The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-01-16
HOUSE
No Business Of ImpOrtance-Mr. Kelly
and wOm am SuRrage-Change i'm Com
mfftees.
WAsHINGToN, JAN. 14.

WASHINGTON, JAM IL
Under the call of states bills were intro
duced and referred fixing the rates to be
paid for public advertising; providing for
the commission on the subject OF alcoholic
traffic; amending the revenue laws; increas-
ing the tax on distilled liquors; repeating
the laws imposing A tax on friction matches.
and repeating the law requiring stamps on
bank checks; for the removal OF tax on de-
posts with state and national savings lnstI-
buttons and trust companies, and for the ad-
justment and payments of claims for prize
money due the citizens OF Pennsylvania
The following bills were introduced and re-
ferred:
By Mr. Davis: Restoring to either house
of congress power to punish for contempt
BY. Mr.. Rice: To enable the secretary OF
the interior to make a final settlement with
the Pottowattamie Indians.
By Mr.. Banning: Authorizing the
secretary of war to sell certain ordnance es-
adjustments; also authorizing the secretary
of war to prescribe rules to be observed In
the preparation and opening of bids for con-
tracts under the war department.
By Mr. Neal: Constituting the cities OF
Portsmouth and Gallipolis Ohio, ports OF
delivery.
By Mr.. Whitehorne: Providing that all
parties making contracts or agreements in
violation of law, whereby money may be
drawn from the treasury, shall be guilty OF
misdemeanor.
By Mr. Young: Providing for the appoint
ment of a district judge for the western
district of Tennessee.
By Mr.. Fort: Forbidding territories to
incur Indebtedness in aid of railroad or other
private corporations; also, reducing the ex-
pense for collecting customs and limiting
the fees paid in collection districts.
By Mr.. Brentans: To prevent the over
loading of vessels carrying freight and pas
sengers.
BY Mr.. Buckner: Joint resolution of the
general assembly of Missouri to repeal the
restrictions on the sale of leaf tobacco.
BY Mr.. Scleicher: To assign certain credits
to the sinking fund and to make their equiv
alent available for the redemption OF United
States notes
By Mr.. Williams of Wisconsin. Providing
for the purchase of the best movable tor
pedo.
BIZ Mr.. Patterson: Authorizing the pur-
chase of gold dust and gold and silver bullion
at the mint at Denver, and payment therefor
by drafts.
Mr.. Kelly offered the following resolu-
ton:
Whereas, Petitions are about to be presented
to this house from many thousand citizens
from 35 states OF the Union asking the adop-
ton of an amendment to the constitution
which shall prohibit the several states from
DISTINGUISHING citizens on account of sex;
Resolved, That a session of the house shall
be held Saturday, the 18th, at which represen-
tative women chosen by those petitioners,
and now in the city, may be heard at the bar
OF the house in support of their cause.
Rejected-yeas, 107; nays, 40.
On motion of Mr.. Banks, unanimous con-
sent was given that petitions on the woman's
rights question might be presented in open
house.
The speaker thereupon proceeded to the
call of states in their order for that purpose,
but had got no further than the second state
on the list when a motion to adjourn was
interposed.
The speaker announced the following
changes and appointments: The inter
change of committees by Price and
Cox (0hio) the former going to
the committee on elections and
latter to the committee on civil service re-
form. On ventilation of hall, Young
Covert, Shelley, Carlisle, Butler, Oliver,
Stone. Trustee for reform school of the
District of Columbia, Mr.. Cutler. Managers of
the Columbia hospital for women, Messrs
Mackey and Thornburgh. Regents of the
Smithsonian institute, Clymer, Stevens and
Garfield.
The house then adjourned.