Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-14

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substitute which the Military Committe
desired to report, provided for only twelv
managers, including the President, Chief
Justice and General Grant the other mint
to be appointed By a joint resolution of Con
gress. somewhat after the style Of tn
Smithonian Institute. Unanimous consen
was given, and the substitute was agreed to
The bill as amended was passed.
Mr.. MORRILL,, of Vermont, from thi
Committee on Ways and Means, reported
back the Senate amendment to the bill Il
extend the time for the withdrawal O
goods for consumption from public store.
and bonded warehouses.
Mr.. WILSON, from the Judiciary Com.
mittee reported back with amendment the
bill to protect all persons ia the United
States in their civil rights, and to furnish
the means Of their vindicatiou. The frat
amendment was TO strike out the words
''and there shall DO no discrimination in
civil rights" so that the first section shall
read, That all persons born in the United
States, and notsubject to any foreign power,
excluding Indians, not taxed. are hereby
declared to be citizens of the United States,
without distinction Of color, but the inhab-
itants of every race and color, without re-
gard to any previous condition Of slavery OF
involuntary servitude, except as a puAish-
ment for crime, whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted, shall have the
same right to make and enforce contracts
to sue, be parties to suits, give evidence and
to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold and
convey real and personal property, and to
have the full and equal benefit of all laws
and security of persons and property, and
viii be subject to like punishments aud
penalties, and to none other any law, statute,
1 -
trary Notwithstanding"
The amendment was agreed to. Some
other amendments Of an unimportdnt char
acter were also reported aud agreed to.
The committee also reported the following
as an additional section:
That on all question of law arising in any
case under the provisions of this act, final
appeal shall be taken TO the Supreme Court
of the U. S. The amendment was agreed to-.
Messrs. Conklin, Farnsworth and Hill,
and other members suggested that the
House should not be called on the vote of
the bill, until the bill as amended was
printed.
Mr.. WILSON, Of Iowa, explained that
the change made in the bill was simple and
clearly understood. He demanded the
previous question, which was seconded, and
the Heuse was brought to a direct vote on
the passage of the same. The bill was
passed by e vote of lO9 to is.
Mr.. lie BLONDE proposed that the title
should be amended so as to make it read ::
"a bill to a5rogate the rights and break
down the judicial system of the several
States, TO admit negroes to sit upon juries,
&c" [Call TO order.
Mr.. WILLIAMS, from the same Commit
tee, reported bill directing District Court
A.. 81. s r., Il.
Pennsylvania. Bill was passed.
Mr.. WINDOW presented a petition Of W.
S. McEwen and twenty other soldiers Of
Minnesota, asking for the equalization of
soldiers bounties. Referred to the Com
mittee on Military Affairs.
The House resumed the consideration OF
the fertilization appropriation bill. The
pending question being on the amendment
of Mr. Farnsworth TO reduce the appropria-
ton Of Fort Wayne from $4,000 to $4,000.
The amendment was rejected.
An amendment by Mr.. SCHENCK, and
supported by Mr.. HIGBY, appropriating
81, ,O00 for the fort on Allyn point Cal,
where there is now only an earth battery,
was adopted.
The appropriation for the survey of the
northern and northwestern lakes, including
Lake Superior, was reduced from $3.50 00O
to $4,000 the former figure being a mis-
take. The committee rose,the amendments
were concurred in, and the bill was passed.
The House then went into Committee oil
the Whole, Mr.. Wilson in the chair, and
took up the JOINT resolution to provide foI
the expenses attending the exhibition Of
products OF industry of the Q. s. at the Ex-
position Of Paris in 1867.
Mr.. WASHBURNE, of Ill, moved to lay
the bill aside and take up one of the general
appropriation bills. The motion was moi
agreed to.
A bill was read by sections for the amend
ments.
Mr.. wAsHBURNE got the floor and the
committee rose.
Mr. ASHLEY, Of O.. isntroduced jsint
resolution proposing an amendment Il
the constitution Of the L. s., which wal
read twice. Referred 10 the Committee on
Judiciary.
After fruitless effort on the part Of Mr.
STEVENS to have an evening session, the
House adjourned.
SENATE.
Mr.. SUMNER presented petition for al
international copyright law and protec
tive tariff.
A resolution 20 print the usual number o
copies of Landmarks dictionary Of Congress
was adopted. Yeas %, nays Is.
Mr. LANE, of Kansas, introduced a rsso
luton instructing the Committee on Judi,
ciary to report five resolutions amendatorY
to the Constitution:
Ist Basing representation on voters.
I'd. Basing direct tax on the value 0
property.
Sd. Pledging the faith of the Government
to the redemption Of the national debt.
4th Prohibiting payment for slaves.
The resolution was adopted. Yeas %
nsys Is.
The bill to admit Colorado State YVES tskel
up.
Mr.. McDOUGAL spoke Of the Iimite,
knowledge that prevailed concerning tn
far west The lands of the west were beinj
develope more rapidly than the Senator
were aware Of, end n territory soon out
grows the requirements Of a territoria
government and needed representation il
Congress. He believed Colorado would b.
much better off as State than as a terri
tory.
Mr.. TRUMBULL said if this were a ne7
question he might be opposed to the admis
sion of Colorado, but inducements had beel
held out to the people ofColorado in the ena
bling act which had been passed AM
the people Of Colorado had been invited
form State government.
Mr.. FESSENDEN said the people of Col
orado had voted against the formation Of
State government under the enabling act
and subsequently they voted for admission
as a State.
Mr.. TRUMBULL mentioned tina
the Enabling Act was still in force, notwith
standing the refusal of the people to adop
State government. On one occasion th'
Enabling Act had not been repealed. A
to the question of population he said 1t Wa
bad faith to reject Colorado on that ground
because the population was now as great a
when the Enablin5 Act was formed. H
/ held that all the requirements Of the Ina
bling Act had been complied with.
Mr.. SUMNER said the population of Col
oredo had decreased since 1861. In lSo
there were 10, 900 and upwards of voters; il
| 1855 there were less than 5000.
Mr.. DOOLITTLE said he voted for tn
enabling act in the belief that there were a
| that time from 40, 900 to $4,000 people, an
that bv the time of the formation of a Stat
government there would be population
enough 10 entitle them TO q Representative
in Congress. It would appear, however
that there were but $4,000 people in tn
Territory when the enabling act was passed
The population had since been decreasing
These facts forced themselves upo
his mind. It had been held tina
| Congress was bound by the ena
bling act. He did not think so, be
cause the people had once refused to adoI
d State government under it.
Mr.. SUMNER withdrew his smendmen
and a vote was ordered on the bill whie
simply recognizes Colorado as one Of tn
States of the Union. The yea
and nays were demanded on motion to OF
der third reading of the bill, and the Sen
ate refused so 10 do by the following vote
/ ~. Ia. rars u sn the bill failed and 10