The national Republican., 1866-07-03
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x vas Engaged for several hours in Com.
Tne nXe whole on the state Of the Union, (Mr.
I"s$ IS ~ Pa. In The chair,l on the tar'h sili Ihs
only 4 .srs inSl.ssins The duty on copper from
ssss% Is per esss. I'D vaiorsmi on lead, from s'e%
~, ~, spsidios, di Of Ohio, fran the special commit.
N The alleged violation q th: privilege: Of the
ss,a,e bv Mr.. Rousseau, Of Ky, In committing an
I.sult spon Mr.. arinneil, Of lows, presented re.
Inort sccompsnisd BY the testimony. The report
e,osss by recommending the adoption Of the follow
'' 'N'Rr,oi,si, Th.. Hon. Lowell H. Rousseau, . Rep.
,..sn.ssvs from the State Of Kentucky, BY con-
/ m;,,irr an assault on the person OF Hon. =. D.
G,,sneil. Representative from the State Of Iowf
words spoken In debate, has justiy forfeited rs
,riviisgss a. . member Of the House. and - neeoy
sxpelled. mad. nv
MI. ariuneI, . Representative from the STATE Of
| Iowa. In presence Of the House, upon the cnsrao-
tsr Of M Rousssau. . Representative from the
state of Kentucky, were In violation Of the rules
regulating debate, and the privileges: OF its mem.
hsss founded theron, and merit the disspproval Of
'"J R,,oiped. Thu. chas D. Pennybsker Of Ken.
tucky, L. D. snigsby Of Kentucky, and John 8.
| McGren Of ohio, BY their prs'ence and partioipa-
| n
Hon, Mr. RousseAu, Of Ksntucy, and Hon. Mt.
| 0rionclI, Of lows, account Of words spoken In
debats, iu which the persons II not the lives OF
members of this House were mperilisd, were guilty
Of violation Of It's privileges, and they are hereby
ordered TO be brought TO tho bar Of this House to
| answer for their contempt Of its privileges.
Tho majority report assigned by Mr.. spalding
Of Ohio Mr.. Banks Of Massachusetts,, and Mr.
Tbayer Of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Raymond, Of N. Y, presented the minority
/ L Nc Ha1an ~ Mo-.
and recommending the adoption Of the following
Rssoipsd, That Hon Lowell H. Roussssu be sum.
moned to the bar Of the House and be there pub.
the rights and puvii-rss Of the House. Of which he
was guilty In the personal assault committed By
him upon Hon. J. B. Grinnsl, for words spoken in
debate.
The reports and testimony were laid on the table
and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Hale, Of N. Y, offered the following resolu.
tion; which was adopted:
| Whereas the financial condition Of the United
| States demands rigid economy In al departments
the Goverumsut 10 order to sustain the credit Of
the nation and to relieve the psople at the earliest
possible day, from the burden Of excessive taxa
| tion;
And whereas there 10 reason to believe that In
many departments Of the civil service abuses have
for long time existed and still exist In the per-
petuaton OF useless ofhass and snecures In cxtrav.
agant salaries and allowances, and 10 other un-
necessary and wasteful expenditures; therefore,
Resoired BY the House Of Representatives, tthe
Senate conourrng,) tht . joint select COMMITTEES
| be appointed, to consist Of two members Of the
Senate and three members Of the House, to be
styled the joint select committee on retrenchmsnt.
That said committee be instructed to inquire into
| the expenditures In all the branches Of tho civil
service Of the United States and to report whether
any, and what, Offices ought to be abolished;
| whether any, and what salaries or allowances
ought to bs reduced, and generally how, and to
what extent, the expenses Of the civil service Of
the country may and ought to be ourtailed. That
said committee be authorised to sit during the 70.
cess Of Congress, and to report, BY bill other.
wise; and that said committee may appoint CLERK
for the term Of sx month and no more
Mr.. Kelley, Of Pa. asked leave 10 offer . resolu.
ton directing the Postmaster General TO inform ths
House by virtue Of what order or provision Of Law
the postmaster at Philsdelphia has assessed upon
each Of his employees q tax equal to one and hal
per cent. on the annual salary Of each Of said en-
poyes, a.d Is proceeding to collect the same.
Objected to BY Mr.. Ross, Of illinois
M Rollins, Of New Hampshire, offered . resolu
tion which was adopted. di Getting that all motion,
and resolutions for the increase Of pay Of ofhcer'
and employees Of the House be referred to the Com
mittee on Accounts without debate.
Mr. Deuing, Of Conn, presented resolutions o
the Connecticut Legislature In favor Of . donation
Of lands to endow female colleges 10 the severa
States. Laid on the table.
Mr. Lawrence, Of Ohio, asked and obtained leav,
to record his vote In favor Of Senate amendment
t. the constitutional amendments agreed 10 by The
House on 18th June.
Mr Kasson, of Iowa, from the Committee on Ap
propriAiions. reported back act to reorganis,
the clerical force Of the Department Of the Interior
Referred to the Committee Of the Whole on the
state Of the Union.
Under the II Of States for bills and Joint reso
lutions, the following were introduced and rs
ferred:
T By Mr.. Lynch, Of Maine: Bill to protect tn.
public credit, and to prevent bribery and
By Mr.. Rice, Of Maine: To amend the acts In
cooperating the Guardian Society for reforming
juvenile offenders in the District Of Columbia
By Mr.. Bidwell, of California: To aid In the con
{ struotion Of a canal in California.
Under the call Of Stale for resolutions, rssolu
tion offered last Monday by Mr.. Psrham, Of Maine
came up, and vas read and agreed to, ns follows:
Whereas Captain John Z. Bryant, recently Of th,
/ county Of Oxford, In the State Of Maine was,
few weeks since. brutally assaulted, and his liz
greatly endangered In the streets Of Augusta Ga.
by citizen Of that State, because, as 10 reported
OF the efforts the said Bryant had for the ole
vation Of the colored people Of that State and th
Q part he bore In . movement to decorate will
flowers the graves Of the soldiers who fell In the ds
fence Of the Union cause; and whereas II 10 report
e cd that Captain @. c. Richardson, Of the sam
= county Of Oxford, was, on the 18th Instant, al
8 tackled at Thomasville, Ga, BY . man name
Lightfoot, by whom he had been ordered to leav
= town. and shot through the neck and hand. &s.i
e Resofued, That the President OF the Unite
. States be requested TO inform this House whethe
the personal rights Of citizens Of the United State
at present sufficiently protected In said States
and whether any further legislation Is necessary
h olothe him with sufficient authority to protest q
the loyal citEens Of the States recently In rebel
lion In the enjoyment Of their constitutional right
:. Mr.. Rice, Of Maine, offered q resolution authol
izipg the Speaker to appoint additional reports
committees Of the House, and sent to the Clerk
70 desk and had read . statement showing the necei
}. sity Of the appointment The resolution was =,
J. ferred TO the Committee on Accounts.
The resolution offered by Mr.. Raymond on th
I'd Of April and then laid over under the rule, cam
g up, and was again pos poned, as follows:
4 Rssoived BY the HOUSE Of Rsp,sssniafipeS, (th
It Senate concurring) That q commission Of Eve pei
IS sons be appointed by the President Of the Unite
g States to consider and report to Congress at II
d next session upon the necessity Of some NOR
!. speedy, cheap, and reliable means Of transports
b tion between the Western States and the Atanti
J. seaboardj and to submit some plan. whether by la
d or treaty, whereby the national Government ca
aid In providing for said necessity IL It shall
l. found to exist: Provided That said commissions
10 shall receive no compensation for their servce
v | and no paymout of kind except for suoh tra,