Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1862-01-11
NUMBER 1l3

should also vote for Mr.. Johnson's expul-
sion.
On motion of Mr.. Ten Eyck, of New Jer.
sey, the resolution reported back from the
Judiciary Committee, that Truston Polk be
expelled from the Senate, was taken up. The
| none.
Mr.. Trumbull offered a resolution, which
was adopted, that the Senate transmit
copy of the resolutions expelling Messrs.
| johnson and Polk from the Senate, to the
| government OF Missouri.
Mr.. Grimes, of Iowa, moved to take I'D
the bill in regard to the administration of
| criminal justice in the District of Colum-
| ba.
The bill provides that persons confined in
the District Jail prior to the last term of the
| Criminal Court, be set free, if no indictments
be found against them.
Mr.. Powell, of KY, offered as an amend
ment, to except fugitive slaves. He said the
bill, as it stood, would, at the end of every
Criminal Court, liberate all the fugitive
slaves who happened to be there.
Mr., Grimes referred to the case of free
! colored boy who was confined in the Jail
thirteen months on charge of being a run.
away, which was no cause at all. He wanted
such persons free.
On motion of Mr.. Pearce, of MARYLAND.
the bill was postponed and made the special
order for Tuesday.
The bill providing for the building of
twenty mail.clad gunboats was postponed
until an answer could be had from the Sec
retafy OF the Navy relative to the resolution
offered yesterday.
On motion of Mr.. Bayard, of Delaware,
the motion to refer the credentials of Ben
jamin Starke, of Oregon, was taken up.
MIR. Bayard contended that it was not in
accordance with the Constitution to refuse
to allow the Senator to take the oath of
office. The qualification of Senator was
left entirely to his State, and it was not in
| the power of the Senate to refuse to allow
him TO take the oath. The Senate could not
| rejects idiot or man convicted of crime,
| 1t he was properly cent here by his State
| Sucf person has right to be sworn as a
mel Der Of this body; then the Senate would
| have the power to punish him as a member,
or expel him for sufficient cause. He bay
ard) claimed there were no precedents as
regards this case, and that it would be a very
dangerous precedent to establish, that of re.
ferring credentials.
Mr.. Sumner, of Mass, said that the Com
sttution said that each House should be
| judge of the qualification of its own menu
| bers Does the Senator from Delaware claim
that the Senate can not consider loyalty as a
qualifications Mr.. Sumner claimed that
| there were precedents. He referred to the
case of Philip Barton, of Kentucky, in the
Tenth Congress, who was said to be in the
pay of England, and the House made his 10y
ally the question of qualification.
MIR. Bayard thought that the case was not
q parallel one, and referred to the words ut
tered by member of the House during the
Mexican War, when he hoped that our troops
would be welcomed by the Mexicans with
blosdy hands to hospitable graves. He did
not consider the man disloyal for that speech,
and would not condemn man on declara-
tions uttered in the heat of debate.
MIR. Collamer, of Vermont, said there was
no doubt the case was without precedent,
and according to general usage we should
allow the applicant to take the oath. Mr.
Collamer would have this question of loyalty
settled, and would let it go to the Judiciary
Committee.
Mr.. Trumbull, of Illinois, said it was a
strange doctrine that the Senate could not
take notice of the loyalty Of an applicant.
Suppose some one should send q negro here
with proper credentials, would the Senator
from Delaware admit him2
Mr.. Bayard-I would require him to be a
citizen of the United States
MIR. Trumbull-"How would you deter.
mine that by coor2 Then you 90 behind
the credentials and that is Just the point,
According to the doctrine of the Senator
from Delaware, if the State of Mississippi
should send spy of jeff Davis here to blow
up the Capitol, we must admit him here to
set fire to the powder that will blow up The
Capitol"
Mr.. Bsyard moved to amend the resolu.
ton so as to allow Mr.. Stark to take the
oath, and then to eend his papers to the com.
mittee. The motion was lOst-yeas, 9; nays
80.
A vote was then taken on Mr.. Fessenden's
resolution to send the credentials to the Ju.
dietary Committee. Motion carried-yeas
! 2S; nays, IL.
Nays-Bayard, Bright, Carlie, Kennedy
Latham, Nesmith, Pearce Powell, Rice
Salisbury and Thompson,
On motion Of MT, Wilson, of Massachu
setts, the bill for the organization of th
: Signal Department of the Army was takel
up and passed,
, On motion of Mr.. Wilson, the bill relatin
r to the appointment of suffers and their def
: mite duties was taken M.
MIR. Lane, Of Kanssa, moved to substitut
for the whele bill s5 follows:
|. From and after the lst of February, 1876
r the position of regiment and brigade sutleI
4 be abolished in the regular and Voluntet
forces of the United States.
He said the euter system was a nuisanc
to the service, AID an actual injury.
Mr. Wilson said v hen he first moved in tn
, matter, it was intendL d to abolish suffers AM
establish system like that in the navy, III
found great difficulty in that and had, afte
consultation with Officers, drawn,up the bill
with great care. He thought it would d.
great good He had never beeH so abused il
his life, and threatened and slandered.
Mr.. Rice, Of Minnesota, said he should
Offer a resolution that five dollaEs bo deducted
from the pay of every Senator who did no
answer to his name when the ayes anC
nays were ordered, unless sick or excused.
Adjourned till Monday.
HOUSE-The Speaker laid before the
House letter from the Secretary of War,
IN which he says be has the honor to ac.
knowledge the receipt of the resolution
adopted on the 9th inst, to the effect that
the answer of the Department to the reso
luton passed on the second day of the ses.
sion is not responsive unsatisfactory to the
House, and requesting a further answer
The Secretary has now to state that meas.
ures have been taken to ascertain who is re.
sponsible.
On motion of Mr.. Washburne, of Illinois
the communication was referred To IN,
Joint Committee on the Conduct of the
War. aa- H.l % 0-
On motion of Mr.. Blake, Of Ohio, resolu.
ton was adopted, calling for the number Of
Paymasters in the army, and how many are
necessary. He remarked that there is a
large number Of Paymasters without duties