Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-02


missioner of the District of Columbia
to pay the interest on :s65 bonds wa
reported from the appropriation
cOmmittec with amendment, ant
placed on the calendar. The amend
ment is to strike dut the provision
prohibiting the further issue Of Sc.
bonds, and that nothing in this join
resolution shall invest the Govern
ment of the u. s., in any obligation I,
pay principal or interest on sncl
bonds issued contrary to law.
HOUSE.
| Clark of Missouri, from the Pos
i Office COmnlitte. called up the bill
regulating postage ON third class mai
matter. 1t provides that all mailabl,
matter of the third class referred II
in Sections 1878 and 39l1. of the re.
vised statutes, may weigh not ex.
ceeding four pounds for each pack,
age, and the postage thereon to bt
one cent for two ounces or fraction
thereof. He explained that this was
designed to repeal the law passed in s
manner calculated to deceive the
House at the last session.
Cannon addressed the House adj
vOcating the bill. p So ei
Garfield said the billswhich thi;
I proposed to repeal had originated in
the POstofice Department. in the shape
of letter to the Chairman of the
4 Senate. .s5f ~ Y
i The Postofiice Committee sug.
gested that the rate of postage on
merchandise be doubled.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
came from the Senate to the House
at o'clock OH the morning of this
last day Of the session with over one
hundred amendments, among which
was an amendment supposed to be in
pursuance of the Postmaster Gcncr.
ais recommendation and in that idea
il had been unanimously adopted BY
the Committee on Appropriations OF
which he was the Chairman,
No member Of the Committee un.
derstood that the language Of the
amendment included anything else
than merchandise. After the bill had
passed it was ascertained that the
language of the amendment covered
J not only merchandise. but also tran
sient newspapers and pamphlets.
In that all were surprised. TIL.
amendment covered the whole o.
third class matter instead Of the mer
chandize portion of it.
4 He deeply regretted il. for it wa
against all his notions of postal legis
lation to double the rate on printe,
matter. He had been then. and wa
! still in favor Of the legislation thel
had in reference TO mercla ndisc. 1
was wrong to say. however. that i
had been smuggled ill.,. II was put !,
as recommendation Of the Post OF
flee Department.
Garfield then went on 10 aryne oi
the propriety of excluding mcrchaa
disc from the mails. There was II.
limit to such mail transportation. Th'
Post Office was established to trans
init intelligence alone, and this mer
chandise transmission would 500,
absorb all the transportation lines o
the country.
/ Lawrence advocted the bill and
said that the last sessions Legislation
ON mail matter was doubtless at thu
instance of the express companies, s,anG
detrimental to the public interests
Mails reach every Village in the lanG
and express companies don't. Thu
many people were cut OFF from re-
eeiving packages of seeds, books, ect
These packages could be carried with
out loss to the post Office department
Matter could be carried all around tn,
globe at eight cents per pound or less
! No merchant in New York woult
send 100 pound packages through tn,
mails and pay eight cents q poun,
for them, because the Express Com
panies would carry them cheaper
That was his answer TO his colleagr
Garfield's argument.
i SENATE.
4 WAsHIN6ToN. Jan. -.
1 Boutwell, presented reports prepar
u ed by the Chief Clerk OF the Treasur,
Department. aud submitted to the Sec
rctary in Dee, 1872. in regard to cr
roneOns practices in accounting in til
\ Treasury, which have grown up i
the United States and have been al,
thorized by law. Boutwell, said whe
the report was prepared bill wa
submitted to the Committee on Way
and Means, of the House. which wa
; approved by that Committee an
passed the House.. but failed in tn
: Senate. ra
;, Sargent submitted II preamble am
resolution reciting the provisions @
the Sd Section of the Act of Januar
lst, 1862, in regard to and for the con
struction of a railroad from the Mis-
: souri, River to thePacific Ocean, to til
! effect that the land granted said roa,
had not been disposed of within thre
) tyears after the completion of the roa
should be disposed of for settlemeI,
at the price therein named. Ne, an
directing the Committee on Publ
Lands to inquire at what dates sal
: road was completed, if the time ike,
for the sale of lands had expired an
what further legislation was necessar
to carry out the Act Of 1862. Agree
: to.
The District of Columbia bill wa
discussed until the expiration Of til
! morning hour, when the bill to ron
firm presumption and homestead en-
tries on public lands within the limit
! Of Railroad grants, in cases wher
such entries have been made umdc
the regulations ofth Land Depart
! mcnt was resumed.
/: HOUSE.
et Dunnell having raised u question &
privilege concerning some remarks o
White. of Ky. offensive to Adam
/ clerk Of the House, which White ha
} )lagreed to expnngc from his pub
lished speech. but which had appcare
} in the Record. The House ofierc
the member from Kentucky time L
make statement.
, Knott quoted the offensive remark
and defended Adams from the impu
, tations.
,t After some discussion Hoar, a
D Mass, objected 10 further altcratio
, of tho Record and the matter cnstct
Cannon, from the Postal Commi
7 tee, reported bill 10 amend Ill
postal law and provide penalties fu
: sending obscure matter through tll
mails. a7 Essa
! Chitteuden moved the yecommitt,
! of the bill and expressed his desiv
to go before the Committee that il
/ might show by recent transactions
BROOKLYN the impropricty Of s,lcl,
law. He pledged himself to show
special case of oppression against a
honorable and innocent man that r,
0 quircd an amendment 70 the law, b,
/. in very different way from that h
Q hoped. l4 sg3a 4s
Bland suggested that sucl, Ia,
$ would exclude from the mails new,
papers containing the reports Of III
l J}cecher trial.
8 Cannon ayowed himself to be
| favor Of excluding from the mai
whatever newspaper or book th,
circulated trials Of an obscure chal
actor calculated to corrupt the mora
OF the country. 4 s
!. Conger criticised the hill as to
! sweeping aud including newspaper
: which might publish offensive advel
! tisements. es se8 O.
Cannon defended the bill and sal
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