The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-06-29
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SENATE Mr.. Wade from the Committee
on the District of Columbia, reported bill to
repeal the act to retrocede the county of AL
exandria to the State of Virginia The OBJ
jsct OF the bill is to make Alexandria a part
of the District of Columbia
Mr. Sherman called up bill to aid i'll the
construction of telegraph lines and to secure
the permanent use Of the same for postal,
military and other purposes t.f
Mr. Grimes moved TO amend the first sec
ton by striking out the words 'that the
National Telegraph Corporation, organized
under the laws Of the. State Of New York,
April 10, 1866, shall have the right etc, =
and insert IN place thereof THAT any tee-
graph company now organized or authorized
to be organized under the laws of any State
of this Union shall have the right, etc.
sai Mr.. Sherman spoke in opposition TO the
proposed amendment,
Mr. Brown, in the course OF some remarks,
abiding to the recent report of the Postmas-
ter General, on the subject of telegrapling,
said that in this report the Postmaster GEN
for the position hp liz .els in tbar Mas
made up in great part Of Communications
from persons interested in the great monopoly
that now controls the telegraphing of this
country. He THE Postmaster GeneraD had
reflected more discredit on himself, in This
connection, than, perhaps, had transpired
with regard to any other officer of tbs Gov
eminent. Men in his position heretofore,
had striven to advance the public interest, but
he 1.-THE Postmaster Geherai) had stood III the
way Of needed reform.
Mr.. Sherman regretted that MIR. Brown.
should have made such personal attack
upon Mr., Dennison, whom he (5herman)
knew to have the public interest at heart
The bill was postponed until tomorrow
The Senate, on motion of Mr. Ednlunds,
concurred in the House amendment to the bill
regulating the transportat ion of nitro glycer-
inc htf 85f $50
The bill to change the place of holding the
United States Court in the Northern District
of Georg a. from Marietta To Atlanta, was
passed. Fl 4a asftae
Mr.. Morrill, called up the Senate bill to
regul tie the elective franchise in the District
of Columbia. After a long debate on the bill,
without coming to vote, the Senate went
into Executive session, and soon after adj
journed.
q HoUsE.--Senate bill to authorize the con-
struction of bridge across the government
piers on the Cuyahoga river, near Cleveland,
Ohio, Was passed.
The House resamed the consideration Of
Senate bill TO prevent Smuggling on the Cam
adian border. Faa
Mr.. Humphreys. Of New York, moved to
amend the bill so as TO place the burden of
proof OF crime on the prosecutions; which was
agreed to, and the bill was then read third
time and passed--yeas I0l nays 49,
Mr. Morrill,, of Vt, from the Committee on
Ways and Means, reported back the internal
revenue bill with the. six hundred Senate
amendments. .Heisaid great many of these
amendments were merely verbal and had
been conculred iii. Separate votes were TIA
ken Oh such amendments as were desired by
members. The FIRST vote was on the Senate
amendment reducing the tax On cotton from
five to two cents--non-concarred in TMr
Morrill, intimated that a tax Of three cents
per pound would be compromised On,
At this stage Of the proceedings there was
so much noise occasioned By heavy rain on
the ROOF OF the hall that ii was almost impos-
sible TO hear what was going on
Mr. Eldridge. of Wis, rose to a point Of
order, which was that one side Of the House
could not hear what the other was doing g.
ThesSpeaker said be could not arrest the
the noise from above Ukta 0gl
Mr.. Eldrdge-l thought YOU could + Laugh
teri ias
31'he Speaker chair cannot sa@4
Mr., Randall, Of Pal thought yoll be-
heyedain higher law, Laughter sal.
Pending theevote on the cotton tax - ss5
Mr. Kasson, Of iowa, earnestly urged the
reduction in tie lax. 1t was now costing Z
cents a pound to produce it, and it was pro-
posed 30 put a taA efS35 per cent. ON that
rate. 4
Nj. Stevens, Of Pa, cIaracte rized the lat
ter's argument as based on the idea of free
trade. He supported the tax Of five cents on
cotton, and proceeded to aenounce the Senate
tax on tobacco, declaring it to be fatal to this
great branch of industry.