Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-04-24

tee over other commit ittees. Inc Committee
= on Commerce had also very important bills
to report, and all committees had to take
. their regular turn. Besides, a bill involving
: such vast appropriations as the bill to be re-
ported from the Pacific Railroad Committee
was not to be disposed Of in an evening ses-
sion. He demanded the yeas and nays on
the motion to lay it on the table.
!. The vote having been taken resulted
yeas 81, nays 10; so the motion TO reconsider
was laid on the table, leaving the resolution
2 Adopted. .H
Mr.. HIGBEE offered a resolution in
structing the Committee on Expenditures
to investigate certain alleged compromises
of frauds in revenue in Boston and New
York. The investigation to take place dur
ing recess. Laid over till Monday next.
A resolution was adopted to inquire into
the subject of storage and transportation of
combustible and explosive materials, and
to report what measures are necessary to
secure protection 10 life and property. Al
go, instructing the Agricultural Committee
to ascertain the money value of the seeds
and plants distributed by the Agricultural
Department, and whether large amount
could net be procured for the same money
from the gardners and nurserymen of this
country by contract, and what steps are
necessary to increase the efficiency of the
Agricultural Department.
Mr.. LATHAM introduced the following
resolution:
WHEREAS, The Committee on Reconstrue-
tion has reported the people of Tennessee
to be in condition TO exercise the func- |
tions of a State within the Union, and
WHEREAS, by the information received |
through the investigation of said Committee !
and through other channels, it is the sense |
OF this House that the people of said State |
are entitled to representation herein. |
Therefore,
ResOlued, By the House of Representa-
tIves, the Senate c Mourning, that the Com
mittee on Reconstruction be, and the same
Is, hereby relieved from the further consid-
Grafton of all matters pertaining to the rep
resentation of the State of Tennessee in this
House.
ReSolUed, That the credentials of the Re-
presentatives elected from said State be aEd
the same are hereby referred to the Com
mittee on Elections, with leave to report at
any time and with instructions to report as
| soon as practicable upon the election re-
turns and qualifications Of said Representa-
tives elect. /
The point having been raised whether
| the resolution must not go to the Committee
on Reconstruction for debate the Speaker
decided that the first resolution was in or
| der, but that the second was not in order
| Mr.. LATHAM, therefore, withdrew the
second resolution.
Mr.. CONKLING raised the point of or
der that the first resolution was in order,
inasmuch as the question of admission Of
| Tennessee was not now before the Recon
struetiOn Committee, it having reported it
| to the House.
The SPEAKER sustained the point of
order.
Mr.. PRICE inquired whether the subject
had not been recommitted to that Commit
tee.
The Speaker replied that it had. but then
1t was motion TO reconsider. The question
OF the admission of Tennessee was not be-
fore the Committe, and therefore the reso-
lutions were not in order.
The call of States being completed the
next business IN order was the considera- ,
ton of resolution offered by Mr.. JULIAN
on the 29th of January, which then went I
over under the rule declaring as the delib-
crate judgment of this House that the
speedy trial of JEFF. Davis, either by civil or
military tribunal, for the crime Of treason /
or the other crimes of which he stands {
charged, and his prompt execution if found {
guilty, is imperatively demanded by the {
people of the United States, in order that
treason may be adequately branded by the /
nation, traitors made infamous and the re- I
petition of the crime as far as possible be t
prevented
Mr.. JULIAN moved the previousquestion
Mr.. WILSON, of Iowa, appealed to Mr.. I
Julian to let the resolution be referred to J
the Judiciary Committee, which now had
the subject under consideration.
Mr. JULIAN declined to do so, and the
House took up the previous question, and
ordered the main question to be published. !
Mr.. CHANDLER moved to lay the reso-
luton on the table.
Mr.. ELDRInGE asked Mr.. Julian to
modify his resolution by striking out the
words or military tribunal" I
Mr.. JULIAN declined to do so.
Mr.. FARNSWORTH remarked that the | &
resolution expressed the sense of the coun- {
try. +
Mr.. BINGHAM appealed to Mr.. Chandler !
to withdraw the motion TO- lay it on the table {
so he might move to reconsider the vote, |
ordering the main question, and then move /
to refer it to the Judiciary Committee. ]
Mr.. CHANDLER assented to withdraw {
his motion.
The House or motion of Mr.. BINGHAM
reconsidered the vote ordering the main '
question.
The House then proceeded to the consid- {
Grafton oi the bill to reorganize and estab- 5
lish the army of the United States. The +
question being offered by Mr.. Thayer to the !
10th section N reference to the Quarter
masters Department. This gave rise TO {
cOnsiderab bic debate, which was participated 8
in principally by Messrr. Schench and
Thsyer. The debate finally closed by the I
previous question on that section, and the l
pending amendment to the section was |
adopted, when the substitute was rejected. t
Mr.. WOODBRIDGE said he would not
have anything done to reflect on the gradu-
ates of West Point. The volunteers were 9
entitled TO the lasting gratitude of the !
country; they had made high and heroic !
record, but in comparison with the men !
educated at West Point, it was and always !
would be where unframed men are brought !
into competition with the highly educated t
men, whether in the law, in the ministry, /
or in the armyeducation would tell. When '
in addition to that men were trained !
in sense of personal honor in which West
Pointers were trained, the treasures Of the q
nation might be put into their hands. 3
Every dollar of it would be faithfully ac-
counted for.
Mr.. SCHENCK diselaimed the idea of re- :
hecting on West Point The Committee I
meant simply this: That after the Govern !
ment had educated an officer at West Point :
and made hiRa skilful in engineering and ;
gunnery, and general tactics, ne should not :
be set to work inspecting biscuit and max
ing contracts for the army. Why should
they be allowed to descend from their po- =
sitions for the purpose of dealing in sow :
belly and hard tack These men were edu-
Gated for something else; civilians could do
the work of the subsistence department, as :
i've hundred anu fourteen civilians IN that =
department had proved during the s
war. There was no more neces- :
sity of having a man edncated at
West Point to make him a competent /;
Commissary of Subsistence than to make
him a chaplain or paymaster. :
Mr.. SMITH referred to the fact that the 1
men who scared above all the rest in the !
history Of the war was a man who had not I
made the army his profession, but was en- I
gagged as tanner in Galena at the time the t
war broke out. What West Pointer stood i
higher than John A. Logan2 f
The House bill for the better organization
Of the pay department of the navy, and the t
department of the post Office appropriation e
were considered without action. o
The morning hour having expired the t
resolution went over until Monday. a
Mr.. WILSON, from the Judiciary Conn /
mittee male an adverse report on the propo- q
sition of the President to modify the test
oath. The Committee was discharged from
further consideration, the report being laid
on the table and ordered to be printed =
Mr.. ROGERS presented mingrity re- :
port in favor of the recommendations OF !,