Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-02-26

MONDAY, February %
SENATE-mr. Grimes, in presenting Pc
tation from citizens of Iowa, said he would take
occasion 10 refer TO despatch published in the
Intelligence this morning, ana stating that an
immense ratification meeting had been held la
keokuk, at which the veto message and the
Presidents Administration had been endorsed
He said the authors of that dispatch had been
opposed to the war all along, and that his press
had been thrown into the river for the utter
ance OF disloyd sentiments. He was unwil-
ling that the despatch referred to should 90
forth a reflex Of the sentiments Of the people Of
Iowa.
Mr.. Lane, of Kansas, moved to take from the
files the papers in the case Of Messrs. Baxter
and Snow, Senators elect from Arkansas, and
refer them to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr.. Clark called for a division of the mo-
ton, and the question was called for in with
drawing the papers from the files. Ii was de-
Mr. Clark then moved that the credentials
be laid on the table with those of other lately
rebellous States.
cided in the negarye-yeas q; nays le.
Mr.. Lane moved to admit Messrs. Baxter and
Snow TO seats on this floor. Laid on the ia
BILE.
All O'Clock the regular order was taken up,
being the concurrent resolution that no Sena-
tors or Representatives from any seeded State
shall be admitted until such State shall have
been declared entitled TO representation.
Mr.. Sherman took the floor. He maintained
that the resolution ccuYd confer no power no:
already vested in Congress. A similar resolu-
said.
HoUsR.-Mr. Eliot introduced bill to con-
unue In force the act TO establish bureau for
frsedmen's affairs. 1t was referred to the
Committee on Freedmen's Affairs
Mr.. McClurg offered a resolution, prefaced
by preamble, that it be referred TO the Joint
Committee on Reconstruction to inquire and
ascertain whether contumacy be clearly mani
tested IN the seeding States, and, if so. TO
inquire into the expediency Of levying contri-
buttons on the disloyal inhabitants of such
States, to defray the extraordinary expenses
which would otherwise be thrown on the
National Government for keeping up stand
ing army and protecting the loyal citizens in
their natural and personal rights under the
After an unsuccessful effort to lay the reso-
luton on the table, it was referred TO the Com
mittee on Reconstruction.
The Speaker laid before the House the Gre
dentials OF Alexander Hamilton Jones, men,
Der elect from the seventh Congressional dis
trict OF North Carolina, which We're referred to
the Committee on Reconstruction.
The Speaker also laid before the House the
resolution of the General Assembly of the
State of Virginia in relation TO the direct tax
levied by Congress in 1851, and now being col
lected in Virginia Referred to the Committee
of Ways and Means.
MrConkling presented memorial fromGens
Grant and Howard, asking that the ornamen-
tai record or certificates of soldiers be subject
only TO printed postage-all nearly being
printed, the manuscript being only the filling
up OF the blanks. II was referred 10 the Com
MItee on tne POST OHlce ana POST Roads.
On motion Of Mr.. SIhenck, resolution was
adopted authorizing the Secretary of War to
deliver to the ladies of the Home for Sailors
and Soldiers Orphans Of Washington such
blankets, bedding and other furniture and ar
ticles which may be appropriate for such pur-
poses as are now on hand in the Surgeon Cen
erals office.
Mr.. Bingham, from the Committee on Re-
construction, reported back the joint resolu-
ton proposing the following amendment to the
Constitution:
THE Congress shall have power to make all
laws which shall be necessary and proper to
secure TO the citizens Of each State all the priv
ileges and imm unities of citizens in the several
States. and TO all persons in the several States
equal protection in the rights Of Life, liberty and
properly"
Mr.. Bingham showed the importance Of pass
ing this amendment in order to preserve the
unity Of one people in one government and TO
carry out the constitutional power.
Mr.. Rogers opposed the amendment, arguing
that II interfered with the Just powers Of the
States, and would tend to Capitalization.