The New York herald., 1865-02-03

mr WcAes, u Is known, recommends Captain FOX as Ms
SUCCESSOR and the President is believed to incline in the
same direction. The experience Captain Fox has had
for the past four years the management OF our navy
should not bc lightly discarded
THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
i SECOND SESSION.
Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. q 1896.
4 MEDALS ron INDIAN Ounu.
| The CnAn laid before the Senate Q communication
from the Secretary Of the Interior asking for appro-
priation Of five thousand dollars for she purchase OF
| medals for Indian chiefs
INDEMNITY FOR MDIA& SUPPLIES ssHxxp
Also communication from tho same source asking
for appropriation Of forty hundrc and seventy
one dollars and eighty cens pay Indian sup
plies lost on steamboat burnct at ST. Louis few
months since. "a
THE RECORD CASE so1os1 NoaTE
calling upon the Secretary Of War the publication OF
the record OF the court martial In che case Of Colonel
North, which was objected to-
rERRrroRAL GOVERNMENT voR THE INDIAN oouNrrv
Mr. PoMERoy (rep of Kansas oereAa bill to provide
territorial gove mont for what is kaown asthe In
dian Country
The intr uctlen OF he bill was objected TO- ana IL
lies over
4scrroN KMGRANTs
Mr. SHERMAN, (rep) OF Ohio, from the Finance Com
mttee reported back the bill introduced BY him lately
for the protection Of emgrans coming this country
which was ordered to be printed.
THE FIRE AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
t,on ,nst, Wep, % - ", oiieaou GonGuIreas rosoiu
both houses TO examine jointly into The causes Of
and The Ineslation neessaarx ~ t tnS ; ys nn.
IN future A''0s''' - pfo'0n' s'nar a0coen'S
The resolution was adopted
Mr. Asruoxv iren Of n "arad aS'Nsp oso,o oo,
ing upon the Secretary Of War for information
- Tba resoIntion @ a,S ,u 'oi 'no inpenoing orai'
MR. BiAIR's MISSION TO RICHMOND
tion oiIarod ~ ~ ~ asii W oaIi up Iosoiu-
- onerca oy me Yesterday about certain peace com.
an amandneo. v . no a rom aaIylanu oIered
Mr. TRuMr, fren ef m aG' shp1 inn ~ M %
give rise to any discussion The annsSed business w OF
dav about tba excnsnr s ,h a, py me ycs.er
states $50 w 1 " 'l0 o'o''orH Vo'e VI cefal'n
NJ crvr,x.v - ,.,. -. 49,, ). -,
ascnss;n as 49, M S. a " ~ M I'M ~ WIN gve Ise 70
and ,s ~ aS @,o n s % % se Scnasor from mary
s0ss ana ne VIII Wish 20 speak on the subject
msusaw ,r,Ii r,,a III .ha ra. III, nnuso ~ ~ Mnas
NJ ~ "ng ~ 9rp, ~ 9ly v
hero bo Teai a h .. ~ g. o.nea ocua.oIS
chusetts and tHe Sona,n s @ o VIZ -; .,, from massa
Tl,o das-, toso., n1. J ~, - ~ s'iI' iaseoI
thing myself - e' W. 0 ~ s"y ooA0
Ms TsuMnurL-Tben n s manifest that i. ,u o,ve ,.
N di.cns;an ,has - - a'. S sas s = WIN s.sc riso
iuet now ana aa,,a =. y ~ .ss uok 'aAon W
of ihe morning honr - ~ " w 1A"uisneu ousin'so
rrsIns,nm nr .rUu,,,o,. ruu,, sr.. -
-1o''o' W AA1AiAoos o,r sraaas IRON TIN nscroRAL
So the resolution declaring that rho e,cc.oro, ,c. ~
certain States which have been i'm rebellion sha not he
counted for the election of Pr And Vice President
was taken up The question before the senate WAS on
the amendment Of Mr. Ten Eyck TO strike out Louisiana
from the list OF States whose votes shall not be counted
Mr. HArRIs frcp) of n " denied the right OF CON.
grcss throw OF the Electoral College the vote OF
any State.
Mr. Doo1lrx argued in favor Of waving tho question
involved in the resouton This had been done before
in the Of Wisconsin 1856 Tho electors wero un
able to reach Washington in time TO cast the vote owing
to heavy snow storm II was known TINT the vote ~
Wisconsin would not OBJECT ths resu and shs President
Of the joint convention or Congress gave no opinion as 70
the constitutionay or unconstuonaIity Of Throwing
out the vote Of that State because it was not
was best to express no opinion. '-'' ~'''s =
Mr. HAIE (rcp) Of N. H., opposed 10 counting the
late election depended upon The vote OF Teunessc.
Arkansas and Louisiana, 1t thought one timo
!; might would the party against which the votes Of
1t would have produced second revolution dcuged
the North with blood Mr. Hale argued the const tu-
Senate. The vote Of the State OF New York was not
in tho first Electoral College for President when
George Washington was elected. II was not manifest
what the cause OF th was but hc alluded TO the fact to
show that the present was not tho first instance in which
Mr. DooIIrrLR contended that Congress had not the
right TO decide this question; that it be decided by
the President Of the senate, President joint
convention nwhich the vote announced Mr. Do0lttle
opposed this He held that the President of the
The senate did the vote but only
tho res 1t when counted Had wo no right to exclude
the vote OF with whose people 1t was a violation
of the laws of to trados The State of louisiana
was in REBEL on against the government, Il the doc
the Senate were to prevail and the war was to continue
for four years. what is to hinder the States in REBEL
from eecting the PRESIDENT Only eight thousand
out Of fifty thousand OF Louisiana voted the
election OF tho Legislature OF louisiana which chose
electors
Mr. HESDRcKs, (opp) Of Ind, asked II there any
provision In the constitution Of Louisiana authorizing
the Legislature 10 choose eleotorsS
Mr.. JOHNSON, (opp) Of Md replied that hc did not
think there was
Mr. TNuxDcLL said he believed 1t made but very
little difference whether did or not Ho thought, how
shat The State Legislature instead OF tho consttu
ton nways prescribed the manner In which Presidential
Mr. CoLLAMkR, (ep) OF w. objected to the resolution
He wanted all laws made general anu some made with
special reference 70 any State Laws ought to be made
80 Ihat any State would come una ther provisions IN
certain CONTINGENCIES He preferred general law in
, case, Una, sns people ~ no s.a.e INC IN
napah's wncreoI nave oeen declared n state Oh nsur
Iscuon aGcorune 70 the ntn sccon o an act Oh July
1901 declaring certain Staies 70 DO IN state or nsurrcc
uon, snail DO empoWefce 70 choose Tesdenti electors