Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-06-14
CONGRESSIONAL!
WAsHISGrOS, June 10.
HOUSE.

effect on the 5lh dsy Of December, was not
by reason Of having held such officc dis
qualified from occupying seat in the
the ssh Congress as Representa- i've
from Ohio, the session having commenced
on the 7th Of December. Bat that Frank
P. Blair by continuing to hold ofice as
q Msjor General Of Volunteers snd dis
charging the duties thereof from NoVem-
ber 20 h, 1861, till January, 1864, thus
disfrsnohising himself from holding seat
in !he 8sth Congress, which met December
7th, 1868.
The report for the present was laid on
the table and ordered to be printed.
On motion Of Mr.. Schenck Committee
Of Conf renee was asked Of the Senate on
the disagreeing amendments TO the bill TO
increase the psy Of soldiers.
MIR. StsEehs made q report from the
Oommitseoaef Conference on the disagree.
ing amendments 10 the military appro-
priation bill. They were principally in
regard to making the pay Of negro sol.
dieTs the same ss that Of white soldiers
from January lst last, 80 as to include the
back pay Of the I'd Massachusetts Negro
Regiment and those first raised in South
Carolina and Louisiana.
The report Of the Conference Committee
concludes 80 follows: All persons Of col
or who were free on the 18th OF April, '6I,
and who have reen enlisted and mustered
into the military service Of the United
States, shall from the time Of their enlist
ment be entitled to receive the pay, bOun-
ty and clothing allowed to such persons
by the laws enacted ct the time Of their
enlistment, and tha: the Attorney General
is authorized to determine any questions
Of law arising under this provision, and il
tho Attorney General shall decide that
any such enlisted persons are entitled to
receive sny pay, bounty, or clothing in
addition to what they have already re
Ceiyed, tho Secretary Of War shall meks |
all necessary regulations to enable the Pay |
Department TO make the payment in ao
cordanee with such determination. The |
report was conourred in, yeas 20, nays 68. |
The Senate has already sdpoied it.
Mr. Schenck introduced bill repeating |
the $500 clause in the enrolment act, and |
providing thas hereafter no payment Of |
money shall be sc:epted or received from
any enrolled or drafted man TO be relieved |
Of The lis ility 10 perform military duty.
Mr.. Sohenck moved the previous question |
on the passage Of the bill.
The previous question was not seconded,
and debate arising the bill went over.
MIR. Garfield introduced joint resolu-
tion, declaring as follows:
That no State declared to be in rebellion
by the President is entitled to appoint
eIecto 8 Of President and Vice President,
and no electoral vote from any such State
shall be received or counted until both
H0usts Of Congress, by concurrent action,
shall have recognized state Government
in such State.
On motion Of NJ Blair, Of Michigan, the
resolution was laid on the table.
On motton Of Mr.. Besman, Of Michigan,
a resolution was adopted instTuoting the
Oo4amiIteg on the Conduct Of the War
10 inquire whether there is any good and
substantial reason for the exclusion OF
members of Congress from the hospitals
when they dessre to look after the oondi-
ion Of sick and wounded soldiers from
heir respective States, and in case such
Tisits can be made without detriment 10
he sick and wounded.
The COmmitte recommends that some
regulation be made that members can Wis.,
t the hospitals at sessonsble hours, with.
,ut let or hindrsnce.
The House then teak up the resolution
# Mr.. Layer, Of PennsylVanis offered on
Monday Of last week, proposing a suspeG-
lon oil hostiliIies, and requiring thePresi-
lent to TO adopt mea ures for assembling
J Convention Of Delegates from all the
'tat to adjust the difficulties between
he North and SOUTH on the basis Of the
The House refu ed to suspend the rules
or the intro iuetion Of the resolution.
The House then proceed to the oonsidec-
,tion Of the Senate bill to repeal the FugI.
i've Slave Law. ,
Mr.. King, Of Missouri, argued that the
clauses in relation to sls
cry we're the reEuIt Of compromises as q
onditiOn to the formation Of the Union,
nd that repeal, now proposed, could not y
q effected without disregard TO impeTst-
We obligations.
MF. Hubbard, Of Connecticut, said that
10 constitutional question properly rises
o the consideration Of this bill. The act
+ 1898 and 1880 were equally obnoxious
nd infamous, and the bsst policy requires
heir repeal. He referred to the memory
the fathers of:ths R public, and thought
hat had slavery in 1893 been .,
4 rebellion, they would not have !
assed the original law, that was argu- :
lent enough for him. Il
Mr.. Cox said this bill was brought here =,
nder q sort Of impulse. He knew slave b
olders we're in rebellion bnt that was no .
esson why we should break down the :,
Constitution.
MsssIs. Rogers, Sherman, Eldridge, 9
cary, Fisher, Ames, and other Northern ,
len voted Tor the law Of 1893, AM George I
TashiDgton signed it,
TIE higher law men in Massachusetts,, 2
hio, Wisconsin and other States Interpret
le law to suit themselves and rise in Sc :
ition and rebellion against it.
Mr.. Blow, Of Missouri, asked Mr. Cox 4
hether he would return to Loyal owner
slave found 10 the ranks Of the Union q
rmy. 4
Mr. Cox replied he would any slave WHO a
I'd been stolen, and let the slave take the a
of military law. Ho was op J,
,sed to putting blacks in our army
enersl Grant did not hght them.
Mr. B ON said that more than one hun.
led and fifty black soldiers were to-day
the hospitals.
Mr.. Cox replied that he wanted white
en- to carry on the war. The Admins
alton and it's friends, while refusing to
i've up blacks, found no difficulty in OBJ.
.quiously surrendering q white man en- .
ying the right Of asylum, st the request =
the Spanish Minister. Il
He hoped that the Committee on Judici- n
y would report bill to punish those q
no give up such refugees in the absence II
laws or an extraditOn treaty. !. y
Mr.. Sloan, Of Wisconsin,, replied to Mr.. n
OK, so far as the lstter's remarks applied :.
that State. He said the Virginia and :,