The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-01-13
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
THE VERY LATEST.
CONGRESSIONAL.
NJ ACuINGToN Ian

SENATE.-The President IN reply to Sew
ards resolution, informed the Senate that
! the vessel Wanderer had landed cargo of
/ Africans in Georgia; also, that every effort
is making to bring the guilty persons to
| justice, but it is not expedient now, to
make public the correspondence on the sub
ject.
On motion of Hunter, of Va, the COM
munication was ordered to be printed.
HoUsE.-Stephens of Ga, asked leave to
report the Oregon bill at once, as some days
will probably elapse before the Committee
ON Territories will be called on for a report.
| He desired that some day next week should
| be set for its consideration.
Mr. Morgan preferred that the House
should proceed with its business in regular
| order.
Stephens hope the gentleman will
withdraw his objections.
Morgan cannot yield one jot.
| Houston, of Ala desired to makea report
from the Judiciary Committee.
Stephens said that as he could not report
the Oregon bill, except when the Commit
tee is regularly called upon for the reports,
he should object to all other business. That
it was out of order. Two Senators and
Representative had been elected to Congress
from Oregon, and by this unnecessary delay
a sovereign State is now denied its rights of
equality.
The House then resumed the considera-
ton of the motion to refer the naval APP
preparation to the Committee on Naval At
fairs
Sherman, of Ohio, thought it strange
that proposition to refer the naval appro-
priation bill to the Naval Committee should
meet with so much opposition. If the COM
mittees OF the House were to be entrusted
| with the legislation appropriate to them,
they ought to be abolished. Nearly all i'm
portant legislation is embodied in the APP
preparation bills. By the practice of the
House these must all be formed and acted
upon by single committee, that one hav-
ing charge of ways and means, from neces-
sity, must adopt in the greater part without
change, the estimates of the executive. Can
one committee properly examine the ex-
penditure of eighty millions, the items of
which will fill volume? 1t is impossible,
and yet its chairman resists q reference or
examination by other committees. He con-
tends that the reference proposed was
practical measure of reform that would re-
duce the naval bill not less than two mil
lions Of dollars and, if generally practical,
would tend to reduce the expenditures and
make each committee responsible for its
branch of public business and service. and
a more thorough scrutiny into the estimate
of the departments.
Mr.. Washburn, of Maine opposed the mo-
ton. The Committee on Ways and Means
properly have charge of the appropriation
bills, and they must be the sole organ, in
connectionewith the executive departments
The course now proposed would lead to
much confusion, and there would be an in
crease of twenty-five or fifty per cent over
the amount reported. by the Committee on
Ways and Means.
Mr.. Letter. of Ohio, wished to known how
two millions could be saved by referring the
bill to the Naval Committee.
Mr.. Sherman, OF New York, replied that
the bill reports over two millions for the
navy yard and over three millions for re-
pairs to vessels He was prepared to show
that too much money was asked for repairs.
The expenditures at the navy yards have
largely increased since 1890. Three-fourths
of the sum named might be saved to the
government.
Mr.. Grow, ofPennsylvania, advocated the
pending motion, as the object was to bring
the legislation of the country to a proper
basis. The rules should be changed, SO as
of the Navy, Army, &C., to the Appropriation
Committees, and afterwards, the committees
should report their bills, and they should be
referred to the Committee ON Ways and
Means.
WAsHINGToN Jan. PIP. NJ.
SENATE.-The Pacific r. R. bill was then
taken up-the question being on MIR. Iver-
sons amendment, that the bill be recon-
1 :, a
tons to report bill for the construction of
a Northern and Southern road-Doolittle
moved to amend by inserting and Central
road. The Senate then proceeded to vote
on the amendment. :
HoUsE.-Howard said the pending mo-
ton proposed ratical charge in the bust
ness of the House without a change Of the
rules.
The committee of Ways and Means have
been obliged to stand like rock against ex-
travagant expenditures. He had never
heard of the other committees reducing
amounts below the estimates, they always
asked for more. Seward said the expendi-
lures of the Government amount to eighty
two millions annually. Extravaganza re-
suited from or system of legislation, and
from the fact of the committee of Ways
and Means merely carry out recommends
ton Of the head of various departments
This committee have not time to devote to
such a large amount of business, hence there
should be as far as practicable on equaliza,
ton of duties. Jones, of Tennessee, thought
the pending propositions would abstract
business and produce confusion by an ad-
herance to the rules, all measures could be
inteligeutly and properly considered, with
out voting on the question. The House
went into the committee of the whole on
the Presidents message.