The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-01-15
CONGRESSIONAL

IAN Gin tae Senate, yesterday, 3
.hort debate arose on a resolution by /
Mr. Sumner, abolishing the Internal
Revenue Department. The salary re-
neal BiII was also debated at length,
and Mr.. Flnnnagan Of Texas, said the
salary should have been $4,000, that
he had drawn the money. Here i Is,
he added-taking roll OF bills from
his pocket-and intend to fight for
it. Carpenter,of Wisconsin, who last
fall defended the grab, said his con-
stituents had instructed him that the
psy was too large, and be should vote
for the total repeal Of the bili.
In the House the civil rights bill oc-
eupied most of the time. Elliott col
ored.l Of South Carolina, read an able
speech in reply to Stephens, and he
was congratulated on the effort by
most of the Senators. Committee on
Appropriations reported against pay
ing more than $500, 900 for the Boston
Postoffice site.
lowing to q heavy storm, the wires
were down and there was no Congress
SIGNAL report for the 7th.l
JAN. SIN the Senate numerous
petitions were offered for the modifi'
cation or repeal OF the bankrupt law
The debate on the salary bill came up
Two amendments OF Pratt, Of Indi'
ana, in the nature OF a compromise
were voted down. The debate devel
oped lively personal discussion be-
tween Senators Upton and Sherman
! In the House the educational bill
was considered, and the reduction o
the appropriation for the navy discus
sed st length.
JAN. 9.-IE the Senate more peti
tons and memorials in relation TO tn
bankrupt law were presented in TIN
Senate to-day. A discussion o
some length arose on Mr.. Norton
bill in relation to-nstional banks, af
ter which the salary debate was re
sumed. Mr.. Eimund's amendmen
that the reduction shouh date from
March, 1873, was rejected A motlor
to recommit the bill was also lost
Other amendments were offered inre
lation to mileage and the reduction o
the pay Of army officers, but no de
cisive action was taken and the Sen
ate adjourned until Monday.
In the House IL was voted to credi
Assistant Treasurer Hillhouse, ofNev
York, SIs5, 900, the amount embezzle'
from this Office without any neglec
of his own. A report from the Com
mittee on Appropriations provides
that 1894 ,00Q should be set apart fc
Notifications. The death Of Jane
Brooks and w. d. Foster, was an
nounced at o'clock, and after eulo
gies pronounced upon the character o
the deceased, the House adjourned il
respect to their memories.
JAN. IO.-The session of the House
Butler, of Tenn, in the chair, wa
given up entirely to speeches by Ar
thur on Louisiana affairs, Field on q
nance and currency, Vance on civi
rights, Whitehead on the tobacco tax
MeIlish and Kelley on money of tn
/ United States, and Cain and Cross
land on civil rights.
JAN. 11.-In the Senate to-day, af
ter the introduction of a bill regula-
ting traffic on the Union Pacific Rail
road, and some other unimportan
measures, the salary repeal bill wa
taken up, and final action at las
reached. Compromise amendment
were repeatedly offered, and as Otter
Beted DOWN, and at length the SenatI
t1te for the House 5ifI, iP5ffoposAg9Hp ~ 9Hpst = T.
Senator Conkilng, which wholly re
ipeals the increase, except in the cast
of President and Judges of the Su.
preme Court. The Senators who vo.
ted against the repeal were, with one
exception from the Southern States.
The House, in three significant
votes, emphatically protested against
any addition TO the burdens OF taxa.
tion or the Imitation of the bonded
debt of the country. The most i'm
portrait bill introduced was Mr.. Hurl-
butts scheme for a great national
freight railway from the seaboari to
the Missouri River.