Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-03-12
NUMBER 4s.
CONGBEss.
SENATE.

y saeasrAa z SENATE. . Hii 9-s
/ WAsH1xeToS, March 4.-Thc, ,liquer
traffic icomMfssioB bill wssy discussed
until the expitationi Of thes morning
hoHr, when Mr.. Carpenter pr0cecdcd to
speak on his bill for . new election In
Iouisian& He geYiewed the election
returns and spoke 6f' the 'inconsis tency
|iof Cons efoss SleeidinA tlae election ilic-
/ gal - To- the Presidential sleclion and
legal a to tho State ofRcials, as the
| Senator from Indiana had advocated.
He argued ftifthef th6t tho Shpfeme
Court Of LouisiSsG 6euld not aettle the
question asst0 whether the StAkei had a
Republican governmgpt and that Don-
gress alone could do so. AS the Sues-
1 ton was q political, not u judgment,
fUnc. esd s3f swob eSs7 ct bsAFr ~
Ia. ~ the concNasion.of M. Carpenters
lrQmNeks, Mr.. Cameron moved tOIrrUa
coed to the consideration OF the Icon.
Efenni&f b1lb and the motion Wis xdreed
i1n the tcu11Dgi questions bciuasa mo-
htieAto refer testhe Committee eH Ap.
MI. Thnrman opposed the rcfersnce,
~ inply ying that m = sppr0pti} Alton
M1gAEs Dea nHede sA1ch no 1ec1Ared
tW9ulQ: u 146e1el l1eutl04AlI oSaf
|sss1lNEtullflSh e11A6sloNa an amend
F1nopt9o 2ol6fX0 u5t0 a4nQ11& The COM
|1iAeetg t0g r04bfG - aS4r0rs1ntio ioA dao1
|ax0G odiAk tHfUo MINI 6nee nFr1 10 .ls
Pending the discussion .tke aSSnate
903o0rnod 99sTsslp q sH0Fv@ Jssa 49,
.,s : j ~. III "a, 1 y HOUSE s sas - - nas
|a IiMr. Potter pressntel = nenAorhI of
thu business men Of New Enghnd,
poppe1ent1n4 an aggregAtG capital Of
e4700000O0 against any increase of
kirredeemable clrrsncy by the govern
menA ard protoeting against thcasticn
0f the Secretary Of The Treasury in Is
eninG IreAa1ry notes without anfhor-
itY 81 ]AWs 9sys sgit I'M .e8 II ks3 &4A
M. NoKes, from the Committeo on
Territories, repOrted i bill concerning
thas exscutieni Of theE lava In q tah.
Referred TO The Oommitlee Of the
whole On o poiAt Of. 0rdeE. r.'
q The HOUSE then resumed Ne copaid-
sIasiou OF the hill 10 regalsts ihter-
state commeEUe. Yea issisN sstF e9t
|ru.N NSa Arthur, Of &i01e1si usPQle in
of III unconsti shty, and because
Il tsAlcd TO sosntrallzni&0n. s.s
Mr. Nufln0t another lssmhsr uf the
COMMITTEES On RallWays ends Canale,
|spoke n suppOrt Of the bill, and char
Sctorizcd Mr.. Arthur's argument
| 49ainst u IL a exhibition Of the
|Wtotobod Old hefosy Of State s4vor-
|aiGnty.c Nosss1tofa1edr tho Arguments
49, MnfNNew. snaAxHA ynaAnN5AS -
The power of, Congress 10 regulate
Inter. S&ate commerce. s1A iisit3 I'M,
as1Gitteat action on tho bih, the
House tuok s.rscess till Z p.m., the
evening session 70 be devoted to The
/ FcO0iflcatfon act. &
z a4pi9 = HOUSE. a'sa i&
WAsHrxeroN, March 5.-Tyncr cali
I'd up HE motion % feconsidef the
voe6 lejecting the bill for ffce distrib.
ptioa of public docsments, steel $
!, Cotton mOyed to lay the melton on
tho table. Rejected yeas l02, nays
ia Under operafion or the previous
question which was ordered by q vote
OF l23 to l02 the motion to reconsider
Was carried by vote of III to l06.
asaar SENATE Is. q %
Wright presented . memorial from
the Iowa Legislature fqr. IN increase in
ihe volume 81 currency,
Spragdc called ur the House bal 70
amena the act to encourage the growth,
Of timber On w Western prairiel. Pass
Pratt from Committee on Pensi;ons
callcd up several bills granting PEN
sions 70 cx-soIdiers, and they were
passed. 4 ts1 4ia5 s4f
SENATE. ~ assa E,sE
WAsHiNeroE, March 5--Mr. Dorsey
introduced bill for the organization
q ths Territory, Of Okiahama, Re
NJ. tBogy, insroduced bin ifor the
IinprOvement Of ths.ino1th Of the Mis-.
sissippi II authorizes, the adoption
| of what Is known as Fad plan
The Senate reAumed thc considers.
tion Of tho, sliq1or traffic conmissiou
bill. .v6sz afy~s 5gi.fgg I y& ( IL
MI. Bayards amendment providing
that I'll members Of the commission
shall mot Be pfohibisionists, was adopt
ed-&9S 10 ~. SsEs8 ,asfE ,sEa
n At the expiration Of the mofnine
honr, the bill was laid aside, and the
centennial bill resumed, the question
being on the motion to Instruct the
C0mmistee On Appropriations TO re.
port : bin appropfiating Z sum NOT
exceadinga three Jaillions to dctray the
exrenses Of Tho exhibition. .oA. eIs
/ Mr.. Stockton offered an amendment
| to the amendment directing the Com
mitteo 70 report in favor Of making
the oxhihition internatiOnaI and ar
gued q length in, favor q saeh IN ex.
MI. Bayard Followed, On the sams 10
side, ana finally, without action, the
Ecnato wont into Executive Session
and soon after I'd jonrned. sAz
lafll ,6 SENATE .nasst 4
Mr. Shaaks thsn upved TO- rccom
INIT The bill for, the -froo distributi0f
Of public dOctments to the Posta
I Committee with instructions to repor
back . bill eutstnntially similar 70 tha
intcoaueed NoAday hy Ne. Bptler, o.
Massachusetts. Rejected-yeess -
4Ss 1au; question shsn tecco1rre& on The be
ipa6o6ee oftllo blllas originally report
i q, Ard Il Was rsjsctod-ysas Ill
nays, 40. SYST < =
| The House then went into Commit
too Of the WnQle on the Legislatiye
iapproprla11on, aud was adilressdd by
i H. Gar1keld, Chairman OF the Com.
lnittee, on Appropxiations. He refer
red TO 3 statement made to them a
II the bexiuning Of this session Of Con
| xress, Inst tho surplus was gone, and
| aid that three questions presented
/ thsmselves; First u there was deficit
| u tho far future, what was the cause
Of 1t |? Second, was there any dange
| Or such deficit? and third what wal
Tho daty 81 Congress On the frs
point he explained that ono cstise 8
| tho deficit was tie reduction OF taxes
Every year since the war, except two
l 1858 aud 1873 taxes had been reduce,
4 70 IN amcunt In the aggregate OF 1919,
t5O0, 600 and yet at the close of th
last fiscal year, there Was = surplus Q
IxlY 0OO01 receipts above cxpendi