Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-14
CONGREss.
HOUSE,

HOUSE.
WAsHiNGToN, May 6.-The House
then went into Committee of the
Whole on the Centennial bill, and was
addressed by Mr.. Cobb in opposition.
He argued against the bill, that it
violated good faith, and that the coun-
try 10 unable to afford such IN expense.
voluntary contributions, and not
forced loans, should sustain the pro.
ject.
Messrs. Harrison, Fry and Shanks
spoke In favor OF the bill, and Messrs.
Phelphs, Smith of Ohio, and Gunkle
opposed it The latter said the press
was unanimously opposed to the
measure.
At 4 quarter past five o'clock the
House took recess till half past seven,
when Mr. McCorrnick spoke in sup
port of the bill.
Mr.. Ward opposed It, and asked If,
in the face Of the sufferings of the pe0-
pie in the inundated portions of the
South and with thousands of unem-
ployed men throughout the country,
he could vote for three millions for a
display.
| After several speeches in favor of
the bill, the House adjourned.
SENATE. Il
Mr.. Sherman called up the House
bill to facilitate the expectation of dis
titled spirits and amending acts relat-
| ing thereto. Passed.
The House bill to establish an assay
Office at Helena, Montana, passed.
| Mr.. Fenton presented q remon-
STRANGE of the citizens Of New York
City, Albany, Buffalo and other cities
engaged in tho transportation Of swine
from the West to the East, asking that
those animals be excepted from the
provisions of the House bill to prevent
| cruelty to animals while in transit =
Referred.
Mr.. Ramsey gave notice that he
would soon ask the Senate to consider
the postal telegraph bill.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen said he would
let tho civil rights bill lay over, % sew
eral gentlemen wished to speak. He
also said that the Chairman of the Ju-
dietary Committee, Mr.. Edmunds, de-
sired him to give notice that he would
call up the Geneva award bill to-mor-
row. a "a
The Senate the went into executive
session and soon after adjourned.
HOUSE.
WAsmNaToN, Msy 7.-Blanchard,
from the Committee Of Ways and
Means, reported back the Senate
amendments to the House bill to facil-
itate the expectation Of distilled spir-
lis, and IN amendat0ry act In relation
thereto, and on his motion, the amend
ments were non.c0ncurred In, and the
bill was sent to committee of confer
ence. Burchard, Kassone and Beck
were appointed q committee on part
Of the House.
The House then went into commit
tee Of the whole on the Centennial Gel
ebration bill.
Messrs. Niblack and Small opposed
and Messrs. Crocker and Cain advo-
Gated tho bill. Mr.. Garfield opposed
the bill, declaring that II the national
faith had been pledged in support Of
the scheme he would vote for all the
appropriations needed, but he argued
that the national faith had not been 90
pledged, but that on the contrary Con-
gress had 90 protected itself from
pledging its faith on the subject. He
expressed the opinion that the exposi.
ton would be . failure In any event.
% il wns sinply impossible for this
sparsely settled country to succeed
with such an enterprise when great
| foreign countries had failed.
Mr.. Dawes spoke against the bill,
a. matter OF economy. He said not
dollar Of the public debt had been
paid during the present fiscal year,
and that Of the twenty-nine millions
which the Government is pledged to
pay into the sinking fund before the
first of July, not q dollar could be
paid.
Here an excited set to took place
between Mr.. Hawley, Of Conn, Presi-
dent Of the Centennial Commission
and Mr.. Dawes.
The debate was closed by Mr.. Haw-
ley, in speech of considerable length
in favor of the appropriation.
A vote was then taken on ordering
the bill to third reading, and 1t was
negativcd- to 13S.
None OF the Illinois, iowa, Missouri
or Kansas delegates voted in the
| affirmative.
Mrr. Hale, of Maine, moved to re-
consider the vote and to lay that mo-
| ton on the table. The latter motion,
| which, if adopted, would have killed
the bin, was lost--yeas lit, nays l20.
| The changes of votes necessary to
save the bill being procured through
the personal appeals of Pennsylvania
members. The motion to reconsider
was then agreed to by vote of III to
liz.
Mr.. Hale, of Maine, then moved to
table the bill as the only way to kill it
completely.
Pending q vote on the motion the
House adjourned.
SENATE.
The Chair presented memorial
from the citizens of Wisconsin, asking
IN appropriation for the Improvement
of Fox and Wisconsin rivers. Re-
ferred. 4g
/ Anthony presented q memorial from
fjourneymen printers, binders and
press men, OF Washington, protesting
against the passage Of the Senate bill,
regulating government printing. The
House resolution to print extra copies
Of the eulogies delivered in the Senate
and House, upon Senator Sumner,
passed.
Mr.. Sargent, from the Committee on
Appropriations, reported back the
House bill for the relief Of the suffer-
| ers by the overflow Of tho Mississippi,
with an amendment "a An additional
section, authorizing the Secretary ol
War to issue temporary supplies to
destitute persons and appropristing
100000. the provisions Of tho bill q
expire Sept. ist, passed without de.
bate. -s 50
II Mr.. Sherman, from the Committee
on Finance, reported bill authoriz.
ing tho Secretary Of tho Treasury
| from time to time, to transfer to ths
I Office of the Assistant Treasurer d
New York, from the bullion fund Ol
| the Assay Office at New York, refined
igold bars bearing United States
stamps, fneness, weight and value
. and ON bars Of any melt of foreign
gold coin or bullion of q standard
onuaI IN nr ah0ve that of the TTnitAd