Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-07-27


- SESATE.-Nr. simmer offered resolution
requesting the President 70 communicate to
the Senate such information as he may have
IN nispossees1onr CONCERNING the practicability
riasaProvinees and the United States, etc
T TX Tfums-n ,ps,oa nod resolution xs,c,
vak adopted, nat the n nfinished business ef
- Sen9e otion commiisees and elsewhere Be
c01sioeRo before ne Senate on reassemblng
asn NO ad)ournment had takeu place.
port 81 the Conference Committee on the tariff
bill was announces, and n second Conference
Committee was ordered.
Mr.. Fessenden called mp the bill to authorize
the refunding Of certain taxes, passed by the
House yesterday. 1t was passed, and goes to
the PresidenE----------- -
sion Of Nebraska be taken up. -
Mr.. Sumner spokeaeainet the motion and
called the yeas and nays on II. The motion
Ttas-Messrs, Anthony, Chandler, Conness,
Dooltttle, Fessenden, Grimes, Howe, Johnson,
kirkwood, Lane. Morrill,, Nye. Pomeroy, Ram
isey; Ross, sherman, Sprague: Stewart Trum-
S ana, sn mink'e' "ade, "nmey' Williams
IN Ns,s-Mess.. cowsn, Davis, Ednupds, Eos.
Ter. Guthrie, Hendricks, Morgan. Norton and
So the bill was taken up and read 81
MT Anthony called mp a bill passed by the
House yesterday, TO further regulate the pur-
chase or paper and the printing Of pablic,
Mr. lessenden called up the bill passed by
the House yesterday, to amend the 18th Sec
tion OF the Internal Revenue law OF June 20.
ls6i: which was passed and goes to the Presi-
dent. ap. = T. ...ss, r.,,, -.
1t amends the 1sth section OF the acf referred
to eystriking out the words s'wfthout having
frst obtained license so to do" and inserting
in lieu, thereof, the words "without paving
special tax therefore y Passed and goes to the
Consideration of the bill to admit Nebraska
o.
Mr. Sumner inc uired what evidence there
was in regard to the population OF Nebraska.
es ap maa aSSst
s,Usf The majority for State government
was l50.~ ~ - ..-.-.. :. 80 -
Mr.. Sumner spoke against the measure. ar.
guing that the population was too snail, and
the State government not republican in form.
Mr. Hendricks moved 10 refer the bill to The
judiciary COMMITTEE, to in vestigate the legality
Of the election by which the State government
AT the suggestion of Mr. DooI title, the mo.
ton was so modified az TO refer to the Commit.
tee on Territories.
HOUSE The House took up the bill to con
struct military and postal railroad between
New York and Washington, and after debate,
IT was ordered 10 be engrossed and read third
time. Pending the engrosement. Mr.. Latham,
of West Virginia, demanded the reading of the
engrossed bill, which sent il to the Speakers
table for further action. FTa -
MT. boutwell,, of Mass, from the Committee
on the judiciary, made a report of over one
hundred pages Of fooiscap the in vestiga-
tion into the alleged completely of JEFF Davis
in the assas sination plot and also as to whether
any further legislation is necessary 10 secure
the trial OF Davis for treason. The committee
report two resolutions, declaring first that no
legislation Us necessary to secure the trial of
Davis, and second, requesting the Executive
OF the United States TO proceed without DELAY
TO investigate the charges made against the
parties charged with completely in the assas-
sin alton conspiracy.
The House then took mn the hill tn increase
the duty on wool, and passed il, without de-