,. all parts ,-of the
House that those petitions had been
got up by the Posfmaater [; ;01ernf, and
before the confuaion- sWlMided' the
Speaker announced that AiAstime had
expired, s
Mr. Tsner was opposed to all Of the
bill except the portions permitting the
ffee transmissi0n of weekly papers in
tho county where published- and the
free exchange Of newspapers. p
Mr. Townsend thought that tlie last
Congress acted hastily ana infudicious-
- ID repeating the ffanking privilege,
IN obedience 10 an artificial public'aen-
timent. "a
Mr.. Garfield thought The abolition of
the franking privilege had not becn
tried long enough to Judge Of its cf-
fects. He declared that greater
abuse than franking was the, public
pFinting, which, outside from the Com
greoa3onAi Globe, oost Two Millions
yearly an aDuso 1aacn notnln20m the
repeal 0f tne 1ranking pray1logo would
Sop. he wouid vote, however, for
the free transmission of weekly papers
az tne c0unsies wnere published.
al tie ffani;nr nriuiIs~e and Ia
eha ycsr ~ nnt = - - ! = sssS
Thr Hnnacs ,vitho,t, r,schina srxo,c
tooE a rncass f;n avan;n0. ira sass;na
10 he for tie cons;lerasion al the cnd;.
f|catiny h;jis
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- .sssr ~ uy',s IAs .o-naS egrsen
- eess.llM tT1 x.ssakD - ,nsspiI
9 1917 un,n i .es- III, tosu; we u'ae
~ - -, ~. ksct1vn va tIs ~ lscoislh ;
Al.la ..l ~ I1C isw now re-
under penalty 81 forfeiture Of q large
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n westsrr sr.sr;.e III .CS '~;il - rs,,ort y"
amendments limiting the amount of
lanI tha4 may be thus acan;red bv
Homestead settlers. IN addition to 1ff1
acres Homestead, TO fortv acres pls nted
with trees contiguous 10 said huInc-
stead.
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As1LN1AoN, 1s1as' ~ rcp. ~OIs oase
ConmIsvgc lI gn appropriations Io.t.ay
c4.nPs9ssu .no inolsn appIoprlss.oh
oiil. ~ appfoPf1ates oser hve Mi'iien
ooiisrs, neans feaucs,on rom Inc
ssiuHtc .. M ni.ecn huuurcy tlious'is'a
uSuaIe Inc ...,sn i.vs.nsn. .p'uas aPpros-
eo an n -. a".uOriMn tnc oeers-
MfysN ~. ~ 1ssi se'H sno a.oun.
Of Sfpensc lnc 1rrod oy Inc. territorial
ausnoriues s,. ~ DAAo.a IV' aIM, s4uip,
men.s niihsaIy ssvies' euppnos, anu
al ethsr expenses OF the. volnateer
forces Oh 'a'c 1"'alah war VI ic"x'
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/ WASHINGTON, FEB. 2U.-Mr. summer
presented 8 petition from the Pennsyi.
vanfa Woman's Suffrage Association,
protesting aSa4ngt the passager OF
n,,y1,sao - -, r ri
!. NJ. .Shcru1an cal,ati Nh. attention o,
,hc Is Ss., % ssc tn tn AN error d, the tarifr bill
II rccarl Ia fruits beinc a,imittasi free
of dntv. which had led TO the loss OF
,ssn,s r,sru IN more aioss. The error haa
i,cSn csnsea hv adding ~ .ssr.anifshen
: co,nma 10 the word ..sfrY,it. in sIhe
Lii a. nsssai. :
M. fogan retrac.e,r what lie Said
I.vester,iay deroyatory to The .character
- sho s;:ccr, 81 netition from shr
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